Segmentation fault if the password is being remembered

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#4484 · opened 2016-06-07 by Sworddragon · updated 2019-06-28 · 3 comments · github

SSworddragon 2016-06-07 github

Your system information

Steam client version: 1461972496 (a -v/--version argument could help)
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Ubuntu 16.10 dev
Opted into Steam client beta?: No
Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

On login if the checkbox for remembering the password is checked Steam crashes the next time it gets started (with "./steam.sh: line 756: 52797 Segmentation fault $STEAM_DEBUGGER "$STEAMROOT/$STEAMEXEPATH" "$@""). A workaround is to set RememberPassword to 0 in ~/.steam/steam/config/SteamAppData.vdf.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

Start Steam and login with enabling the checkbox to remember your password.
Exit Steam.
Start Steam again.

Now Steam crashes with the error message above printed to the last line in the terminal.

SSworddragon 2018-03-24 github

The issue still exists with an up-to-date upstream Steam. The old workaround did not work for me anymore but it seems deleting the key "InstallConfigStore" -> "Software" -> "Valve" -> "Steam" -> "MTBF" in ~/.steam/steam/config/config.vdf does the trick too.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2019-05-24 github

Hello @Sworddragon, are you still experiencing this issue on an up to date system? If you are, can you check if you have a system-wide dbus instance running?

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2019-06-28 github

Closing pending feedback.

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