I got the same error after installing the nvidia 337.25 driver manually on a fresh install of Linux Mint 17.
I did a gdb backtrace maybe it helps:
#0 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#1 0xf7d3a398 in pthread_once () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0
#2 0xf73f877e in ?? () from /usr/lib32/libGL.so.1
#3 0xf73f929b in ?? () from /usr/lib32/libGL.so.1
#4 0xf7fead37 in ?? () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2
#5 0xf7feae64 in ?? () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2
#6 0xf7feee8e in ?? () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2
#7 0xf7feac26 in ?? () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2
#8 0xf7fee684 in ?? () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2
#9 0xf7e30cbc in ?? () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2
#10 0xf7feac26 in ?? () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2
#11 0xf7e3137c in ?? () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2
#12 0xf7e30d71 in dlopen () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2
#13 0x08079470 in LoadGlFuncs(void**) ()
#14 0x0807e624 in CBaseLinuxUpdateUI::BaseCreateWindow() ()
#15 0x0807f014 in CXWindowsUpdateUI::BCreateWindow() ()
#16 0x080501d4 in main ()
edit: When installing the nvidia 331.38 drivers from the driver manager everything works fine.
Ubuntumaster's crash was in the AMD driver, so they're both core driver crashes. This could be an underlying Steam runtime compat issue as we have open or it could be something new, it's hard to say.
Hello @Ubuntumaster, @xMouch, if either of you are still experiencing this issue, it'll require a new investigation. Please open a new issue report if that is the case.
Closing as general video driver related issues from 2014 is no longer relevant.
Nothing extracted yet.
Terminal Output:
me@computer ~ $ steam
Running Steam on linuxmint 17 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(0_client)
Uploading dump (out-of-process) [proxy '']
/tmp/dumps/crash_20140606230339_1.dmp
/home/me/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 755: 19405 Segmentation fault $STEAM_DEBUGGER "$STEAMROOT/$PLATFORM/$STEAMEXE" "$@"
mv: cannot stat ‘/home/me/.steam/registry.vdf’: No such file or directory
Installing bootstrap /home/me/.local/share/Steam/bootstrap.tar.xz
Reset complete!
Restarting Steam by request...
Running Steam on linuxmint 17 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME has been set by the user to: /home/me/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(0_client)
Uploading dump (out-of-process) [proxy '']
/tmp/dumps/crash_20140606230340_1.dmp
/home/me/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 755: 19535 Segmentation fault $STEAM_DEBUGGER "$STEAMROOT/$PLATFORM/$STEAMEXE" "$@"
Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes
response: CrashID=bp-7938169f-b6f8-4111-893e-fcc672140606
Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes
response: CrashID=bp-9f2e10c5-ba0a-4af7-836f-635ef2140606
Here is a download for the crash .dmp file: http://www.mediafire.com/download/3z7hzaaee8p3zqw/crash_20140606205721_1.dmp
Thanks for looking over my boring bug report.