SteamUpdateUI has a BadValue, Steam stays open

steamclosed NVIDIA driversDistro Family: Arch

ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#12904 · opened 2026-02-09 by plygon1 · updated 2026-02-09 · 2 comments · github

Pplygon1 2026-02-09 github

Your system information

Steam client version (build number or date): ~/.local/share/Steam/logs/appinfo_log.txt says Client version: 1769026246
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Arch Linux
Opted into Steam client beta?: No
Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No]
Steam Logs: steam-logs.tar.gz
GPU: Nvidia

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Describe what you expected should happen and what did happen. Please link any large code pastes as a Github Gist

What I expected to happen:

When I open steam, the UI shows up without any errors when opening steam in the console

What actually happened:

When I open steam, no UI shows up due to X errors
Steam still stays alive for some reason
Logs when i kill steam then open it: https://gist.github.com/plygon1/6533d0402b7e996687fa63508bf86524

Steps for reproducing this issue:

Install Steam from Pacman
Try to run it
Maybe having the driver version 580.126.09 is a part of it but isnt that the latest version of the nvidia drivers

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2026-02-09 github

Hello @plygon1, this reads like you're missing you're using the NVIDIA proprietary driver, but don't have the video driver's 32 bit userspace libraries. Can you check if you have the lib32-nvidia-580xx-utils system package installed?

Pplygon1 2026-02-09 github

After uninstalling my lib32-nvidia-utils that were actually for a newer driver than the driver I actually had, in favor of the AUR package lib32-nvidia-580xx-utils, Steam now opens. Delightful.

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