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Segmentation fault when trying to watch video in steam store

steamclosed reviewedSteam client
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#2625 · opened 2013-06-27 by eternal-sorrow · updated 2019-07-18 · 2 comments · github
Eeternal-sorrow 2013-06-27 github

Steam crashes with segfault when I'm clicking on video to watch it. GDB backtrace:

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread 0xe40efb40 (LWP 15059)]
0xf7ca2ddf in ?? () from /lib32/libc.so.6
(gdb) bt
#0  0xf7ca2ddf in ?? () from /lib32/libc.so.6
#1  0xf1b68db3 in snd_pcm_area_copy () from /mnt/data/Games/SteamLinux/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libasound.so.2
#2  0xf1b69025 in snd_pcm_areas_copy () from /mnt/data/Games/SteamLinux/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libasound.so.2
#3  0xf1bafadf in ?? () from /mnt/data/Games/SteamLinux/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libasound.so.2
#4  0xf1bb0c6a in ?? () from /mnt/data/Games/SteamLinux/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libasound.so.2
#5  0xf1b7d247 in ?? () from /mnt/data/Games/SteamLinux/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libasound.so.2
#6  0xf1b6e811 in ?? () from /mnt/data/Games/SteamLinux/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libasound.so.2
#7  0xf1b7db09 in ?? () from /mnt/data/Games/SteamLinux/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libasound.so.2
#8  0xf1b67244 in snd_pcm_writei () from /mnt/data/Games/SteamLinux/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libasound.so.2
#9  0xf2003cef in ?? () from /mnt/data/Games/SteamLinux/ubuntu12_32/libcef.so
[#10](/issue/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/10) 0xf2003080 in ?? () from /mnt/data/Games/SteamLinux/ubuntu12_32/libcef.so
[#11](/issue/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/11) 0xf2003415 in ?? () from /mnt/data/Games/SteamLinux/ubuntu12_32/libcef.so
[#12](/issue/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/12) 0xf2000381 in ?? () from /mnt/data/Games/SteamLinux/ubuntu12_32/libcef.so
[#13](/issue/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/13) 0xf1fa6719 in ?? () from /mnt/data/Games/SteamLinux/ubuntu12_32/libcef.so
[#14](/issue/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/14) 0xf1faba88 in ?? () from /mnt/data/Games/SteamLinux/ubuntu12_32/libcef.so
[#15](/issue/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/15) 0xf1fabec7 in ?? () from /mnt/data/Games/SteamLinux/ubuntu12_32/libcef.so
[#16](/issue/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/16) 0xf1fad6d1 in ?? () from /mnt/data/Games/SteamLinux/ubuntu12_32/libcef.so
[#17](/issue/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/17) 0xf1fa92d0 in ?? () from /mnt/data/Games/SteamLinux/ubuntu12_32/libcef.so
[#18](/issue/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/18) 0xf1fa9479 in ?? () from /mnt/data/Games/SteamLinux/ubuntu12_32/libcef.so
[#19](/issue/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/19) 0xf1fc8927 in ?? () from /mnt/data/Games/SteamLinux/ubuntu12_32/libcef.so
[#20](/issue/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/20) 0xf1fc89d2 in ?? () from /mnt/data/Games/SteamLinux/ubuntu12_32/libcef.so
[#21](/issue/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/21) 0xf1fc7c22 in ?? () from /mnt/data/Games/SteamLinux/ubuntu12_32/libcef.so
[#22](/issue/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/22) 0xf7d17d9f in start_thread () from /lib32/libpthread.so.0
[#23](/issue/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/23) 0xf7c5ce1e in clone () from /lib32/libc.so.6

My PC configuration:

Processor Information:
    Vendor:  GenuineIntel
    Speed: 2300 Mhz
    2 logical processors
    2 physical processors
    HyperThreading:  Unsupported
    FCMOV:  Supported
    SSE2:  Supported
    SSE3:  Supported
    SSSE3:  Supported
    SSE4a:  Unsupported
    SSE41:  Supported
    SSE42:  Supported

Network Information:
    Network Speed:  

Operating System Version:
    "Gentoo Base System release 2.2" (64 bit)
    Kernel Name:  Linux
    Kernel Version:  3.8.13-gentoo
    X Server Vendor:  The X.Org Foundation
    X Server Release:  11304000
    X Window Manager:  GNOME Shell
    Steam Runtime Version:  steam-runtime-release-i386_2013-05-08

Video Card:
    Driver:  Intel Open Source Technology Center Mesa DRI Intel(R) Sandybridge Mobile 

    Driver Version:  2.1 Mesa 9.0.1
    Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
    Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
    VendorID:  0x10de
    DeviceID:  0x1058
    Number of Monitors:  1
    Number of Logical Video Cards:  2
    Primary Display Resolution:  1366 x 768
    Desktop Resolution: 1366 x 768
    Primary Display Size: 13.54" x 7.60"  (15.51" diag)
                                            34.4cm x 19.3cm  (39.4cm diag)
    Primary VRAM Not Detected

Sound card:
    Audio device: 

Memory:
    RAM:  5740 Mb

Miscellaneous:
    UI Language:  English
    LANG:  ru_RU.utf8
    Microphone:  Not set
    Total Hard Disk Space Available:  234143 Mb
    Largest Free Hard Disk Block:  33236 Mb
Ggdrewb-valve maintainer 2013-07-25 github

This is crashing deep in ALSA so people at Valve don't have much visibility into what's going on. Does this happen the same way every time you try and watch a video? Have you had sound problems in any other programs?

Eeternal-sorrow 2013-10-06 github

Crashes haven't occurred again since some time. I think, issue may be closed.

Nothing extracted yet.