It was working fine until an update, since then every time I run it Steam will just send me back to the user login screen because it restarts the system abruptly for some reason. Anybody facing that problem?
Could you run steam in a terminal and post the output?
no because it won’t give me a chance to copy from the terminal. Right when it shows the verifying installation window the screen turns off and the system is restarted.
Use this:
steam &> ~/steam.log
open the steam.log and copy&paste it here in with code formating
Did you update the nvidia drivers by any chance? If you did have you made sure you have the 32bit lib steam needs? Also try launching steam through lutris see if it launches
Use this:
steam &> ~/steam.log
open the steam.log and copy&paste it here in with code formating
It launches steam and does the same thing
Did you update the nvidia drivers by any chance? If you did have you made sure you have the 32bit lib steam needs? Also try launching steam through lutris see if it launches
I have AMD and all m drivers are up to date. Nothing different through Lutris
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Update: I found the steam log file and here’s what it has
(steam:29425): Gtk-WARNING **: 16:00:48.100: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: “adwaita”,
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STEAM_RUNTIME_HEAVY: 0
[0821/160048.302489:INFO:crash_reporting.cc(247)] Crash reporting enabled for process: browser
[0821/160048.319031:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(286)] Failed to set crash key: UserID with value: 0
[0821/160048.319079:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(286)] Failed to set crash key: BuildID with value: 1596186727
[0821/160048.319083:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(286)] Failed to set crash key: SteamUniverse with value: Public
[0821/160048.319087:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(286)] Failed to set crash key: Vendor with value: Valve
[0821/160048.355862:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(286)] Failed to set crash key: UserID with value: 0
[0821/160048.355925:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(286)] Failed to set crash key: BuildID with value: 1596186727
[0821/160048.355932:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(286)] Failed to set crash key: SteamUniverse with value: Public
[0821/160048.355937:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(286)] Failed to set crash key: Vendor with value: Valve
[0821/160048.356379:INFO:crash_reporting.cc(247)] Crash reporting enabled for process: gpu-process
[0821/160048.393145:ERROR:viz_main_impl.cc(180)] Exiting GPU process due to errors during initialization
[0821/160048.401536:WARNING:gpu_process_host.cc(1213)] The GPU process has crashed 1 time(s)
[0821/160048.416928:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(286)] Failed to set crash key: UserID with value: 0
[0821/160048.416982:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(286)] Failed to set crash key: BuildID with value: 1596186727
[0821/160048.416987:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(286)] Failed to set crash key: SteamUniverse with value: Public
[0821/160048.416990:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(286)] Failed to set crash key: Vendor with value: Valve
[0821/160048.417348:INFO:crash_reporting.cc(247)] Crash reporting enabled for process: gpu-process
[0821/160048.420527:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(286)] Failed to set crash key: UserID with value: 0
[0821/160048.420587:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(286)] Failed to set crash key: BuildID with value: 1596186727
[0821/160048.420595:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(286)] Failed to set crash key: SteamUniverse with value: Public
[0821/160048.420603:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(286)] Failed to set crash key: Vendor with value: Valve
[0821/160048.421125:INFO:crash_reporting.cc(247)] Crash reporting enabled for process: utility
[0821/160048.426690:WARNING:gpu_process_host.cc(982)] Reinitialized the GPU process after a crash. The reported initialization time was 8 ms
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CApplicationManagerPopulateThread took 0 milliseconds to initialize (will have waited on CAppInfoCacheReadFromDiskThread)
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Warning: failed to set thread priority: set failed for 8: -1: setpriority() failed
Warning: failed to set thread priority: set failed for priority 8
Warning: support for elevated priorities is most likely unavailable, suppressing future warnings
Warning: failed to set thread priority: set failed for 8: -1: setpriority() failed
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CAppInfoCacheReadFromDiskThread took 43 milliseconds to initialize
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Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.
[0821/160049.405411:ERROR:x11_util.cc(109)] X IO error received (X server probably went away)
Judging from what I see it’s a GPU issue
Have you installed?
- steam-manjaro
- steam-native
- linux-steam-integration
Could you also check that you use DRM3?
sudo inxi -Gxxxa
Graphics: Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 14 [Radeon RX 5500/5500M / Pro 5500M] vendor: Gigabyte
driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus ID: 0a:00.0 chip ID: 1002:7340
Display: server: X.Org 1.20.8 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: amdgpu FAILED: ati unloaded: modesetting,radeon
alternate: fbdev,vesa display ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1360x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 358x202mm (14.1x8.0") s-diag: 411mm (16.2")
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-0 res: 1360x768 hz: 60 dpi: 42 size: 820x460mm (32.3x18.1") diag: 940mm (37")
OpenGL: renderer: Radeon RX 5500 XT v: 4.6.13572 Core Profile Context compat-v: 4.6.13572 direct render: Yes
I installed MESA before executing the command, either it doesn’t work or I still need to configure it, and yes everything is installed
It’s different than what I encounter but I installed mesa anyway
This is frustrating. Steam works fine on my laptop, but is very hard to get running on my desktop, both running Manjaro MATE.
Today, after a misbehaving game screwed up my resolution (and does anyone know how to restore it? he asks, parenthetically) and I had to reboot.
I tried starting from the icon 7 times, and 7 times it showed up in htop, and 7 times it disappeared.
Today, I deleted everything in ~/.local/share/Steam except steamapps, started it, it downloaded the package and started, and stopped, yet again.
Trying STEAM_RUNTIME=0 steam ended with this:
/data/src/common/pipes.cpp (770) : Assertion Failed: fatal stalled cross-thread pipe
/data/src/common/pipes.cpp (770) : Assertion Failed: fatal stalled cross-thread pipe
/data/src/common/pipes.cpp (770) : Fatal assert failed: /data/src/common/pipes.cpp, line 770. Application exiting.
/data/src/common/pipes.cpp (770) : Fatal assert failed: /data/src/common/pipes.cpp, line 770. Application exiting.
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assert_20200824182049_20.dmp[13332]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)
/tmp/dumps/assert_20200824182049_20.dmp
_ExitOnFatalAssert
[oldrocker99@oldrocker99-BlazeII ~]$ assert_20200824182049_20.dmp[13332]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes
assert_20200824182049_20.dmp[13332]: response: CrashID=bp-d5589b9b-f901-4672-b291-88ad32200824
assert_20200824182049_20.dmp[13332]: file ‘’/tmp/dumps/assert_20200824182049_20.dmp’’, upload yes: ‘‘CrashID=bp-d5589b9b-f901-4672-b291-88ad32200824’’
Have anyone any ideas? Having a gaming computer that won’t run Steam is…frustrating. Steam-native and steam-manjaro are both installed; is THAT it?
sudo pacman -Rns steam-native steam-manjaro
sudo pacman -Syu steam-manjaro
See if it works after that.
I tried Yet Another Time, and, now, it’s running. I’ll try your hint if I need to reboot or anything… 
I followed the advice, and only had to start Steam twice to get it running, which, believe it or not, is an improvement.
Thanks!
I’ve had a few games do that to me on steam, just cause 3 and doom. I use lutris to launch steam and set the screen resolution with lutris before the game starts and then exit steam on exit game (both are options in lutris). Saves a lot of hassle plus feral gamemode and prime-run can be selected in lutris. Makes my life much easier
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I’ve had a few games do that to me on steam, just cause 3 and doom. I use lutris to launch steam and set the screen resolution with lutris before the game starts and then exit steam on exit game (both are options in lutris). Saves a lot of hassle plus feral gamemode and prime-run can be selected in lutris. Makes my life much easier
Aha! I used to run Steam for Windows under PlayOnLinux. I have Lutris installed, but have used it mostly to play Starcraft II for free. I’ll investigate that.
I tried all of this and also updated steam just now…still not working
it’s something with the graphics driver I can feel it!
I feel your pain, although I’m up and running. What driver/GPU are you using?
Radeon RX 5500 XT
I have mesa and modesetting installed