Steam on Kubuntu 17.10 doesn't work at all

[superluig164]

Your system information
Asus T100TAF
1.33 GHz Intel Atom CPU
2GB of RAM
32GB internal storage

• Steam client version (build number or date): Latest stable as of December 18th, 2017
• Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Ubuntu 17.10 with KDE (Kubuntu)
• Opted into Steam client beta?: No, don't even get the chance to
• Have you checked for system updates?: Yes, I do updates whenever possible

I downloaded and installed the .deb package, and when I attempt to run it, literally nothing happens. Steam cannot be found in my resource manager to be killed either. There is some output in the command line: (my username has been replaced with username)
Repairing installation, linking /home/username/.steam/steam to /home/username/.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/username/.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/username/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 444: no match: ssfn*
And then it boots back to the standard command input.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

1. Download the .deb and install it normally
2. Attempt to launch steam
3. Watch as absolutely nothing happens

[kisak-valve]

Hello @superluig164, this issue is already being tracked at #4816.

You should be able to workaround this issue by running LD_PRELOAD='/usr/$LIB/libstdc++.so.6 /usr/$LIB/libgcc_s.so.1' LIBGL_DRI3_ENABLE=0 steam or #4816 (comment) in a terminal once, then the workaround should not be needed after that.

[superluig164]

@kisak-valve Thank you for the help, I apologize for the dupe. I suppose I assumed they weren't the same because the other OP still got the EULA.

I will try this fix and report back if it doesn't work. Thank you.

[superluig164]

@kisak-valve Here's my output from the command line when I try the workaround...
https://pastebin.com/S0kM5XcU

[kisak-valve]

Okay, let's try again with Debian/Ubuntu specific folders: LD_PRELOAD='/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1' LIBGL_DRI3_ENABLE=0 steam

[superluig164]

https://pastebin.com/bnECgBRi

@kisak-valve
Is this a problem with me, or Steam? So far all other Ubuntu apps work fine...

[karim789]

I have exactly the same issue on Ubuntu 17.10.

edit: I found this on internet to solve the issue :

find ~/.steam/root/ ( -name "libgcc_s.so*" -o -name "libstdc++.so*" -o -name "libxcb.so*" ) -print -delete
find ~/.local/share/Steam/ ( -name "libgcc_s.so*" -o -name "libstdc++.so*" -o -name "libxcb.so*" ) -print -delete

[ghost]

I have recently added the Kubuntu backports repository and it seems that Plasma 5.12 fixed this issue

[kisak-valve]

Hello @superluig164, the way Steam handles the Steam runtime was changed a couple years ago to prefer host libraries over the Steam runtime variants. Also, that logic was added to the 1.0.0.55 bootstrap environment. As a result this scenario shouldn't occur with an up to date system.

If you're still experiencing this issue on an up to date system, please open a new issue report.