Steam on Ubuntu 14.04LTS (64 Bit)

[shawn-corliss]

Hi All,
i just installed Ubuntu 14.04 (64 bit) and steam.
When clicking the steam icon nothing happens.
So I opened the Terminal and ran the steam command. My output was:

kas@Sentinal67:~$ steam
Running Steam on ubuntu 14.04 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(0_client)
Uploading dump (out-of-process) [proxy '']
/tmp/dumps/crash_20140418214302_1.dmp
/home/kas/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 704: 5749 Segmentation fault (core dumped) $STEAM_DEBUGGER "$STEAMROOT/$PLATFORM/$STEAMEXE" "$@"
Installing bootstrap /home/kas/.local/share/Steam/bootstrap.tar.xz
Running Steam on ubuntu 14.04 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME has been set by the user to: /home/kas/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(0_client)
Uploading dump (out-of-process) [proxy '']
/tmp/dumps/crash_20140418214304_1.dmp
/home/kas/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 755: 5866 Segmentation fault (core dumped) $STEAM_DEBUGGER "$STEAMROOT/$PLATFORM/$STEAMEXE" "$@"
Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes
response: CrashID=bp-7b941f5e-83cf-4563-b2fa-5f85a2140418
Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes
response: CrashID=bp-7f3146a9-c986-4d1a-a555-ec3582140418

My Specs are: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Memory: 7.8GiB
Processor: AMD Phenom II x4 965 processor
video card: Sapphire Radeon HD 5830

I have tryed to installed all of the drivers for my video card and i not quite sure how i can find out more about this error.
Any help would be appreciated.
Scorliss

/******************************Update************** **************/
I exectued the command: steam --reset and rebooted.
Again when launching steam from the icon nothing happens.When i call steam from the terminal i get:
Running Steam on ubuntu 14.04 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(0_client)
Uploading dump (out-of-process) [proxy '']
/tmp/dumps/crash_20140418221643_1.dmp
/home/kas/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 755: 2849 Segmentation fault (core dumped) $STEAM_DEBUGGER "$STEAMROOT/$PLATFORM/$STEAMEXE" "$@"
mv: cannot stat ‘/home/kas/.steam/registry.vdf’: No such file or directory
Installing bootstrap /home/kas/.local/share/Steam/bootstrap.tar.xz
Reset complete!
Restarting Steam by request...
Running Steam on ubuntu 14.04 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME has been set by the user to: /home/kas/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(0_client)
Uploading dump (out-of-process) [proxy '']
/tmp/dumps/crash_20140418221645_1.dmp
/home/kas/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 755: 2975 Segmentation fault (core dumped) $STEAM_DEBUGGER "$STEAMROOT/$PLATFORM/$STEAMEXE" "$@"
Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes
response: CrashID=bp-5de73fd3-bf21-4c36-9992-337e92140418

Thanks again.

[jbaerboc]

Have you tried removing steam [uninstalling it] and then re-installing it either from Ubuntu Software Center, Synaptic Package Manager, or from Steam's website [download and install the .deb file by double clicking on it].

[shawn-corliss]

thanks for the reply
jbaerboc. I have tryed to install steam from both the Terminal and from the Ubuntu Software Center.
I will uninstall and try from steams website.

[shawn-corliss]

jbaerboc,
that worked. I uninstalled steam and installed it from the steam website.
Although I'm not quite sure why that worked i am now on my way to test the steam install with DOTA2.
Thanks,
Shawn

[sniper-xxx123]

Solution to install and run steam-client for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Steam client need to installed with open-source video-drivers first.

apt-get install steam

Now run steam and update it, then exit.
Now install the properitary video-drivers and reboot.
Now launch steam-client.

[Michael_Brown]

Solution to install and run steam-client for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Steam client need to installed with open-source video-drivers first.

apt-get install steam

Now run steam and update it, then exit.
Now install the properitary video-drivers and reboot.
Now launch steam-client.

Thank you, sir! That fixed it for me on Kubuntu 14.04 with an AMD Radeon HD 5770.

I went to Settings->Driver Manager and switched my vid driver back to the "Using X.Org x server" one. Rebooted and ran Steam again, and this time it did its full download thing instead of giving me the Segmentation Fault error. When it's done, I'll set the video drivers back to the fglrx-updates one.

[beejunk]

Solution to install and run steam-client for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Steam client need to installed with open-source video-drivers first.

apt-get install steam

Now run steam and update it, then exit.
Now install the properitary video-drivers and reboot.
Now launch steam-client.

I can confirm that this works. Running Ubuntu Studio 14.04, with an AMD Radeon card. Steam must be installed before you install the proprietary drivers, otherewise it fails.

[alejandro-gime]

Works! Thanks you!

[Peter_Solver]

When I experienced the same error, it was a graphics driver problem. I only opened the Additional Drivers, chose "Using X.Org X server (open source, tested)" driver, went to Ubuntu Software Center and installed Steam then changed the Graphic driver. It worked on my end.

[Noah_Kemmerer]

i keep getting this

scaventa@noah-X551CAP:~$ sudo apt get steam
[sudo] password for scaventa:
scaventa is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.