box64 BOX64/SteamWebHelper issue

I'm trying to run steam on box64, and it's bombing out on starting steamwebhelper. I've added logging to steamwebhelper, and this seems to be the issue:

[BOX64] Using emulated /usr/lib/box64-x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 [BOX64] Warning: Weak Symbol __gcov_dump not found, cannot apply R_X86_64_JUMP_SLOT @0x3f0e079830 (0xc795a36) [BOX64] Warning: Weak Symbol __gcov_flush not found, cannot apply R_X86_64_JUMP_SLOT @0x3f0e079838 (0xc795a46) [BOX64] Warning: Weak Symbol ZSTD_trace_decompress_begin not found, cannot apply R_X86_64_JUMP_SLOT @0x3f0e079ad0 (0xc795f76) [BOX64] Warning: Weak Symbol ZSTD_trace_decompress_end not found, cannot apply R_X86_64_JUMP_SLOT @0x3f0e079ad8 (0xc795f86) [BOX64] Warning: Weak Symbol _ZTHN2v88internal12trap_handler21g_thread_in_wasm_codeE not found, cannot apply R_X86_64_JUMP_SLOT @0x3f0e07a098 (0xc796b06) [BOX64] Warning: Weak Symbol ZSTD_trace_compress_end not found, cannot apply R_X86_64_JUMP_SLOT @0x3f0e07a180 (0xc796cd6) [BOX64] Warning: Weak Symbol ZSTD_trace_compress_begin not found, cannot apply R_X86_64_JUMP_SLOT @0x3f0e07a188 (0xc796ce6) [BOX64] Warning: Weak Symbol _ZTHN10openscreen8internal20ScopedTraceOperation7traces_E not found, cannot apply R_X86_64_JUMP_SLOT @0x3f0e07a190 (0xc796cf6) [BOX64] Warning: Weak Symbol OPENSSL_memory_alloc not found, cannot apply R_X86_64_JUMP_SLOT @0x3f0e07a5a8 (0xc797526) [BOX64] Warning: Weak Symbol OPENSSL_memory_free not found, cannot apply R_X86_64_JUMP_SLOT @0x3f0e07a5b0 (0xc797536) [BOX64] Warning: Weak Symbol sdallocx not found, cannot apply R_X86_64_JUMP_SLOT @0x3f0e07a5b8 (0xc797546) [BOX64] Warning: Weak Symbol OPENSSL_memory_get_size not found, cannot apply R_X86_64_JUMP_SLOT @0x3f0e07a5c0 (0xc797556) [BOX64] Warning: Weak Symbol _ZTHN3re25hooks7contextE not found, cannot apply R_X86_64_JUMP_SLOT @0x3f0e07b130 (0xc798c36) [1108/143439.275956:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(271)] Failed to set crash key: UserID with value: 0 [1108/143439.277369:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(271)] Failed to set crash key: BuildID with value: 1759458366 [1108/143439.277376:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(271)] Failed to set crash key: SteamUniverse with value: Public [1108/143439.277380:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(271)] Failed to set crash key: Vendor with value: Valve [1108/143439.277385:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(271)] Failed to set crash key: Platform with value: Linux Try 'steamwebhelper --help' for more information. [1108/143439.301465:ERROR:socket.cc(120)] recvmsg: Connection reset by peer (104) [BOX64] 1669|SIGILL @0x7fbad59798 (???(0x7fbad59798)) (x64pc=0x3f0a2c4bac/"libcef.so + 0x92c4bac", rsp=0x7fbeeeddf0, stack=0x7fbe6f0000:0x7fbeef0000 own=(nil) fp=0x7fbeeedf70), for accessing 0x7fbad59798 (code=1/prot=7), db=0x7fbad597db(0x7fbad59798:0x7fbad59873/0x3f0a2c4bac:0x3f0a2c4bae/libcef.so + 0x92c4bac:clean, hash:104ac547/104ac547) handler=(nil) RAX:0x0000000000000000 RCX:0x0000003f0e1882f1 RDX:0x0000000000000000 RBX:0x0000003f0e13a3b0 RSP:0x0000007fbeeeddf0 RBP:0x0000007fbeeedf70 RSI:0x00000000ffffffff RDI:0x000000005530b840 R8:0x0000007fbeeed838 R9:0x0000000000000030 R10:0x0000007fbeeedf30 R11:0x5555555555555555 R12:0x0000007fbeeedf30 R13:0x0000007fbeeede68 R14:0x0000007fbeeedfa0 R15:0x0000007fbeeedf10 ES:0x002b CS:0x0033 SS:0x002b DS:0x002b FS:0x0000 GS:0x0000 FSBASE=0x552ee5a0 GSBASE=(nil) RSP-0x20:0x0000007fbeeedf30 RSP-0x18:0x0000000000000000 RSP-0x10:0x0000000000000000 RSP-0x08:0x0000007fbeeedf10 RSP+0x00:0x0000007fbeeeddf8 RSP+0x08:0x0000000000000000 RSP+0x10:0x0000000000000000 RSP+0x18:0xaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa opcode=00 00 00 00 62 00 00 58 (0F 0B CC CC 55) Illegal instruction (core dumped)

Any ideas?

Nov 08 '25 19:11 jcochran26

@jcochran26 what hardware are you testing on?

Nov 13 '25 04:11 LukeShortCloud

I'm testing on a Lenovo Chromebook Plus, which has a Mediatek Kompanio Ultra.

Lenovo Chromebook Plus (14″ MediaTek) | 14″ AI Chromebook | Lenovo US https://share.google/dFvyLQqdxWUfOpYsP

I did get past logging in, but the steamwebhelper dies every time.

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@jcochran26 https://github.com/jcochran26 what hardware are you testing on?

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Nov 13 '25 04:11 jcochran26

@jcochran26 Steam is working for me, but it uses A LOT of RAM (5Gb).

How did you install Steam?

Dec 02 '25 02:12 khanh-it

I used the install_steam.sh script.

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@jcochran26 https://github.com/jcochran26 Steam is working for me, but it uses A LOT of RAM (5Gb).

How did you install Steam?

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Dec 02 '25 13:12 jcochran26

Quick update:

I did a git pull to grab all the newest changes, compiled.. and it works.

I'm able to get steam up and running, and I even installed and played FTL. So far, so good!

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I used the install_steam.sh script.

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@jcochran26 https://github.com/jcochran26 Steam is working for me, but it uses A LOT of RAM (5Gb).

How did you install Steam?

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Dec 08 '25 21:12 jcochran26

@jcochran26 Can you please check how much RAM the Steam client alone uses?

Dec 09 '25 01:12 khanh-it

I'm showing ~3.8GB for the steam client alone.

Note that the steamwebhelper isn't working right. Everything is showing broken links or flickering. But at least it's loading now.

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Dec 09 '25 02:12 jcochran26

Yeah, 4~5Gb for the Steam client alone is a lot. My board is 8Gb only!

Dec 09 '25 02:12 khanh-it

@ptitSeb Sorry for the direct ping. Any (box64) tips for helping reduce the Steam client memory usage?

Dec 09 '25 03:12 khanh-it

There is some work going on to reduce memory, be patient.

Dec 09 '25 07:12 ptitSeb