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nvidia not working well with 32-bit OpenGL in version 460.x

steamclosed NVIDIA driversDistro Family: Ubuntu
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#7865 · opened 2021-06-16 by foley2k2 · updated 2021-06-16 · 3 comments · github
Ffoley2k2 2021-06-16 github

TLDR;
nvidia's driver has broken the store

Symptoms:
run steam.sh in the terminal
never displays graphics

Workaround is supposedly the 450 build, will try that, but it's a pain since you have to kill X to update from the shell and ubuntu auto-restarts it unless you figure out the right service to stop.

all the gory details follow:

Your system information

$ inxi -F
System: Host: jason-Linux Kernel: 5.4.0-74-generic x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.6.7
Distro: Linux Mint 20 Ulyana
Machine: Type: Desktop Mobo: MSI model: Z170A SLI (MS-7998) v: 1.0 serial: <superuser/root required>
UEFI [Legacy]: American Megatrends v: 3.D0 date: 06/15/2018
CPU: Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-7600K bits: 64 type: MCP L2 cache: 6144 KiB
Speed: 801 MHz min/max: 800/4200 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800
Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA GP104 [GeForce GTX 1080] driver: nvidia v: 460.80
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: nvidia
resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz, 1920x1080~60Hz, 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: N/A v: N/A
Audio: Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
Device-2: NVIDIA GP104 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
Device-3: Logitech C922 Pro Stream Webcam type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-74-generic
Network: Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V driver: e1000e
IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 4c:cc:6a:f5:2c:88
IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac: 02:42:6c:21:d9:aa
Drives: Local Storage: total: 9.10 TiB used: 4.17 TiB (45.8%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Mushkin model: MKNSSDHL1TB-D8 size: 931.51 GiB
ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0 size: 931.51 GiB
ID-3: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Western Digital model: WD My Book 25EE size: 7.28 TiB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 915.40 GiB used: 672.94 GiB (73.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0 C mobo: 29.8 C gpu: nvidia temp: 54 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 36%
Info: Processes: 264 Uptime: 50m Memory: 31.32 GiB used: 5.18 GiB (16.5%) Shell: bash inxi: 3.0.3

  • Steam client version (build number or date): see below, exact build referenced
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Linux Mint 20
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: can't check on this PC
  • Have you checked for system updates?: all updates installed

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

[2021-06-16 17:13:13] Checking for update on startup
[2021-06-16 17:13:13] Checking for available updates...
[2021-06-16 17:13:13] Downloading manifest: https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/client/steam_client_ubuntu12
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1623193086)
[2021-06-16 17:13:13] Download skipped: /client/steam_client_ubuntu12 version 1623193086, installed version 1623193086, existing pending version 0
[2021-06-16 17:13:13] Nothing to do
[2021-06-16 17:13:13] Verifying installation...
[2021-06-16 17:13:13] Performing checksum verification of executable files
[2021-06-16 17:13:14] Verification complete
Loaded SDL version 2.0.15-6501165
Gtk-Message: 17:13:14.361: Failed to load module "gail"
Gtk-Message: 17:13:14.361: Failed to load module "atk-bridge"

(steam:12140): Gtk-WARNING **: 17:13:14.366: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "adwaita",
/usr/share/themes/Mint-Y/gtk-2.0/main.rc:1085: error: unexpected identifier 'direction', expected character '}'
libGL error: No matching fbConfigs or visuals found
libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
Steam: An X Error occurred
X Error of failed request: GLXBadContext
Major opcode of failed request: 151
Serial number of failed request: 52
xerror_handler: X failed, continuing
Steam: An X Error occurred
X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 151
Value in failed request: 0x0
Serial number of failed request: 51
xerror_handler: X failed, continuing
Steam: An X Error occurred
X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
Major opcode of failed request: 151
Serial number of failed request: 53
xerror_handler: X failed, continuing
assert_20210616171313_1.dmp[12172]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)
/tmp/dumps/assert_20210616171313_1.dmp
./steam.sh: line 772: 12140 Segmentation fault (core dumped) $STEAM_DEBUGGER $DEBUGGER_ARGS "$STEAMROOT/$STEAMEXEPATH" "$@"

minidumpfile: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MNwqGgnmzZei-s1057X2eQmStLY7Oiar/view?usp=sharing
(drag/drop filters .dmp files)

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. install the latest nvidia Linux drivers
  2. try to run steam from the GUI - nothing
  3. try to run steam from the shell - you'll get the above
Kkisak-valve maintainer 2021-06-16 github

Hello @foley2k2, your claim that the nVidia 460 series driver does not support 32 bit applications is not true.

Please share the output of apt policy libnvidia-gl-460 libnvidia-gl-460:i386 and install the driver's 32 bit userspace with something like sudo apt install libnvidia-gl-460:i386.

Ffoley2k2 2021-06-16 github 
$ apt policy libnvidia-gl-460 libnvidia-gl-460:i386
libnvidia-gl-460:
  Installed: 460.84-0ubuntu0~0.20.04.1
  Candidate: 460.84-0ubuntu0~0.20.04.1
  Version table:
 *** 460.84-0ubuntu0~0.20.04.1 500
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     460.80-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/restricted amd64 Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/restricted amd64 Packages
libnvidia-gl-460:i386:
  Installed: 460.84-0ubuntu0~0.20.04.1
  Candidate: 460.84-0ubuntu0~0.20.04.1
  Version table:
 *** 460.84-0ubuntu0~0.20.04.1 500
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu focal/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     460.80-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/restricted i386 Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/restricted i386 Packages

$ sudo apt install libnvidia-gl-460:i386
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
libnvidia-gl-460:i386 is already the newest version (460.84-0ubuntu0~0.20.04.1).
libnvidia-gl-460:i386 set to manually installed.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libnvidia-compute-450:i386 libnvidia-decode-450:i386 libnvidia-encode-450:i386 libnvidia-fbc1-450:i386 libnvidia-gl-450:i386
  libnvidia-ifr1-450:i386 linux-headers-5.4.0-72 linux-headers-5.4.0-72-generic linux-image-5.4.0-72-generic
  linux-modules-5.4.0-72-generic linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-72-generic nvidia-kernel-common-450 nvidia-kernel-source-450
  nvidia-utils-450 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-450
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Ffoley2k2 2021-06-16 github

Fixed it - driver was in a bad state and a reboot was needed.
Recently, an update required that I roll back the driver.

Leaving this up there in case the minidump can be useful.

Nothing extracted yet.