Steam client version (build number or date): Version 1687386907
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Arch Linux
Opted into Steam client beta?: No
Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
Steam Logs: [generate by running this command in a terminal tar -zcvf ~/Desktop/steam-logs.tar.gz ~/.steam/steam/logs]
GPU: Nvidia
Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:
Steam causes VRAM usage to increase each time that the Steam window is opened after being minimized. If you never close steam, the VRAM usage keeps increasing until either your system crashes or you close Steam.
I don't know exactly what aspect of the store is causing this, but I suspect it is something to do with the new UI, because it definitely was not here before.
I have also uploaded a very short video showing the steps for reproducing.
Steps for reproducing this issue:
Open a GPU monitoring app - I use nvtop
Open steam
Minimize steam
Maximize steam
GPU memory usage will increase by a fair bit and not be deallocated
Repeat steps 3-4. Each time that you repeat these steps, more and more VRAM will be used.
Close steam to restore VRAM usage back to normal
In my case, I am using i3wm, but I had a friend that uses Gnome try the same steps on his PC and he was able to successfully reproduce the same error. He is using Xorg as well, not Gnome on Wayland.
Your system information
tar -zcvf ~/Desktop/steam-logs.tar.gz ~/.steam/steam/logs]Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:
Steam causes VRAM usage to increase each time that the Steam window is opened after being minimized. If you never close steam, the VRAM usage keeps increasing until either your system crashes or you close Steam.
I don't know exactly what aspect of the store is causing this, but I suspect it is something to do with the new UI, because it definitely was not here before.
I have also uploaded a very short video showing the steps for reproducing.
Steps for reproducing this issue:
In my case, I am using i3wm, but I had a friend that uses Gnome try the same steps on his PC and he was able to successfully reproduce the same error. He is using Xorg as well, not Gnome on Wayland.
steam-logs.tar.gz
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/assets/49131143/e6c8b25b-c583-4b49-85b8-ef4ab95f2693