Possibly the same issue here: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/375
I'm am the one having trouble on #160
Finally managed to post an error report. Please check it out.
Ubuntu: 12.04.1
Kernel: 3.2.0-37
AMD FX 8120 8 Core 3.1 ghz
Radeon Sapphire 5700 (13.1 Catalyst)
Feb, 8th build of Steam client
I am also experiencing this issue. Every time I try to open big picture mode it crashes. I want to say that it stopped working when I updated from the AMD Beta driver to the current stable 13.1 release, but I'm not 100% on that because there was also an update for the steam client around the time I updated my Driver.
@shawnwalker1 you need to provide the requested info asked for here https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#reporting-issues as it includes crash ids useful for debugging. The original poster is using an nvidia card, so it may not be the same problem ‐ so please open a new bug.
Same here. Also fglrx 13.1, amd64, running on Radeon 7970.
Segfault when entering big picture.
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Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1363394289_client)
Compiled against SDL version 2.0.0 and linked against SDL version 2.0.0
Total FBO objects: 10
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1363394289_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1363394289_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1363394289_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1363394289_client)
WebM decoder 0x0xbe2ee88 is playing file: /home/yhyh/.local/share/Steam/tenfoot/resource/images/intro_movie.webm
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1363394289_client)
WebM decoder 0x0x9ecae50 is playing file: /home/yhyh/.local/share/Steam/tenfoot/resource/images/browser/reticle.webm
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1363394289_client)
Uploading dump (out-of-process) [proxy '']
/tmp/dumps/crash_20130321014841_2.dmp
/home/yhyh/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 704: 21803 Segmentation fault $STEAM_DEBUGGER "$STEAMROOT/$PLATFORM/$STEAMEXE" "$@"
Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes
response: CrashID=bp-ab9e76fb-53f7-4455-8706-01d452130320
For a fraction of second I hear sound, but no video, and just after that crash.
Is this still happening?
Not for me, no. Can't speak for the AMD folks.
I've had 9 months of Steam, driver, and OS updates, so I can't say when it started working again.
Steam crashes if I try to launch Big Picture Mode. It was working sometime between the last round of beta invites and the public beta, but I can't be sure when it stopped working.
I almost attached this to #160, but the video he linked to doesn't match my issue (i.e. BPM actually launches for him, and gets stuck in some sort of loop. It simply closes on me.)
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