Steam is killed with no error message when steam runtime launch service is ran

[owowouwu]

Steam is killed with no error message when steam runtime launch service is ran

[juninho]

I had the same problem here with GNOME + Steam flatpak on Arch.

Initially I removed and reinstalled steam with:

$ flatpak remove com.valvesoftware.Steam -y
$ flatpak install com.valvesoftware.Steam -y

It didn't work, then I found this post here:
#723 (comment)

It seems that GNOME was killing the application in background.
I enabled the key to run in background and now it works.

[Eric1212]

I do have a system that is similar to @rvdmeij , the problem seems to need a fix from the dev, i do not see anything we can do specially that a verbose command doesn't seems to exist.

flatpak run com.valvesoftware.Steam --verbose
INFO:root:https://github.com/flathub/com.valvesoftware.Steam/wiki
INFO:root:Will set XDG dirs prefix to /home/eric/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam
DEBUG:root:Checking input devices permissions
INFO:root:Overriding TZ to America/Toronto
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
tid(108) burning pthread_key_t == 0 so we never use it
[2024-03-01 08:14:42] Startup - updater built Feb 29 2024 00:39:10
[2024-03-01 08:14:42] Startup - Steam Client launched with: '/home/eric/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam' '-no-cef-sandbox' '--verbose'
[2024-03-01 08:14:42] Opted in to client beta 'publicbeta' via beta file
You are in the 'publicbeta' client beta.
03/01 08:14:42 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1709168962)/tid(108)
Looks like steam didn't shutdown cleanly, scheduling immediate update check
[2024-03-01 08:14:42] Loading cached metrics from disk (/home/eric/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/package/steam_client_metrics.bin)
[2024-03-01 08:14:42] Using the following download hosts for Public, Realm steamglobal
[2024-03-01 08:14:42] 1. https://client-update.akamai.steamstatic.com, /, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1000, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf'
[2024-03-01 08:14:42] 2. https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com, /client/, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf'
[2024-03-01 08:14:42] 3. https://cdn.steamstatic.com, /client/, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'baked in'
[2024-03-01 08:14:42] Checking for update on startup
[2024-03-01 08:14:42] Recherche de nouvelles mises à jour...
[2024-03-01 08:14:42] Downloading manifest: https://client-update.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam_client_publicbeta_ubuntu12
[2024-03-01 08:14:42] Manifest download: send request
[2024-03-01 08:14:42] Manifest download: waiting for download to finish
[2024-03-01 08:14:43] Manifest download: finished
[2024-03-01 08:14:43] Download skipped: /steam_client_publicbeta_ubuntu12 version 1709168962, installed version 1709168962, existing pending version 0
[2024-03-01 08:14:43] Nothing to do
[2024-03-01 08:14:43] Vérification de l'installation...
[2024-03-01 08:14:43] Performing checksum verification of executable files
[2024-03-01 08:14:43] Verification complete
UpdateUI: skip show logo
Steam logging initialized: directory: /home/eric/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/logs

XRRGetOutputInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xeb22d8f0
XRRGetCrtcInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xeb22c1c0
steamwebhelper.sh[115]: === ven 01 mar 2024 08:14:44 EST ===
steamwebhelper.sh[115]: Starting steamwebhelper under bootstrap sniper steam runtime at /home/eric/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/steam-runtime-sniper
CAppInfoCacheReadFromDiskThread took 144 milliseconds to initialize
Steam Runtime Launch Service: starting steam-runtime-launcher-service
Steam Runtime Launch Service: steam-runtime-launcher-service is running pid 192
bus_name=com.steampowered.PressureVessel.LaunchAlongsideSteam

OS: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm) x86_64
Kernel: 6.7.6-1-liquorix-amd64
Packages: 4343 (dpkg), 78 (flatpak), 30 (snap)
Shell: bash 5.2.15
Resolution: 1920x1080
DE: GNOME 43.9
WM: Mutter
WM Theme: Adwaita
Theme: Adwaita [GTK2/3]
Icons: Adwaita [GTK2/3]
Terminal: gnome-terminal
CPU: Intel i7 950 (8) @ 3.068GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Memory: 8594MiB / 15987MiB

[octagons]

It seems that GNOME was killing the application in background. I enabled the key to run in background and now it works.

I was also able to fix this problem by allowing Steam to run in the background. However, my Arch installation didn't list steam as an "App" that I could modify, per @juninho's comment. To resolve this, I ran the following command:

flatpak permission-set background background com.valvesoftware.Steam yes

[rvdmeij]

Steam was running perfectly fine for the last few days, but I'm experiencing the same issue at the moment. Unable to start steam with flatpak:

`flatpak run com.valvesoftware.Steam
INFO:root:https://github.com/flathub/com.valvesoftware.Steam/wiki
INFO:root:Will set XDG dirs prefix to /home/thrall/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam
DEBUG:root:Checking input devices permissions
WARNING:root:Missing permissions for input devices
INFO:root:Overriding TZ to Europe/Amsterdam
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
tid(108) burning pthread_key_t == 0 so we never use it
[2024-03-01 01:38:37] Startup - updater built Feb 29 2024 00:39:10
[2024-03-01 01:38:37] Startup - Steam Client launched with: '/home/thrall/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam' '-no-cef-sandbox'
03/01 01:38:37 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1709168962)/tid(108)
Looks like steam didn't shutdown cleanly, scheduling immediate update check
[2024-03-01 01:38:37] Loading cached metrics from disk (/home/thrall/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/package/steam_client_metrics.bin)
[2024-03-01 01:38:37] Using the following download hosts for Public, Realm steamglobal
[2024-03-01 01:38:37] 1. https://client-update.akamai.steamstatic.com, /, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1000, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf'
[2024-03-01 01:38:37] 2. https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com, /client/, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf'
[2024-03-01 01:38:37] 3. https://cdn.steamstatic.com, /client/, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'baked in'
[2024-03-01 01:38:37] Checking for update on startup
[2024-03-01 01:38:37] Checking for available updates...
[2024-03-01 01:38:37] Downloading manifest: https://client-update.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam_client_ubuntu12
[2024-03-01 01:38:37] Manifest download: send request
[2024-03-01 01:38:37] Manifest download: waiting for download to finish
[2024-03-01 01:38:37] Manifest download: finished
[2024-03-01 01:38:37] Download skipped: /steam_client_ubuntu12 version 1709168962, installed version 1709168962, existing pending version 0
[2024-03-01 01:38:37] Nothing to do
[2024-03-01 01:38:37] Verifying installation...
[2024-03-01 01:38:37] Performing checksum verification of executable files
[2024-03-01 01:38:38] Verification complete
UpdateUI: skip show logo
Steam logging initialized: directory: /home/thrall/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/logs

XRRGetOutputInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xf04358f0
XRRGetCrtcInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xf04341c0
steamwebhelper.sh[115]: === Fri Mar 1 01:38:38 AM CET 2024 ===
steamwebhelper.sh[115]: Starting steamwebhelper under bootstrap sniper steam runtime at /home/thrall/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/steam-runtime-sniper
CAppInfoCacheReadFromDiskThread took 0 milliseconds to initialize
Steam Runtime Launch Service: starting steam-runtime-launcher-service
Steam Runtime Launch Service: steam-runtime-launcher-service is running pid 212
bus_name=com.steampowered.PressureVessel.LaunchAlongsideSteam
`

Running on Debian 12 with kernel 6.7.5 + nvidia 550.40.07 drivers.

[tootbrute]

I also cannot open Steam right now. I'm on Fedora Silverblue 39 (ublue.it silverblue-main) and running Steam in flatpak. Integrated GPU.

It pauses at this point, and then asks me if I want to launch it without GPU, or sandboxing. They all fail.

bus_name=com.steampowered.PressureVessel.LaunchAlongsideSteam
src/steamUI/steamuisharedjscontroller.cpp (546) : Failed creating offscreen shared JS context
src/steamUI/steamuisharedjscontroller.cpp (546) : Failed creating offscreen shared JS context
03/01 17:34:54 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1709168962)/tid(108)
assert_20240301173454_28.dmp[287]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)
/tmp/dumps/assert_20240301173454_28.dmp
assert_20240301173454_28.dmp[287]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes
assert_20240301173454_28.dmp[287]: response: CrashID=bp-2924b2a6-cac6-4e7f-a4ec-2bdee2240301
assert_20240301173454_28.dmp[287]: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20240301173454_28.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-2924b2a6-cac6-4e7f-a4ec-2bdee2240301''
[2024-03-01 17:35:08] Shutdown

from ~/.steam/steam/logs/steamwebhelper.log

[0530/211214.603870:INFO:CONSOLE(2)] "Failed to find an active context, will fall back to (SteamLibraryWindow_uid28244)", source
: https://steamloopback.host/library.js (2)
[0530/211215.880207:INFO:crash_reporting.cc(271)] Crash reporting enabled for process: renderer
[0530/211225.491495:INFO:crash_reporting.cc(271)] Crash reporting enabled for process: renderer
[0530/211332.549939:INFO:CONSOLE(2)] "Failed to find an active context, will fall back to (SteamLibraryWindow_uid28244)", source
: https://steamloopback.host/library.js (2)
[0530/211334.378470:ERROR:gl_surface_presentation_helper.cc(259)] GetVSyncParametersIfAvailable() failed for 1 times!
[0530/211336.601267:ERROR:gl_surface_presentation_helper.cc(259)] GetVSyncParametersIfAvailable() failed for 2 times!
[0530/211340.167072:ERROR:gl_surface_presentation_helper.cc(259)] GetVSyncParametersIfAvailable() failed for 3 times!
[0530/211359.350831:INFO:CONSOLE(2)] "Failed to find an active context, will fall back to (SteamLibraryWindow_uid28244)", source
: https://steamloopback.host/library.js (2)
[0530/211400.502346:INFO:crash_reporting.cc(271)] Crash reporting enabled for process: renderer
[0530/211410.250483:INFO:crash_reporting.cc(271)] Crash reporting enabled for process: renderer
[0530/211435.098254:INFO:CONSOLE(2)] "Stomping CContextMenuManager for SharedJSContext!", source: https://steamloopback.host/lib

So maybe not exactly same as the person who opened this issue...

• Tried running from .desktop icon, and terminal.
• Tried repairing all flatpaks.
• Tried rebooting.
• Reinstalled Steam flatpak without deleting data
• did flatpak uninstall --delete-data and installed again (2 times), still broken.

System info from neofetch:
OS: Fedora Linux 39 (Container Image) x86_64
Host: VivoBook_ASUSLaptop X415EA_X415EA 1.0
Kernel: 6.7.6-200.fc39.x86_64
CPU: 11th Gen Intel i5-1135G7 (8) @ 4.200GHz
GPU: Intel TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics

[Eric1212]

I had the same problem here with GNOME + Steam flatpak on Arch.

Initially I removed and reinstalled steam with:

$ flatpak remove com.valvesoftware.Steam -y
$ flatpak install com.valvesoftware.Steam -y

It didn't work, then I found this post here: #723 (comment)

It seems that GNOME was killing the application in background. I enabled the key to run in background and now it works.

It's make no sens to me but that solution work for me... It's make no sens because i doesn't know how steam could go in background mode... An other gnome problem... That software seems to have a huge list of problems... Beside Mutter (Wayland server linked directly to gnome instead of being separated.) or the new app grid with thumbnails being one on an other one... But thanks @juninho !

[frandavid100]

Happens to me too. It seems that even if I exit Steam, it remains on the Background apps list. Removing it from that list (by pressing the X button) and relaunching it seems to work.

[NaterEST]

I have this same issue but on native steam version on CachyOS (arch-based), temporary fix seems to be putting -cef-disable-gpu as the command line argument.
EDIT: nvm, steam still eventually restarts