Steam gives me segmentation fault

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Ignatius881 · Post by **Ignatius881** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 11:32 am

Hello.

I've installed Steam following every step from the Gentoo Wiki. The first time I've run Steam, it worked, but after that, no more. Here is my prompt, it shows me a segmentation fault on the line 756:

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$ steam
/home/ignacio/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: línea 161: VERSION_ID: variable sin asignar
/home/ignacio/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: línea 161: VERSION_ID: variable sin asignar
Running Steam on gentoo  64-bit
/home/ignacio/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: línea 161: VERSION_ID: variable sin asignar
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1437790054)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1437790054)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1437790054)
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 70: non-double matrix element
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 70: non-double matrix element
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 78: saw unknown, expected number
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1437790054)
[0806/132204:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(173)] Running without the SUID sandbox! See https://code.google.com/p/chromium/wiki/LinuxSUIDSandboxDevelopment for more information on developing with the sandbox on.
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steamwebhelper)/version(20150723114749)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steamwebhelper)/version(1437652069)
[0806/132204:INFO:audio_manager_pulse.cc(258)] Failed to connect to the context.  Error: Connection refused
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steamwebhelper)/version(20150723114749)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steamwebhelper)/version(1437790054)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steamwebhelper)/version(1437790054)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1437790054)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1437790054)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1437790054)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1437790054)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1437790054)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1437790054)
FillInMachineIDInfo took a total of 3 milliseconds
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1437790054)
PulseAudio connect failed (used only for Mic Volume Control) with error: Access denied
Dongle firmware /home/ignacio/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/../controller_base/d0ggle.bin loaded, version 1435869091.
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1437790054)
/home/ignacio/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: línea 756:  3736 Violación de segmento  $STEAM_DEBUGGER "$STEAMROOT/$STEAMEXEPATH" "$@"
crash_20150806132202_1.dmp[3773]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)
/tmp/dumps/crash_20150806132202_1.dmp
crash_20150806132202_1.dmp[3773]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes
crash_20150806132202_1.dmp[3773]: response: CrashID=bp-0ac9b7e0-cc93-416e-b20f-71d5f2150806
crash_20150806132202_1.dmp[3773]: file ''/tmp/dumps/crash_20150806132202_1.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-0ac9b7e0-cc93-416e-b20f-71d5f2150806''

audiodef · Post by **audiodef** » Tue Aug 11, 2015 8:48 pm

I get a slightly different error, but it also crashes for me after following the wiki guide. The only thing that has worked has been Steam updating itself - then it crashes. So I'd also like to know how to get it working.

Post by **Juippisi** » Sat Aug 15, 2015 6:37 am

I'm having similar problems. I found this,
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Steam#Segf ... s_selected

havent been able to test it yet, but I will later tonight. Im hoping it fixes since this is annoying.

Romanujan · Post by **Romanujan** » Wed Aug 31, 2016 3:42 pm

Anyone knows the solution of this famous (https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam- ... ssues/4537) crash on Gentoo? For example downgrade some package? I think I have tried out every solution found on the net, I have even wiped out ~/.local/share/Steam and ~/.steam to force the client reinstallation (I use steam-launcher from steam-overlay) - but nothing helps...

Post by **Chewi** » Wed Aug 31, 2016 8:48 pm

I have always run it with the steamruntime USE flag disabled and haven't had any issues like this. However, I did briefly try enabling it while testing my esteam script recently and it did fail to start with probably the same issue. I seem to recall deleting libstdc++.so.6 from the Ubuntu runtime fixed it but it may have been a different library. I recommend disabling steamruntime though as esteam makes it much more reliable now!

Romanujan · Post by **Romanujan** » Thu Sep 01, 2016 3:07 pm

OK, disabled the flag, reemerged steam-launcher. Unfortunately, now the client installation gets stuck - I have 'Update Steam...' window with 'Downloading update' stuck at 0... System restart does not help.

Post by **Chewi** » Thu Sep 01, 2016 3:13 pm

Hmm. Not seen that before but maybe clearing ~/.local/share/Steam one more time will help.

Romanujan · Post by **Romanujan** » Thu Sep 01, 2016 3:46 pm

This had to be a temporary server issue - it downloads the updates now. Unfortunately, I now have another crash - this time line 713

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/home/roman/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 154: VERSION_ID: unbound variable
/home/roman/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 154: VERSION_ID: unbound variable
Running Steam on gentoo  64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is disabled by the user
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1471977975)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1471977975)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1471977975)
Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1471977975)
[0901/173809:ERROR:main_delegate.cc(779)] Could not load cef_extensions.pak
[0901/173809:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(217)] Running without the SUID sandbox! See https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/linux_suid_sandbox_development.md for more information on developing with the sandbox on.
Fontconfig warning: ignoring POSIX.utf8: not a valid language tag
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steamwebhelper)/version(20160823182455)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steamwebhelper)/version(1471976695)
[0901/173809:ERROR:main_delegate.cc(779)] Could not load cef_extensions.pak
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steamwebhelper)/version(20160823182455)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steamwebhelper)/version(1471977975)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steamwebhelper)/version(1471977975)
../vgui_surfacelib/FontManager.cpp (276) : Assertion Failed: descs.Count() >= 1
Assert( Assertion Failed: descs.Count() >= 1 ):../vgui_surfacelib/FontManager.cpp:276

Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1471977975)
crash_20160901173809_6.dmp[1192]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)
/tmp/dumps/crash_20160901173809_6.dmp
../vgui_surfacelib/FontManager.cpp (276) : Assertion Failed: descs.Count() >= 1
../vgui_surfacelib/FontManager.cpp (276) : Assertion Failed: descs.Count() >= 1
../vgui_surfacelib/FontManager.cpp (276) : Assertion Failed: descs.Count() >= 1
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1471977975)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1471977975)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1471977975)                                                                                                                                           
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Created shared memory when not owner SteamController_Shared_mem                                                                                                                                                      
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1471977975)                                                                                                                                           
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1471977975)                                                                                                                                           
Fontconfig warning: ignoring POSIX.utf8: not a valid language tag                                                                                                                                                    
crash_20160901173808_1.dmp[1223]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)                                                                                                                                                    
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/home/roman/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 713:  1163 Segmentation fault      $STEAM_DEBUGGER "$STEAMROOT/$STEAMEXEPATH" "$@"                                                                                     
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crash_20160901173809_6.dmp[1192]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes
crash_20160901173809_6.dmp[1192]: response: CrashID=bp-5d10eccf-5fde-437b-9da1-0ae332160901
crash_20160901173809_6.dmp[1192]: file ''/tmp/dumps/crash_20160901173809_6.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-5d10eccf-5fde-437b-9da1-0ae332160901''
crash_20160901173808_1.dmp[1223]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes
crash_20160901173808_1.dmp[1223]: response: CrashID=bp-5781c1a3-ac16-400d-95b7-1dc092160901
crash_20160901173808_1.dmp[1223]: file ''/tmp/dumps/crash_20160901173808_1.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-5781c1a3-ac16-400d-95b7-1dc092160901''

Post by **Chewi** » Thu Sep 01, 2016 3:55 pm

Given that it seems quite upset about font stuff, I'm guessing the key message here is:

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Fontconfig warning: ignoring POSIX.utf8: not a valid language tag

As it says, I don't know if that is valid. You can have POSIX and you can have en_GB.utf8 but I'm not so sure about POSIX.utf8.

Romanujan · Post by **Romanujan** » Thu Sep 01, 2016 4:52 pm

I actually don't have en_GB.utf8, but en_US.utf8 did the job. Seems to work now - thank you!

Althorion · Post by **Althorion** » Sat Oct 08, 2016 9:39 am

I have a very similar problem:

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$ LANG=en_US.utf8 steam
/home/althorion/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: linia 154: VERSION_ID: nieustawiona zmienna
/home/althorion/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: linia 154: VERSION_ID: nieustawiona zmienna
Running Steam on gentoo  64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is disabled by the user
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1474415843)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1474415843)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1474415843)
crash_20161008113628_1.dmp[5463]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)
/tmp/dumps/crash_20161008113628_1.dmp
/home/althorion/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: linia 713:  5457 Naruszenie ochrony pamięci   $STEAM_DEBUGGER "$STEAMROOT/$STEAMEXEPATH" "$@"
crash_20161008113628_1.dmp[5463]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes
crash_20161008113628_1.dmp[5463]: response: CrashID=bp-51372405-53c7-45d8-a9fe-beddf2161008
crash_20161008113628_1.dmp[5463]: file ''/tmp/dumps/crash_20161008113628_1.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-51372405-53c7-45d8-a9fe-beddf2161008''

First, why does it still print messages in Polish with LANG=en_US.utf8? It is on a list of nown locales generated by localectl list-locales.
Second, what can I do to debug it?

Post by **Chewi** » Sat Oct 08, 2016 9:49 am

Althorion wrote:First, why does it still print messages in Polish with LANG=en_US.utf8? It is on a list of nown locales generated by localectl list-locales.
Second, what can I do to debug it?

Looks like you're using systemd, which I'm less familiar with, but try setting LC_ALL=en_US.utf8 as well. I think LC_ALL takes precedence over LANG.

Althorion · Post by **Althorion** » Sat Oct 08, 2016 9:52 am

Same thing, unfortunatelly:

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$ LC_ALL=en_US.utf8 LANG=en_US.utf8 steam
/home/althorion/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: linia 154: VERSION_ID: nieustawiona zmienna
/home/althorion/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: linia 154: VERSION_ID: nieustawiona zmienna
Running Steam on gentoo  64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is disabled by the user
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1474415843)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1474415843)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1474415843)
crash_20161008115020_1.dmp[20699]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)
/tmp/dumps/crash_20161008115020_1.dmp
/home/althorion/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: linia 713: 20692 Naruszenie ochrony pamięci   $STEAM_DEBUGGER "$STEAMROOT/$STEAMEXEPATH" "$@"
crash_20161008115020_1.dmp[20699]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes
crash_20161008115020_1.dmp[20699]: response: CrashID=bp-99ebb542-c5c4-4a32-a081-80bce2161008
crash_20161008115020_1.dmp[20699]: file ''/tmp/dumps/crash_20161008115020_1.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-99ebb542-c5c4-4a32-a081-80bce2161008''

The funny thing is, I don’t even have Polish locales set to default:

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$ localectl 
   System Locale: LANG=en_CA.utf8
                  LC_COLLATE=C
       VC Keymap: pl2
      X11 Layout: pl
       X11 Model: pc105
     X11 Options: terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp

Post by **Chewi** » Sat Oct 08, 2016 9:58 am

Althorion wrote:The funny thing is, I don’t even have Polish locales set to default:

Weird. I don't tend to have these problems as I've native English anyway but see what the locale command outputs. It may give a clue.

Althorion · Post by **Althorion** » Sat Oct 08, 2016 10:00 am

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$ locale
LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8
LC_NUMERIC="en_CA.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_CA.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE=C
LC_MONETARY="en_CA.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_CA.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_CA.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_CA.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_CA.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_CA.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_CA.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_CA.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

$ steam
/home/althorion/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: linia 154: VERSION_ID: nieustawiona zmienna
/home/althorion/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: linia 154: VERSION_ID: nieustawiona zmienna
Running Steam on gentoo  64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is disabled by the user
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1474415843)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1474415843)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1474415843)
crash_20161008120029_1.dmp[27136]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)
/tmp/dumps/crash_20161008120029_1.dmp
/home/althorion/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: linia 713: 27130 Naruszenie ochrony pamięci   $STEAM_DEBUGGER "$STEAMROOT/$STEAMEXEPATH" "$@"
crash_20161008120029_1.dmp[27136]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes
crash_20161008120029_1.dmp[27136]: response: CrashID=bp-6e546851-b7dd-439b-8423-5b6a42161008
crash_20161008120029_1.dmp[27136]: file ''/tmp/dumps/crash_20161008120029_1.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-6e546851-b7dd-439b-8423-5b6a42161008''

I guess my DE (Plasma 5) is to blame, because I don’t recall having such problems on anything before, and I’ve been using systemd for a couple of years now.

mrbassie · Post by **mrbassie** » Fri Oct 14, 2016 7:39 am

Try building dev-libs/nettle with 32bit support and rebuilding mesa.

Althorion · Post by **Althorion** » Fri Oct 14, 2016 7:40 am

Done that already, no dice.

azp · Post by **azp** » Sun Nov 27, 2016 11:59 am

I have the same issue as the latest poster. I've tried removing Steam completely to do a full re-install, but after that's done, it crashes in the exact same way again. The "Verifying Install" dialog comes up, and it crashes almost immediately.

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peter@skare ~/.steam $ steam
Running Steam on gentoo 2.2 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is disabled by the user
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1476379980)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1476379980)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1476379980)
assert_20161127125733_1.dmp[29502]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)
/tmp/dumps/assert_20161127125733_1.dmp
/home/peter/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 713: 28884 Segmentation fault      (core dumped) $STEAM_DEBUGGER "$STEAMROOT/$STEAMEXEPATH" "$@"
assert_20161127125733_1.dmp[29502]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes
assert_20161127125733_1.dmp[29502]: response: CrashID=bp-a64f9ebf-202a-427d-9e80-94c3d2161127
assert_20161127125733_1.dmp[29502]: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20161127125733_1.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-a64f9ebf-202a-427d-9e80-94c3d2161127''

Does anyone have any idea about how to get more info about the crash? If it's checking for libraries or something weird? I actually started getting this crash AFTER running the esteam script, I didn't have it before. But of course it can also be related to some recent Steam update.

Post by **Chewi** » Sun Nov 27, 2016 12:06 pm

azp wrote:Does anyone have any idea about how to get more info about the crash? If it's checking for libraries or something weird? I actually started getting this crash AFTER running the esteam script, I didn't have it before. But of course it can also be related to some recent Steam update.

I'm sorry to hear that though it's also a little surprising. While esteam does delete some files, it only touches the games, never Steam itself. This must be due to the presence of a new package or a USE flag change... or a Steam update as you say. It looks like you're getting a core dump file so find out how to use gdb. Don't have time to give details here, sorry.

The Main Man · Post by **The Main Man** » Mon Nov 28, 2016 11:44 pm

I had the same problem, there was some problem in mesa with openssl, after I emerged mesa with

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media-libs/mesa -openssl nettle

that steam error was gone.

Post by **Chewi** » Tue Nov 29, 2016 7:59 am

kajzer wrote:I had the same problem, there was some problem in mesa with openssl, after I emerged mesa with
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media-libs/mesa -openssl nettle
that steam error was gone.

I was under the impression he'd tried that already. The latest esteam also forces nettle.

azp · Post by **azp** » Tue Nov 29, 2016 9:13 pm

Chewi wrote:
kajzer wrote:I had the same problem, there was some problem in mesa with openssl, after I emerged mesa with
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media-libs/mesa -openssl nettle
that steam error was gone.
I was under the impression he'd tried that already. The latest esteam also forces nettle.

I hadn't run the latest esteam, I ran it a couple of weeks back. I saw that an update @world just wanted to emerge mesa with the nettle useflag, so hopefully the problem will be gone soon!

Edit: It worked wonders, thank you!