How to fix Steam crash "Assertion 'device' failed" on Gentoo
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This guide fixes the following Steam crash:
Assertion 'device' failed at src/libsystemd/sd-device/device-private.c:103, function device_get_tags_generation(). Aborting.
Solution
1. Enable 32-bit builds for libudev-compat
Add the following to package.use:
sys-libs/libudev-compat abi_x86_32
2. Install (or reinstall) libudev-compat
Execute the following command:
sudo emerge sys-libs/libudev-compat
3. Re-launch
Open Steam again.