CIPCServer::Thr[]: segfault at 88 error 4 in libdbus-1.so.3.5.8

[linuxcbon]

Hi,

I don't have dbus in my distribution, and steam client cannot start, it crashes all the time.

FillInMachineIDInfo took a total of 0 milliseconds
PulseAudio connect failed (used only for Mic Volume Control) with error: Access denied
assert_20151022153626_1.dmp[30693]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)
/tmp/dumps/assert_20151022153626_1.dmp

dmesg shows : CIPCServer::Thr[]: segfault at 88 error 4 in libdbus-1.so.3.5.8

Thanks in advance

[Tele42]

dbus is not optional for steam.

[linuxcbon]

Bad news. I installed dbus and pulseaudio, and have them running, and still got that crash all the time.

[ 66.388697] CIPCServer::Thr[5158]: segfault at 88 ip afe680b6 sp adc0aed0 error 4 in libdbus-1.so.3.5.8[afe5d000+47000]
[ 435.433371] CIPCServer::Thr[13823]: segfault at 88 ip afe8e0b6 sp adc0aed0 error 4 in libdbus-1.so.3.5.8[afe83000+47000]
[ 4017.640411] CIPCServer::Thr[3409]: segfault at 88 ip b002f0b6 sp addd2ed0 error 4 in libdbus-1.so.3.5.8[b0024000+47000]

FillInMachineIDInfo took a total of 0 milliseconds
assert_20151022191306_1.dmp[3442]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)
/tmp/dumps/assert_20151022191306_1.dmp

[linuxcbon]

FINALLY !
After days and days of searching, I FOUND OUT THE ORIGIN OF THE BUG 👍
I DELETED FILE /username/.local/share/Steam/config/config.vdf and it works again !
So what's wrong with that file ?

[rgehlen]

Had the same problem today and removing the file fixed it.

[linuxcbon]

For example when running as user "blablablo", the file is /home/blablablo/.local/share/Steam/config/config.vdf

The bug comes from "password remember" and libdbus.

[kisak-valve]

Closing as a duplicate of #3415.