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Cannot start CEF Debugging after reboot

Open m3e-g opened this issue 7 months ago • 0 comments

Your system information

  • Steam client version: 1748914100
  • SteamOS version: 3.7.8
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: No
  • Opted into SteamOS beta?: No
  • Have you checked for updates in Settings > System?: Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

After reboot CEF Debugging starts automatically but fails due to port restart limit being hit.

(deck@m3e-deck ~)$ sudo journalctl -b -u steam-web-debug-portforward.service
Jun 11 17:21:59 m3e-deck systemd[1]: Started "Portforward CEF remote debug port".
Jun 11 17:21:59 m3e-deck socat[1526]: 2025/06/11 17:21:59 socat[1526] E bind(6, {AF=2 0.0.0.0:8081}, 16): Address already in use
Jun 11 17:21:59 m3e-deck systemd[1]: steam-web-debug-portforward.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jun 11 17:21:59 m3e-deck systemd[1]: steam-web-debug-portforward.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jun 11 17:22:00 m3e-deck systemd[1]: steam-web-debug-portforward.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1.
Jun 11 17:22:00 m3e-deck systemd[1]: Started "Portforward CEF remote debug port".
Jun 11 17:22:00 m3e-deck socat[1546]: 2025/06/11 17:22:00 socat[1546] E bind(6, {AF=2 0.0.0.0:8081}, 16): Address already in use
Jun 11 17:22:00 m3e-deck systemd[1]: steam-web-debug-portforward.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jun 11 17:22:00 m3e-deck systemd[1]: steam-web-debug-portforward.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jun 11 17:22:00 m3e-deck systemd[1]: steam-web-debug-portforward.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 2.
Jun 11 17:22:00 m3e-deck systemd[1]: Started "Portforward CEF remote debug port".
Jun 11 17:22:00 m3e-deck socat[1566]: 2025/06/11 17:22:00 socat[1566] E bind(6, {AF=2 0.0.0.0:8081}, 16): Address already in use
Jun 11 17:22:00 m3e-deck systemd[1]: steam-web-debug-portforward.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jun 11 17:22:00 m3e-deck systemd[1]: steam-web-debug-portforward.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jun 11 17:22:00 m3e-deck systemd[1]: steam-web-debug-portforward.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 3.
Jun 11 17:22:00 m3e-deck systemd[1]: Started "Portforward CEF remote debug port".
Jun 11 17:22:00 m3e-deck socat[1644]: 2025/06/11 17:22:00 socat[1644] E bind(6, {AF=2 0.0.0.0:8081}, 16): Address already in use
Jun 11 17:22:00 m3e-deck systemd[1]: steam-web-debug-portforward.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jun 11 17:22:00 m3e-deck systemd[1]: steam-web-debug-portforward.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jun 11 17:22:01 m3e-deck systemd[1]: steam-web-debug-portforward.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 4.
Jun 11 17:22:01 m3e-deck systemd[1]: Started "Portforward CEF remote debug port".
Jun 11 17:22:01 m3e-deck socat[1655]: 2025/06/11 17:22:01 socat[1655] E bind(6, {AF=2 0.0.0.0:8081}, 16): Address already in use
Jun 11 17:22:01 m3e-deck systemd[1]: steam-web-debug-portforward.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jun 11 17:22:01 m3e-deck systemd[1]: steam-web-debug-portforward.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jun 11 17:22:01 m3e-deck systemd[1]: steam-web-debug-portforward.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.
Jun 11 17:22:01 m3e-deck systemd[1]: steam-web-debug-portforward.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Jun 11 17:22:01 m3e-deck systemd[1]: steam-web-debug-portforward.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jun 11 17:22:01 m3e-deck systemd[1]: Failed to start "Portforward CEF remote debug port".

If I start the service manually after boot it starts OK

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Enable CEF Debugging in the developer options
  2. Restart Steam Deck
  3. Connect via ssh and type: systemctl status steam-web-debug-portforward.service

m3e-g avatar Jun 11 '25 15:06 m3e-g