Linux (Ubuntu) 24.04 Crash when "\" Key is Pressed

[bloodybatty]

Steam crashes whenever \ key is pressed at all during a match or when in a party. Crash doesn't happen when alone and not in a party.

Specs:

Operating System: Ubuntu 24.04
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.12
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.115.0
Qt Version: 5.15.13
Kernel Version: 6.14.0-37-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor
Memory: 15.5 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT

 

[van17ino6]

Thread 'Using party voice chat instantly crashes the game on Linux'

Mar 4, 2025

This issue has been posted numerous times dating back to July 2024.

I was hopeful that after the last big patch that included a lot of audio updates the issue would be fixed. But alas the game still crashes any time you try to use party voice chat in a match.

Team voice works completely fine, so it's really weird that party voice just refuses to work.

Please please look into this. It's been an issue for such a long time, and it makes it impossible to party up with people and communicate without noise pollution to the whole team.

If I can provide logs or something just let me know. I'm...

• Rizzrick
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