Here are the crash logs in my /tmp/dumps folder.
dumps.tar.gz

I'm afraid I don't know what I could do with that information :(

Following the steps taken in #8595, I ran the following:

$ sudo apt policy libx11-6 libx11-6:i386
libx11-6:
  Installed: 2:1.7.5-1
  Candidate: 2:1.7.5-1
  Version table:
 *** 2:1.7.5-1 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
libx11-6:i386:
  Installed: 2:1.7.5-1
  Candidate: 2:1.7.5-1
  Version table:
 *** 2:1.7.5-1 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

I attempted to uninstall libx11-6:i386, but Steam just requested to reinstall it next time I ran it. I couldn't uninstall libx11-6.

I should also mention that for the entire time the Steam client runs, it spams the terminal with the following:

!! Steam controller device opened for index 0.
Local Device Found
  type: 045e 028e
  path: sdl://273
  serial_number:  - 0
  Manufacturer: 
  Product:      X360 Controller
  Release:      110
  Interface:    -1

!! Steam controller device opened for index 0.
Controller device closed after hid_read failure
Local Device Found
  type: 2563 0537
  path: sdl://274
  serial_number:  - 0
  Manufacturer: 
  Product:      Trust-GMP-04
  Release:      111
  Interface:    -1

!! Steam controller device opened for index 0.
Controller device closed after hid_read failure
Local Device Found
  type: 045e 028e
  path: sdl://275
  serial_number:  - 0
  Manufacturer: 
  Product:      X360 Controller
  Release:      110
  Interface:    -1

!! Steam controller device opened for index 0.
Controller device closed after hid_read failure
Local Device Found
  type: 045e 028e
  path: sdl://276
  serial_number:  - 0
  Manufacturer: 
  Product:      X360 Controller
  Release:      110
  Interface:    -1

!! Steam controller device opened for index 0.
Controller device closed after hid_read failure
Local Device Found
  type: 045e 028e
  path: sdl://277
  serial_number:  - 0
  Manufacturer: 
  Product:      X360 Controller
  Release:      110
  Interface:    -1

I have the USB component of a wireless gamepad plugged in, but the gamepad itself is turned off and I am not using it.

Hello,

I have the USB component of a wireless gamepad plugged in, but the gamepad itself is turned off and I am not using it.

If you unplug the various controllers you may have completely, does the problem go away? Can you narrow it down to a specific one?

If you unplug the various controllers you may have completely, does the problem go away? Can you narrow it down to a specific one?

I was thinking this exact same thing and unplugged the gamepad. It's been a few hours and Steam hasn't crashed! I'm going to leave this issue open for now in case it does come back (though I'm not going to plug the gamepad back in), just in case it's a coincidence.

If nothing changes in a couple of days I'm going to close this issue, though there is something to be said about Steam crashing if a gamepad is plugged in. The gamepad is not actually for any Steam games, but would this prevent me from playing games on Steam with it?

It's a legitimate issue, I don't know that you should really close it because you have a workaround. Just trying to narrow down what is happening here.

Could you pull a list of open file descriptors while the problem is happening? We'd like to match the spam you're seeing in the terminal with X11 connections left open.

You'd lookup steam's pid with pgrep -x steam then grab the output of ls -1al /proc/<pid>/fd

If you don't want to post publicly feel free to email to [email protected] - thanks!

Could you pull a list of open file descriptors while the problem is happening? We'd like to match the spam you're seeing in the terminal with X11 connections left open.

You'd lookup steam's pid with pgrep -x steam then grab the output of ls -1al /proc/<pid>/fd

If you don't want to post publicly feel free to email to [email protected] - thanks!

Sent!

Fix for this went in with last night's beta. Please retest.

So it seems the crashes have ceased but the console spam hasn't, though it has changed in content.

The following is the "common" error message that shows up about every 2 seconds:

Local Device Found
  type: 045e 028e
  path: sdl://619
  serial_number:  - 0
  Manufacturer: 
  Product:      X360 Controller
  Release:      110
  Interface:    -1

!! Steam controller device opened for index 0.
Controller device closed after hid_read failure
!! Controller 0 attributes:
  Type: 31
  ProductID: 654
  Serial: 45e-28e-f18050f
  Capabilities: 001843ff
  Firmware Version: 0
  Firmware Build Time: 2147483647 (Tue, 19 Jan 2038 03:14:07 GMT)
  Bootloader Build Time: 2147483647 (Tue, 19 Jan 2038 03:14:07 GMT)
Loaded Config for Local Selection Path for App ID 413090, Controller 0: controller_base/bigpicture_gamepad.vdf
Loaded Config for Local Selection Path for App ID 413090, Controller 0: controller_base/bigpicture_gamepad.vdf
Loaded Config for Local Selection Path for App ID 769, Controller 0: controller_base/basicui_gamepad.vdf
Loaded Config for Last Resort Path for App ID 769, Controller 0: /home/nocty1501/.local/share/Steam//controller_base/basicui_gamepad.vdf
Loaded Config for Local Override Path for App ID 413080, Controller 0: /home/nocty1501/.local/share/Steam//controller_base/empty.vdf
Controller 0 disconnected

Then, occasionally, once every 20-30 error messages, this one will appear instead:

Local Device Found
  type: 2563 0537
  path: sdl://620
  serial_number:  - 0
  Manufacturer: 
  Product:      Trust-GMP-04
  Release:      111
  Interface:    -1

!! Steam controller device opened for index 0.
Controller device closed after hid_read failure
!! Controller 0 attributes:
  Type: 30
  ProductID: 1335
  Serial: 2563-537-f18050f
  Capabilities: 001803f7
  Firmware Version: 0
  Firmware Build Time: 2147483647 (Tue, 19 Jan 2038 03:14:07 GMT)
  Bootloader Build Time: 2147483647 (Tue, 19 Jan 2038 03:14:07 GMT)
Loaded Config for Local Selection Path for App ID 413090, Controller 0: controller_base/bigpicture_gamepad.vdf
Loaded Config for Local Selection Path for App ID 413090, Controller 0: controller_base/bigpicture_gamepad.vdf
Loaded Config for Local Selection Path for App ID 769, Controller 0: controller_base/basicui_gamepad.vdf
Loaded Config for Last Resort Path for App ID 769, Controller 0: /home/nocty1501/.local/share/Steam//controller_base/basicui_gamepad.vdf
Loaded Config for Local Override Path for App ID 413080, Controller 0: /home/nocty1501/.local/share/Steam//controller_base/empty.vdf
Controller 0 disconnected

The error messages appear to always be identical in content, with the exception of the path: field, which increments with every message (regardless of error "type"). I still only have one controller plugged in.

Thanks. We think your driver is incorrectly advertising a controller that it can't read from (that's expected, since it's powered off). We fixed Steam so it doesn't crash to resource exhaustion in such situations. The driver would need to be fixed, but that's not us :)

The controller wasn't for any Steam games to begin with, I just wanted to leave it plugged in :p

Cheers, guys!

I should mention that the constant re-reading of what controller is plugged in is causing significant stuttering which ends up feeling like a really bad lag spike every few seconds. This is so bad it happens even when no game is open, which for a while lead me to think it was my driver or DE acting up. I had to unplug the controller to make it stop because it made certain shooters unplayable due to the constant stuttering affecting my ability to react.

I'm leaving this comment because this was never an issue on Windows 7 (which I used prior to moving to Linux Mint), so presumably this is not intended behavior.