Steam won't start on Ubuntu 12.10

[Titans2016]

I installed Steam and opened it and once steam updated it goes to a black screen and then takes me back to the login screen for Ubuntu. If I login again and open Steam it does the same thing. What should I do?

[Greenbikerdude]

open steam with a terminal and post its output. maybe we can help.

[Titans2016]

What is the command in the Terminal to open Steam and get the output?

[tayshady]

Just type 'steam' in the terminal and hit enter, it should give you an output from that.

[Titans2016]

I typed in steam in the terminal then in the terminal it looked like it was giving an output but then it went black screen then back to the login page

[Titans2016]

it gave me this
#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Steam
Comment=Application for managing and playing games on Steam
Exec=/usr/bin/steam %U
Icon=steam
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Network;FileTransfer;Game;
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/steam;
Actions=Store;Community;Library;Servers;Screenshots;News;Settings;BigPicture;Friends;

[Desktop Action Store]
Name=Store
Name[de]=Shop
Name[es]=Tienda
Name[fr]=Magasin
Name[it]=Negozio
Name[pt]=Loja
Name[ru]=Магазин
Name[zh_CN]=商店
Name[zh_TW]=商店
Exec=steam steam://store

[Desktop Action Community]
Name=Community
Name[es]=Comunidad
Name[fr]=Communauté
Name[it]=Comunità
Name[pt]=Comunidade
Name[ru]=Сообщество
Name[zh_CN]=社区
Name[zh_TW]=社群
Exec=steam steam://url/SteamIDControlPage

[Desktop Action Library]
Name=Library
Name[de]=Bibliothek
Name[es]=Biblioteca
Name[fr]=Bibliothèque
Name[it]=Libreria
Name[pt]=Biblioteca
Name[ru]=Библиотека
Name[zh_CN]=库
Name[zh_TW]=遊戲庫
Exec=steam steam://open/games

[Desktop Action Servers]
Name=Servers
Name[de]=Server
Name[es]=Servidores
Name[fr]=Serveurs
Name[it]=Server
Name[pt]=Servidores
Name[ru]=Серверы
Name[zh_CN]=服务器
Name[zh_TW]=伺服器
Exec=steam steam://open/servers

[Desktop Action Screenshots]
Name=Screenshots
Name[es]=Capturas
Name[fr]=Captures d'écran
Name[it]=Screenshot
Name[ru]=Скриншоты
Name[zh_CN]=截图
Name[zh_TW]=螢幕擷圖
Exec=steam steam://open/screenshots

[Desktop Action News]
Name=News
Name[de]=Neuigkeiten
Name[es]=Noticias
Name[fr]=Actualités
Name[it]=Notizie
Name[pt]=Notícias
Name[ru]=Новости
Name[zh_CN]=新闻
Name[zh_TW]=新聞
Exec=steam steam://open/news

[Desktop Action Settings]
Name=Settings
Name[de]=Einstellungen
Name[es]=Parámetros
Name[fr]=Paramètres
Name[it]=Impostazioni
Name[pt]=Configurações
Name[ru]=Настройки
Name[zh_CN]=设置
Name[zh_TW]=設定
Exec=steam steam://open/settings

[Desktop Action BigPicture]
Name=Big Picture
Exec=steam steam://open/bigpicture

[Desktop Action Friends]
Name=Friends
Name[de]=Freunde
Name[es]=Amigos
Name[fr]=Amis
Name[it]=Amici
Name[pt]=Amigos
Name[ru]=Друзья
Name[zh_CN]=好友
Name[zh_TW]=好友
Exec=steam steam://open/friends

[tayshady]

Pretty sure that's a segmentation fault, which leads me to believe that you don't have the proprietary drivers installed. Open up Software Sources and click on the tab 'Additional Drivers', see if you can install the proprietary drivers for your graphics card from there. Good luck.

[Titans2016]

I installed a propriertary driver for my 660 ti and I still get the same problem

[Titans2016]

I installed another driver and steam opened! Thank you!

[tayshady]

Yeah some of the drivers won't work for certain cards, sometimes you just have to experiment unless you already know. :P

No problem, glad you got it working.

[Titans2016]

Thanks again! Downloading TF2 right now!

[Spira]

I'm having the same problem. I've two proprietary drivers installed. I believe my graphics are up to date. I updated them through steps I followed on a wiki page on ATI's drivers site. Any other advice?