Steam won't launch 16.04

Question

Every time I click on the steam application it will update but then the update box disappears and then nothing happens. How can I fix this? I'm using Ubuntu Mate and have a 32-bit system.

This is the output:

hershey@hershey-VGN-FZ180E:~$ steam
Running Steam on ubuntu 16.04 32-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
[2016-08-15 01:19:50] Startup - updater built Jul  8 2016 21:43:51
SteamUpdateUI: An X Error occurred
X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)

Also there is nothing I could find to help me using 16.04

Run steam from terminal and edit your question with the output. — Raphael, Aug 15 '16 at 02:46
try launching it with DISPLAY=:0 steam do you get the same error? — Zanna, Aug 15 '16 at 06:08
I don't know how to do that. I'm still learning the ins and outs of Ubuntu Mate. @Zanna — Hershey Gamer, Aug 15 '16 at 06:22
OK, long shot, but try it with DISPLAY=:0.0 steam and check echo $DISPLAY... try matching the value so whatever you get from echo $DISPLAY use in DISPLAY=.... steam — Zanna, Aug 15 '16 at 06:56
It says that the value is 0 but when I do that it just gives me the error — Hershey Gamer, Aug 15 '16 at 14:09
Did you install steam using sudo apt-get install steam or did you download it from the site? — Thanos Apostolou, Aug 16 '16 at 10:30
@HersheyGamer Remove completely steam by executing sudo apt-get autoremove --purge steam and then delete the folders ~/.steam and ~/.local/share/Steam. Finally download and install the deb package from here: http://store.steampowered.com/about/ (it gives you a newer version of steam-launcher and it adds a ppa to your system for updates). See if that solves the problem. — Thanos Apostolou, Aug 25 '16 at 21:59
@ThanosApostolou Nothing changed still have the same problem — Hershey Gamer, Aug 26 '16 at 20:45
@HersheyGamer add the output of inxi -SMCGx on your question so that I can see your system info. — Thanos Apostolou, Aug 26 '16 at 23:03
Actually, try to delete the `libstdc++.so.6 file as shown here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/771032/steam-not-opening-in-ubuntu-16-04-lts or here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/617358/problem-starting-steam-on-ubuntu-15-04-64-bit — Thanos Apostolou, Aug 26 '16 at 23:13
@ThanosApostolou There was no output of inxi -SMCGx and deleting the file doesn't help anything — Hershey Gamer, Aug 26 '16 at 23:55
@HersheyGamer you need to install inxi first if it doesn't exist by sudo apt install inxi, sorry forgot to mention that. — Thanos Apostolou, Aug 27 '16 at 08:31

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 29 '16 at 22:37

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Run this in terminal: env LD_PRELOAD='/usr/$LIB/libstdc++.so.6' steam

answered Sep 29 '16 at 22:37

AJ Billson

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Steam won't launch 16.04

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