[SOLVED] Steam won't start - glXChooseVisual failed - Linux Mint 19

[Persona Non Grata]

I just updated my nvidia drivers from 390 to 396 and now steam won't start.

The terminal output is as follows:

desmond@soulengine:~$ steam
Running Steam on linuxmint 19 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Pins up-to-date!
[2018-08-24 19:11:43] Startup - updater built Aug 23 2018 19:47:10
[2018-08-24 19:11:43] Opted in to client beta 'publicbeta' via beta file
You are in the 'publicbeta' client beta.
Looks like steam didn't shutdown cleanly, scheduling immediate update check
[2018-08-24 19:11:43] Checking for update on startup
[2018-08-24 19:11:43] Checking for available updates...
[2018-08-24 19:11:43] Download skipped by HTTP 304 Not Modified
[2018-08-24 19:11:43] Nothing to do
[2018-08-24 19:11:43] Verifying installation...
[2018-08-24 19:11:43] Performing checksum verification of executable files
[2018-08-24 19:11:43] Verification complete
html_chrome.cpp (394) : Assertion Failed: CefCrashReportingEnabled()
desmond@soulengine:~$

that's it, no extra info.

Here's the output of glxinfo: https://pastebin.com/RgmL0TfG

Please let me know what can I do to resolve this or if there is any further information needed.

Edit: I have also tried "steam --reset" but the error is the same.

Edit2: Here's the contents of ~/.steam/error.log

Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1535062307)
libGL error: No matching fbConfigs or visuals found
libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1535062307)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1535062307)
Gtk-Message: 19:41:41.823: Failed to load module "gail"
Gtk-Message: 19:41:41.824: Failed to load module "atk-bridge"

(steam:1694): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:41:41.889: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "adwaita",
/usr/share/themes/Adwaita-dark/gtk-2.0/main.rc:733: error: unexpected identifier 'direction', expected character '}'

(steam:1694): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:41:41.921: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "adwaita",
/usr/share/themes/Adwaita-dark/gtk-2.0/hacks.rc:28: error: invalid string constant "normal_entry", expected valid string constant
libGL error: No matching fbConfigs or visuals found
libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
libGL error: No matching fbConfigs or visuals found
libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1535062307)
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 72: non-double matrix element
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 72: non-double matrix element
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 80: saw unknown, expected number
libGL error: No matching fbConfigs or visuals found
libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
glXChooseVisual failed
glXChooseVisual failedMain.cpp (326) : Assertion Failed: Fatal Error: glXChooseVisual failed
Main.cpp (326) : Assertion Failed: Fatal Error: glXChooseVisual failed
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1535062307)
assert_20180824194142_6.dmp[1815]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)
/tmp/dumps/assert_20180824194142_6.dmp
[0824/194142.546174:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(254)] Failed to set crash key: UserID with value: 0
[0824/194142.546223:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(254)] Failed to set crash key: BuildID with value: 1535053639
[0824/194142.546227:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(254)] Failed to set crash key: SteamUniverse with value: Public
[0824/194142.546231:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(254)] Failed to set crash key: Version with value: 1535053639
[0824/194142.546234:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(254)] Failed to set crash key: ProductName with value: cefwebhelper
[0824/194142.546238:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(254)] Failed to set crash key: Vendor with value: Valve
[0824/194142.573119:ERROR:gpu_process_transport_factory.cc(1029)] Lost UI shared context.
html_chrome.cpp (394) : Assertion Failed: CefCrashReportingEnabled()
[0824/194142.698599:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(254)] Failed to set crash key: SteamUniverse with value: Dev
[0824/194142.699166:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(254)] Failed to set crash key: UserID with value: 0
[0824/194142.699178:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(254)] Failed to set crash key: BuildID with value: 1535062307
[0824/194142.699183:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(254)] Failed to set crash key: SteamUniverse with value: Public
[0824/194142.699189:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(254)] Failed to set crash key: Version with value: 1535062307
[0824/194142.699194:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(254)] Failed to set crash key: ProductName with value: cefwebhelper
[0824/194142.699200:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(254)] Failed to set crash key: Vendor with value: Valve
assert_20180824194142_6.dmp[1815]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes
assert_20180824194142_6.dmp[1815]: response: CrashID=bp-4457695e-c07d-4e3a-aed7-a39482180824
assert_20180824194142_6.dmp[1815]: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20180824194142_6.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-4457695e-c07d-4e3a-aed7-a39482180824''

[Persona Non Grata]

I feel incredibly stupid, but all I had to do was purge the drivers and steam and reinstall them after a reboot.

Now its working as expected.

[Zyro]

Maybe the reboot was all that was needed?

[Persona Non Grata]

No, I had rebooted multiple times but the error was the same.

[TuxInvader]

It was probably missing 32bit OpenGL libraries.

sudo apt-get install libnvidia-gl-396:i386

fixed it for me.

[shblythe]

TuxInvader の投稿を引用：

It was probably missing 32bit OpenGL libraries.

sudo apt-get install libnvidia-gl-396:i386

fixed it for me.

Genius! Thanks.

[dmgpage]

TuxInvader の投稿を引用：

It was probably missing 32bit OpenGL libraries.

sudo apt-get install libnvidia-gl-396:i386

fixed it for me.

Works for me too. Thank you!

[ack0329]

Works for me Too!
For the 410 Nvidia Driver I just SIMPLY changed it to:

sudo apt-get install libnvidia-gl-410:i386

and to add a little more from a different webpage these things invluding the above installked fine (more is better with Nvidia drivers)

sudo apt install  nvidia-driver-410 nvidia-settings nvidia-prime libnvidia-compute-410:i386 libnvidia-decode-410:i386 libnvidia-encode-410:i386 libnvidia-ifr1-410:i386 libnvidia-fbc1-410:i386 libnvidia-gl-410:i386

[HolmeBass]

When I enter these commands, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, I get "unable to locate package" for each of those drivers, but my internet connection is fine. What could be wrong?

[Zyro]

It probably doesn't have these versions (410), but another one.

[HolmeBass]

No, I wish. Turns out it's a special Ubuntu bug and nothing I've found has fixed it.

[webguy7]

Good response TuxInvader... Didn't even have to reboot Mint 19.3 with that library update for driver version 440. I don't know what if any changes caused this problem though... It's been only 2-3 days since I used Steam, and nothing was changed I know of.

[Hollow]

HolmeBass の投稿を引用：

No, I wish. Turns out it's a special Ubuntu bug and nothing I've found has fixed it.

Also have Ubuntu and nothing has fixed it. sigh.

[Nick Spacek]

On Debian 10 I ran into this. I installed i386 versions of:

libnvidia-glcore:i386
libnvidia-eglcore:i386
libglx-nvidia0:i386
libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx:i386

The first only was not enough.

[Dong]

Nick Spacek の投稿を引用：

On Debian 10 I ran into this. I installed i386 versions of:

libnvidia-glcore:i386
libnvidia-eglcore:i386
libglx-nvidia0:i386
libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx:i386

The first only was not enough.

Thanks a lot. It finally fixed it, to start the launcher with Debian 10.+

[Auron]

Nick Spacek の投稿を引用：

On Debian 10 I ran into this. I installed i386 versions of:

libnvidia-glcore:i386
libnvidia-eglcore:i386
libglx-nvidia0:i386
libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx:i386

The first only was not enough.

Thank you so much! This also fixed my problem after fighting against broken package dependencies in my system.