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Re: [SOLVED] Steam finally broke

dummy@example.com (MoonDog) — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 22:28:14 +0000

PEBKAC!!!

So i fixed it, after reading this thread.

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam- … sues/11921

What could possibly cause the two steam components from not being able to communicate with each other.

So I was trying to set the system so eth0 wasn't enabled at boot until a script in rc.local brought it up at the end (after doing some stuff to the network connection and I forgot I did it). So I spent an hour trying to make this work yesterday. I finally used the networking script in init.d, without even considering that if I told it not to setup networking that it would kill lo as well. So no loopback enabled. eth0 came up on the script like intended, but I never enabled localhost. So it appears steam and steamwebhelper communicate together over localhost and since there was no localhost, it crapped out.

So I typed "ifup lo" and fired up steam and it works, no errors.

You live to learn.

Re: [SOLVED] Steam finally broke

dummy@example.com (MoonDog) — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 19:54:51 +0000

So I had a look in dmesg and found a segfault in steam.

So if I read it right there is an issue with libX11. Maybe I should post this to the Steam Github and ask what they recommend.

Re: [SOLVED] Steam finally broke

dummy@example.com (Uityyy) — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 18:42:19 +0000

I'm not really a gamer, but I do have Steam installed on Excalibur. The one game I care about did have have multiplayer mode broken on Excalibur last I checked, but when I Googled people were having the same issue on upstream Debian, so it's not a Devuan issue.

If any more serious gamers chime in, take their advice over mine, but I suspect both approaches you have outlined will yield very similar levels of success.

[SOLVED] Steam finally broke

dummy@example.com (MoonDog) — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 17:50:19 +0000

So i am running oldoldstable (because I hate doing full installs, dist-upgrades always seem to go wrong and then I end up raging and installing something else). So I have had this Chimaera system for the last two years, it works, no hassle. So today some update came through which i thought said dpkg, but what i think it said was dbus. Anyway it broke Steam. I went from playing Elden ring 12 hours ago to a box popping up telling me I have "Error 0x3000" and it looks like Websocket Errors are now the norm. I can click on an option in the box that allows me to ignore and continue, but steam client repeatedly crashes.

src/steamUI/webuitransportcontroller.cpp (175) : Failed to connect to websocket
src/steamUI/webuitransportcontroller.cpp (175) : Failed to connect to websocket

So do I go back to having a tower for gaming and a tower for everything else? That way i could run systemd cancer on a Debian box and literally use it for gaming and nothing else. Not against doing that as it solves problems. Would make my main system a lot cooler, not having the 2080 Ti in it, when all i need is a 1050 Ti or GTX 970 for some basic games. But it's hassle. Or try installing Daedalus again, last time nothing worked.

Does steam work fine in daedalus/excalibur without issue?