Being in Steam Voice Chat breaks Big Picture Overlay

[bstascavage]

Not sure if this is a SteamOS issue or a steam-for-linux issue:

I have a Logitech G930 wireless headset. When I am in voice chat with someone (initiated when not playing a game), when I launch a game, the overlay/Steam completely dies. I cannot access the overlay, the Steam Controller does not work, and the voice chat dies. The only option is to restart. Both myself AND my friend need to restart steam in order to resume communication.

However, if I launch a game and THEN initiate voice chat, it works fine.

Here are my logs: Initiating Voice Chat without a game running (nothing here seems unusual):

Could not find local override, default, or selection, checking last resort path: /home/steam/.local/share/Steam//controller_base/bigpicture_daisywheel.vdf
warning: The VAD has been replaced by a hack pending a complete rewrite
Generating new string page texture 78: 64x256, total string texture memory is 65.54 KB
Generating new string page texture 79: 256x256, total string texture memory is 327.68 KB
Generating new string page texture 80: 48x256, total string texture memory is 376.83 KB
Generating new string page texture 81: 128x256, total string texture memory is 507.90 KB
Generating new string page texture 83: 384x256, total string texture memory is 901.12 KB
DispatchAsyncEvent backlog, failed to dispatch all this frame. Queue depth: 73 (75 input number was)
DispatchAsyncEvent backlog, failed to dispatch all this frame. Queue depth: 72 (78 input number was)
Slow image load - http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/items/113200/a0146a171ebff3e1264f9c69d0d756930a69c1a9.jpg (dimensions 1920x1080, took 33 msec)
Generating new string page texture 86: 16x256, total string texture memory is 917.50 KB
Could not find local override, default, or selection, checking last resort path: /home/steam/.local/share/Steam//controller_base/bigpicture.vdf

** (steam:777): WARNING **: Unknown device type 14

** (steam:777): WARNING **: Could not create object for /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0: unknown object type
Could not find local override, default, or selection, checking last resort path: /home/steam/.local/share/Steam//controller_base/bigpicture_daisywheel.vdf
Slow image load - /home/steam/.local/share/Steam/tenfoot/resource/images/controller_pad_hands_left.png (dimensions 512x854, took 24 msec)
Could not find local override, default, or selection, checking last resort path: /home/steam/.local/share/Steam//controller_base/bigpicture.vdf`

Launching a game with Voice Chat open (tested with Broforce and Torchlight 2):

**** Panel GameLabel has fill-parent-flow for width, but isn't in a flowing right layout
**** Panel GameLabel has fill-parent-flow for width, but isn't in a flowing right layout
**** Panel GameLabel has fill-parent-flow for width, but isn't in a flowing right layout

** (steam:777): WARNING **: Unknown device type 14

** (steam:777): WARNING **: Could not create object for /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0: unknown object type
**** Panel GameLabel has fill-parent-flow for width, but isn't in a flowing right layout
**** Panel GameLabel has fill-parent-flow for width, but isn't in a flowing right layout
**** Panel GameLabel has fill-parent-flow for width, but isn't in a flowing right layout
Warning, someone is using SetHTTPRequestRequiresVerifiedCertificate on Linux, where it doesn't work, and we won't actually verify**** Panel GameLabel has fill-parent-flow for width, but isn't in a flowing right layout
**** Panel GameLabel has fill-parent-flow for width, but isn't in a flowing right layout
**** Panel GameLabel has fill-parent-flow for width, but isn't in a flowing right layout
Slow image load - /home/steam/.local/share/Steam/tenfoot/resource/images/library/library_app_details_bg_wash.png (dimensions 1920x980, took 59 msec)
Slow image load - http://cdn.store.steampowered.com/fulldetailsheader/200710/header_t_3.jpg (dimensions 1152x720, took 70 msec)
HTTP Response for https://steamcommunity-a.akamaihd.net/news/newsforapp/v0001/?appid=200710&count=5&maxlength=500&format=json: 200, 3682
***** Parsing error on http://steamcommunity-a.akamaihd.net/public/css/bigpicture/profile.css(4333): Failed to set property value (property=color)(value=friendsonline_bright)
***** Parsing error on http://steamcommunity-a.akamaihd.net/public/css/bigpicture/profile.css(4350): Failed to set property value (property=color)(value=friendsingame_bright)
Launching appid 200710
Slow image load - /home/steam/.local/share/Steam/tenfoot/resource/images/library/play_action_modal_mask.png (dimensions 1920x1080, took 27 msec)
Game update: AppID 200710 "Torchlight II", ProcID 998, IP 0.0.0.0:0
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libmodeswitch_inhibitor.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/steam/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libmodeswitch_inhibitor.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/steam/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
COpenGLSurface::BInitialize: Current session is 1
Setting breakpad minidump AppID = 200710
Steam_SetMinidumpSteamID:  Caching Steam ID:  76561197981581011 [API loaded no]
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1449016973)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1449016973)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1449016973)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1449016973)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1449016973)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1449016973)
COpenGLSurface::BInitialize: Current session is 1
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1449016973)
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
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1449016973)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1449016973)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1449016973)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1449016973)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1449016973)
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libmodeswitch_inhibitor.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libmodeswitch_inhibitor.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmodeswitch_inhibitor.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64): ignored.
assert_20151201215400_1.dmp[1017]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)
/tmp/dumps/assert_20151201215400_1.dmp
/home/steam/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 756:   777 Segmentation fault      $STEAM_DEBUGGER "$STEAMROOT/$STEAMEXEPATH" "$@"
assert_20151201215400_1.dmp[1017]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes
assert_20151201215400_1.dmp[1017]: response: CrashID=bp-65206fac-5535-484a-b762-379f42151201
assert_20151201215400_1.dmp[1017]: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20151201215400_1.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-65206fac-5535-484a-b762-379f42151201''

[Chapman808]

I am having a very similar problem. I tried launching CS:GO while in steam voice chat multiple times, and they all resulted in the game failing to launch (Fatal Error: Could not connect to steam client), and the communication is broken until I restart the computer. I have the Alienware Steam Machine, and everything is updated. The game also plays fine when I am not in a voice chat. Any help would be appreciated.