Please include your system information as requested at https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#reporting-issues, especially any CrashIDs that are related to this issue.
Computer Information:
Manufacturer: Unknown
Model: Unknown
Form Factor: Laptop
No Touch Input Detected
Processor Information:
CPU Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0x3d
CPU Stepping: 0x4
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 3000 Mhz
4 logical processors
2 physical processors
HyperThreading: Supported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported
AES: Supported
AVX: Supported
CMPXCHG16B: Supported
LAHF/SAHF: Supported
PrefetchW: Unsupported
Network Information:
Network Speed:
Operating System Version:
Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa (64 bit)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 3.19.0-32-generic
X Server Vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Server Release: 11701000
X Window Manager: Mutter (Muffin)
Steam Runtime Version: steam-runtime-release_2016-02-23
Video Card:
Driver: Intel Open Source Technology Center Mesa DRI Intel(R) HD Graphics 5500 (Broadwell GT2) x86/MMX/SSE2
Driver Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.5.9
OpenGL Version: 3.0
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 59 Hz
VendorID: 0x8086
DeviceID: 0x1616
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of Logical Video Cards: 1
Primary Display Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Desktop Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Primary Display Size: 11.57" x 6.50" (13.27" diag)
29.4cm x 16.5cm (33.7cm diag)
Primary VRAM Not Detected
Sound card:
Audio device: Intel Broadwell HDMI
Memory:
RAM: 7889 Mb
Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
LANG: en_HK.UTF-8
Microphone: Not set
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 109009 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 54740 Mb
VR Headset: None detected
Tue Apr 12 13:10:08 2016 GMT: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20160412201239_1.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-7ce59e45-ca10-48fa-8391-11dfc2160412''
no longer playing steam, closing lol
Nothing extracted yet.
Ever since the update on 31/3, the steam crashes constantly without error messages, i do not know what actions trigger the crashes but seems to happen more when i touch my friend list or community pages.