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flaschenschwamm

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Registered: 2025-06-24

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Steam instability since linux-firmware manual update

Games running through steam are unstable for me since the linux-firmware update that required manual intervention.
Game processes fail with these kinds of error:

Stack trace logging done
  73.212 Error CrashHandler.cpp:190: Map tick at moment of crash: 9490477
  73.212 Error Util.cpp:95: Unexpected error occurred. If you're running the latest version of the game you can help us solve the problem by posting the contents of the log file on the Factorio forums.
Please also include the save file(s), any mods you may be using, and any steps you know of to reproduce the crash.
  75.193 Uploading log file
  75.220 Info SystemUtil.cpp:869: Started /home/joseph/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Factorio/bin/x64/factorio; trampoline PID: 9805
Game Recording - game stopped [gameid=427520]
Removing process 9351 for gameID 427520
Removing process 9268 for gameID 427520
Removing process 9267 for gameID 427520
Removing process 9265 for gameID 427520

(process:9396): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 20:36:02.291: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

Note that this happens both for proton-based windows games and native linux games like Factorio, so it should not be a wine-related problem. Edit: It also occurs at a semi-random time after game start. I can sometimes play for 15-30mins until crash, sometimes i cannot make it past the title screen and startup.

I already tried downgrading back to the old linux-firmware package, using pacman -Rdd and pacman -U, but that did not fix it either. In any case, i don't feel comfortable keeping my system unupdated for a long time. I am running the proprietary NVIDIA drivers on an RTX 3060, with Hyprland as my Desktop. Would be very nice if somebody could help!

Last edited by flaschenschwamm (2025-06-24 18:43:44)

Lone_Wolf

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Re: Steam instability since linux-firmware manual update

Please post the full output of lspci-k .

Try with nvidia-open drivers as they are recommended by nvidia since july 2024 .

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seth

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Re: Steam instability since linux-firmware manual update

Also see whether you can get an actual https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Core_d … _core_dump

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flaschenschwamm

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Registered: 2025-06-24

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Re: Steam instability since linux-firmware manual update

Please post the full output of lspci-k .

Try with nvidia-open drivers as they are recommended by nvidia since july 2024 .

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 06)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8534
	Kernel driver in use: hsw_uncore
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x16 Controller (rev 06)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8534
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 9 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Controller
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8534
	Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 9 Series Chipset Family ME Interface #1
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8534
	Kernel driver in use: mei_me
	Kernel modules: mei_me
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (2) I218-V
	DeviceName:  Onboard LAN
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 85c4
	Kernel driver in use: e1000e
	Kernel modules: e1000e
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 9 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI Controller #2
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8534
	Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 9 Series Chipset Family HD Audio Controller
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 860b
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
	Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 9 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev d0)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8534
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev d0)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. ASUS B85-PLUS
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.6 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 9 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 7 (rev d0)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8534
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 9 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI Controller #1
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8534
	Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Z97 Chipset LPC Controller
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8534
	Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich
	Kernel modules: lpc_ich
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 9 Series Chipset Family SATA Controller [AHCI Mode]
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8534
	Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 9 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8534
	Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
	Kernel modules: i2c_i801
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060 Lite Hash Rate] (rev a1)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 881d
	Kernel driver in use: nvidia
	Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GA106 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 881d
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
	Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
03:00.0 PCI bridge: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1083/1085 PCIe to PCI Bridge (rev 04)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8489
05:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd NVMe SSD Controller SM981/PM981/PM983
	Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd SSD 970 EVO/PRO
	Kernel driver in use: nvme
	Kernel modules: nvme

I will try nvidia-open, thanks for the recommendation! Sometimes it takes hours to a crash, sometimes minutes, so I cannot report immediate results. Wish me luck i guess

flaschenschwamm

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Registered: 2025-06-24

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Re: Steam instability since linux-firmware manual update

A new crash just occured, this time my PC froze completely and was unresponsive, so i could not really get any kind of error message. The screen was frozen and the last half second of audio repeated in a loop. This smells kind of like a hardware issue to me, to be honest. My CPU, motherboard and PSU are quite old. Is there any way to get error logs after having to force reboot a PC using the power button on the case?

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: Steam instability since linux-firmware manual update

Try not to have to force reboot, but enable REISUB and use that sequence to try and safely reboot from a crash with a few seconds pause between each key press (primarily the S is the one syncing stuff to disk, that might take a bit). If you managed that a

sudo journalctl -b-1 | curl -F 'file=@-' 0x0.st

should be able to give us good info on the system state at the time of dying.

seth

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Re: Steam instability since linux-firmware manual update

The screen was frozen and the last half second of audio repeated in a loop.

that's btw. a kernel panic and https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Kdump might catch it in the act.

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