Random Segmentation Fault while using Steam chat.

steamclosed NVIDIA driversreviewed

ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#4255 · opened 2016-01-14 by eelgaev · updated 2016-02-03 · 2 comments · github

Eeelgaev 2016-01-14 github

Hey, I have been having some segmentation faults lately while using steam chat.
these don't reproduce while playing games, browsing and doing other stuff on Steam.
I tried to reset steam (deleting everything except steamapps).

Using Archlinux with 4.3.3 kernel. Kde
Basic System Info collected by Steam:
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Processor Information:
Vendor: AuthenticAMD
CPU Family: 0x15
CPU Model: 0x2
CPU Stepping: 0x0
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 4000 Mhz
8 logical processors
8 physical processors
HyperThreading: Unsupported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Supported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported

Network Information:
Network Speed:

Operating System Version:
"Arch Linux" (64 bit)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 4.3.3-2-ARCH
X Server Vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Server Release: 11800000
X Window Manager: KWin
Steam Runtime Version: steam-runtime-release_2015-06-12

Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA Corporation GeForce GTX 960/PCIe/SSE2

Driver Version:  4.5.0 NVIDIA 358.16
OpenGL Version: 4.5
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 59 Hz
VendorID:  0x10de
DeviceID:  0x1401
Number of Monitors:  1
Number of Logical Video Cards:  1
Primary Display Resolution:  1920 x 1200
Desktop Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Primary Display Size: 20.39" x 12.76"  (24.02" diag)
                                        51.8cm x 32.4cm  (61.0cm diag)
Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
Primary VRAM: 4096 MB
Supported MSAA Modes:  2x 4x 8x 16x

Sound card:
Audio device:

Memory:
RAM: 16077 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
LANG: C
Microphone: Not set
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 228744 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 14744 Mb

Installed software:

Recent Failure Reports:
Thu Jan 14 18:11:06 2016 GMT: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20160114191127_1.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-f8d94512-e26c-47fd-b352-26e0e2160114''
Thu Jan 14 18:36:29 2016 GMT: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20160114201108_1.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-e0c41953-b6d5-4f81-9601-9bbc22160114''
Thu Jan 14 18:51:31 2016 GMT: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20160114203640_1.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-5fa1c80a-2eaa-4643-969a-aa4e02160114''

assert.dump.zip

Ggdrewb-valve maintainer 2016-01-14 github

The crashes are all in the NVIDIA OpenGL driver. There are known problems with 358, you might try a different version.

CCommanderAlchemy 2016-01-15 github

Since you are using KDE you want to use the latest beta driver 361.18.
358.16 will crash steam
361.16 will crash QT/KDE
361.18 should work fine.

Nothing extracted yet.