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[Crash] Kernel 5.19 Breaks SteamWebHelper
Your system information
- Steam client version (build number or date): Jul 26 2022 at 18:54:18 (1658944613)
- Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Arch Linux
- Kernel: Linux 5.19.1-268-tkg-pds
- CPU: Ryzen 3700X (znver2)
- GPU: RTX 2080 Ti
- GPU Driver:
515.65.01(open-source kernel driver) - Opted into Steam client beta?: No
- Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:
Launching Steam causes SteamWebHelper to constantly crash; the only thing I did different was update to kernel 5.19 and update glibc, as this didn't occur with kernel 5.17 just prior to rebooting
Steps for reproducing this issue:
- Install kernel 5.19
- Reboot to kernel 5.19
- Login to desktop
- Launch Steam
Related:
My kernel config file: kernelconfig.new.zip Related Linux-tkg config file for reproduction: linux-tkg.cfg.zip
Hello @ThisNekoGuy, does steamwebhelper.log, webhelper.log, or cef_log.txt in ~/.local/share/Steam/logs have any hints?
It seems none of those logs were generated :/
~ .local share Steam $ ls
appcache d3ddriverquery64.dxvk-cache legacycompat ssfn9145403474479088615 steam_subscriber_agreement.txt ThirdPartyLegalNotices.doc
Backups debian-installation linux32 standalone_installscript_progress_228980.vdf steamapps ThirdPartyLegalNotices.html
bin depotcache linux64 standalone_installscript_progress_430960.vdf steamchina ubuntu12_32
bin_steamdeps.py evaluatorscript_1196590.vdf logs standalone_installscript_progress_438130.vdf steamclient.dll ubuntu12_64
bootstrap.tar.xz fossilize_engine_filters.json music standalone_installscript_progress_801630.vdf steamclient64.dll update_hosts_cached.vdf
clientui friends package standalone_installscript_progress_1048390.vdf steamdeps.txt userdata
compatibilitytools.d GameOverlayRenderer64.dll public steam steamui WINDOWSTEMPDIR_FONTCONFIG_CACHE
config graphics resource steam.sh tenfoot
controller_base installscriptevalutor_log.txt servers steam_msg.sh ThirdPartyLegalNotices.css
~ .local share Steam $
Same story on my end (under the native client variant (can't use the runtime cause it has its own issues where proton games dont launch so))
[bob@archlinux ~]$ cat ~/.local/share/Steam/logs/steamwebhelper.log
./steamwebhelper: error while loading shared libraries: libibus-1.0.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
There's the bugger, pacman -S libibus did the job for me
Unfortunately, the native-runtime isn't officially supported because it can potentially cause problems; I'm not using that though, I'm using the official steam-runtime
It seems none of those logs were generated :/
~ .local share Steam $ ls appcache d3ddriverquery64.dxvk-cache legacycompat ssfn9145403474479088615 steam_subscriber_agreement.txt ThirdPartyLegalNotices.doc Backups debian-installation linux32 standalone_installscript_progress_228980.vdf steamapps ThirdPartyLegalNotices.html bin depotcache linux64 standalone_installscript_progress_430960.vdf steamchina ubuntu12_32 bin_steamdeps.py evaluatorscript_1196590.vdf logs standalone_installscript_progress_438130.vdf steamclient.dll ubuntu12_64 bootstrap.tar.xz fossilize_engine_filters.json music standalone_installscript_progress_801630.vdf steamclient64.dll update_hosts_cached.vdf clientui friends package standalone_installscript_progress_1048390.vdf steamdeps.txt userdata compatibilitytools.d GameOverlayRenderer64.dll public steam steamui WINDOWSTEMPDIR_FONTCONFIG_CACHE config graphics resource steam.sh tenfoot controller_base installscriptevalutor_log.txt servers steam_msg.sh ThirdPartyLegalNotices.css ~ .local share Steam $
You seem to have missed cd:ing into the logs folder. Have a look in there.
Here's the log: steamwebhelper.log
This also happens with kernel 6.0.1: kernelconfig.new.txt
Related Linux-tkg config file for reproduction: linux-tkg.zip
Current system info: Steam client version (build number or date): Jul 26 2022 at 18:54:18 (1658944613) Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Arch Linux Kernel: Linux 6.0.1-270-tkg-pds CPU: Ryzen 3700X (znver2) GPU: RTX 2080 Ti GPU Driver: 515.76 (Open-GPU kernel driver) Opted into Steam client beta?: No Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
On re-examination, I rebuilt the 6.0.1 kernel with a different configuration (most things enabled; only really removed industrial-related modules, touchscreen modules, Intel CPU support, some obscure hardware almost no one uses, and anything Google and Apple-related)
With this configuration, Steam works fine; as per the steamwebhelper.log claiming there was "no sandboxing" available before, I don't know what module is responsible for that, but having a more permissive setup seems to satisfy whatever it is that steamwebhelper keeps complaining about:
For what it's worth, I've been seeing the same thing with my custom-built kernels, until today. The only changes I made between the last build which didn't work, and the current build which did, were upgrading kernel 6.1.0 to 6.1.4, and setting CONFIG_USER_NS=y.
Steam needs user namespaces to work, yes, but in my case: I already had that enabled; but yeah, I had a similar experience in which (besides that) nothing relevant was changed and Steam just suddenly decided to stop working at the time (before I moved on to using a new 6.0.x kernel; I haven't moved on to a 6.1 kernel yet, so I can't speak to testing that).