Please include information requested on https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux
In particular, if your info has a recent failure that corresponds to the time of the crash we can look at the crash info that was submitted.
Closing pending getting more information to isolate the problem.
I've had the same issue, but sometimes Steam will freeze instead of crashing.
System info:
Processor Information:
Vendor: AuthenticAMD
Speed: 2200 Mhz
2 logical processors
2 physical processors
HyperThreading: Unsupported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Supported
SSE41: Unsupported
SSE42: Unsupported
Network Information:
Network Speed:
Operating System Version:
"Arch Linux" (64 bit)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 3.7.5-2-ck
X Server vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Server release: 11302000
Video Card:
Driver: X.Org Gallium 0.4 on AMD RS880
Driver Version: 3.0 Mesa 9.0.2
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 59 Hz
VendorID: 0x1002
DeviceID: 0x9712
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of Logical Video Cards: 1
Primary Display Resolution: 1366 x 768
Desktop Resolution: 1366 x 768
Primary Display Size: 13.58" x 7.64" (15.55" diag)
34.5cm x 19.4cm (39.5cm diag)
Primary VRAM Not Detected
Sound card:
Audio device: Realtek ALC272X
Memory:
RAM: 7721 Mb
Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
LANG: en_US.UTF-8
Microphone: Not set
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 444079 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 148259 Mb
Installed software:
Recent Failure Reports:
command line output:
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled by the user
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/libstderred.so' from /etc/ld.so.preload cannot be preloaded: ignored.
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1359600063_client)
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unlinked 0 orphaned pipes
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[0131/095126:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(239)] Failed to call method: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.NetworkManager was not provided by any .service files
[0131/095126:WARNING:proxy_service.cc(646)] PAC support disabled because there is no system implementation
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1359600063_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1359600063_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1359600063_client)
PulseAudio connect failed (used only for Mic Volume Control) with error: Access denied
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Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1359600063_client)
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Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1359600063_client)
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roaming config store loaded successfully - 5299 bytes.
migrating temporary roaming config store
/usr/lib/gio/modules/libgvfsdbus.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64
Failed to load module: /usr/lib/gio/modules/libgvfsdbus.so
ExecCommandLine: "/home/runningdroid/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam"
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(steam:14131): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: Trying to remove a child that doesn't believe we're it's parent.
(steam:14131): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: Trying to remove a child that doesn't believe we're it's parent.
(steam:14131): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: Trying to remove a child that doesn't believe we're it's parent.
(steam:14131): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: Trying to remove a child that doesn't believe we're it's parent.
(steam:14131): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: Trying to remove a child that doesn't believe we're it's parent.
(steam:14131): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: Trying to remove a child that doesn't believe we're it's parent.
(steam:14131): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: Trying to remove a child that doesn't believe we're it's parent.
(steam:14131): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: Trying to remove a child that doesn't believe we're it's parent.
(steam:14131): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: Trying to remove a child that doesn't believe we're it's parent.
(steam:14131): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: Trying to remove a child that doesn't believe we're it's parent.
(steam:14131): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: Trying to remove a child that doesn't believe we're it's parent.
(steam:14131): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: Trying to remove a child that doesn't believe we're it's parent.
(steam:14131): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: Trying to remove a child that doesn't believe we're it's parent.
(steam:14131): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: Trying to remove a child that doesn't believe we're it's parent.
(steam:14131): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: Trying to remove a child that doesn't believe we're it's parent.
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System startup time: 10.60 seconds
STEAM_RUNTIME has been set by the user to: /home/runningdroid/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/libstderred.so' from /etc/ld.so.preload cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ExecCommandLine: "/home/runningdroid/.steam/root/ubuntu12_32/steam steam://open/driverhelperready"
ExecSteamURL: "steam://open/driverhelperready"
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/home/runningdroid/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 403: 14131 Segmentation fault (core dumped) $STEAM_DEBUGGER "$STEAMROOT/$PLATFORM/$STEAMEXE" "$@"
@RunningDroid, your problem may be a video driver issue. These crashes don't occur for us, so without being able to get crashes there isn't a lot more we can do to isolate the problem.
@RunningDroid try proprietary AMD drivers - current stable version is 13.1.
This is an issue with the opensource drivers, I'll see if I can find why steam is the only thing (that I know of) that causes this.
@ZeXx86: I would use the proprietary drivers but my computer has a legacy chipset and the proprietary driver I would have to use is outdated.
@RunningDroid, AMD just recently updated their legacy proprietary driver.
It doesn't support the latest Xorg, which was released June 2012
The catalyst 13.1 legacy driver that just came out Jan 21? It supports xorg 1.13.x.
it doesn't work on Arch's stable xorg, it fails with
Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so: undefined symbol: noXFree86DRIExtension
I think at the moment it only works on Arch with Ubuntu's catalyst and xorg-server-git, but I'm going to have to check it out.
Nothing extracted yet.
When I click on the "Steam" menu, it crashes with the following output:
This is on Arch Linux x64 installed with pacman. I can report a bug there if it's not a problem with Steam itself.