Steam won't launch on Ubuntu 18.04
I know this question has been asked (and answered) multiple times, but I've tried all of the "solutions" suggested elsewhere, and none of them work. Steam is the only app that I can't get working.
$ steam
ILocalize::AddFile() failed to load file "public/steambootstrapper_english.txt".
[2019-04-17 13:41:28] Startup - updater built Nov 23 2016 01:05:42
libGL error: No matching fbConfigs or visuals found
libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
SteamUpdateUI: An X Error occurred
X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
I have the NVidia 410 drivers installed. Does anyone have any other ideas? I've tried the following:
- Removed ~/.steam and ~/.local/share/Steam/
- Removing and installing Steam from both Ubuntu and steampowered.com
- Installing all sorts of i386 packages
- The instructions on this page: https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-steam-on-ubuntu-18-04-bionic-beaver-linux
Solution 1:
I have had a similar issue (not identical though). I had to remove both steam and my Nvidia drivers. Rebooted.
I then reinstalled my Nvidia drivers with sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
, rebooted, and then installed Steam.