Steam won't do anything

[the kat taxi]

I recently installed Ubuntu 16.04
LTS and I installed steam. whenever I click on the it nothing happens litterally nothing shows up. all I see is the steam logo pop up on the side bar for 10 seconds and slightly blink colors and then it goes away and noting opens up. I have uninstalled it, re installed it. installed it from terminal and manually and nothing works. also the pinned discussions doesn't work either

[havelcøde]

You should run steam from the terminal so you can see any errors being produced.
1. Open terminal
2. just type "steam"
3. Make note of any errors shown in the terminal and try google from there?

I hope that helps :)

[ack0329]

Ubuntu 16.04 & 16.10 Issues

- Steam is ROCK-SOLID in Ubuntu 16.04, so read on for this bullet-proof set of install instructions.

∘ did you install steam from using Package Manager or from steams download website?
∘ The Steam.deb Download package DOES NOT work in most instances!!! Do NOT Download it
∘ It does not install the needed 32-bit library dependencies that silly steam .deb needs (+1 GB of extra stuff)
• First be sure to have all Updates and Nvidia Proprietary Graphics Driver Installed and Intels microcode
‣ Reboot often up to 3-4 times until all updates are done/done/done

• here is my standard tip .....ALWAYS use Package Manager (or Software Center) or Terminal, silly but Steam's download says it is good for Ubuntu ... but fails to mention that it's only 12.04 YES 2012! Stupid but an easy fix is .... Package Manager OR Terminal
• 1. in Update Manager ... Settings / Ubuntu Software Tab
add (check off)...
Multiverse (this adds copyright software like Steam)
OR same thing using terminal (Always copy and paste AFTER the $)
‣ $ sudo add-apt-repository multiverse

• 2. Then you can install Steam either using terminal
∘ $ sudo apt-get install steam, OR and BETTER
∘ use ANY package manager (Software Center), and search for Steam as it will (Should) now show up (legally), but sadly not always

DONE - EASY-PEASY , .... EVERYTHING and ALL the DEPENDENCIES will also be installed.

• troubleshoot steam by opening it on "Terminal", awesome for troubleshooting and always (if errors) fix the FIRST one and retry.
• Good Luck,
• Cheers, Mark

[the kat taxi]

Originally posted by ack0329:

Ubuntu 16.04 & 16.10 Issues

- Steam is ROCK-SOLID in Ubuntu 16.04, so read on for this bullet-proof set of install instructions.

∘ did you install steam from using Package Manager or from steams download website?
∘ The Steam.deb Download package DOES NOT work in most instances!!! Do NOT Download it
∘ It does not install the needed 32-bit library dependencies that silly steam .deb needs (+1 GB of extra stuff)
• First be sure to have all Updates and Nvidia Proprietary Graphics Driver Installed and Intels microcode
‣ Reboot often up to 3-4 times until all updates are done/done/done

• here is my standard tip .....ALWAYS use Package Manager (or Software Center) or Terminal, silly but Steam's download says it is good for Ubuntu ... but fails to mention that it's only 12.04 YES 2012! Stupid but an easy fix is .... Package Manager OR Terminal
• 1. in Update Manager ... Settings / Ubuntu Software Tab
add (check off)...
Multiverse (this adds copyright software like Steam)
OR same thing using terminal (Always copy and paste AFTER the $)
‣ $ sudo add-apt-repository multiverse

• 2. Then you can install Steam either using terminal
∘ $ sudo apt-get install steam, OR and BETTER
∘ use ANY package manager (Software Center), and search for Steam as it will (Should) now show up (legally), but sadly not always

DONE - EASY-PEASY , .... EVERYTHING and ALL the DEPENDENCIES will also be installed.

• troubleshoot steam by opening it on "Terminal", awesome for troubleshooting and always (if errors) fix the FIRST one and retry.
• Good Luck,
• Cheers, Mark

Thank you for this but whenever I tried, it did the same thing. also I'm not exactly sure what you mean by open it in terminal

[the kat taxi]

Originally posted by ack0329:

Ubuntu 16.04 & 16.10 Issues

- Steam is ROCK-SOLID in Ubuntu 16.04, so read on for this bullet-proof set of install instructions.

∘ did you install steam from using Package Manager or from steams download website?
∘ The Steam.deb Download package DOES NOT work in most instances!!! Do NOT Download it
∘ It does not install the needed 32-bit library dependencies that silly steam .deb needs (+1 GB of extra stuff)
• First be sure to have all Updates and Nvidia Proprietary Graphics Driver Installed and Intels microcode
‣ Reboot often up to 3-4 times until all updates are done/done/done

• here is my standard tip .....ALWAYS use Package Manager (or Software Center) or Terminal, silly but Steam's download says it is good for Ubuntu ... but fails to mention that it's only 12.04 YES 2012! Stupid but an easy fix is .... Package Manager OR Terminal
• 1. in Update Manager ... Settings / Ubuntu Software Tab
add (check off)...
Multiverse (this adds copyright software like Steam)
OR same thing using terminal (Always copy and paste AFTER the $)
‣ $ sudo add-apt-repository multiverse

• 2. Then you can install Steam either using terminal
∘ $ sudo apt-get install steam, OR and BETTER
∘ use ANY package manager (Software Center), and search for Steam as it will (Should) now show up (legally), but sadly not always

DONE - EASY-PEASY , .... EVERYTHING and ALL the DEPENDENCIES will also be installed.

• troubleshoot steam by opening it on "Terminal", awesome for troubleshooting and always (if errors) fix the FIRST one and retry.
• Good Luck,
• Cheers, Mark

oh and also yes the first time I had installed it from the .deb thanks for letting me know that

[the kat taxi]

One more thing I would like to mention is I use the amd64 not the i386

[𝓑𝓁𝒶𝒸𝓀𝓅𝒶𝓌𝓃]

Originally posted by SepticFishyTheDragon:

One more thing I would like to mention is I use the amd64 not the i386

So does everyone else. I should go check the Steam hardware survey results for 32bit installations but I doubt it's high. Anyway...

Please run steam in the terminal:

$ steam

Then paste in the result.
Also, as soon as steam ends/dies, grab the tail of syslog.

tail -n20 /var/log/syslog

You might want to trim the output of syslog because it can contain sensitive details about your system. At least just grab the lines that mention steam and maybe change your username/ip in those lines if it's mentioned.

Originally posted by ack0329:

Steam is ROCK-SOLID in Ubuntu 16.04

It's really not. 14.04 is solid, 16.04 has lots of teething problems. I'm sure they'll be resolved eventually but they exist and are insurmountable for some users, right now.

edit: I checked, total number of 32bit OS installations:
Windows XP 32 bit: 1.55%
Windows Vista 32 bit: 0.16%
Windows 7: 6.00%
Windows 8: 0.12%
Windows 8.1: 0.29%
Windows 10: 1.47%
Total: 9.59%

So I guess there are still a fair few people on 32bit architectures but it's dropping.
Hardware Survey

[the kat taxi]

Originally posted by BlackPawn:

Originally posted by SepticFishyTheDragon:

One more thing I would like to mention is I use the amd64 not the i386

So does everyone else. I should go check the Steam hardware survey results for 32bit installations but I doubt it's high. Anyway...

Please run steam in the terminal:

$ steam

Then paste in the result.
Also, as soon as steam ends/dies, grab the tail of syslog.

tail -n20 /var/log/syslog

You might want to trim the output of syslog because it can contain sensitive details about your system. At least just grab the lines that mention steam and maybe change your username/ip in those lines if it's mentioned.

Originally posted by ack0329:

Steam is ROCK-SOLID in Ubuntu 16.04

It's really not. 14.04 is solid, 16.04 has lots of teething problems. I'm sure they'll be resolved eventually but they exist and are insurmountable for some users, right now.

edit: I checked, total number of 32bit OS installations:
Windows XP 32 bit: 1.55%
Windows Vista 32 bit: 0.16%
Windows 7: 6.00%
Windows 8: 0.12%
Windows 8.1: 0.29%
Windows 10: 1.47%
Total: 9.59%

So I guess there are still a fair few people on 32bit architectures but it's dropping.
Hardware Survey

okay so I did "steam" in terminal and I got
this

Running Steam on Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Startup - updated built Oct 13 2016 00:47:16
SteamUpdateUI: An X Error occurred
X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range of operation)

[havelcøde]

Are you sure you're using the proprietary drivers for your graphics card?

If you are unsure go to:
System settings > Software & Updates > Additional Drivers > Select "Using NVIDIA binary driver..." > Reboot and try launch again?

I had this issue before and the above fixed it for me

[Hwkiller]

Try the pinned thread command again; this is usually due to libstdc++ being incompatible with the runtime.

[the kat taxi]

Originally posted by Hwkiller:

Try the pinned thread command again; this is usually due to libstdc++ being incompatible with the runtime.

Originally posted by havelcode:

Are you sure you're using the proprietary drivers for your graphics card?

If you are unsure go to:
System settings > Software & Updates > Additional Drivers > Select "Using NVIDIA binary driver..." > Reboot and try launch again?

I had this issue before and the above fixed it for me

Okay I'll try both of these

[𝓑𝓁𝒶𝒸𝓀𝓅𝒶𝓌𝓃]

Originally posted by SepticFishyTheDragon:

Okay I'll try both of these

Is it working for you now?

[the kat taxi]

FishyTheDragon
is my name really censored?
(it's not the first time)

[ack0329]

Pleaase Post if it's fixed, this is not rocket-science - LOL, Just Joking ....
I hope you got it fixed!

[the kat taxi]

Originally posted by ack0329:

Pleaase Post if it's fixed, this is not rocket-science - LOL, Just Joking ....
I hope you got it fixed!

I hope it gets fixed too