I got a similar error since yesterday when I upgraded from gcc 4.6 to 4.8
Running Steam on gentoo 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
[2013-12-06 13:53:57] Startup - updater built Dec 3 2013 18:36:06
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1386125885_client)
Uploading dump (out-of-process) [proxy '']
/tmp/dumps/crash_20131206135357_1.dmp
./Steam/steam.sh: line 755: 11052 Segmentation fault $STEAM_DEBUGGER "$STEAMROOT/$PLATFORM/$STEAMEXE" "$@"
Error: Couldn't find bootstrap, it's not safe to reset Steam. Please contact technical support.
Error:
Couldn't find bootstrap, it's not safe to reset Steam. Please contact technical support.
Press enter to continue:
Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes
response: CrashID=bp-7bea3393-a965-4cd1-b28f-96aa72131206
I tried reinstalling everything, didn't help.
these are all the packages I upgraded, before that Steam worked just fine (there was no steam update):
after that I recompiled the whole system with gcc-4.8 (strace keeps failing for now, so I'm still using the gcc-4.6 compiled version)
I can confirm getting the same problem on Funtoo Linux when upgrading glibc from 2.15-r4 to 2.18.
Same issue here. It was working under Ubuntu Unity 13.10 64-bit. I moved to Ubuntu Gnome and now I am getting the bootstrap error when launching steam. I had just bought metro for the new year (:
I actually had to do another installation of Ubuntu 13.10, and this time it appears to be working fine. It installed no problem this morning. I had fully patched the system and am using the Nvidia proprietary video driver. I downloaded the installer from www.steampowered.com.
Happening to me on 14.04 64-bit with proprietary Nvidia graphics drivers (apparently that matters, from what I've read).
*buntu 14.04, glibc 2.19, AMD card, same error...
Fresh install of ubuntu 13.10x64, ran system update after install.
Nvidia drivers 340.24
Gcc 4.8.2
Same problem
Bumping this. Also having this on (proprietary) 340.24, on Ubuntu 14.04.
I got this fixed by downgrading to 337.25. Hope that helps someone.
It work with 340.32:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-340
Hello, if anybody is still experiencing this issue on an up to date system, it'll need a new investigation in order to figure out what's gone wrong. Closing.
Nothing extracted yet.
Hello!
I was told by steam support to post this issue here on GitHub, so the following is a copy of what I put in my ticket. Please let me know if I you need more information and I'll do the best I can to provide what you might need.
Thanks!
I'm having some issues installing steam on Ubuntu 13.10, which I know isn't supported yet, but I thought it might be good to file this ticket anyway.
I downloaded the installer from steampowered.com and ran it through the ubuntu software center, and that part of the installation worked fine. However once I ran steam the first time, I encountered this error:
oapeter@oapeter:~$ Repairing installation, linking /home/oapeter/.steam/steam to /home/oapeter/.local/share/Steam
rm: cannot remove ‘/home/oapeter/.steam/steam’: Is a directory
Setting up Steam content in /home/oapeter/.local/share/Steam
rm: cannot remove ‘/home/oapeter/.steam/steam’: Is a directory
So I deleted /home/oapeter/.steam/steam, which led to the following errors:
Running Steam on ubuntu 13.10 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(0_client)
/home/oapeter/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 755: 5754 Segmentation fault (core dumped) $STEAM_DEBUGGER "$STEAMROOT/$PLATFORM/$STEAMEXE" "$@"
mv: cannot stat ‘/home/oapeter/.steam/registry.vdf’: No such file or directory
Installing bootstrap /home/oapeter/.local/share/Steam/bootstrap.tar.xz
Reset complete!
Restarting Steam by request...
Running Steam on ubuntu 13.10 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME has been set by the user to: /home/oapeter/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(0_client)
/home/oapeter/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 755: 5871 Segmentation fault (core dumped) $STEAM_DEBUGGER "$STEAMROOT/$PLATFORM/$STEAMEXE" "$@"
I don't really expect anything out of this ticket, I just hope that it can help in some way with the development of a 13.10 version of Steam.
Thanks!