symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libxcb-dri3.so.0: undefined symbol: xcb_send_request_with_fds

[milankragujevic]

Your system information

• Steam client version (build number or date): Not sure
• Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Kubuntu 17.10 64bit
• Opted into Steam client beta?: No
• Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

I installed Steam as a .deb by downloading from store.steampowered.com, and installing with the GUI package manager. When I try to launch it, either with steam or with the icon, I get the following error in Konsole:

milan@milans-Desktop:~$ steam
Repairing installation, linking /home/milan/.steam/steam to /home/milan/.local/share/Steam
Running Steam on ubuntu 17.10 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(0)
/home/milan/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libxcb-dri3.so.0: undefined symbol: xcb_send_request_with_fds
/home/milan/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 444: no match: ssfn*

What is supposed to happen?

Steam should launch and allow me to login.

What happens instead?

Steam doesn't launch, shows error in terminal.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

1. Download steam.deb
2. Install with sudo dpkg -i steam.deb
3. Run with steam

[kisak-valve]

Hello @milankragujevic, this issue is already being tracked at #4816.

You should be able to run LD_PRELOAD='/usr/$LIB/libstdc++.so.6' LIBGL_DRI3_DISABLE=1 steam or the other workaround at #4816 (comment) to get steam to start for the first time, then the workaround should not be needed after that.

Closing as a duplicate.

[PaulSchulz]

Thanks. This fix worked for me.

[isnullxbh]

Thanks man!

[jcarolinares]

It worked, thank you!

[mathieujobin]

Thank you !

[polcats]

thank you so much! it worked

[ferryth]

thank you.

[nethunter007]

Awsome thank you"...

[HybridZach]

I had the exact same issue, launched with

LD_PRELOAD='/usr/$LIB/libstdc++.so.6' LIBGL_DRI3_DISABLE=1 steam

And it works thanks.

[mundiplaga]

This fixed the issue for me! Thank you so much. Centos7

[mitchellurgero]

Works in Linux Mint 19.

[itsvisher]

They have mentioned this issue over here on their Wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Steam/Troubleshooting#Symbol_lookup_error_using_DRI3

Hope this works.

[sdjdd]

It works in Ubuntu 18.04. thanks!

[xiximitho]

Thanks, it works in RHEL 7.5

[OndraZizka]

@kisak-valve Please is Valve going to fix this? It's not easy to figure out for normal users who just run it from UI. I had to try in console and look up the error.
The script could simply do the same on the first run.

[OndraZizka]

Anyway, what I get next is

libGL error: unable to load driver: swrast_dri.so
libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast

Edit: Solved - I had to remove some .so libs from the steam libs dir, as I googled up by the error message.

rm ~/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6
rm ~/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/i386/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1

[kisak-valve]

Hello @OndraZizka, the 1.0.0.56 steam package has improved behavior related to this issue and should be much harder to encounter this scenario. It's at the discretion of the distro's package maintainer(s) for Steam to pull in the newer package.

[OndraZizka]

@kisak-valve Thanks for the prompt reply on Saturday :)
I used the one from https://store.steampowered.com/about/
Although I had an old pre-installed one which could cause the issues.

[Rich43]

Mentioned fix works on Ubuntu