Since some time now the Steam Flatpak cannot start up and I have no idea why this happens.
Web research leads to basically nothing that is related to what I experience so I assume it has something to do with my system. Other Flatpaks start up normally and I can use them.
When resetting everything related to the Steam Flatpak and reinstalling it from Flathub it loads and installs the Flatpak and then installs all necessary stuff
[various update-related stuff]
setup.sh[4598]: Forced use of runtime version for 32-bit libcurl.so.4
setup.sh[4598]: Found newer runtime version for 32-bit libSDL2-2.0.so.0. Host: 0.2400.0 Runtime: 0.2600.5
setup.sh[4598]: Forced use of runtime version for 32-bit libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
setup.sh[4598]: Found newer runtime version for 32-bit libvulkan.so.1. Host: 1.3.224 Runtime: 1.3.239
setup.sh[4598]: Forced use of runtime version for 32-bit libdbusmenu-glib.so.4
setup.sh[4598]: Forced use of runtime version for 32-bit libcurl-gnutls.so.4
setup.sh[4598]: Forced use of runtime version for 32-bit libdbusmenu-gtk.so.4
setup.sh[4598]: Forced use of runtime version for 64-bit libcurl.so.4
setup.sh[4598]: Found newer runtime version for 64-bit libSDL2-2.0.so.0. Host: 0.2400.0 Runtime: 0.2600.5
setup.sh[4598]: Found newer runtime version for 64-bit libvulkan.so.1. Host: 1.3.224 Runtime: 1.3.239
setup.sh[4598]: Forced use of runtime version for 64-bit libcurl-gnutls.so.4
steam.sh[2]: Steam client's requirements are satisfied
So everything looks good up to this point. The small Steam update windows poppend up several times indicating the running installation/update. The output then continues:
[2023-08-17 22:47:50] Startup - updater built Jul 28 2023 18:44:09
[2023-08-17 22:47:50] Startup - Steam Client launched with: '/home/dirk/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam' '-no-cef-sandbox'
08/17 22:47:50 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1690583737)/tid(5467)
[2023-08-17 22:47:50] Loading cached metrics from disk (/home/dirk/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/package/steam_client_metrics.bin)
[2023-08-17 22:47:50] Failed to load cached hosts file (File 'update_hosts_cached.vdf' not found), using defaults
[2023-08-17 22:47:50] Using the following download hosts for Public, Realm steamglobal
[2023-08-17 22:47:50] 1. https://cdn.steamstatic.com, /client/, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'baked in'
[2023-08-17 22:47:50] Verifying installation...
[2023-08-17 22:47:50] Verification complete
XRRGetOutputInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xf0d328f0
XRRGetCrtcInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xf0d311c0
GetWin32Stats: display was not open yet, good
GetWin32Stats: display was not open yet, good
(The last line gets printed twice, yes.)
The first startup process then hangs there for a few seconds and continues with this.
steamwebhelper.sh[5473]: Running under Flatpak, disabling sandbox
steamwebhelper.sh[5473]: CEF sandbox already disabled
CAppInfoCacheReadFromDiskThread took 0 milliseconds to initialize
src/steamUI/steamuisharedjscontroller.cpp (540) : Failed creating offscreen shared JS context
src/steamUI/steamuisharedjscontroller.cpp (540) : Fatal assert; application exiting
08/17 22:48:39 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1690583737)/tid(5467)
assert_20230817224839_27.dmp[5771]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)
/tmp/dumps/assert_20230817224839_27.dmp
dirk ~ $
After the command prompt is shown agein, this gets printed:
assert_20230817224839_27.dmp[5771]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes
assert_20230817224839_27.dmp[5771]: response: CrashID=bp-f62fb7e8-d024-452e-a937-9c6672230817
assert_20230817224839_27.dmp[5771]: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20230817224839_27.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-f62fb7e8-d024-452e-a937-9c6672230817''
At the given location there is no dump file.
Do you guys have any Idea why this happens and how I can fix it?
Involved software:
$ flatpak --version
Flatpak 1.15.4
$ flatpak remotes
Name Optionen
flathub system
$ flatpak info com.valvesoftware.Steam | grep Version | awk '{print $2}'
1.0.0.78
$ uname -rms
Linux 6.4.10-arch1-1 x86_64
$ openbox --version | head -n1
Openbox 3.6.1
$ pacman -Qi xorg-server | grep Version | awk '{print $3}'
21.1.8-2
Hey @[email protected] remember the Steam issue you helped me with some time ago? I just felt I’ll let you know 🙂
Here’s fun little update on this …
No relevant software was changed, but with the latest system update the Steam Flatpak runs all the udpates as it did before, but now this is logged (all the update and initial installation/setup stuff was done at this point):
INFO:root:https://github.com/flathub/com.valvesoftware.Steam/wiki INFO:root:Will set XDG dirs prefix to /home/dirk/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam DEBUG:root:Checking input devices permissions WARNING:root:Missing permissions for input devices INFO:root:Overriding TZ to Europe/Berlin steam.sh[2]: Running Steam on org.freedesktop.platform 23.08 64-bit steam.sh[2]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically setup.sh[74]: Steam runtime environment up-to-date! steam.sh[2]: Steam client's requirements are satisfied [2023-09-22 21:54:27] Startup - updater built Sep 11 2023 20:48:54 [2023-09-22 21:54:27] Startup - Steam Client launched with: '/home/dirk/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam' '-no-cef-sandbox' 09/22 21:54:27 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1694466342)/tid(137) [2023-09-22 21:54:27] Loading cached metrics from disk (/home/dirk/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/package/steam_client_metrics.bin) [2023-09-22 21:54:27] Using the following download hosts for Public, Realm steamglobal [2023-09-22 21:54:27] 1. https://client-update.akamai.steamstatic.com, /, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1000, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf' [2023-09-22 21:54:27] 2. https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com, /client/, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf' [2023-09-22 21:54:27] 3. https://cdn.steamstatic.com, /client/, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'baked in' [2023-09-22 21:54:27] Verifying installation... [2023-09-22 21:54:27] Verification complete Steam logging initialized: directory: /home/dirk/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/logs XRRGetOutputInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xf044a8f0 XRRGetCrtcInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xf04491c0 steamwebhelper.sh[143]: Runtime for steamwebhelper: defaulting to /home/dirk/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/steam-runtime-heavy steamwebhelper.sh[143]: Running under Flatpak, disabling sandbox steamwebhelper.sh[143]: CEF sandbox already disabled CAppInfoCacheReadFromDiskThread took 35 milliseconds to initialize Steam Runtime Launch Service: starting steam-runtime-launcher-service Steam Runtime Launch Service: steam-runtime-launcher-service is running pid 222 steam-runtime-launcher-service[222]: E: Unable to acquire bus name "com.steampowered.PressureVessel.LaunchAlongsideSteam" Steam Runtime Launch Service: steam-runtime-launcher-service pid 222 exited Steam Runtime Launch Service: starting steam-runtime-launcher-service Steam Runtime Launch Service: steam-runtime-launcher-service is running pid 250 steam-runtime-launcher-service[250]: E: Unable to acquire bus name "com.steampowered.PressureVessel.LaunchAlongsideSteam" Steam Runtime Launch Service: steam-runtime-launcher-service pid 250 exited Steam Runtime Launch Service: starting steam-runtime-launcher-service Steam Runtime Launch Service: steam-runtime-launcher-service is running pid 259 steam-runtime-launcher-service[259]: E: Unable to acquire bus name "com.steampowered.PressureVessel.LaunchAlongsideSteam" Steam Runtime Launch Service: steam-runtime-launcher-service pid 259 exited Steam Runtime Launch Service: steam-runtime-launcher-service keeps crashing on startup, disabling src/steamUI/steamuisharedjscontroller.cpp (543) : Failed creating offscreen shared JS context src/steamUI/steamuisharedjscontroller.cpp (543) : Failed creating offscreen shared JS context 09/22 21:55:16 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1694466342)/tid(137) assert_20230922215516_28.dmp[266]: Uploading dump (out-of-process) /tmp/dumps/assert_20230922215516_28.dmp assert_20230922215516_28.dmp[266]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes assert_20230922215516_28.dmp[266]: response: CrashID=bp-0f81ef33-d093-4fd1-b98c-8bd202230922 assert_20230922215516_28.dmp[266]: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20230922215516_28.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-0f81ef33-d093-4fd1-b98c-8bd202230922'' steamwebhelper.sh[278]: Runtime for steamwebhelper: defaulting to /home/dirk/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/steam-runtime-heavy steamwebhelper.sh[278]: Running under Flatpak, disabling sandbox steamwebhelper.sh[278]: CEF sandbox already disabledDuring this log output this message pops up at some point:
But no matter what I select except
Restart steamwebhelperthe Flatpak quits and nothing more happens. WhenRestart steamwebhelperis selected sometimes the steam UI shows up but I cannot select anything from any dropdowns and cannot change most of the settings sliders. But most of the time this is logged and nothing happens:[2023-09-22 21:56:53] Background update loop checking for update. . . [2023-09-22 21:56:53] Checking for available updates... [2023-09-22 21:56:53] Downloading manifest: https://client-update.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam_client_ubuntu12?t=3700310497 [2023-09-22 21:56:53] Manifest download: send request [2023-09-22 21:56:53] Manifest download: waiting for download to finish [2023-09-22 21:56:54] Manifest download: finished [2023-09-22 21:56:54] Download skipped: /steam_client_ubuntu12?t=3700310497 version 1694466342, installed version 1694466342, existing pending version 0 [2023-09-22 21:56:54] Nothing to doSo we’re a bit further with this now. I now get an error message most of the time and occasionally can see the steam UI with partial access 🤣
So, who knows … maybe 2-3 more months and I can use Steam again like before …