Hello @win8linux,
This is a steam runtime compatibility issue. One of the workaround methods at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Steam/Troubleshooting#Steam_runtime_issues may be useful to you.
Thanks, kisak-valve! It took me a while, but I found the right one.
For those who might later on have the same problem, go to the page suggested by kisak-valve and scroll towards the very bottom; the relevant header is "Symbol lookup error using dri3".
@win8linux / @kisak-valve Could you please share the resolution for the "grep: symbol lookup error: grep: undefined symbol: pcre_jit_stack_alloc"?
Hello @shraddhapp, looking around a bit it looks like issues with pcre_jit_stack_alloc and grep were happening around 2016, but the way Steam handles the LD_* style Steam runtime has changed a fair bit and that particular issue doesn't seem to happen in the wild anymore.
If you're seeing a similar issue on an up to date system, please open a new issue report so that your issue can be tracked properly.
Sure I will open a new issue. This issue is unrelated to Steam and arises when executing a specific process.
@win8linux @kisak-valve Thanks for your response.
Nothing extracted yet.
System information
Kernel: x86_64 Linux 4.4.0-21-generic
Shell: zsh 5.1.1
Resolution: 1920x1080
DE: KDE5
WM: KWin
CPU: AMD A8-5600K APU with Radeon HD Graphics @ 3.6GHz
RAM: 5984MiB
Steps for reproducing this issue:
HI there! I recently updated my Steam install and it's now it's no longer launching properly; it's currently spitting this out from the terminal:
Running Steam on linuxmint 18 64-bitSTEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automaticallygrep: symbol lookup error: grep: undefined symbol: pcre_jit_stack_allocgrep: symbol lookup error: grep: undefined symbol: pcre_jit_stack_allocgrep: symbol lookup error: grep: undefined symbol: pcre_jit_stack_allocInstalling breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1468023329)I've seen similar reports here on GitHub, but they all seem to be related to graphics issues. Mine doesn't seem to be that, since none of the solutions on those pages have worked and I don't see any references to drivers in my errors.
The original error output was this:
Running Steam on linuxmint 18 64-bitSTEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automaticallygrep: symbol lookup error: grep: undefined symbol: pcre_jit_stack_alloc/bin/bash: /home/julius/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5: no version information available (required by /bin/bash)awk: /home/julius/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5: no version information available (required by /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libreadline.so.6)grep: symbol lookup error: grep: undefined symbol: pcre_jit_stack_allocgrep: symbol lookup error: grep: undefined symbol: pcre_jit_stack_allocInstalling breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1468023329)I partially fixed this with the following:
cd ~/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/lib/x86_64-linux-gnumv libstdc++.so.6 libstdc++.so.6.bakThis left me with the grep errors remaining. Has anyone else experienced this and does anyone know how to solve this?
P.S. This is my first issue report, so pardon if there's anything wrong with this.