I couldn't immediately reproduce this. Do you have a crash ID you get when it crashes that you can give me?
Sorry, but I've not found any related data in steam.log and .crash files.
In terminal I'm getting the following:
ExecSteamURL: "steam://open/friends"
Generating new string page texture 130: 48x256, total string texture memory is 2.61 MB
Generating new string page texture 131: 64x256, total string texture memory is 2.67 MB
/home/deadmoto/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 343: 3042 Segmentation fault (core dumped) $STEAM_DEBUGGER "$STEAMROOT/$PLATFORM/$STEAMEXE" "$@"
Also, I found that Steam crashes with all friends, not only I've talked before.
After last update problem was not disappear.
So, I can upload my .steam folder content somewhere so you can try to reproduce this problem using my data.
I think I am experiencing this same crash?
CAPIJobRequestUserStats - Server response failed 2
System startup time: 71.20 seconds
ExecCommandLine: "/home/dave/.steam/root/ubuntu12_32/steam steam://open/driverhelperready"
ExecSteamURL: "steam://open/driverhelperready"
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1359221069_client)
ExecSteamURL: "steam://open/friends"
/home/dave/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 343: 12646 Segmentation fault (core dumped) $STEAM_DEBUGGER "$STEAMROOT/$PLATFORM/$STEAMEXE" "$@"
It happens every time I go double click someone on my buddy list to send a message.
I am also running an ATI card. Did you install the drivers from source or use the repository version? I am using the repository version currently.
Please let me know what additional information I can provide. I tried looking around some of the logs in ~/.local/share/Steam but couldn't find anything relevant, and I do not know how to debug the crash .dmp files. I can attach some though if that would be helpful.
here is my info as well
Processor Information:
Vendor: GenuineIntel
Speed: 3201 Mhz
8 logical processors
4 physical processors
HyperThreading: Supported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported
Network Information:
Network Speed:
Operating System Version:
Ubuntu 12.10 (64 bit)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 3.5.0-22-generic
X Server vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Server release: 11300000
Video Card:
Driver: ATI Technologies Inc. AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series
Driver Version: 4.2.11903 Compatibility Profile Context
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
VendorID: 0x1002
DeviceID: 0x6719
Number of Monitors: 2
Number of Logical Video Cards: 2
Primary Display Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Desktop Resolution: 3520 x 1080
Primary Display Size: 23.54" x 13.23" (26.97" diag)
59.8cm x 33.6cm (68.5cm diag)
Primary VRAM Not Detected
Sound card:
Audio device: Realtek ALC889
Memory:
RAM: 9992 Mb
Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
LANG: en_US.UTF-8
Microphone: Not set
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 20158 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 17075 Mb
Installed software:
Recent Failure Reports:
Mon Jan 28 04:10:40 2013 GMT: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20130127231037_1.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-97feff74-07d1-468f-a59b-8ad2e2130127''
Deadmoto can you edit the issue name to remove the part about offline contacts? I think we both confirmed this is an issue for online contacts as well.
Not sure if this was fixed, or it was an issue with my setup. But I am not having the issue anymore (fresh install).
I've just installed clean Linux Mint 14 and I also can't reproduce this issue.
Maybe we can close this thread?
Will close, if either of you have the issue again, please comment.
Nothing extracted yet.
Using these steps I'm getting segfault each time I open non-empty chat with offline contact.
Moreover, I'm getting segfault even after restart (just open Steam, then chat).
Console output:
My hardware info: