PoisonFlame:
Running Steam on ubuntu 16.04 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Startup - updater built Sep 20 2016 18:20:24
SteamUpdateUI: An X Error occurred
X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
I get this error every time I try to open steam via terminal. What do I do?
Clockfeet:
I downloaded steam and followed your manual install guide. However when I write “steam&” in my terminal I get this:
Running Steam on ubuntu 16.04 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(0)
libGL error: unable to load driver: r600_dri.so
libGL error: driver pointer missing
libGL error: failed to load driver: r600
libGL error: unable to load driver: swrast_dri.so
libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
Christian:
Hey! steam pops up for me but whenever I click it it blinks in the launcher for a few seconds then closes. I have tried both methods.
Any help?
PtahX @PtahX -> Christian:
Try running as root if it works check your permissions 
Robert Ruedisueli -> PtahX @PtahX:
NEVER run steam as root.
PtahX @PtahX:
This works well with 16.10 on a fresh install as well. Only issue I had was I needed to change “Repository – Ubuntu Software – Download” too “Main Server” as it had dependency issues as follows. See you in game
steam:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.15) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libstdc++6:i386 (>= 4.3) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libx11-6:i386 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libudev1:i386 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxinerama1:i386 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libtxc-dxtn0:i386
Depends: libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: zenity:i386Rosalea Coyle:
Steam still won’t work for me. Every time I click on it this pops up: “Couldn’t set up Steam data - please contact technical support”. Is there any fix for this? And when they say contact technical support, do they mean Steam’s tech support???
Ambar Hasbiyatmoko:
hi … thanks…
works well on ‘fresh’ ubuntu 16.04 LTS
@anyone : don’t forget to install VGA driver, first …
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When I type in steam, this is what happens:
********@jibber:~$ tar: This does not look like a tar archive
xz: (stdin): File format not recognized
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
find: ‘/home/jeremiah/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime’: No such file or directory
Please help me…
Emilio Aranda:
Hi! Im installing steam on my brothers laptop ! Can someone please help me with an error.
This is the error i get while running steam from the console.
Setting up Steam content in /home/ubuntu/.local/share/Steam
Running Steam on ubuntu 16.04 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(0)
libGL error: unable to load driver: swrast_dri .so
libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
p-tates -> Emilio Aranda:
You need the proper GPU drivers to run Steam.
Which GPU does he have?
Sanne Berkhuizen:
LD_PRELOAD='/usr/$LIB/libstdc++.so.6' DISPLAY=:0 steam
this worked
Casper LI:
This work on Ubuntu 16.10! Good!
User:
hello steam wont open for me. But when i type this command:
sudo apt-get install steam
It says, that I already have the newest version.
I open steam but i doesnt show up and close by itself.
Please help me.
p-tates -> User:
Try it in the terminal, that should show the reason it’s not starting up.
just type: steam
And press enter
and see whether you get the output message, and what you can do with it.
User -> p-tates:
i got this
Running Steam on ubuntu 16.04 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(0)
and help?
p-tates -> User:
You don’t have the correct drivers installed. You probably need to install the Nvidia drivers.
Search for the application “software & updates” and go to the “additional drivers” tab. Select the Nvidia binary driver and select “apply changes”
Blade:
Running Steam on ubuntu 17.04 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(0)
libGL error: unable to load driver: nouveau_dri.so
libGL error: driver pointer missing
libGL error: failed to load driver: nouveau
libGL error: unable to load driver: swrast_dri.so
libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
Please help D:
bob dole:
when i tried to run steam, i got the following message
Running Steam on kali kali-rolling 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
/bin/bash: /home/jarel/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5: no version information available (required by /bin/bash)
grep: symbol lookup error: grep: undefined symbol: pcre_jit_stack_alloc
grep: symbol lookup error: grep: undefined symbol: pcre_jit_stack_alloc
grep: symbol lookup error: grep: undefined symbol: pcre_jit_stack_alloc
awk: /home/jarel/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5: no version information available (required by /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libreadline.so.7)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1493162727)
libGL error: unable to load driver: i965_dri.so
libGL error: driver pointer missing
libGL error: failed to load driver: i965
libGL error: unable to load driver: i965_dri.so
libGL error: driver pointer missing
libGL error: failed to load driver: i965
libGL error: unable to load driver: swrast_dri.so
libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
how can i fix this problem
Dimushka → bob dole:
https://askubuntu.com/quest… see last post
kashjdkjh → bob dole:
you’re missing drivers, and can you please stop using kali as your main OS?
rahuld:
Done! This post helped me, Thanks!
Darkhan Doskul:
The best “How to”. Thanks a lot! Was struggling with steam installation until I found this post
Andrew:
It tells me “sudo not found” when I put in what it tells me to
Vinícius Fernandes:
Parabéns pelo tutorial, admin.
Testei aqui e deu certo, antes de fazer a instalação dos pacotes eu troquei o “install” pelo “remove”, ou seja, removi todos os pacotes e reinstalei novamente conforme a minha necessidade.
O steam fez as instalações necessárias por padrão e começou a atualizar normalmente.
Obrigado! 
JDM85:
Look, I am used to windows, and know NOTHING about Ubuntu. My comp had to have its memory wiped and they put Ubuntu in because I didn’t want to spend $`100 on another Windows OS.
…so how do I do all this programming stuff you have to do with Ubuntu? I just want to play my steam games again!