Steam crashes on glXChooseVisual

[majkrzak]

Distribution name and version where applicable

NAME="Arch Linux"
PRETTY_NAME="Arch Linux"
ID=arch
BUILD_ID=rolling
ANSI_COLOR="38;2;23;147;209"
HOME_URL="https://archlinux.org/"
DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://wiki.archlinux.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://bbs.archlinux.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://gitlab.archlinux.org/groups/archlinux/-/issues"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://terms.archlinux.org/docs/privacy-policy/"
LOGO=archlinux-logo

OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (radeonsi, navi31, LLVM 17.0.6, DRM 3.57, 6.9.1-arch1-2)
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.6 (Core Profile) Mesa 24.0.7-arch1.3

Flatpak info

~> flatpak --gl-drivers
default
host
~> flatpak --version 
Flatpak 1.15.8

Problem description
After the update to

Valve Corporation               com.valvesoftware.Steam                                      1.0.0.79           stable                system
Freedesktop Platform            org.freedesktop.Platform                                     23.08.18           23.08                 system
i386                            org.freedesktop.Platform.Compat.i386                                            23.08                 system
Mesa                            org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default                          24.0.7             23.08                 system
Mesa (Extra)                    org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default                          24.0.7             23.08-extra           system
Mesa                            org.freedesktop.Platform.GL32.default                        24.0.7             23.08                 system
Mesa (Extra)                    org.freedesktop.Platform.GL32.default                        24.0.7             23.08-extra           system

Steam start to crash with:

src/vgui2/src/surface_linux.cpp (1954) : glXChooseVisual failed
src/vgui2/src/surface_linux.cpp (1954) : glXChooseVisual failed
src/vgui2/src/surface_linux.cpp (1954) : Fatal assert; application exiting
src/vgui2/src/surface_linux.cpp (1954) : Fatal assert; application exiting

Does this issue reproduce with native Steam
Have not tested

[KriiXOne]

Can confirm this issue after the last updates, together with issues: #1306 #1300 #1298 also happening very frequently.

[majkrzak]

Steam got back among the livings after "updating" to

Freedesktop Platform            org.freedesktop.Platform                                     23.08.17           23.08                 system

Apparently the 23.08.18 got reverted.
flatpak update failed with the downgrade warning, but managed to workaround it by:

flatpak uninstall org.freedesktop.Platform --force-remove
flatpak install org.freedesktop.Platform

[smr99]

Same problem on Debian "sid" with the official Steam deb package.

$ steam
/home/steve/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 186: VERSION_ID: unbound variable
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/steamdeps", line 1051, in
sys.exit(main())
^^^^^^
File "/usr/bin/steamdeps", line 947, in main
nvidia_packages = expected_nvidia_packages()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/bin/steamdeps", line 290, in expected_nvidia_packages
update_installed_packages(nvidia_packages_to_check)
File "/usr/bin/steamdeps", line 674, in update_installed_packages
packages[name].set_installed(match.group(2))
~~~~~~~~^^^^^^
KeyError: 'nvidia-alternative:i386:i386'
/home/steve/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 186: VERSION_ID: unbound variable
steam.sh[26779]: Running Steam on debian 64-bit
/home/steve/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 186: VERSION_ID: unbound variable
steam.sh[26779]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
setup.sh[26932]: Steam runtime environment up-to-date!
steam.sh[26779]: Steam client's requirements are satisfied
06/01 18:19:38 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps
06/01 18:19:38 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1717207813)/tid(26992)
[2024-06-01 18:19:38] Startup - updater built May 31 2024 21:16:24
[2024-06-01 18:19:38] Startup - Steam Client launched with: '/home/steve/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam' '-srt-logger-opened'
[2024-06-01 18:19:38] Opted in to client beta 'publicbeta' via beta file
You are in the 'publicbeta' client beta.
Looks like steam didn't shutdown cleanly, scheduling immediate update check
[2024-06-01 18:19:38] Loading cached metrics from disk (/home/steve/.local/share/Steam/package/steam_client_metrics.bin)
[2024-06-01 18:19:38] Using the following download hosts for Public, Realm steamglobal
[2024-06-01 18:19:38] 1. https://client-update.akamai.steamstatic.com, /, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1000, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf'
[2024-06-01 18:19:38] 2. https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com, /client/, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf'
[2024-06-01 18:19:38] 3. https://cdn.steamstatic.com, /client/, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'baked in'
[2024-06-01 18:19:38] Checking for update on startup
[2024-06-01 18:19:38] Checking for available updates...
[2024-06-01 18:19:38] Downloading manifest: https://client-update.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam_client_publicbeta_ubuntu12
[2024-06-01 18:19:38] Manifest download: send request
[2024-06-01 18:19:38] Manifest download: waiting for download to finish
[2024-06-01 18:19:38] Manifest download: finished
[2024-06-01 18:19:38] Download skipped: /steam_client_publicbeta_ubuntu12 version 1717207813, installed version 1717207813, existing pending version 0
[2024-06-01 18:19:38] Nothing to do
[2024-06-01 18:19:38] Verifying installation...
[2024-06-01 18:19:38] Performing checksum verification of executable files
[2024-06-01 18:19:39] Verification complete
UpdateUI: skip show logo
Steam logging initialized: directory: /home/steve/.local/share/Steam/logs

XRRGetOutputInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xf5fe06b0
XRRGetCrtcInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xf5fdef70
src/vgui2/src/surface_linux.cpp (1954) : glXChooseVisual failed
src/vgui2/src/surface_linux.cpp (1954) : glXChooseVisual failed
src/vgui2/src/surface_linux.cpp (1954) : Fatal assert; application exiting
src/vgui2/src/surface_linux.cpp (1954) : Fatal assert; application exiting
06/01 18:19:40 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1717207813)/tid(26992)
assert_20240601181940_8.dmp[27063]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)
/tmp/dumps/assert_20240601181940_8.dmp
steve@riemann:~/MachineLearning$ assert_20240601181940_8.dmp[27063]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes
assert_20240601181940_8.dmp[27063]: response: CrashID=bp-fc349759-da1d-41ae-bc28-37b902240601
assert_20240601181940_8.dmp[27063]: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20240601181940_8.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-fc349759-da1d-41ae-bc28-37b902240601''

[smr99]

Happily installing package nvidia-alternative (which removed nvidia-alternative:i386) brought the system into working order again.