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steamwebhelper constantly crashing while playing witcher 3

steamclosed overlayDistro Family: ArchWeb ComponentProton
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#7037 · opened 2020-04-16 by soredake · updated 2020-04-19 · 2 comments · github
Ssoredake 2020-04-16 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): 1586022601
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): ArchLinux
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No] No
  • Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No] Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

After starting witcher 3 in proton, then triggering steam overlay by pressing shift+tab steamwebhelper is constantly crashing and reopening until i close the game.

steam log:
w3-steamwebhelper.log
witcher 3 log, if needed:
steam-292030.log
pc info:
https://gist.github.com/soredake/ed1fa30f885371dda5f331815920a3ae

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Install archlinux.
  2. Install witcher 3.
  3. Start game and press shift+tab.

Screenshot_20200416_162859
https://streamable.com/vj11ma

Ssoredake 2020-04-17 github

Switched to steam beta and crashing is gone for now.

Ssoredake 2020-04-19 github

Found the problem, earlyoom was killing steamwebhelper.

Nothing extracted yet.