Steam GUI Broken Into Separate Xorg Windows Until Restarted
This happened to me after waking from suspend, so that might have something to do with it. It looks like the exact same issue, black window and UI in top-left corner.
This also happens to me when the PC is idling for a longer period of time (for example overnight) with locked screen.
Same over here on Fedora 37. They only show up after sitting idle overnight so far. Other logs and screenshot attached to #9806
Edit: I'm also using a KVM to switch to my work machine which effectively disconnects both displays--I see some errors related to that in the logs
Edit2: Not sure if related, but I tried to close the windows and steamwebhelper crashed then it brought down Cinnamon with it
$ coredumpctl list steamwebhelper
TIME PID UID GID SIG COREFILE EXE SIZE
Tue 2023-06-20 16:47:33 EDT 455405 1000 1000 SIGSEGV missing /home/nick/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/steamwebhelper n/a
Thu 2023-07-06 16:27:35 EDT 7359 1000 1000 SIGSEGV present /home/nick/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/steamwebhelper 56.3M
Thu 2023-07-06 19:01:36 EDT 1199810 1000 1000 SIGILL present /home/nick/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/steamwebhelper 8.6M
Fri 2023-07-07 16:40:36 EDT 1228342 1000 1000 SIGSEGV present /home/nick/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/steamwebhelper 31.8M
Fri 2023-07-07 17:05:52 EDT 1515924 1000 1000 SIGSEGV present /home/nick/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/steamwebhelper 23.1M
This also happens to me if I leave steam running overnight.
I have had this happen as well, though it doesn't seem to happen on KDE, just Gnome and GTK-based desktops. hopefully that helps.
Unfortunately I'm on KDE so we've got all bases covered I guess. :-D
All menu windows become visible if steam started with no monitor
Issue transferred from https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/9902.
@tutacat posted on 2023-07-24T11:49:53:
Your system information
- Steam client version (build number or date): client 1689034492 (web 1689043680)
- Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Fedora (XWayland)
- Opted into Steam client beta?: No
- Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
- Steam Logs:
- GPU: AMD
steam-logs.tar.gz
Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:
- Each menu window (which should be invisible and borderless) becomes visible and bordered, due to an error when starting steam without a monitor connected.
Steps for reproducing this issue:
- Turn off or disconnect your monitor
- Open Steam
- Reconnect your monitor
- See all the menu windows visible with a border, instead of hidden
I can confirm this also still happening to me on Steam version 1690583737 on a system running Fedora 38 with KDE Plasma and Wayland, and using an AMD Radeon 6700 XT. It only happens if I turn off my two monitors with Steam running overnight and usually makes me have to kill Steam in the System Monitor because it doesn't respond.
@CptCookies12 The menu windows still work. It will exit the the Exit Steam menu button, or from the taskbar icon.
I'm not sure it's related but have a feeling it is.
While my (1) displayport monitor is powered off and I (2) try connecting to the same Linux machine via Steamlink app on my Android phone, Steam crashes.
steam.sh: line 798: 2187492 Segmentation fault (core dumped) "$STEAMROOT/$STEAMEXEPATH" "$@" crash_20230903195904_74.dmp[2194280]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes crash_20230903195904_74.dmp[2194280]: response: CrashID=bp-83b701de-5cdc-4f3d-a081-2ecfb2230903 crash_20230903195904_74.dmp[2194280]: file ''/tmp/dumps/crash_20230903195904_74.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-83b701de-5cdc-4f3d-a081-2ecfb2230903''
crash_20230903195904_74.dmp.zip
Steam Version: 1690583737
Steam Client Build Date: Fri, Jul 28 13:44 UTC -06:00
Steam Web Build Date: Fri, Jul 28 17:21 UTC -06:00
Steam API Version: SteamClient020
2023-09-04_SteamDiagnostics.log
Xubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
5.15.0-82-generic
I am also having exactly the same issue. With the steam installed through flatpak I don´t have this issue but with the package installed from pacman I do.
Oddly, I haven't had this happen in a few days. Anyone else experiencing that as well? Nothing's really changed on my end except for maybe a few updates.
Oddly, I haven't had this happen in a few days. Anyone else experiencing that as well? Nothing's really changed on my end except for maybe a few updates.
I've not had this issue or the VRAM leak issue since the latest update. I think they fixed it.
Oddly, I haven't had this happen in a few days. Anyone else experiencing that as well? Nothing's really changed on my end except for maybe a few updates.
Same here, around 13 days uptime and no issues anymore so I think it's fixed.
I have not noticed it happening lately and I just tried it again: started Steam, turned off montior, waited a few seconds, turned monitor back on, no glitch.
Steam Version: 1696019606
Steam Client Build Date: Fri, Sep 29 12:38 UTC -06:00
Steam Web Build Date: Fri, Sep 29 15:25 UTC -06:00
Steam API Version: SteamClient020
Closing per the last couple comments.
I'm having this issue on Windows, has been happening the last few days. Commenting here so it isn't closed as duplicate.
Hello @Sn0uu, please use Steam Support to report issues you're seeing with the Steam client for Windows.
I'm having this issue on Windows, has been happening the last few days. Commenting here so it isn't closed as duplicate.
Same here! It's getting real annoying.
Just chiming in that I observed this (for the first time) just now on Windows 10, so it's still happening on some platforms.
In case it offers a clue:
- Computer unattended to install new game (Talos Principle 2)
- Switched to another local Windows user account
- Possible sleep/resume
- Continued on that other account, then switched back
- Saw ~10 of those black windows with partial menu dropdowns
To all the Windows users commenting on a bug you're encountering:
- This is not the place for you to report that, a Valve employee has Said to go to customer support for your bugs.
- This is a completely unrelated bug for an operating system you do not use (Linux) that works completely differently. Any similarities are only skin deep
- You have not found a regression, see point 2.
- This project that you're reporting a bug on is specifically for Linux, as such any input you put here is useless to Valve.
May not be 100% related, but this exact bug/issue with the same symptoms happens if the SDL_VIDEO_DRIVER (used by SDL3) environment variable is set to wayland. In this case, it doesn't even require the steam client to be left to idle for a while; It happens as soon as steam starts. Removing the environment variable or setting it to x11 instantly fixes the issue.
Another quirk of this bug is that the mouse is misaligned on the main steam window (i.e., it's not clicking where my mouse actually is; there's an offset). I assume this is because the main window now has my system GNOME title bar attached to it.
Also, some parts of the UI are just completely broken. For example, I can't click on some games under my list of games on the left in my library screen.
Tried opting into steam client beta - didn't fix/change anything.
Distro: Arch Linux (kernel 6.8.4-arch1-1)
DE: GNOME 46.0
GPU: NVIDIA RTX 4070 (nvidia-open 550.67-5)
Protocol: wayland 1.22.0 (xorg-xwayland 23.2.5-1) [tried xorg-xwayland 23.2.6 to no avail]
Steam Beta Branch: Steam Beta Update
Steam Version: 1711734008
Steam Client Build Date: Fri, Mar 29 11:09 AM UTC -08:00
Steam Web Build Date: Fri, Mar 29 10:33 AM UTC -08:00
Steam API Version: SteamClient021
(again, tried this on non-beta and I had the same issue).
[Edit: figured out the cause of this issue and changed my comment to reflect such]
This happens to me and I'm on Windows. I know this is for Steam Linux but it's the only thread I could find about the issue, so I'm hoping that help narrowing down the causes.
Steam Version: 1709846872
It happens when I lock my Windows session or when I log into another local Windows user on my PC for a while and then re-open the Windows user session I didn't log out of.
I have this issue too. Running Wayland on Kubuntu with a KVM switch. When I switch to the other system for more than a couple hours, I get 12 windows, one for each menu.
Wife has the same issue Garuda linux, dual monitor setup, Wayland, no auto logout. I also run Garuda, no problem, single monitor, power settings to always on and no auto logout.
I have been having this issue for a while now. On EndeavorOS KDE/Plasma 6 Wayland (and previously with KDE Plasma 5 X11) with an AMD RX6700XT graphics card.
I use a KVM to switch between this computer and another though Ive had it happen even when I didn't switch and just let the screen look and monitors standby by themselves.
I've also seen it in as little as a few hours all the way to not happening for a few days.
Same issue, very similar setup to DeviceLimit (NVidia 4090 GPU, but exact same OS/desktop environment). Problem began after I started using Wayland.
Your system information
Steam client version (build number or date):
Steam Version: 1687386907
Steam Client Build Date: Wed, Jun 21 16:18 UTC -06:00
Steam Web Build Date: Wed, Jun 21 17:26 UTC -06:00
Steam API Version: SteamClient020
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): - Xubuntu 22.04.2 LTS x86_64
Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No] - NO
Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No] - YES
These packages were not updated at the time:
tar -zcvf ~/Desktop/steam-logs.tar.gz ~/.steam/steam/logs]2023-07-02_mkthunderwd_steam-logs.tar.gz
Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:
Describe what you expected should happen and what did happen. Please link any large code pastes as a Github Gist
This screenshot says it all. All the popup windows of Steam were broken out into their own generic-icon Xorg windows:
Steps for reproducing this issue:
I hope this helps figure out a cause. This is the first time I've seen this kind of error that I can remember.
See Steam request thread here: HelpRequest HT-986N-WC65-3Q22