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Steam crashes when attempting to download anything

steamclosed Steam clientDistro Family: Arch
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#7174 · opened 2020-06-08 by gunslingerfry · updated 2023-02-03 · 4 comments · github
Ggunslingerfry 2020-06-08 github

Just installed the steam client to download some soundtracks actually. Brand new machine and install (about 3 weeks ago).

Your system information

system_information.txt

  • Steam client version (build number or date): See dump of system information
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Manjaro 20.0.3
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No] Yes, no difference between the two
  • Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No] Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Expect downloads to succeed and not crash
Things tried:

  • moving library folder somewhere else
  • installing steam-native runtime
  • switching to beta client

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Install steam-manjaro
  2. Run Steam, login
  3. Attempt to install or download anything
  4. Crashes

minidumps:
minidumps.zip

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2020-06-08 github

For reference, the attached minidumps are SIGFPE in steamui.so.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2022-12-30 github

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

Mmryellow 2022-12-30 github

My experience was it's so poor that I'll never install Steam on Linux again.

First it demands a dual-arch and duplicate 32 Bit installs of everything.

Then it lags to death whenever downloading.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2023-02-03 github

Closing pending feedback.

Nothing extracted yet.