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Old 07-08-2015, 12:16 PM   #1
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steam segfaults on Xubuntu 14.04-2


7749 Segmentation fault (core dumped) $STEAM_DEBUGGER "$STEAMROOT/$STEAMEXEPATH" "$@"
[0708/140518:WARNING:content_browser_client.cc(565)] No browser info matching frame process id 2 and routing id 1
Running Steam on ubuntu 14.04 64-bit

new hardware, CPU motherboard, RAM, SS Hard Drive,

I can login to my steam account but can't post a support request to Steam.
Any ideas?
 
Old 07-08-2015, 02:47 PM   #2
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Did steam work in the past without segfault?
 
Old 07-08-2015, 08:27 PM   #3
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yes,
I've upgraded hardware and had to revert back to nouveau driver from nvidia304
 
Old 07-09-2015, 03:04 AM   #4
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Then try to reinstall the distro and install the nvidia driver afterwards.
 
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not going to reinstall, took 3 weeks to get a top OS
 
Old 07-14-2015, 07:00 AM   #6
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I'm sure xorg 1.15 is at fault here, I can get xorg 1.12 to work with nv driver 304.
I've posted more info here
here
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not to mention several xorg bug reports
 
  


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