Segmentation fault

[daveagp]

Your system information

• Steam client version (build number or date): 1602115886
• Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): debian rodete 64-bit
• Opted into Steam client beta?: No
• Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Steam used to launch from the icon in launch bar. It now does not. Below I show the console messages when I run from the command-line.

I suspect it has to do with a driver I had to remove because of screen tearing mentioned here: https://support.displaylink.com/knowledgebase/articles/1181623-displaylink-ubuntu-driver-after-recent-x-upgrades but I haven't had success even after trying 3 different drivers.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

rm: cannot remove '/home/pritchard/.steam/steam': Is a directory
rm: cannot remove '/home/pritchard/.steam/bin': Is a directory
Running Steam on debian rodete 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Pins up-to-date!
Steam client's requirements are satisfied
~/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam
[2020-10-31 22:49:51] Startup - updater built Oct  7 2020 06:15:36
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1602115886)
assert_20201031224951_1.dmp[4603]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)
/tmp/dumps/assert_20201031224951_1.dmp
~/.steam/steam.sh: line 750:  4596 Segmentation fault      $STEAM_DEBUGGER "$STEAMROOT/$STEAMEXEPATH" "$@"
$ assert_20201031224951_1.dmp[4603]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes
assert_20201031224951_1.dmp[4603]: response: CrashID=bp-8e0ed644-e660-4af6-b934-7016f2201031
assert_20201031224951_1.dmp[4603]: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20201031224951_1.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-8e0ed644-e660-4af6-b934-7016f2201031''

[daveagp]

My markdown skills are a little rusty. The first line of the repro should be .steam/steam.sh which kicked off everything else.

[daveagp]

And finally, here is one more dump id from a different driver: CrashID=bp-252b98ee-5304-4d33-b43a-4f1402201031

[TTimo]

I looked up the crash id and can confirm that it is crashing in the driver. It's happening during render window creation, I suspect this has nothing to do with steam. (does glxgears work at all?)

[daveagp]

glxgears does seem to work (I see three animated gears). Is there anything else more specific I should do to troubleshoot? Are you able to say from the two dumps whether there are two unrelated failures from two drivers? (Or do they appear to be the same driver?)