Hello @tophertzu, you are most likely encountering one or more steam runtime compatibilty issues (being tracked at #4768). Are you using the distro-provided steam package? What video driver are you using?
As a side note, the error message about SteamAppData.vdf is unrelated and harmless.
So first off, I'm very new to Linux and not super tech-savy to begin with so forgive me if I'm missing the obvious stuff.
I'm not sure which steam package I'm using. To install, I just typed in "sudo apt-get install steam" in the terminal.
My current driver:
X.Org X server -- Nouveau display dirver from xerver-xorg-viedo-nouveau
I also have access to a Nvidia legacy driver (version 304.134), but when I use it I get stuck in a login loop when I reboot.
Anyone have any ideas?
I have the exact same problem than @tophertzu , and I followed the same steps from https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/4559.
Like him, LD_PRELOAD='/usr/$LIB/libstdc++.so.6' steam didn't help.
When I launch steam from command line, I got this:
$ steam
Running Steam on ubuntu 16.04 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
[2017-01-02 22:15:08] Startup - updater built Dec 20 2016 05:49:54
Looks like steam didn't shutdown cleanly, scheduling immediate update check
[2017-01-02 22:15:08] Checking for update on startup
[2017-01-02 22:15:08] Checking for available updates...
[2017-01-02 22:15:09] Download skipped: /client/steam_client_ubuntu12 version 1482202200, installed version 1482202200
[2017-01-02 22:15:09] Nothing to do
[2017-01-02 22:15:09] Verifying installation...
[2017-01-02 22:15:09] Performing checksum verification of executable files
[2017-01-02 22:15:09] Verification complete
Unable to remove /home/remy/.steam/CONFIG/SteamAppData.vdf!
Refresh rate: 1
Refresh rate: 1
Refresh rate: 1
Refresh rate: 1
Refresh rate: 1
Refresh rate: 1
Running Steam on ubuntu 16.04 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME has been set by the user to: /home/remy/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime
Refresh rate: 1
It show the 'connecting user' window, but nothing passed that.
For the video drivers, here is the output of sudo lshw -c video
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: GK208M [GeForce GT 730M]
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
version: a1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
resources: irq:17 memory:f0000000-f0ffffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff memory:d0000000-d1ffffff ioport:3000(size=128) memory:f1000000-f107ffff
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 06
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
resources: irq:30 memory:f1400000-f17fffff memory:e0000000-efffffff ioport:4000(size=64)
The last entries in ~/.steam/error.log are:
/bin/bash: /home/remy/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5: no version information available (required by /bin/bash)
grep: symbol lookup error: grep: undefined symbol: pcre_jit_stack_alloc
grep: symbol lookup error: grep: undefined symbol: pcre_jit_stack_alloc
grep: symbol lookup error: grep: undefined symbol: pcre_jit_stack_alloc
awk: /home/remy/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5: no version information available (required by /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libreadline.so.6)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1482202200)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1482202200)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1482202200)
Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "gail"
Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "atk-bridge"
This problem is really new for me: I was playing yesterday night without any issue.
If anything else can help, please ask.
Not sure if this thread is still active...should I close it and open another?
@tophertzu, it looks like the example workaround you tried does not match the layout of your system. Does steam start with LD_PRELOAD='/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgpg-error.so.0' steam?
This is the output I get. It also starts a steam login loop where I login, I see the outline of the steam program, but it vanishes and asks me to log in again.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgpg-error.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgpg-error.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgpg-error.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
Running Steam on ubuntu 16.10 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
[2017-01-13 11:46:08] Startup - updater built Dec 20 2016 05:49:54
Looks like steam didn't shutdown cleanly, scheduling immediate update check
[2017-01-13 11:46:09] Checking for update on startup
[2017-01-13 11:46:09] Checking for available updates...
[2017-01-13 11:46:10] Download skipped: /client/steam_client_ubuntu12 version 1482202200, installed version 1482202200
[2017-01-13 11:46:10] Nothing to do
[2017-01-13 11:46:10] Verifying installation...
[2017-01-13 11:46:10] Performing checksum verification of executable files
[2017-01-13 11:46:15] Verification complete
Unable to remove /home/chris/.steam/CONFIG/SteamAppData.vdf!
Refresh rate: 60
Refresh rate: 60
Refresh rate: 60
Refresh rate: 60
Refresh rate: 60
Hello @tophertzu, @Ruff9, are either of you still experiencing this issue on an up to date system?
Closing pending feedback.
Your system information
Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:
Installed steam and when I try to run through the terminal it asks me to log in through steam as I would expect, I get the error message "Unable to remove /home/USER/.steam/CONFIG/SteamAppData.vdf" after logging in, and steam does not start. I followed the steps in this thread suggested by LexBarringer: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/4559, but when I get to the step to type "LD_PRELOAD='/usr/$LIB/libstdc++.so.6' steam" into the terminal, it does not successfully launch steam.
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