Segmentation fault when starting Steam

steamclosed reviewedDistro Family: Arch

ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#4010 · opened 2015-09-10 by crescentrose · updated 2019-07-18 · 6 comments · github

Ccrescentrose 2015-09-10 github

When trying to start Steam on Arch Linux x64, Steam segfaults:

Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1440016726)
Generating new string page texture 2: 48x256, total string texture memory is 49.15 KB
Generating new string page texture 3: 256x256, total string texture memory is 311.30 KB
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1440016726)
assert_20150910210318_1.dmp[26679]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)
/tmp/dumps/assert_20150910210318_1.dmp
/home/ivan/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 756: 26632 Segmentation fault      (core dumped) $STEAM_DEBUGGER "$STEAMROOT/$STEAMEXEPATH" "$@"
assert_20150910210318_1.dmp[26679]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes
assert_20150910210318_1.dmp[26679]: response: CrashID=bp-50f8df09-1e8b-44a3-aa1b-d4bec2150910
assert_20150910210318_1.dmp[26679]: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20150910210318_1.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-50f8df09-1e8b-44a3-aa1b-d4bec2150910''

I've tried:

doing a clean install
removing the libraries shipped with Steam known to cause troubles in Arch
running with STEAM_RUNTIME=0

I'm running open-source AMD drivers. I'm on kernel version 4.1.6-1. My DE is Cinnamon 2.6.13.

Jjdorn-eu 2015-09-27 github

Were you able to try this with Catalyst installed?

GGAumala 2015-12-01 github

I'm getting a similar error on arch linux whenever I try to restore a game from a backup generated in a different machine:

STEAM_RUNTIME has been set by the user to: /home/gabriel/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1447125378)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1447125378)
[1130/224933:ERROR:renderer_main.cc(200)] Running without renderer sandbox
Generating new string page texture 77: 1024x256, total string texture memory is 1.36 MB
Generating new string page texture 78: 128x256, total string texture memory is 131.07 KB
Generating new string page texture 79: 128x256, total string texture memory is 1.49 MB
Generating new string page texture 80: 64x256, total string texture memory is 1.56 MB
Generating new string page texture 81: 32x256, total string texture memory is 1.59 MB
ExecCommandLine: "/home/gabriel/.steam/root/ubuntu12_32/steam steam://open/driverhelperready"
ExecSteamURL: "steam://open/driverhelperready"
Generating new string page texture 90: 128x256, total string texture memory is 1.72 MB
Generating new string page texture 91: 384x256, total string texture memory is 2.11 MB
Generating new string page texture 92: 512x256, total string texture memory is 2.64 MB
Generating new string page texture 115: 128x256, total string texture memory is 2.77 MB
Generating new string page texture 116: 256x256, total string texture memory is 3.03 MB
Generating new string page texture 117: 24x256, total string texture memory is 3.06 MB
Generating new string page texture 124: 48x256, total string texture memory is 3.10 MB
Generating new string page texture 125: 256x256, total string texture memory is 3.37 MB
Generating new string page texture 126: 8x256, total string texture memory is 3.38 MB
Generating new string page texture 127: 16x256, total string texture memory is 3.39 MB
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1447125378)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1447125378)
assert_20151130224917_1.dmp[3402]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)
/tmp/dumps/assert_20151130224917_1.dmp
/home/gabriel/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 756:  3269 Segmentation fault      (core dumped) $STEAM_DEBUGGER "$STEAMROOT/$STEAMEXEPATH" "$@"

I'm using the nvidia drivers with kernel 4.2.5-1

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2018-12-21 github

Hello @crescentrose, @GAumala, are either of you still experiencing this issue on an up to date system?

Ccrescentrose 2018-12-21 github

@kisak-valve It's been a while since I posted the issue, I moved to macOS in the meantime. The laptop in question was running on an AMD Kaveri APU, which was probably the source of my woes because of its poor support in the kernel at the time. But sadly I can not go back and verify right now, so unless @GAumala still has the same system you could probably close this issue.

GGAumala 2018-12-22 github

Yeah, please feel free to close this.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2018-12-22 github

Thanks for the feedback, closing.

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