A picture is beginning to emerge, after the reboot..
It did not give a usable error message so I had panicked and probably cleaned more than I should have... 73% chance the underlying issue was a graphics driver version bump that SHOULD have been clearly reported, but wasn't, the remaining chance being something else that had become incompatible while I was trying to update this junk. =\ There was a library that I had to downgrade to version 1.8, from 2.x, that cleared an error, so it tried to load, Now it gets stuck eternally on "Connecting Steam Account: [...]" The logs are split among about 10^3 (rough estimate) different files, all of which are extremely boring... cef_log.txt has ################### [0728/210847.671210:ERROR:web_plugin_impl.cc(38)] Widevine registration is not supported after context initialization [0728/211316.451426:ERROR:gpu_process_transport_factory.cc(1029)] Lost UI shared context. [0728/211316.459702:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(254)] Failed to set crash key: UserID with value: 0 [0728/211316.459725:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(254)] Failed to set crash key: BuildID with value: 1532744228 [0728/211316.459739:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(254)] Failed to set crash key: SteamUniverse with value: Public [0728/211316.459748:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(254)] Failed to set crash key: Version with value: 20180728015207 [0728/211316.459759:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(254)] Failed to set crash key: ProductName with value: cefwebhelper [0728/211316.459768:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(254)] Failed to set crash key: Vendor with value: Valve [0728/211318.461379:ERROR:web_plugin_impl.cc(38)] Widevine registration is not supported after context initialization [0728/211319.462074:ERROR:web_plugin_impl.cc(38)] Widevine registration is not supported after context initialization [0728/211320.463170:ERROR:web_plugin_impl.cc(38)] Widevine registration is not supported after context initialization [0728/211321.463796:ERROR:web_plugin_impl.cc(38)] Widevine registration is not supported after context initialization [0728/211321.474902:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(254)] Failed to set crash key: SteamUniverse with value: Public [0728/211322.464732:ERROR:web_plugin_impl.cc(38)] Widevine registration is not supported after context initialization ############################ atg@tortoise ~ $ steam which: no gnome-terminal in (/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/7.3.0:/usr/lib/llvm/6/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/opt/bin:/opt/nvidia-cg-toolkit/bin:/usr/lib64/subversion/bin:/usr/games/bin:/opt/cuda/bin) Package curl needs to be installed Package python-apt needs to be installed Package xterm needs to be installed Package xz-utils needs to be installed Package zenity needs to be installed Package libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 needs to be installed Package libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 needs to be installed Package libc6:i386 needs to be installed Running Steam on gentoo 1.0.0.54-r4 64-bit STEAM_RUNTIME is disabled by the user Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1532744228) Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1532744228) Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1532744228) [0728/212643.662934:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(254)] Failed to set crash key: UserID with value: 0 [0728/212643.662981:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(254)] Failed to set crash key: BuildID with value: 1532742727 [0728/212643.662986:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(254)] Failed to set crash key: SteamUniverse with value: Public [0728/212643.662991:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(254)] Failed to set crash key: Version with value: 20180728015207 [0728/212643.662995:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(254)] Failed to set crash key: ProductName with value: cefwebhelper [0728/212643.663000:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(254)] Failed to set crash key: Vendor with value: Valve [0728/212643.672509:ERROR:gpu_process_transport_factory.cc(1029)] Lost UI shared context. [0728/212643.680868:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(254)] Failed to set crash key: UserID with value: 0 [0728/212643.680893:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(254)] Failed to set crash key: BuildID with value: 1532744228 [0728/212643.680902:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(254)] Failed to set crash key: SteamUniverse with value: Public [0728/212643.680910:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(254)] Failed to set crash key: Version with value: 20180728015207 [0728/212643.680918:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(254)] Failed to set crash key: ProductName with value: cefwebhelper [0728/212643.680927:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(254)] Failed to set crash key: Vendor with value: Valve CApplicationManagerPopulateThread took 14 milliseconds to initialize (will have waited on CAppInfoCacheReadFromDiskThread) Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1532744228) CAppInfoCacheReadFromDiskThread took 29 milliseconds to initialize [0728/212645.682207:ERROR:web_plugin_impl.cc(38)] Widevine registration is not supported after context initialization [0728/212646.683281:ERROR:web_plugin_impl.cc(38)] Widevine registration is not supported after context initialization [0728/212647.683970:ERROR:web_plugin_impl.cc(38)] Widevine registration is not supported after context initialization [0728/212648.684646:ERROR:web_plugin_impl.cc(38)] Widevine registration is not supported after context initialization Setting breakpad minidump AppID = 769 Steam_SetMinidumpSteamID: Caching Steam ID: 76561197960265728 [API loaded no] [0728/212648.705344:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(254)] Failed to set crash key: SteamUniverse with value: Public [0728/212649.686080:ERROR:web_plugin_impl.cc(38)] Widevine registration is not supported after context initialization Found unsupported CDM version 1.4.9.1088, using last known good version 1.4.8.1008 Assert( Assertion Failed: BFileExists( /home/atg/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/SteamVR/bin/linux32/vrpathreg ) failed ):vr/vrmanager.cpp:196 crash_20180728212653_17.dmp[22464]: Uploading dump (out-of-process) /tmp/dumps/crash_20180728212653_17.dmp Generating new string page texture 2: 48x256, total string texture memory is 49.15 KB Generating new string page texture 3: 256x256, total string texture memory is 311.30 KB crash_20180728212653_17.dmp[22464]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes crash_20180728212653_17.dmp[22464]: response: CrashID=bp-41fccecd-8a4c-4028-929c-22c022180728 crash_20180728212653_17.dmp[22464]: file ''/tmp/dumps/crash_20180728212653_17.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-41fccecd-8a4c-4028-929c-22c022180728'' (steam:22367): Gtk-WARNING **: gtk_disable_setlocale() must be called before gtk_init() -- Please report bounces from this address to [email protected] Powers are not rights.
