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[beta] errors in logs related to pulseaudio

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#9319 · opened 2023-04-04 by sylware · updated 2023-04-28 · 5 comments · github
Ssylware 2023-04-04 github

Latest beta, right after the steamui.so fix, some people (@dsalt and me), with a system without pulseaudio (I use alsa(dmix)), with -no-cef-sandbox (even if it seems properly detected by steamwebhelper.sh now) get the following crash:
PulseAudio connect failed (used only for Mic Volume Control) with error: Access denied
PulseAudio context init failed
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
... previous mmap errors repeated many times ...
Assertion 'c' failed at pulse/context.c:1060, function pa_context_set_state_callback(). Aborting.

For @dsalt, the crash happens somewhere else but seems still related to pulseaudio.

Ssylware 2023-04-05 github

I did opt out from the beta while waiting for the fix. I'll check here regularly.

Ssylware 2023-04-20 github

BTW, the steamwebhelper is running into the heavy steam runtime (with CEF disabled).

Ssylware 2023-04-20 github

Tried the last beta, still crashing the same way.

Ssylware 2023-04-23 github

I tried again the beta today and I was looking at the log files and I noticed that with the beta, the following line which I get with the stable build is missing: logs/steamui_system.txt:[2023-04-23 12:52:16] Initialized CSystemAudioController: 1

So it seems CSystemAudioController is crashing libpulse.so.0.

Ssylware 2023-04-28 github

Tested the shiny new update: I still have the same errors in the log, but the beta client does load fine.

I will change the title of the issue.

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