Crash on start-up on Arch Linux (64-bit) with KDE

[Ziggy Stardust]

I installed Steam via the Arch User Repository, and also lib32-libappindicator. I have KDE. When I start Steam, I get a crash, so I ran via console and here's the output (it's a segfault):

Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1359141904_client)
Looks like steam didn't shutdown cleanly, scheduling immediate update check
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1359141904_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1359141904_client)
unlinked 0 orphaned pipes
removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 1451 with name 0eBlobRegistryMutex_518C8B9374CCABD22300A6C3C13FA64C
removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 1451 with name 0eBlobRegistrySignal_518C8B9374CCABD22300A6C3C13FA64C
removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 1451 with name 0emSteamEngineInstance
removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 1451 with name 0eSteamEngineLock
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1359141904_client)
/home/user/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 343:  1674 Segmentation fault      (core dumped) $STEAM_DEBUGGER "$STEAMROOT/$PLATFORM/$STEAMEXE" "$@"

Anybody got any fixes? (I doubt it.) I'm not the only one getting this, at least two others have reported this on the AUR.

[TwinGeek Cianta]

i updated from the aur 12 hours ago - is this from a newer push?

[Ziggy Stardust]

No. The AUR package was last updated a week ago according to the site.

[Ziggy Stardust]

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/878

I posted an issue on github.

[Kamek]

I'm running Arch 64 with KDE as well. I reinstalled Steam from the AUR about an hour ago, because I had an alert saying the package was out of date.
It's working fine here, so I don't think there's anything wrong with the package in AUR.
Seg faults can be tricky to figure out, probably a missing dependency, or more likely an out of date dependency, have you tried an upgrade with pacman -Syu ? (or whatever manager you're using)

[[LX]ツ CozyPlay]

isnt steam officialy supporting ubuntu only for now?

[Kamek]

Valve officially support Ubuntu only for now, but community managed to hack the package to make it work with others distros, including Arch. There's no reason it would work only for one distro since they all use the same kernel :p

[[LX]ツ CozyPlay]

thats why i love linux community :)

[Ziggy Stardust]

Well, from what I can see so far, it seems to be a problem with the graphics drivers (catalyst). But I'm still not sure.

[FelixPiers]

I ran into the same issue.

Solved it by uninstalling Steam and then reinstalling it from the AUR.

[franky_boy]

Archimaredes, join to irc channel #archlinux on freenode.net and ask gtmanfred about your problem... he is maintainer of this package in aur...
hope he will help you :)

[Hoppendalen]

Running CS1.6 on Arch x64 & KDE fine here. Got nvidia though.

[Ziggy Stardust]

Okay, I basically fixed all this by completely reinstalling Arch. But when I installed xorg-server, I held back to version 1.12 (per Arch Linux wiki's instructions), because AMD Catalyst doesn't support 1.13 (the latest) yet. Steam and Half-Life now run beautifully.

[blackout24]

Never had any issues with Steam on Arch. With NVIDIA graphics.
I think the segfaults are often driver related.

[Dead_On_Arrival]

Having similar problem, Also Arch AMD64, KDE but with NVIDIA drivers (GTX 460). Steam fails to start, output when run in terminal is:

Running Steam on arch rolling 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1370553818_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1370553818_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1370553818_client)
unlinked 0 orphaned pipes
removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 999 with name 0eBlobRegistryMutex_4A6CFE25ECADCC008A105D403DAC80D4
removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 999 with name 0eBlobRegistrySignal_4A6CFE25ECADCC008A105D403DAC80D4
removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 999 with name 0emSteamEngineInstance
removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 999 with name 0eSteamEngineLock
/home/buildbot/buildslave_steam/steam_rel_client_ubuntu12_linux/build/src/vgui2/src/surface_linux.cpp (860) : Assertion Failed: XOpenIM() failed, LANG = en_GB.UTF.8
Assert( Assertion Failed: XOpenIM() failed, LANG = en_GB.UTF.8 ):/home/buildbot/buildslave_steam/steam_rel_client_ubuntu12_linux/build/src/vgui2/src/surface_linux.cpp:860

Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1370553818_client)
Uploading dump (out-of-process) [proxy '']
/tmp/dumps/assert_20130621013031_1.dmp
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1370553818_client)
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 70: non-double matrix element
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 70: non-double matrix element
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 78: saw unknown, expected number
[0621/013031:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(239)] Failed to call method: org.freedesktop.systemd1.LoadFailed: Unit dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service' for details.
[0621/013031:WARNING:proxy_service.cc(646)] PAC support disabled because there is no system implementation
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1370553818_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1370553818_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1370553818_client)
_libnm_glib_nm_state_cb: dbus returned an error.
(org.freedesktop.systemd1.LoadFailed) Unit dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service' for details.

** (steam:1144): WARNING **: Could not initialize NMClient /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager: Unit dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service' for details.

** (steam:1144): WARNING **: _nm_remote_settings_ensure_inited: (NMRemoteSettings) error initializing: Unit dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service' for details.

Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1370553818_client)
Steam: An X Error occurred
X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 18 (X_ChangeProperty)
Value in failed request: 0x0
Serial number of failed request: 93
xerror_handler: X failed, continuing
Uploading dump (out-of-process) [proxy '']
/tmp/dumps/crash_20130621013032_2.dmp
/home/doa/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 704: 1144 Segmentation fault (core dumped) $STEAM_DEBUGGER "$STEAMROOT/$PLATFORM/$STEAMEXE" "$@"
Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = no
error: HTTP response code said error
Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = no
error: HTTP response code said error

Really want to get this up and running, any help greatly appreciated.

[blackout24]

Have you installed "lib32-nvidia-libgl" and "lib32-nvidia-utils", too? Valve is 32 bit software so it won't run on the 64 bit driver. pacman puts out a message when installing steam reminding you to install the corresponding 32 bit driver.