[Ubuntu 14.04] Segmentation fault when login

[kousin197804]

Hi all,
I recently installed 14.04 on my laptop, and installed steam on it
When i typed steam in the terminal, a window prompt out and had 3 login options.
I pressed "LOGIN TO AN EXISTING ACCONT", and the following error is printed to terminal:

Steam: An X Error occurred
X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 18 (X_ChangeProperty)
Value in failed request: 0xffffffff
Serial number of failed request: 1629
xerror_handler: X failed, continuing
Uploading dump (out-of-process) [proxy '']
/tmp/dumps/crash_20140501125017_1.dmp
/home/henry/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 755: 13219 Segmentation fault (core dumped) $STEAM_DEBUGGER "$STEAMROOT/$PLATFORM/$STEAMEXE" "$@"
Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = no

I have tried looking for the guide, but no luck.
How can i solve this problem?

[Kranky K. Krackpot]

Steam: An X Error occurred
X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 18 (X_ChangeProperty)
Value in failed request: 0xffffffff
Serial number of failed request: 1629
xerror_handler: X failed, continuing

Looks like X server doesn't like steam's window... What's your DE? Do you use dual monitors? Try to run steam as "steam -sw -h XXX -w YYY" (change XXX and YYY to your screen resolution).

[kousin197804]

Originally posted by Kranky K. Krackpot:

Steam: An X Error occurred
X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 18 (X_ChangeProperty)
Value in failed request: 0xffffffff
Serial number of failed request: 1629
xerror_handler: X failed, continuing

Looks like X server doesn't like steam's window... What's your DE? Do you use dual monitors? Try to run steam as "steam -sw -h XXX -w YYY" (change XXX and YYY to your screen resolution).

Thanks for reply,
My DE is unity, and I am not using dual monitors.
After i run the command u gave.
The follow error come out

$ steam -sw -h 1366 -w 768
Running Steam on ubuntu 14.04 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1398287272_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1398287272_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1398287272_client)
Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "overlay-scrollbar"
Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "unity-gtk-module"
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1398287272_client)
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 70: non-double matrix element
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 70: non-double matrix element
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 78: saw unknown, expected number
[0501/234047:WARNING:proxy_service.cc(958)] PAC support disabled because there is no system implementation
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1398287272_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1398287272_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1398287272_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1398287272_client)
Process 8172 created /henry-ValveIPCSharedObjects5
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1398287272_client)
Uploading dump (out-of-process) [proxy '']
/tmp/dumps/crash_20140501234041_1.dmp
/home/henry/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 755: 8172 Segmentation fault (core dumped) $STEAM_DEBUGGER "$STEAMROOT/$PLATFORM/$STEAMEXE" "$@"

[jordan]

Hey, I sort of solved the same issue you were having. The issue in my case were my AMD proprietary drivers. Switching to the open drivers solved it.

[Kazatski]

I've got the same problem and neither of the drivers work (both open source and proprietary). However, I have an nVidia graphics card.

[R3450N]

Originally posted by Kukemfly:

I've got the same problem and neither of the drivers work (both open source and proprietary). However, I have an nVidia graphics card.

Try soft-linking nvidia's libGL.so.1 to the one Steam points to.

[Kazatski]

I've just found the problem in my case. I had to install the drivers from ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa instead of the drivers found in the additional drivers tab from ubuntu or the drivers from the nvidia site. I'm not sure why the others don't work tough.

[[MSFT] Jeff Kaplan]

For someone like me I don't think I can install any other drivers, since even the open source drivers won't work for my card. (GTX 750 Ti) because it's so new. I'm pretty much stuck on the NVIDIA drivers which is fine and they work great. They worked fine with Steam at 12.10 before going to 14.04 so IDK what the problem is.

[[MSFT] Jeff Kaplan]

Figured it out...and it's stupid.

Uninstall your proprietary drivers and install Steam first, after Steam is installed install your proprietary drivers.

Good luck dudes...I still have a million other things to fix, stable release my ♥♥♥.

[UnkendTech]

Originally posted by Linux tayshady:

Figured it out...and it's stupid.

Uninstall your proprietary drivers and install Steam first, after Steam is installed install your proprietary drivers.

Good luck dudes...I still have a million other things to fix, stable release my ♥♥♥.

yep this is what i hate about Ubuntu