steam stopped working after recent update

[TerryF0ld]

steam stopped working after recent update

• Steam client version: 1686880776
• Distribution: manjaro
• Opted into Steam client beta?: [No]
• Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes]
• Steam Logs: steam-logs_tar.gz
• GPU: AMD

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

it won't start after steam

(process:2399): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 13:03:08.331: g_object_ref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(process:2399): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 13:03:08.331: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
XRRGetOutputInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xe8628db0
XRRGetCrtcInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xe8627500
GetWin32Stats: display was not open yet, good

solution to this problem, helped me: #9588

[TerryF0ld]

The steam process appears, after a while it closes, nothing else happens

[knedl1k]

Same issue on Arch Linux here. After the recent UI update.

[Jusix]

It works for me when started through bash. But startup needs about 5 minutes...

[serhii-nakon]

I have the same problem on Debian 12, where Steam client installed from Flatpak and I also can run it using bash only.

[kisak-valve]

Hello @Jusix, @serhii-nakon, you've described the symptoms of the issue being tracked at #9383.

[serhii-nakon]

Hello @kisak-valve , I think no, because I don't set DRI_PRIME=1

[Jusix]

I don't use any hybrid GPU solution.

[TerryF0ld]

solution to this problem, helped me: #9588

[kisak-valve]

Hello @TerryF0ld, glad to hear you found a workaround. due to the abundance of cross-posting of unrelated issues, I'm going to close this in favor of the older issue report.

Hello again @Jusix, @serhii-nakon, #9383 (comment) has the main detail for the common case where the desktop environment is setting DRI_PRIME in reaction to PrefersNonDefaultGPU=true in Steam's desktop shortcut. You can have an Intel GPU or AMD APU hanging out in the background, even if you don't usually use it because you (assumedly) have a discrete GPU as well.

The common comparison to troubleshoot that is to compare starting Steam from a terminal versus from the desktop shortcut. If you're seeing an issue that happens when Steam is started from a different terminal, but behaves when called from a bash terminal, please open a separate issue report focusing on that detail.