Issue Report: Unable to start steam

[TakeV]

Steps to reproduce: Entering "steam" in the command line.

Terminal output:

tyler@tyler-laptop:~$ sudo steam
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1355250651_client)
Looks like steam didn't shutdown cleanly, scheduling immediate update check
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(Steam)/version(1355250651_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(Steam)/version(1355250651_client)
unlinked 0 orphaned pipes
removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 19538 with name 0eBlobRegistryMutex_F455D5BE592EE424DA12CB2BE994D8A5
removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 19538 with name 0eBlobRegistrySignal_F455D5BE592EE424DA12CB2BE994D8A5
removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 19538 with name 0emSteamEngineInstance
removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 19538 with name 0eSteamEngineLock
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(Steam)/version(1355250651_client)

(process:19661): Gtk-WARNING **: This process is currently running setuid or setgid.
This is not a supported use of GTK+. You must create a helper
program instead. For further details, see:

    http://www.gtk.org/setuid.html

Refusing to initialize GTK+.
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(Steam)/version(1355250651_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(Steam)/version(1355250651_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(Steam)/version(1355250651_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(Steam)/version(1355250651_client)
GLError: 1280
GLError: 1280
GLError: 1280
GLError: 1280
GLError: 1280
GLError: 1280
GLError: 1280
GLError: 1280
GLError: 1280
GL: [API][ERROR][HIGH][0]: GL_INVALID_ENUM in glTexParameter(pname=GL_TEXTURE_MAX_ANISOTROPY_EXT)
/home/tyler/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 287: 19661 Trace/breakpoint trap   $DEBUGGER "$STEAMROOT/$PLATFORM/$STEAMEXE" "$@"

Hardware information, from lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Graphics Port (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M-E LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801IBM/IEM (ICH9M/ICH9M-E) 2 port SATA Controller [IDE mode] (rev 03)
00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801IBM/IEM (ICH9M/ICH9M-E) 2 port SATA Controller [IDE mode] (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce G210M] (rev a2)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1000
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8131 Gigabit Ethernet (rev c0)

Any help would be appreciated. I already tried installing ia32-libs, as well as removing steam, deleting Steam and .steam, and re-installing. Also running as root does not help.

[TakeV]

Also relevant, I think, is that my laptop is an ASUS UL50VT, which has a GPU switch. The ability to switch the GPU isn't supported yet, so it runs on the Intel GPU.

[mikeym]

Without sudo perhaps? Since that's what it is complaining about:

(process:19661): Gtk-WARNING **: This process is currently running setuid or setgid. This is not a supported use of GTK+. You must create a helper program instead. For further details, see: http://www.gtk.org/setuid.html Refusing to initialize GTK+.

If its created files in your home directory with root as the owner you may need to remove them for it to start as a normal user.

[TakeV]

After removing Steam and .steam, and trying it without sudo:

tyler@tyler-laptop:~$ steam
Repairing installation, linking /home/tyler/.steam/steam to /home/tyler/.local/share/Steam
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1355250651_client)
Looks like steam didn't shutdown cleanly, scheduling immediate update check
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1355250651_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1355250651_client)
unlinked 0 orphaned pipes
removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 21709 with name 0eBlobRegistryMutex_F455D5BE592EE424DA12CB2BE994D8A5
removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 21709 with name 0eBlobRegistrySignal_F455D5BE592EE424DA12CB2BE994D8A5
removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 21709 with name 0emSteamEngineInstance
removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 21709 with name 0eSteamEngineLock
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1355250651_client)
Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "overlay-scrollbar"
[1212/101853:WARNING:proxy_service.cc(646)] PAC support disabled because there is no system implementation
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1355250651_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1355250651_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1355250651_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1355250651_client)
GLError: 1280
GLError: 1280
GLError: 1280
GLError: 1280
GLError: 1280
GLError: 1280
GLError: 1280
GLError: 1280
GLError: 1280
GL: [API][ERROR][HIGH][0]: GL_INVALID_ENUM in glTexParameter(pname=GL_TEXTURE_MAX_ANISOTROPY_EXT)
/home/tyler/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 287: 21821 Trace/breakpoint trap   (core dumped) $DEBUGGER "$STEAMROOT/$PLATFORM/$STEAMEXE" "$@"

[mikeym]

Sounds like this thread.

They suggest trying this:

export LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib32/dri 
steam

If it works see the thread for more details.