Fresh install of steam won't launch [SOLVED]

rozodru · December 2, 2024, 7:58pm

just installed steam and when I try to launch via the terminal I get

steam.sh[457533]: Running Steam on cachyos rolling 64-bit steam.sh[457533]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically setup.sh[457608]: Steam runtime environment up-to-date! /home/rozodru/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/run.sh: line 85: steam-runtime-identify-library-abi: command not found run.sh[457620]: steam-runtime-identify-library-abi --ldconfig-paths failed, falling back to ldconfig steam.sh[457533]: Couldn't find /home/rozodru/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/usr/bin/srt-logger, logging to console-linux.txt steam.sh[457533]: Can't find 'steam-runtime-check-requirements', continuing anyway [2024-12-02 14:34:36] Startup - updater built Jul 16 2024 23:21:18 [2024-12-02 14:34:36] Startup - Steam Client launched with: '/home/rozodru/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam' ILocalize::AddFile() failed to load file "public/steambootstrapper_english.txt". src/steamexe/updateui_xwin.cpp (1466) : BFileExists( m_FontFileRegular ) src/steamexe/updateui_xwin.cpp (1466) : BFileExists( m_FontFileRegular ) 12/02 14:34:36 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps 12/02 14:34:36 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1.0)/tid(457651) assert_20241202143436_3.dmp[457654]: Uploading dump (out-of-process) /tmp/dumps/assert_20241202143436_3.dmp src/steamexe/updateui_xwin.cpp (1467) : BFileExists( m_FontFileLight ) src/steamexe/updateui_xwin.cpp (1467) : BFileExists( m_FontFileLight ) 12/02 14:34:36 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps 12/02 14:34:36 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1.0)/tid(457651) assert_20241202143436_6.dmp[457658]: Uploading dump (out-of-process) /tmp/dumps/assert_20241202143436_6.dmp 12/02 14:34:36 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps 12/02 14:34:36 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(0)/tid(457651) SteamUpdateUI: An X Error occurred X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation) assert_20241202143436_6.dmp[457658]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes assert_20241202143436_6.dmp[457658]: response: CrashID=bp-a357fa17-b108-4ff5-9709-bc8312241202 assert_20241202143436_6.dmp[457658]: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20241202143436_6.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-a357fa17-b108-4ff5-9709-bc8312241202'' assert_20241202143436_3.dmp[457654]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes assert_20241202143436_3.dmp[457654]: response: CrashID=bp-59f2084e-4ee3-451a-9824-13dc52241202 assert_20241202143436_3.dmp[457654]: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20241202143436_3.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-59f2084e-4ee3-451a-9824-13dc52241202''

and maybe I’m blind and I’m missing something but when I enter pacman -Qs nvidia I get:

local/egl-gbm 1.1.2-1.1 The GBM EGL external platform library local/egl-wayland 4:1.1.16-3 EGLStream-based Wayland external platform (CachyOS version with newer upstream commits) local/lib32-nvidia-utils 565.57.01-1 NVIDIA drivers utilities (32-bit) local/lib32-opencl-nvidia 565.57.01-1 OpenCL implemention for NVIDIA (32-bit) local/libvdpau 1.5-3.1 Nvidia VDPAU library local/libxnvctrl 565.57.01-1 NVIDIA NV-CONTROL X extension local/nvidia 565.57.01-8 NVIDIA kernel modules local/nvidia-prime 1.0-5 NVIDIA Prime Render Offload configuration and utilities local/nvidia-settings 565.57.01-1 Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver local/nvidia-utils 565.57.01-3 NVIDIA drivers utilities local/opencl-nvidia 565.57.01-3 OpenCL implemention for NVIDIA local/python-nvidia-ml-py 12.560.30-1 Python Bindings for the NVIDIA Management Library

even trying to install it via a flatpak it just constanly opens and closes. So I imagine I’ve borked something somewhere but not sure what.

random-user · December 2, 2024, 8:15pm

Try to rm -rf ~/.steam

rozodru · December 2, 2024, 8:17pm

same error.

mihalycsaba · December 2, 2024, 9:20pm

seems like an nvidia thing on various distros, maybe some 32 bit lib is missing

github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux

Steam doesn't launch - SteamUpdateUI: An X Error occurred

opened 12:36AM - 24 Mar 17 UTC

closed 01:09AM - 24 Mar 17 UTC

Louisina-TSS

Distro Family: Ubuntu

#### Your system information * Steam client version (build number or date): M…ar 13 2017 * Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Ubuntu 16.04, 64bits * Opted into Steam client beta?: No * Have you checked for system updates?: Yes #### Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible: Hello, Since last update (Mar 13 2017), Steam doesn't launch. In the terminal, there is what I found: ~$ steam Running Steam on ubuntu 16.04 64-bit STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically [2017-03-24 01:29:27] Startup - updater built Mar 13 2017 20:55:20 SteamUpdateUI: An X Error occurred X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation) I already tried, like other people, to remove (or rename with .bak) the two files ~/.steam/steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 ~/.steam/steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 If you need more information, just ask :) Thank's

rozodru · December 3, 2024, 4:38pm

So for future reference if anyone HAS this problem here’s the fix: It’s your mouse cursor theme.

I’m not joking. I came across this thread: [SOLVED] Steam opens and immediately closes constantly / Newbie Corner / Arch Linux Forums and sure enough I was also using the Adwaita theme on a new install. As soon as I downloaded a new theme and switched to it Steam stopped crashing/constantly opening and closing. the Adwaita theme is so broken it was causing Steam to close and repon on mouse over.