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Viewing Manual on Linux doesn't work - Steamwebhelper crashs in Background

Open YoinkerBoinker opened this issue 1 year ago • 2 comments

Your system information

  • Steam Version: 1721173382 Steam Client Build Date: Wed, Jul 17 1:22 AM UTC -08:00
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): EOS
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: NO
  • Have you checked for system updates?: Of course
  • GPU: AMD 7700xt

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Trying to view the manual will crash steamwebhelper in the background resulting in the page loading forever.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Click on a Storepage of a Game for example Civilization 6
  2. On t he Storepage click "view the Manual"
  3. Site will load forever, in Terminal you can see that webhelper crashs. trace.txt

YoinkerBoinker avatar Aug 12 '24 10:08 YoinkerBoinker

Can confirm this Demonstrative video: https://youtu.be/lFBgnaYSJVw

Managor avatar Aug 15 '24 02:08 Managor

When you go to the library choose the game there and click the manual under "additional content" it works. I just want to mention it since i didn't even know that way existed lol.

YoinkerBoinker avatar Aug 16 '24 07:08 YoinkerBoinker

This no longer crashes steamwebhelper

Managor avatar May 25 '25 04:05 Managor

Closing per the last comment.

kisak-valve avatar Jul 05 '25 02:07 kisak-valve