Was there any visible error you observed?
Not really enough information here to go on. I've not heard of this actually causing a problem. Please feel free to reactivate with more information if you see this causing an issue.
I have encountered this problem on Ubuntu 16.04, too.
And it is a problem - Steam won't start anymore.
Yesterday it worked.
Running Steam on ubuntu 16.04 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
[2016-06-14 17:56:11] Startup - updater built Jun 9 2016 20:55:22
SteamUpdateUI: An X Error occurred
X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
Edit: running ~/.steam/steam.sh yields a more verbose output:
rm: das Entfernen von '/home/niklas/.steam/steam' ist nicht möglich: Ist ein Verzeichnis
rm: das Entfernen von '/home/niklas/.steam/bin' ist nicht möglich: Ist ein Verzeichnis
Running Steam on ubuntu 16.04 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
grep: symbol lookup error: grep: undefined symbol: pcre_jit_stack_alloc
awk: /home/niklas/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5: no version information available (requ
grep: symbol lookup error: grep: undefined symbol: pcre_jit_stack_alloc
grep: symbol lookup error: grep: undefined symbol: pcre_jit_stack_alloc
[2016-06-14 18:24:28] Startup - updater built Jun 9 2016 20:55:22
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1465507923)
libGL error: unable to load driver: r600_dri.so
libGL error: driver pointer missing
libGL error: failed to load driver: r600
libGL error: unable to load driver: swrast_dri.so
libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
SteamUpdateUI: An X Error occurred
X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
^C
So - it's the old "Steam ships old versions of the libraries already existing on the system and they don't work"-problem.
It is fixable by running:
cd ~/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime
rm amd64/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lib*
rm amd64/usr/lib/lib*
rm amd64/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lib*
rm i386/lib/i386-linux-gnu/lib*
rm i386/usr/lib/lib*
rm i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/lib*
ldd steamclient.so
#install those that are missing:
sudo apt install libnm-glib4:i386
It works now - until the next update....
Still doesn't work!
$ steam
Running Steam on ubuntu 16.04 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
[2016-07-11 18:33:21] Startup - updater built Jul 8 2016 21:43:51
[2016-07-11 18:33:21] Проверка установки... [Checking installation...]
[2016-07-11 18:33:21] Verification complete
[2016-07-11 18:33:22] Shutdown
Also, I think that you need to run ldd steamclient.so from folder ~/.steam/ubuntu12_32
Another thing that worked for me is disabling the Steam runtime:
STEAM_RUNTIME=0 steam
Another thing that worked for me is disabling the Steam runtime:
STEAM_RUNTIME=0 steam
Shit this works
this is still an issue
STEAM_RUNTIME=0 steam does not work
EDIT: (note: this was on EndeavourOS) This turned out to be an Nvidia issue. I had the nvidia-470xx-dkms and nvidia-470xx-utils installed, which are appropriate for my graphics card (GeForce GTX 760), but the lib32-nvidia-utils package instead of lib32-nvidia-470xx-utils. Removing the former lib32 package and installing the latter seems to have fixed the problem.
EDIT: (note: this was on EndeavourOS) This turned out to be an Nvidia issue. I had the
nvidia-470xx-dkmsandnvidia-470xx-utilsinstalled, which are appropriate for my graphics card (GeForce GTX 760), but thelib32-nvidia-utilspackage instead oflib32-nvidia-470xx-utils. Removing the former lib32 package and installing the latter seems to have fixed the problem.
Fixed my issue too, but I was using the beta version, so I just switched all the nvidia drivers to the standard ones.
EDIT: (note: this was on EndeavourOS) This turned out to be an Nvidia issue. I had the
nvidia-470xx-dkmsandnvidia-470xx-utilsinstalled, which are appropriate for my graphics card (GeForce GTX 760), but thelib32-nvidia-utilspackage instead oflib32-nvidia-470xx-utils. Removing the former lib32 package and installing the latter seems to have fixed the problem.
This fixes the issue on Arch Linux (using GTX 760 as well with NVIDIA 470xx DKMS drivers)
You might find this surprising, but this error is often just a side effect of a graphic driver update, resulting in the libraries and the kernel module being out of sync. The fix is to reboot the computer and start Steam again. Helped me more than once.
At this point I've been so fed up with NVIDIA that I completely gave up on their graphics cards and switched to AMD Radeon – albeit the card I bought being relatively old and used but comparable to what I had. These issues with NVIDIA are very annoying and Steam has no fault in this.
(steam:9961): GLib-CRITICAL **: 20:16:13.613: g_main_context_push_thread_default: assertion 'acquired_context' failed
(steam:9961): GLib-CRITICAL **: 20:16:13.613: g_main_context_pop_thread_default: assertion 'g_queue_peek_head (stack) == context' failed
Steam: An X Error occurred
X Error of failed request: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
Major opcode of failed request: 20 (X_GetProperty)
Resource id in failed request: 0x0
Serial number of failed request: 9
xerror_handler: X failed, continuing
Steam: An X Error occurred
X Error of failed request: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
Major opcode of failed request: 20 (X_GetProperty)
Resource id in failed request: 0x0
Serial number of failed request: 9
xerror_handler: X failed, continuing
Steam: An X Error occurred
X Error of failed request: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
Major opcode of failed request: 20 (X_GetProperty)
Resource id in failed request: 0x0
Serial number of failed request: 9
xerror_handler: X failed, continuing
Steam: An X Error occurred
X Error of failed request: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
Major opcode of failed request: 20 (X_GetProperty)
Resource id in failed request: 0x0
Serial number of failed request: 9
xerror_handler: X failed, continuing
Steam: An X Error occurred
same issue then trying laung Medieval 2 total war. I don't know why sometimes game launch, sometimes don't launch
Nothing extracted yet.
➜ ~ steam -tcp &
[1] 3200
➜ ~ Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1355957371_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1355957371_client)
unlinked 0 orphaned pipes
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1355957371_client)
[1220/144015:WARNING:proxy_service.cc(646)] PAC support disabled because there is no system implementation
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1355957371_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1355957371_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1355957371_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1355957371_client)
GLError: 1282
Generating new string page texture 6: 128x256, total string texture memory is 131.07 KB
Generating new string page texture 7: 48x256, total string texture memory is 180.22 KB
Generating new string page texture 8: 256x256, total string texture memory is 442.37 KB
Generating new string page texture 9: 64x256, total string texture memory is 507.90 KB
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1355957371_client)
Generating new string page texture 11: 512x256, total string texture memory is 1.03 MB
Generating new string page texture 12: 384x256, total string texture memory is 1.43 MB
Generating new string page texture 13: 24x256, total string texture memory is 1.45 MB
Generating new string page texture 14: 16x256, total string texture memory is 1.47 MB
Generating new string page texture 15: 32x256, total string texture memory is 1.50 MB
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1355957371_client)
Generating new string page texture 20: 8x256, total string texture memory is 1.51 MB
SteamUpdateUI: An X Error occurred
X Error of failed request: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
Major opcode of failed request: 40 (X_TranslateCoords)
Resource id in failed request: 0xbaa7a0
Serial number of failed request: 24230
➜ ~ Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1355957371_client)
➜ ~ uname -a
Linux bigb0x 3.2.0-34-generic #53-Ubuntu SMP Thu Nov 15 10:48:16 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux