Steam no longer loads on Ubuntu Trusty

steamclosed Steam clientDistro Family: Ubuntu

ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#5258 · opened 2017-11-26 by madscientist159 · updated 2020-05-15 · 3 comments · github

Mmadscientist159 2017-11-26 github

Your system information

Steam client version (build number or date):
Nov 22 2017 13:33:24
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu):
Ubuntu Trusty
Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No]
Yes
Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No]
Yes

Steam no longer loads. Attempting to start Steam results in an error about failing to load steamui.so, and the following message appears on the terminal:

/home/games/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/libavutil.so.55: undefined symbol: vaQuerySurfaceAttributes

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2017-11-26 github

Hello @madscientist159, steam picked up a couple more dependencies in the beta client.

You should be able to run something like sudo apt-get install libva1:i386 libvdpau1:i386 in a terminal to get these dependencies.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2020-04-10 github

Hello @madscientist159, are you still experiencing this issue on an up to date system?

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2020-05-15 github

Closing as out of date. If you encounter a similar issue, it'll need a new investigation.

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