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steam -vgui doesn't let me start games.

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#9819 · opened 2023-07-08 by Drogobo · updated 2023-07-08 · 1 comments · github
DDrogobo 2023-07-08 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date):
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu):
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No]
  • Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No]
  • Steam Logs: [generate by running this command in a terminal tar -zcvf ~/Desktop/steam-logs.tar.gz ~/.steam/steam/logs] steam-logs.tar.gz
  • GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER

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
What should happen:
I can start steam -vgui and use steam like normal to play games. When I close Steam, Xorg doesn't crash.
What actually happens:
I start steam -vgui, and when I start a game, it crashes. When I close Steam, Xorg crashes.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Open steam through steam -vgui
  2. Try to play a game and get frustrated that it won't start.
  3. Close steam, and Xorg kills itself.
Kkisak-valve maintainer 2023-07-08 github

Hello @Drogobo, in general, no OpenGL application including Steam should be capable of taking down the user session. This reads like a video driver issue which should be reported to your video driver vendor.

In any case, this issue is already being tracked at #9807. Closing as a duplicate.

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