Steam Crashes When Connecting a New Thunderbolt 3 Ethernet Adapter

steamclosed Steam client

ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#7127 · opened 2020-05-23 by dylanmtaylor · updated 2022-12-16 · 4 comments · github

Ddylanmtaylor 2020-05-23 github

Your system information

Steam client version (build number or date): latest as of 5/23
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Arch Linux 64-bit
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:

When the internet connection switches from wireless -> wired on a new ethernet device that wasn't attached to the system when Steam started, the Steam client will crash. I have reproduced this twice.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

Have a USB C dongle, with ethernet attached and it plugged into your router but not the computer
Start downloading a game on Steam, e.g. DOTA 2.
While the download is in progress, plug the adapter in
The client will crash when the wired connection is done establishing.

Launching the client again with the adapter still connected does not cause a crash, and it downloads the game normally over ethernet. Unplugging the ethernet cable does not crash it either.

?ghost 2020-05-25 github

same issue

?ghost 2020-05-25 github

distro family is not important, i had this issue in ubuntu,mint,lmde,etc

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2022-11-11 github

Hello @dylanmtaylor, @MersadAkbari, are either of you still experiencing this issue on an up to date system? This issue reads like it might be from a mismatch between networkmanager libraries in the Steam runtime and the host system.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2022-12-16 github

Closing pending feedback.

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