Steam X error

[Jaime Pérez]

I get an error when launching steam:

Running Steam on ubuntu 16.04 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
[2015-12-18 17:08:31] Startup - updater built Dec 14 2015 11:15:53
SteamUpdateUI: An X Error occurred
X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)

This "solved" the problem, apparently:
cd $HOME/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu
mv libstdc++.so.6 libstdc++.so.6.bak
cd $HOME/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
mv libstdc++.so.6 libstdc++.so.6.bak

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: steam:i386 1:1.0.0.48-1ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.3.0-2.11-generic 4.3.0
Uname: Linux 4.3.0-2-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19.3-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Dec 18 17:10:38 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-12-18 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: steam
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[peng cheng (pc175)]

the above solution didn't solve the problem for me

[machmalabala (machmalabala-deactivatedaccount)]

I had the same issue, but the workaround in the bug description did work.

[Stefan Schmid (schms)]

Can confirm that the workaround above still works and is still needed with ubuntu 16.04 iso image downloaded on 24 april 2016 :

(..)
Linux niesen 4.4.0-21-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 18 18:33:37 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
(..)
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 16.04 LTS"
VERSION_ID="16.04"
HOME_URL="http://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="http://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
UBUNTU_CODENAME=xenial
(..)

[machmalabala (machmalabala-deactivatedaccount)]

Hi Stefan,

I just tried with a the iso from the 21 april (so the last stable available today). The bug is still present, and the workaround still works.

[Eero-t-tamminen (eero-t-tamminen)]

Note: Portal 2 has similar issue, but it uses its own copy of libstdc++ instead of Steam one.

To get Portal 2 working one needs to remove/rename libstdc++ included in the game's bin/ subdirectory.

[JakeScully (jakescully)]

Today (September 2016) clean install Ubuntu Gnome 16.04.01
Issue still present. Newly installed Steam package launches, runs updater then fails with the error.
The above hack allows the Steam client to launch again.

[JakeScully (jakescully)]

The above hack causes problems (games looking for different libraries).
Reverted with:

  mv $HOME/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6{.bak,}

  mv $HOME/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6{.bak,}

Lanuch Steam with (much safer) :

  LD_PRELOAD='/usr/$LIB/libstdc++.so.6' DIAPLAY=:0 steam

[Ivan Borisov (borisov87)]

Same problem
Running Steam on ubuntu 16.04 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
[2016-12-04 20:48:03] Startup - updater built Oct 13 2016 00:47:16
SteamUpdateUI: An X Error occurred
X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)

[Ciro Santilli 六四事件 法轮功 (cirosantilli)]

askubuntu thread: https://askubuntu.com/questions/762219/steam-wont-start-on-ubuntu-16-04