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Segmentation fault after the latest update

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#8815 · opened 2022-09-23 by alandiwix · updated 2022-10-17 · 9 comments · github
Aalandiwix 2022-09-23 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): Startup - updater built Sep 21 2022 20:13:19
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Flatpak
  • 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:

Started to happen right after I received Steam's "client update" notification and pushed "Restart". Now happens every time right after ~30 seconds.

No minidump written, nothing to upload.
.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 796:   149 Segmentation fault      "$STEAMROOT/$STEAMEXEPATH" "$@"

Only Steam client itself was updated - not system package, not flatpak package.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Start Steam
  2. Wait/brouse/play for a ~30 seconds
  3. Segmentation fault happens
Aalandiwix 2022-09-23 github

@kisak-valve Is there a way I can rollback the Steam client update?
crashes even with -no-browser

MMidnoclose 2022-09-23 github

Having a similar issue with the .deb version of steam on Kubuntu 20.04 LTS. Not on the Steam Client beta. After a couple minutes, steam and the game I am currently playing crash. I believe this is an X issue. Here are some relevant lines in the log:

Maximum number of clients reachedMaximum number of clients reachedsrc/clientdll/inputgenerator_linux.cpp (335) : m_pDisplay
src/clientdll/inputgenerator_linux.cpp (335) : m_pDisplay
/home/username/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 796:  2818 Segmentation fault      (core dumped) "$STEAMROOT/$STEAMEXEPATH" "$@"
WWizkid116 2022-09-24 github

I'm having a near identical issue as well with the Manjaro package. The client works for a few minutes then will crash. If anyone knows if it's possible to rollback to a previous version, that will help until the issue is resolved.

Kklarasm 2022-09-25 github

I also experience a similar issue on Gentoo, but only for the flatpak version (both regular and beta). Attaching logs. The non-flatpak version installed from the steam overlay works fine.

steam.log
steam-syslog.log

TTTimo 2022-09-27 github

The crash ID in @klarasm's report points towards SDL2's SDL_dbus.c - possibly related to https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/pull/6129

Mmattkanwisher 2022-10-12 github

Getting same issue on Batocera steam crashes after about 30 seconds after launch

EEralpCelebi 2022-10-15 github

I am currently experiencing the problem as well. I wish could provide more information :/

EEralpCelebi 2022-10-16 github

For everyone searching for a quick hack-fix, I was able to solve my problem by adding export $(dbus-launch) in my .bashrc and launch Steam from the terminal.

Kklarasm 2022-10-17 github

Update from my side, I switched my Gentoo installation to systemd and the now steam seems to run fine under flatpak and I could launch games with it (both native and via proton). The version of SDL seems to be the same as before: Loaded SDL version 2.25.0-7511446. Perhaps systemd does some additional integration with flatpak that openrc does not (could be the user instance which seems to start flatpak-session-helper.service when flatpak is launched). Attaching logs in case they could be useful.
steam.log
steam-syslog.log

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