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Steam crashes with a controller connected

steamclosed Steam clientDistro Family: ArchGeneral controller / Steam Input
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#9101 · opened 2023-01-13 by uhthomas · updated 2023-05-19 · 12 comments · github
Uuhthomas 2023-01-13 github

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Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Steam crashes whenever an Xbox wireless controller is connected.

[xcb] Unknown sequence number while processing queue
[xcb] You called XInitThreads, this is not your fault
[xcb] Aborting, sorry about that.
steam: xcb_io.c:278: poll_for_event: Assertion `!xcb_xlib_threads_sequence_lost' failed.
crash_20230113191437_35.dmp[26669]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)
/tmp/dumps/crash_20230113191437_35.dmp
/home/thomas/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 798: 26310 Aborted                 (core dumped) "$STEAMROOT/$STEAMEXEPATH" "$@"

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❯ crash_20230113191437_35.dmp[26669]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes
crash_20230113191437_35.dmp[26669]: response: CrashID=bp-5161667a-e510-43be-87ef-af9fa2230113
crash_20230113191437_35.dmp[26669]: file ''/tmp/dumps/crash_20230113191437_35.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-5161667a-e510-43be-87ef-af9fa2230113''

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Open steam.
  2. Connect controller.
  3. Visit either the controller configuration menu, or try to launch a game from big picture with the controller.
Uuhthomas 2023-01-13 github

Related https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/9090, but this issue (https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/9101) covers more than just the controller configuration menu.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2023-01-13 github

Hello @uhthomas, this looks similar to https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/8977#issuecomment-1344845959. What version of libX11 are you using and does downgrading libx11 and lib32-libx11 to 1.8.1 workaround the issue?

Uuhthomas 2023-01-13 github

Thanks for getting back to me.

❯ paru -Q libx11
libx11 1.8.3-5
❯ paru -Q lib32-libx11
lib32-libx11 1.8.3-1

I'll see if downgrading libx11 helps.

Uuhthomas 2023-01-13 github

It may be a little tricky to test though, older versions of packages aren't readily available through the package manager as Arch Linux is a rolling release OS.

Aammgws 2023-01-15 github

^ You can install downgrade from the AUR to help out with that

Wwxlfsangel 2023-01-15 github

Having the same issue as @uhthomas and i downgraded libx11 and lib32-libx11 to 1.8.1 and now the controller settings works

PPolarisPyra 2023-01-16 github

Can confirm. I also had this issue for two days I downgraded libx11 and lib32x11 to 1.8.1 and it worked!

XXenHat 2023-01-17 github

Just confirming that using downgrade to install libx11 and lib32-libx11 to 1.8.1 does fix my crash as well.

Wwxlfsangel 2023-02-06 github

Has this been fixed in recent updates or do we keep an old version of libx11 and lib32-libx11?

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2023-02-06 github

Looks like libx11 1.8.4 has been released, but it's not yet packaged for Arch to prompt a retest. In theory, that's the proper resolution to this issue.

XXenHat 2023-04-18 github

Seems to work now!

 pacman -Qs libx11            
local/lib32-libx11 1.8.4-1
    X11 client-side library (32-bit)
local/libx11 1.8.4-1
    X11 client-side library

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Kkisak-valve maintainer 2023-05-19 github

Closing as fixed.

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