Hello @SootDan, if you completely close Steam, then run steam-runtime from a terminal, does that influence the issue you're seeing?
Regarding Red Dead Redemption 2, that's something to note on the Proton issue tracker (https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/3291 for that game) and maybe also mention it to your video driver vendor if you're able to find any hint that there was a video driver issue happening there.
Hi @kisak-valve, thank you for your quick response.
I have tried to run Steam from the terminal multiple times, it produces the exact same issue. Sometimes it runs from the terminal, most of the time it does not. I added the terminal output in the following .txt if you are interested.
I think the fact that games crash is more of a general issue somehow related to Steam -- I spent a few days googling and there are a few people with similar problems. According to these users has to do with the libgudev package and to downgrade from 238 to 237-2, but that did not change my situation at all.
Based on src/steamUI/steamuisharedjscontroller.cpp (538) : Failed creating offscreen shared JS context in the terminal spew, give #9588 a read.
Interestingly, that fixed it. Thank you for your help.
Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:
Basically, after I open Steam, it shows the 'Verifying Steam installation' screen for a fraction of a second then closes. If I click open Steam enough, eventually it will open Steam in its entirety but it is tiring to do so and feels random.
Then, when I play a game (e.g. RDR2), it will eventually crash the whole system after 40-80 minutes of play, forcing me to restart by using the power button.
Steps for reproducing this issue: