I have the exact same issue:

$ steam
Running Steam on ubuntu 15.04 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
[2015-04-30 15:04:15] Startup - updater built Apr 13 2015 15:17:10
SteamUpdateUI: An X Error occurred
X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)

$ sudo lshw -c video
  *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: Juniper PRO [Radeon HD 5750]
       vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       version: 00
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=radeon latency=0
       resources: irq:43 memory:d0000000-dfffffff memory:fbcc0000-fbcdffff ioport:c000(size=256) memory:fbca0000-fbcbffff

$ lscpu
Architecture:          x86_64
CPU op-mode(s):        32-bit, 64-bit
Byte Order:            Little Endian
CPU(s):                8
On-line CPU(s) list:   0-7
Thread(s) per core:    2
Core(s) per socket:    4
Socket(s):             1
NUMA node(s):          1
Vendor ID:             GenuineIntel
CPU family:            6
Model:                 26
Model name:            Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU         950  @ 3.07GHz
Stepping:              5
CPU MHz:               2267.000
CPU max MHz:           3068.0000
CPU min MHz:           1600.0000
BogoMIPS:              6147.52
Virtualisation:        VT-x
L1d cache:             32K
L1i cache:             32K
L2 cache:              256K
L3 cache:              8192K
NUMA node0 CPU(s):     0-7

$ lsb_release -a
LSB Version:    core-2.0-amd64:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-amd64:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-amd64:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-amd64:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-noarch:core-4.1-amd64:core-4.1-noarch:cxx-3.0-amd64:cxx-3.0-noarch:cxx-3.1-amd64:cxx-3.1-noarch:cxx-3.2-amd64:cxx-3.2-noarch:cxx-4.0-amd64:cxx-4.0-noarch:cxx-4.1-amd64:cxx-4.1-noarch:desktop-3.1-amd64:desktop-3.1-noarch:desktop-3.2-amd64:desktop-3.2-noarch:desktop-4.0-amd64:desktop-4.0-noarch:desktop-4.1-amd64:desktop-4.1-noarch:graphics-2.0-amd64:graphics-2.0-noarch:graphics-3.0-amd64:graphics-3.0-noarch:graphics-3.1-amd64:graphics-3.1-noarch:graphics-3.2-amd64:graphics-3.2-noarch:graphics-4.0-amd64:graphics-4.0-noarch:graphics-4.1-amd64:graphics-4.1-noarch:languages-3.2-amd64:languages-3.2-noarch:languages-4.0-amd64:languages-4.0-noarch:languages-4.1-amd64:languages-4.1-noarch:multimedia-3.2-amd64:multimedia-3.2-noarch:multimedia-4.0-amd64:multimedia-4.0-noarch:multimedia-4.1-amd64:multimedia-4.1-noarch:printing-3.2-amd64:printing-3.2-noarch:printing-4.0-amd64:printing-4.0-noarch:printing-4.1-amd64:printing-4.1-noarch:qt4-3.1-amd64:qt4-3.1-noarch:security-4.0-amd64:security-4.0-noarch:security-4.1-amd64:security-4.1-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 15.04
Release:        15.04
Codename:       vivid

Note that the command does not exit, it just doesn't do anything after the error.

I moved my ~/.steam folder elsewhere and restarted steam. This only results in Steam updating itself and after that running into the same exception.

P.S.

Some other threads (with other problems) suggest to do steam --reset. This results in

$ steam --reset
Error: Couldn't find bootstrap, it's not safe to reset Steam. Please contact technical support.

This seems related to https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3801

It seems that switching to proprietary drivers fixes this issue. I have a Sapphire R7 260X 2GB GDDR5 and use the open-source drivers. Switching to the proprietary drivers makes Steam run without issues.

with "fixes", I mean "is usable as a workaround".

Same issue, glxgears and info both report no issues.

Same issue here. Steam worked fine for me in Kubuntu 14.04 until I upgraded to 15.04 last week.

I have an ATI card and am using the open source drivers. Any way to get Steam working again under such a configuration? (Issue #3801 workaround only address Nvidia cards)

Also - is there a way to get a more verbose error message from steam.sh?

Same issue, switched from the proprietary driver to the open source drivers and this was the result.
On Ubuntu 15.04 with Radeon R9 270X

Same issue, Ubuntu 15.04 with a Radeon 7770.

Same issue here, after upgrading from Ubuntu 14.04 (x64) to 15.04 (x64) with a Radeon HD5870.

Same here, works fine on the proprietary driver, would rather use the open source drivers though.

As mentioned in #3801, deleting the file libstdc++.so.6 that ships with steam (and with some games like Portal 2) fixes the issue.

Running Steam on ubuntu 15.04 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
[2015-06-24 21:53:54] Startup - updater built Jun  4 2015 10:35:42
SteamUpdateUI: An X Error occurred
X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)

I'm also getting this, as mentioned earlier by Sheado the fix in issue #3801 doesn't work with my amd card. Using open source drivers and xubuntu 15.04 with Radeon HD5850. Would prefer to stay on open source drivers since they have been more stable for me.

Hmm, same issue on Ubuntu 15.04. But my system only has Intel HD3000 video.

In case it helps here's a gdb backtrace:

 (gdb) bt
#0  0xf738cc10 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1  0xf70c925c in pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0
#2  0xf7277863 in ?? () from /home/sheado/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6
#3  0xf728a63e in _XReply () from /home/sheado/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6
#4  0xf7276dad in XListExtensions () from /home/sheado/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6
#5  0xf74087a8 in ?? ()
#6  0xf7408a51 in xerror_handler(_XDisplay*, XErrorEvent*) ()
#7  0xf728ca2b in _XError () from /home/sheado/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6
#8  0xf728982d in ?? () from /home/sheado/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6
#9  0xf7289887 in ?? () from /home/sheado/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6
[#10](/issue/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/10) 0xf728a750 in _XReply () from /home/sheado/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6
[#11](/issue/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/11) 0xf684a002 in ?? () from /usr/lib32/libGL.so.1
Backtrace stopped: previous frame inner to this frame (corrupt stack?)

I got it working briefly by deleting the libstdc++ but it seemed to have broken quickly after that, repeaded deletion of the file didn't seem to help. Gave up on steam on linux, moving to a virtual windows. (Seems easier)

Also, source code would be sweet. Not sure if there is stuff in the source you can't share but I love trying to fix issues like this.

Switched from nvidia to nouveau for a bit to compare (and maybe try some Gallium Nine goodness). Then hit this issue.

I had the same issue. Once I ran

 rm ~/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6

The issue went away for now. I think someone else mentioned that it broke again eventually.

In my case, I discovered the issue was $LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH not set properly for both 64-bit and 32-bit drivers.

FWIW, I compiled 64-bit mesa, libdrm and xf86-video-nouveau into /opt/xorg, and 32-bit into /opt/xorg-x86 (not wanting to overwrite system packages or to immediately build packages myself), so I needed to export LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/opt/xorg/lib/dri:/opt/xorg-x86/lib/dri to make this work with Steam.

Strange it was already working with other applications like Tux Racer and Super Tux Kart, but likely because those are strictly 64-bit applications (when installed as a distro package). Ideally one would receive an informative error from Steam about this, since it's a condition the bash wrapper scripts can check for.

This problem is due to some outdated libraries in the steam folder. While the steam team update them, the solution is to delete them (so steam will take them from the system).

rm ~/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6
rm ~/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/i386/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1
rm ~/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1
rm ~/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6
rm ~/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1

This problem is due to some outdated libraries in the steam folder. While the steam team update the solution is to erase them (so steam will take them from the system).

This worked ! Thank you very much.

Steam for linux sucks! I can't get it installed after spending hours. I have also installed latest Nvidia Geforce 8600 proprietary driver , removed the above packages, tried with --reset flag and still I keep seeing the following crash message.

``

Running Steam on ubuntu 14.04 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1444853545)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1444853545)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1444853545)
Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "overlay-scrollbar"
Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "unity-gtk-module"
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1444853545)
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 70: non-double matrix element
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 70: non-double matrix element
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 78: saw unknown, expected number
[1030/134403:ERROR:main_delegate.cc(751)] Could not load cef_extensions.pak
[1030/134403:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(189)] Running without the SUID sandbox! See https://code.google.com/p/chromium/wiki/LinuxSUIDSandboxDevelopment for more information on developing with the sandbox on.
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steamwebhelper)/version(20151014123328)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steamwebhelper)/version(1444826008)
[1030/134403:ERROR:main_delegate.cc(751)] Could not load cef_extensions.pak
[1030/134403:ERROR:nss_util.cc(1007)] Failed to load NSS libraries.
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steamwebhelper)/version(20151014123328)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steamwebhelper)/version(1444853545)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steamwebhelper)/version(1444853545)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1444853545)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1444853545)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1444853545)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1444853545)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1444853545)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1444853545)
Wireless receiver firmware /home/misgana/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/../controller_base/d0ggle.bin loaded, version 1442256398.
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1444853545)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1444853545)
FillInMachineIDInfo took a total of 0 milliseconds
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 70: non-double matrix element
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 70: non-double matrix element
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 78: saw unknown, expected number
[1030/134404:ERROR:renderer_main.cc(200)] Running without renderer sandbox
[1030/134404:ERROR:renderer_main.cc(200)] Running without renderer sandbox
assert_20151030134401_1.dmp[4842]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)
/tmp/dumps/assert_20151030134401_1.dmp
$USER/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 756: 4784 Segmentation fault (core dumped) $STEAM_DEBUGGER "$STEAMROOT/$STEAMEXEPATH" "$@"
[1030/134404:WARNING:content_browser_client.cc(507)] No browser info matching frame process id 2 and routing id 1
[1030/134404:WARNING:content_browser_client.cc(507)] No browser info matching frame process id 2 and routing id 1
[1030/134404:WARNING:content_browser_client.cc(507)] No browser info matching frame process id 3 and routing id 1
[1030/134404:WARNING:pref_notifier_impl.cc(27)] pref observer found at shutdown plugins.always_authorize
[1030/134404:WARNING:pref_notifier_impl.cc(27)] pref observer found at shutdown plugins.allow_outdated
Refresh rate: 1
Refresh rate: 1
Refresh rate: 1
Refresh rate: 1
Refresh rate: 1
Refresh rate: 1
Refresh rate: 1
Refresh rate: 1
Refresh rate: 1
Refresh rate: 1
assert_20151030134401_1.dmp[4842]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes
assert_20151030134401_1.dmp[4842]: response: CrashID=bp-315b457f-a6df-43cf-9df0-601462151029
assert_20151030134401_1.dmp[4842]: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20151030134401_1.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-315b457f-a6df-43cf-9df0-601462151029''

``

@misgeatgit That isn't the crash this bug report is about. Nowhere in the output does it have the error message in the title of this issue.

@boltronics Should I open another issue?

@misgeatgit Only if you can't find the same issue already open.

It looks like there are many similar issues already open, so with a bit of effort you should be able to find one that has almost identical output to what you are seeing. For software as popular as Steam, it's very unlikely you're the first to notice the issue.

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues?utf8=✓&q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen++Segmentation+fault+(core+dumped)+

@boltronics Thanks! Seems there are many similar issues as you said and they are open :-)

I have the same issue on a different machine running Ubuntu 15.10

$ steam
Running Steam on ubuntu 15.10 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
[2015-11-16 08:43:48] Startup - updater built Nov  9 2015 18:23:22
SteamUpdateUI: An X Error occurred
X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)

$ sudo lshw -c video
  *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: GF119 [GeForce GT 610]
       vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: a1
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=nouveau latency=0
       resources: irq:29 memory:fb000000-fbffffff memory:d0000000-d7ffffff memory:de000000-dfffffff ioport:ef00(size=128) memory:fc000000-fc07ffff

$ lscpu
Architecture:          x86_64
CPU op-mode(s):        32-bit, 64-bit
Byte Order:            Little Endian
CPU(s):                8
On-line CPU(s) list:   0-7
Thread(s) per core:    2
Core(s) per socket:    4
Socket(s):             1
NUMA node(s):          1
Vendor ID:             AuthenticAMD
CPU family:            21
Model:                 2
Model name:            AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor
Stepping:              0
CPU MHz:               1400.000
CPU max MHz:           4000.0000
CPU min MHz:           1400.0000
BogoMIPS:              8000.36
Virtualisation:        AMD-V
L1d cache:             16K
L1i cache:             64K
L2 cache:              2048K
L3 cache:              8192K
NUMA node0 CPU(s):     0-7

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 15.10
Release:        15.10
Codename:       wily

Open-source drivers are in use. I'll report back if it works with the proprietary drivers.

[edit] Open source driver is xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

I didn't install proprietary drivers yet, but removing the files as per https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3820#issuecomment-150706996 works

I had the same problem under Debian Stretch. I fixed it installing this:
sudo apt-get install libgl1-nvidia-glx:i386 for my NVIDIA card(note the :i386)
sudo ldconfig

Then it works. It seems that steam was using the mesa i386 libGL1.so.1 and failed with :
X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)

Well based on the versions everyone has in this issue, I would suggest downgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Obviously Steam will not work on Ubuntu 15.04...

@LrodMC if you'd followed the comments, it's not a problem of ubuntu, but rather steam using outdated packaged libraries. removing them per http://askubuntu.com/a/538907/234719 is how to fix the issue, as steam will then use the system libraries instead.

Also got this error on 16.04 after installing the steam package from Ubuntu's multiverse repo.

I see that bug is closed... but:

On my Siduction, i've this!
Steam run correctly with my Intel GPU, but if i launch with 'optirun' to run with my nvidia gpu, it break with this same error.

I removed libs as wrote on this comment, installed 'libgl1-nvidia-glx:i386' ... but break always !

Also just broke for me too in 16.04 Ubuntu Mate. Deleting the lib was a good temporary workaround.
Can this plz be reopened!?

I have the same problem. Works with Intel graphics, but I get:

X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)

When installing the newest NVIDIA driver (361).

@wondee can you be more specific? nVidia 361.28 has a known defective version of libglvnd bundled with it. Also, installing the proprietary driver needs a reboot after any driver change.

Also seeing this in ubuntu 16.04

Dear valve,

today I had an update for the steam client.

it reinstalled your broken version of libstdc++.so.6 again in its steam-runtime folder.
it took me a while to realize that they where back.

so I had to run this again

find .steam -name libstdc++.so.6 | xargs -I get_lost mv get_lost{,_bak}

and that will soon become a standard script on my system if this happens again.
I have encountered this every time on every ubuntu version I used.
so please stop adding this broken shit to steam.
I don't really enjoy cleaning up after other developers.

sincerely,
Kuro Maii

If the Steam is still not working with libstdc++ removed, try this:

find ~/.steam/root/ -name "libgpg-error.so*" -print -delete

Why is this been closed? I'm using Ubuntu 16.10 and still occurs this problem.

@anadahalli 's comment fixed my problem, he's awesome!

@kxxoling I had the same issue on 16.10 (for me the libraries to remove were already removed). I'm thinking the 16.10 issue is completely different, no idea how or why it happens though.

It's caused by loading mismatched libs, which can almost always be fixed by downloading the steam runtime using steam.real, and LD_PRELOADing the right libs in when running steam. I just had this issue on 16.04, probably caused by my installing oibaf ppa, and fixed it in the following manner. (abbreviated to what are in my opinion the principal commands)

steam.real
cd ~/.steam
export LIB=lib/i386-linux-gnu
env LD_PRELOAD="/usr/$LIB/libstdc++.so.6 /usr/$LIB/libxcb.so.1" ./steam.sh

After this, it works fine if you run it with the last three commands.

@cmdrkotori: Where is steam.real? Not on repository Debian!

@hucste: /usr/games/steam.real. It's installed through the debian package I think.

# whereis steam
steam: /usr/games/steam /usr/share/man/man6/steam.6.gz
# whereis steam.real
steam: /usr/games/steam /usr/share/man/man6/steam.6.gz
# which steam
# which steam.real
# 
# ls -al /usr/games/
total 16696
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     4096 août  16 11:10 .
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root     4096 janv. 17  2016 ..
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   550272 août  12 21:59 bb
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root        2 déc.   3  2015 LS -> sl
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  5368624 juil. 13 17:15 minetest
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root    23521 juil. 13 17:15 minetest-mapper
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root    11392 déc.   3  2015 sl
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root    23688 déc.   3  2015 sl-h
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root     1223 juil. 18 00:50 steam
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 11100096 juil.  8 08:40 supertuxkart

??? @cmdrkotori: it's seems not disponible!

@hucste:
I'm running Kubuntu 16.04.

tux@oniichan ~> whereis steam.real
steam: /usr/games/steam /usr/games/steam.real /usr/share/man/man6/steam.6.gz
tux@oniichan ~> ls -al /usr/games/ | grep steam
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root     613 Mar 29  2014 steam
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 2519028 Oct 30  2015 steam.real

In any case you might be able to get by with skipping the first line of my snippet in the post above entirely. (it's just a hack to download the latest update for my situation before running the provided steam script that worked on my machine).

Ok, you've wroted what's the wrong! $Buntu is not Debian; $Buntu is diff than Debian. ;)

# dpkg -l | egrep "steam"
ii  steam:i386                                                  1.0.0.52-3                           i386         Valve's Steam digital software delivery system

@floarc you should re-open this issue since the bug remains.
(Not like they are paying attention anyway)

Having this same issue, however switching from open drivers to closed ones doesn't change a thing.

EDIT: I'm so sick of Steam constantly crashing I just wiped Ubuntu and reinstalled it, works now.

Why is this issue closed?
I'm running AMD Radeon with the opensource driver and had the same error.
Removing those libs also fixed it for me (https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3820#issuecomment-150706996), but that's quite the workaround.

I have this issue too

With the latest update this error came back in the steam public beta

Have this error not in beta. I have clearly installed kubuntu 18 and gigabyte GeForce GTX 970, driver vresion 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.116
And I don't have files libstdc++.so.6 in any(86/x64) dirs

I fix it after update drivers:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall

I'm still getting this.

STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Pins up-to-date!
[2019-04-14 18:07:12] Startup - updater built Nov 30 2018 21:55:53
[2019-04-14 18:07:12] Opted in to client beta 'publicbeta' via beta file
You are in the 'publicbeta' client beta.
SteamUpdateUI: An X Error occurred
X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)```

I have the same error, but it only occurs when I have nvidia selected as the graphics card.. So if I do sudo prime-select nvidia steam doesn't load, if I do sudo prime-select intel then it works fine..

Yeah this just started happening to me today after updating Ubuntu.

STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Pins up-to-date!
/home/stephen/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/steam -nominidumps -nobreakpad
[2020-02-22 19:41:36] Startup - updater built Feb 11 2020 19:26:28
SteamUpdateUI: An X Error occurred
X Error of failed request:  GLXBadContext
SteamUpdateUI: An X Error occurred
X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
Major opcode of failed request:  151 (GLX)
Minor opcode of failed request:  3 (X_GLXCreateContext)
Value in failed request:  0x0
Serial number of failed request:  45
xerror_handler: X failed, continuing
Major opcode of failed request:  151 (GLX)
Minor opcode of failed request:  6 (X_GLXIsDirect)
Serial number of failed request:  46
xerror_handler: X failed, continuing
Looks like steam didn't shutdown cleanly, scheduling immediate update check
[2020-02-22 19:41:36] Checking for update on startup
[2020-02-22 19:41:36] Checking for available updates...
[2020-02-22 19:41:36] Downloading manifest: client-download.steampowered.com/client/steam_client_ubuntu12
[2020-02-22 19:41:37] Download skipped: /client/steam_client_ubuntu12 version 1581460722, installed version 1581460722
[2020-02-22 19:41:37] Nothing to do
[2020-02-22 19:41:37] Verifying installation...
[2020-02-22 19:41:37] Performing checksum verification of executable files
[2020-02-22 19:41:37] Verification complete

Ok, I just fixed it by installing the 32bit nvidia libs

sudo apt-get install libnvidia-gl-440:i386

i was able to fix my issue same as above but with the nvidia 435 drivers
sudo apt-get install libnvidia-gl-435:i386

For Arch Linux users who installed nvidia-vulkan driver and landed here, remember to also install the 32bits version of libgl as well like lib32-nvidia-vulkan-utils.

I have the both 64 and 32 bit installed but still same error

sudo aptitude search ~i | grep -i nvidia-gl
iB libnvidia-gl-440 - NVIDIA OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES GLVND libraries and Vulkan ICD
iB libnvidia-gl-440:i386 - NVIDIA OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES GLVND libraries and Vulkan ICD

Output is

Running Steam on ubuntu 18.04 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Pins up-to-date!
Can't find 'steam-runtime-check-requirements', continuing anyway
/home/username/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam
[2020-06-27 13:59:02] Startup - updater built Jun  4 2020 05:50:42
ILocalize::AddFile() failed to load file "public/steambootstrapper_english.txt".
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(0)
SteamUpdateUI: An X Error occurred
X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)

I thought I would share my experience here.

This error also seems to be caused by having the wrong Nvidia graphics driver active.

In the terminal I ran ubuntu-drivers devices, which indicated which driver was recommended.

Under "Additional Drivers", I had several conflicting options due to an earlier struggle with installing CUDA. I deleted all useless packages with sudo apt autoremove and rebooted. This cleared up a lot of the options under "Additional Drivers". When I switched to the driver which was recommended from ubuntu-drivers devices, Steam was able to launch again.

I just hit this same problem as well, running Pop!_OS 20.10. I installed some updates earlier today, and tried running Steam this evening, and got the same error everyone else has described here X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation).

I ran ubuntu-drivers devices, and based on @iboates suggestion to install the "recommended" version, ran sudo apt-get install nvidia-driver-460:i386. This made it possible to run the Steam again, but it was super glitchy (blocked out splotches of the UI). Moreover, when I tried playing a game the rendering was slower than molasses. Tried to play a video on youtube, and it wasn't quite that bad (marginally watchable at least), but was still very jagged.

After switching back to the amd64 version (sudo apt-get install libnvidia-gl-460), videos were playing fine again on youtube, but Steam wouldn't start again (same error as before). I tried sudo apt-get install vulkan-tools vulkan-utils, but that didn't seem to fix anything.

Any other ideas here on what to try? Thanks in advance.

I always have this issue after updating or switching drivers. Usually rebooting solves the issue.

Unfortunately, I've rebooted more times than I care to count now (after trying to install quite a few different combinations of drivers, autoremoving, etc). Still no dice.

getting this issue as well on pop os after a recent upgrade
Edit: i think it worked after i installed a second nvidia driver? (libnvidia-gl-460:i386 and libnvidia-gl-440:i386)

After running dpkg -i steam_latest.deb I get:

$ steam
Setting up Steam content in /home/doggo/.local/share/Steam
Running Steam on ubuntu 20.04 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Pins potentially out-of-date, rebuilding...
Can't find 'steam-runtime-check-requirements', continuing anyway
WARNING: Using default/fallback debugger launch
/home/doggo/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam
[2021-05-26 20:42:29] Startup - updater built Mar 23 2021 20:11:00
ILocalize::AddFile() failed to load file "public/steambootstrapper_english.txt".
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(0)
SteamUpdateUI: An X Error occurred
X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)

I've just decided to give up and use wine to run it instead.

Having this issue on Arch even with 32bit libs installed

Update from me: At some point a few weeks ago, things just started working again ¯_(ツ)_/¯

My guess is that some packages were out of alignment, and that the issue was fixed in a later update.

Still valid bug, should be reopened:

$ steam
Running Steam on arch rolling 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Updating Steam runtime environment...
Can't find 'steam-runtime-check-requirements', continuing anyway
WARNING: Using default/fallback debugger launch
/home/homk/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam
[2022-01-27 12:01:50] Startup - updater built Oct 13 2021 19:47:06
ILocalize::AddFile() failed to load file "public/steambootstrapper_english.txt".
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1634158817)
SteamUpdateUI: An X Error occurred
X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)

$ pacman -Qs steam                                                                            
local/steam 1.0.0.74-1

$ pacman -Qs nvidia                                                                           
local/egl-wayland 2:1.1.9+r3+g582b2d3-1
    EGLStream-based Wayland external platform
local/lib32-nvidia-470xx-utils 470.94-1
    NVIDIA drivers utilities (32-bit)
local/lib32-opencl-nvidia-470xx 470.94-1
    OpenCL implemention for NVIDIA (32-bit)
local/libvdpau 1.4-1
    Nvidia VDPAU library
local/libxnvctrl 495.44-1
    NVIDIA NV-CONTROL X extension
local/nvidia-470xx-dkms 470.86-3
    NVIDIA drivers - module sources
local/nvidia-470xx-utils 470.86-3
    NVIDIA drivers utilities
local/nvidia-settings 495.44-1
    Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
local/opencl-nvidia-470xx 470.86-3
    OpenCL implemention for NVIDIA

so where much , this issues perplme ok
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3820