Corrupted web views on the first load when enabling GPU accelerated rendering

[Lifeismana]

Your system information

• Steam client version: 1708985249
• Distribution : Arch Wayland
• Opted into Steam client beta?: Yes
• Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
• Steam Logs: steam-logs.tar.gz
• GPU: Nvidia 550

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Web views are corrupted when enabling GPU accelerated rendering

One way to fix this corruption (other than disabling GPU accelerated rendering) is to resize the window.
Keeping GPU accelerated rendering does have some odd behaviors like:

• when switching from the library to a web view (store/community), while the page is loading, the steam client has no background (i can see the desktop/apps behind)
  Fixed
  

• when making the client fullscreen while on a web view, the page becomes black and the only way to make it appear correctly again is to go the library and then open a new link (not the same one as the black page) (this behaviour also happens with GPU accelerated rendering disabled)
  Fixed by Steam Client Beta - April 26th
  

Steps for reproducing this issue:

1. Enable GPU accelerated rendering
2. Restart Steam (Might require the start location to be anything other than the Library for it to happen)

[Steamvoker]

Same issue on version 1709757778 (beta client).

Distribution : EndeavourOS Wayland
Driver: Nvidia 550.54.14

Everything is fine when using X11 (with or without acceleration).

[vparitskiy]

Same issue on arch with nvidia-550.54.14-4

[lavavex]

Same with nvidia-open 550.67-3
EndeavourOS
Kernel 6.8.2-arch
Nvidia 3080
KDE Plasma 6 Wayland
Maybe an update to Chromium Embedded Framework will fix this? I know that lots of Electron apps have issues on wayland/nvidia due to using old versions of chromium as its base...

[shadywack]

Also have this, Nobara 39
nVidia 550.67 drivers

[DeeKahy]

same here.
OS: NixOS 24.05 (Uakari) x86_64
Kernel: Linux 6.6.30
DE: Plasma 6.0.4 (Wayland)
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce
Driver Version: 550.78

Steam Version: 1714854927

[Chechare]

Same here

OS: Fedora 40 x86_64
Kernel: Linux 6.8.9-300
DE: Plasma 6.0.4 (Wayland)
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce
Driver Version: 550.78

[DeeKahy]

Nvidia driver 555 doesn't seem to fix this issue.

[Karlinator]

I've got the full explicit sync pipeline now on Fedora 40 (Nvidia 555 from Negativo17, Fedora's patched Kwin, and Xwayland 24.1 from Fedora Rawhide), and this issue still persists. Steam opens like this every time, but resizing the window makes it go away.

Using Steam installed from RPMFusion.

[Lifeismana]

Can confirm same thing on arch, seems like it's an issue with Xwayland
Maybe it would be fixed if the steam client switched to "native" wayland but afaik, that's not possible due to overlays and notifications

[zaxen]

Same problem on Arch + Plasma 6.1 beta + nvidia drivers v555

[st3iny]

I have the same issue on nvidia beta drivers 555.42.02 with the full explicit sync pipeline on KDE 6.1 beta. However, disabling GPU accelerated web views fixes the issue completely.

[matte-schwartz]

GPU accelerated web views and the hardware video decoding options can both be enabled on client versions lower than 1708985249 without any artifacting or corruption on 555.42.02, so I suspect that "Updated embedded Chromium build in Steam, clearing path for further updates soon." may be the real start of what's going on here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593110/view/4161959294800836361

Screenshots from build 1705108172 (January 12th, 2024) with GPU accelerated web view/video decoding both enabled:

ah... looking in my logs, it seems like this may be working because GPU acceleration gets forced off:

[2024-05-30 18:10:25] Browser - launching child process with: /home/matt/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/steamwebhelper --type=renderer --disable-seccomp-filter-sandbox --force-device-scale-factor=1.00 --log-file=/home/matt/.local/share/Steam/logs/cef_log.txt --field-trial-handle=10801534465028200290,8939724852856840481,131072 --enable-features=CastMediaRouteProvider --disable-features=SameSiteByDefaultCookies --disable-gpu-compositing --enable-blink-features=ResizeObserver,Worklet,AudioWorklet --disable-blink-features=Badging --lang=en-US --log-file=/home/matt/.local/share/Steam/logs/cef_log.txt --product-version=Valve Steam Client --force-device-scale-factor=1.00 --buildid=1705108172 --steamid=0
[2024-05-30 18:10:25] Disabling GPU acceleration due to --disable-gpu-compositing (renderer)

[Vash63]

Same issue here. It makes Big Picture mode unusable as hardware acceleration is basically a requirement, at 4k it runs at 5FPS without it.

[devnoot]

Same issue. Just updated to nvidia 555 hoping it would fix the issue, but nothing :(. The workaround is to disable gpu acceleration but as @Vash63 stated, it makes the menus near unusable.

[pati08]

Same issue here. Running NixOS unstable with Hyprland and nvidia 555 proprietary drivers.

[Exotic0015]

Same here. Fedora 41 Branched with Plasma 6.1, Wayland and Nvidia 555.52.04 open drivers. Disabling GPU accelerated rendering in web views fixes artifacts.

[reydeljuego12345]

Same problem here in x11 with gamescope, but also I have a Issue with gamescope and incomplete mouse cursor.

[oriori1703]

I have the same issue on nobara 40 with nvidia:

Computer Information:
Manufacturer: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
Model: TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS (WI-FI)
Form Factor: Desktop
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16 logical processors
8 physical processors
Hyper-threading: Supported
FCMOV: Supported
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SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported
AES: Supported
AVX: Supported
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AVX512VNNI: Unsupported
SHA: Supported
CMPXCHG16B: Supported
LAHF/SAHF: Supported
PrefetchW: Unsupported
Operating System Version:
"Nobara Linux 40 (KDE Plasma)" (64 bit)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 6.8.12-201.fsync.fc40.x86_64
X Server Vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Server Release: 12401000
X Window Manager: KWin
Steam Runtime Version: steam-runtime_0.20240610.91380
Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070/PCIe/SSE2
Driver Version: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 555.52.04
OpenGL Version: 4.6
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 143 Hz
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DeviceID: 0x1f02
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Desktop Resolution: 4480 x 1440
Primary Display Size: 23.50" x 13.23" (26.97" diag), 59.7cm x 33.6cm (68.5cm diag)
Primary VRAM: 8192 MB
Sound card:
Audio device: Nvidia GPU 93 HDMI/DP
Memory:
RAM: 31989 Mb
VR Hardware:
VR Headset: None detected
Miscellaneous:
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Storage:
Number of SSDs: 4
SSD sizes: 2000G,2000G,1024G,1000G
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Number of removable drives: 0

[Chechare]

I have noticed that if you resize the windows once it will start working fine on driver 555. It will keep rendering without issues until you close again the window.

[Lifeismana]

That's not specific to the 555 driver and i already mentioned it in the initial issue

[Arcitec]

I turned off all hardware acceleration for now, to "fix" it. The glitches are happening on: Fedora 40 (GNOME 46), NVIDIA 555 driver, Wayland, with Steam hardware acceleration enabled.

I see that Valve are aware of the issue, so all we can do is wait:

#10912 (comment)

[shadywack]

This originally was reported for the Flatpak client but is acknowledged and still an issue with the .deb client. Now that nVidia on Wayland is the default going forward, the current Steam client and big picture mode are severely limited and broken until they correct this issue.

[cbmiller2610]

This is still an issue on the RPM from the official repos on openSUSE Tumbleweed, Gnome Wayland, NVIDIA 3060Ti, 555.58.02 drivers. Steam Big Picture is extremely laggy without HW acceleration on, and corrupted with it turned on.

[Lifeismana]

This appears to have been fixed recently, i can't reproduce it anymore be it on the last stable or beta client

Although it might have been a fix by nvidia since driver version 555.52.04 mentions this in its changelog

Temporarily disabled the GLX_EXT_buffer_age extension on Xwayland to work around a bug that could cause corruption.

But it doesn't appear to be a full fix since it still happens on the right click menu (making that glitch disappear on that menu is harder since it randomly comes back, moving the steam window around might help, same goes for right clicking again if it's a glitchy menus that opens)

(At first, i thought it could be that "GPU accelerated rendering" is disabled but i doubt it since it still happens on the right click menu)

[Lifeismana]

last beta client also doesn't have that invisible window glitch when transitioning from the library to a web view vs the stable client

when switching from the library to a web view (store/community), while the page is loading, the steam client has no background (i can see the desktop/apps behind)

[h7io]

Still happens on NVIDIA driver 555.58.02.

[Arcitec]

But it doesn't appear to be a full fix since it still happens on the right click menu (making that glitch disappear on that menu is harder since it randomly comes back, moving the steam window around might help, same goes for right clicking again if it's a glitchy menus that opens)

@Lifeismana Thanks for your report about the beta changes. It happens on NVIDIA 555 with the latest STABLE Steam release. I have not tried the beta.

The right click issue seems important, if the fix is only partial, so I am highlighting it by quoting you again.

[shadywack]

Latest Steam beta as of this writing, nVidia 555.58.02 driver, 6.10.02 kernel on Nobara (Fedora), accelerated web views toggled on, and it's mostly fixed.

When hovering over some menus I can briefly see scrambled text that corrects itself in approx 11-18ms. Big picture/Deck mode shows no corruption at all whatsoever. Looks like I'm staying with beta until this code reaches stable Steam client release.

Thanks Valve!

[PacketAuditor]

Any progress on this? I am still experiencing it. I can get around by resizing the main window, but when right clicking things it's annoying.

NVIDIA 555.58.02
OS: EndeavourOS x86_64
Host: X570 AORUS ELITE (-CF)
Kernel: Linux 6.10.2-zen1-1-zen
DE: KDE Plasma 6.1.3
WM: KWin (Wayland)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X (24) @ 3.70 GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 [Discrete]

[shadywack]

Replying to #10537 (comment)

Did you try the beta?

[PacketAuditor]

Replying to #10537 (comment)

No change on beta and 560.35.03. Still just when right clicking stuff.

[TarsiSurdi]

With the 560.35.03 drivers and Steam Beta client I'm not seeing any corruption on the store page or library anymore, however when hovering any of the menus for "Store", "Library", "Community" or my profile the dropdown options are still corrupted as well as the "Special Offers" window that sometimes shows up when you first open Steam.

[deaglenomics]

This is fixed for me when using steam beta and nvidia 560 driver. No issues with any dropdowns/menus etc.