$ lshw -short
H/W path Device Class Description
========================================================
system E692 0.0 (To be filled by O.E.M.)
/0 bus 151-IB-E692
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/28 memory 1MiB L2 cache
/0/29 memory 256KiB L1 cache
/0/2a memory 8MiB L3 cache
/0/2b memory 16GiB System Memory
/0/2b/0 memory 8GiB DIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1333 MHz (0.8 ns)
/0/2b/1 memory DIMM [empty]
/0/2b/2 memory 8GiB DIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1333 MHz (0.8 ns)
/0/2b/3 memory DIMM [empty]
/0/2c processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz
/0/100 bridge Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller
/0/100/1 bridge Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor PCI Express Roo
/0/100/1/0 display GM204 [GeForce GTX 970]
/0/100/1/0.1 multimedia GM204 High Definition Audio Controller
/0/100/14 bus 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Cont
/0/100/14/0 usb3 bus xHCI Host Controller
/0/100/14/0/3 input SA9023 USB Audio
/0/100/14/0/4 input Fitbit Base Station
/0/100/14/1 usb4 bus xHCI Host Controller
/0/100/16 communication 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family MEI Controller #1
/0/100/1a bus 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Control
/0/100/1a/1 usb1 bus EHCI Host Controller
/0/100/1a/1/1 bus Integrated Rate Matching Hub
/0/100/1b multimedia 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family High Definition Audio Con
/0/100/1c bridge 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1
/0/100/1c/0 bus ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host Controller
/0/100/1c/0/0 usb5 bus xHCI Host Controller
/0/100/1c/0/1 usb6 bus xHCI Host Controller
/0/100/1c.3 bridge 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4
/0/100/1c.3/0 storage 88SE6121 SATA II / PATA Controller
/0/100/1c.6 bridge 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root P
/0/100/1c.6/0 enp4s0 network 82574L Gigabit Network Connection
/0/100/1d bus 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Control
/0/100/1d/1 usb2 bus EHCI Host Controller
/0/100/1d/1/1 bus Integrated Rate Matching Hub
/0/100/1d/1/1/6 communication AR3011 Bluetooth
/0/100/1d/1/1/8 bus USB2.0 Hub
/0/100/1d/1/1/8/1 generic Controller
/0/100/1d/1/1/8/2 bus USB2.0 Hub
/0/100/1d/1/1/8/3 input G300s Optical Gaming Mouse
/0/100/1d/1/1/8/4 input daskeyboard
/0/100/1f bridge Z77 Express Chipset LPC Controller
/0/100/1f.2 storage 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Contro
/0/100/1f.3 bus 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SMBus Controller
/0/1 scsi0 storage
/0/1/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 256GB Samsung SSD 840
/0/2 scsi1 storage
/0/2/0.0.0 /dev/sdb disk 128GB M4-CT128M4SSD2
/0/3 scsi2 storage
/0/3/0.0.0 /dev/sdc disk 3TB WDC WD30EZRX-19D
$ uname -a
Linux hostname 4.9.0-8-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.110-3+deb9u6 (2018-10-08) x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ nvidia-smi
Sat Oct 27 20:58:37 2018
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 390.87 Driver Version: 390.87 |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
| 0 GeForce GTX 970 Off | 00000000:01:00.0 On | N/A |
| 0% 60C P0 54W / 200W | 1110MiB / 4042MiB | 3% Default |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes: GPU Memory |
| GPU PID Type Process name Usage |
|=============================================================================|
| 0 817 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 24MiB |
| 0 1048 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 324MiB |
| 0 1138 G /usr/bin/gnome-shell 277MiB |
| 0 1808 G ...quest-channel-token=3813739791533961501 358MiB |
| 0 9724 G ...-token=F7877CE5669A9D727C5B50F984720BA3 64MiB |
| 0 9884 G /home/jul/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam 27MiB |
| 0 9894 G ./steamwebhelper 3MiB |
| 0 13140 G gnome-control-center 3MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Steam client version (build number or date): Oct 13 2018, at 00:47:32
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Debian 9 Strech, stable
Opted into Steam client beta?: No, but true even for the beta (tried)
Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:
I expect the client to be still running after exiting a game. I could not guess what triggers it, but the client often is no longer working afterwards. It does not depend on the game, neither on the version (it is true since at least a few months AFAIK).
Steps for reproducing this issue:
Launching Steam client (preferably in a terminal to get the standard output)
Launch any game and after a while (whatever the duration) stop it
Client process will be stopped without explanation, often without any message displayed in the standard output (especially for native games)
Standard output after trying to launch a game, when running the client through a terminal
$ steam
Running Steam on debian 9 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Pins up-to-date!
[2018-10-27 19:57:43] Startup - updater built Oct 13 2018 00:47:09
Looks like steam didn't shutdown cleanly, scheduling immediate update check
[2018-10-27 19:57:43] Checking for update on startup
[2018-10-27 19:57:43] Checking for available updates...
[2018-10-27 19:57:44] Download skipped: /client/steam_client_ubuntu12 version 1539393410, installed version 1539393410
[2018-10-27 19:57:44] Nothing to do
[2018-10-27 19:57:44] Verifying installation...
[2018-10-27 19:57:44] Performing checksum verification of executable files
[2018-10-27 19:57:45] Verification complete
STEAMPS3 - AsyncTCPSocket created
STEAMPS3 - AsncTCPSocket destroyed
Your system information
Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:
I expect the client to be still running after exiting a game. I could not guess what triggers it, but the client often is no longer working afterwards. It does not depend on the game, neither on the version (it is true since at least a few months AFAIK).
Steps for reproducing this issue:
Standard output after trying to launch a game, when running the client through a terminal