protonscr

Plugging in a USB network adapter causes steam client to crash

steamclosed Steam clientDistro Family: Ubuntu
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#5713 · opened 2018-08-31 by PhonicUK · updated 2021-01-07 · 2 comments · github
PPhonicUK 2018-08-31 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): Aug 29 2018
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Ubuntu 18.04
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: No
  • Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Not much to it. If I plug in a USB ethernet adapter while steam is running, it'll die.
dmesg shows as follows: https://gist.github.com/PhonicUK/7b634b08ec553f63837c8bfa4ddeeb80

Kernel version 4.18.5 build date Aug 24 2018, Specific hardware is a 13" HP Envy x360 Ryzen 7.

If the adapter is already plugged in before starting the steam client it behaves fine, and unplugging it while it's running doesn't cause a crash.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Start steam client
  2. Plug in a USB network adapter
  3. Steam is no longer running
Kkisak-valve maintainer 2020-12-25 github

Hello @PhonicUK, are you still experiencing this issue on an up to date system?

PPhonicUK 2021-01-07 github

Hey @kisak-valve - I can confirm that this behaviour has been fixed and no longer occurs on the latest release.

Tested against Jan 5, 2021 build on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, fully updated. Kernel 5.4.0-54-generic x86_64

Issue closed with thanks :)

Nothing extracted yet.