I talked to this guy on IRC for quite a while, even though I'm not knowledgeable in Intel graphics at all. As he says, each time he tries it, he gets a blank screen, and he needs to reinstall. And because he can't get to the terminal, there are no logs :/
All the while we were talking, I didn't think for one second about getting the logs using the LiveCD :U herp derp
edit: Mind you, #ubuntu-steam gets awfully quiet sometimes ;)
Did it happen to update to 12.04.2 with the quantal X.org updates?
That's a known issue with Ubuntu's recent update, and they are working on it now.
Im not sure when it happened. But recently, Steam worked fine for the last month. I know that I can't install steam as of now without having restart issues. Thanks for the response!
The behaviour described sounds EXACTLY like what we're seeing with Ubuntu 12.04.2 and Steam. X is broken when Steam is installed. The backported quantal packages are all removed which kills X upon reboot. The system just hangs during boot. Vtys are dead. It's possible to boot to init 3 (pressing ESC during boot) and gain access to the system though.
The fix or workaround is to install ia32-libs before installing the video driver and Steam. Now, I've only tested this with Nvidia cards (eight times and eight working systems) but perhaps it applies here?
I wonder if installing ia32-libs would work for my intel card, hmm, guess i could try.
Just an update, doing:
sudo apt-get install ia32-libs seems to fix the boot issue but also killed my touchpad on my lap top. Good thing I have usb mouse. Sorta strange.
I'm glad it's working now :D
handl, yeah, breaking the touchpad is also related to the 12.04.2 / Steam conflict. During the install of Steam, xserver-xorg-input-synaptics is removed as well.
If you add it back, your touchpad should work again. Sorry about not mentioning it before.
Okay, we've just published a new steam package that handles the glx install in a separate step so it can intelligently pick which one to use based on your X server.
http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/archive/precise/steam_latest.deb
Cheers!
Nothing extracted yet.
I have a Asus x45c with I915, After restart or shutdown GUI will not load, ctl alt f7/f8 doesnt work, cant get to terminal without puting in live cd. What is the issue Steam? Worked for last month fine, now it doesn't had to re-install ubuntu each time to get my comptuer back!
I have tried this way:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
This way:
Open Ubuntu Software Center.
From the top-level menu, select Edit | Software Sources … .
Select the Other Software tab.
Click the Add … button.
Enter the following: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates/ubuntu precise main
Click the +Add Source button.
Provide your user password when requested.
Click the Close button.
Open Update Manager (click the Unity icon on the launch bar and enter “update manager”) and click the Check button to refresh the package cache.
This way:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade