Viewing topic Debugging and Tracing steam games

⨯ Confused on Steam Play and Proton? Be sure to check out our guide.

Debugging and Tracing steam games

sr_ls_boy Jun 2, 2017

Link

I'm interested in how utilities like apitrace & strace would
be used in diagnosing problem steam games.
I've never using those before.

Something like "DEBUGGER=gdb steam" only tracks steam and
doesn't follow launched games. Plus, running steam within GDB
will not allow for continued keyboard input at the gdb prompt,
Much like, within bash, running an executable with
ampersand (&) at the end. That will return the bash prompt
to you.

Is this the general idea?
strace steam steam://rungameid/239140

0 Likes

While you're here, please consider supporting GamingOnLinux on:

Reward Tiers: Patreon. Plain Donations:

PayPal.

This ensures all of our main content remains totally free for everyone! Patreon supporters can also remove all adverts and sponsors! Supporting us helps bring good, fresh content. Without your continued support, we simply could not continue!

You can find even more ways to support us on this dedicated page any time. If you already are, thank you!