Problem running steam

[xxnishantxx]

Hi, I'm running 32-bit 12.04 with Classic Gnome. I downloaded the deb file available at http://media.steampowered.com/client...ller/steam.deb and installed it with
sudo dpkg -i steam.deb
sudo apt-get install -f

But when i launch steam nothing happens. The terminal gives me this output:

$ steam
ILocalize::AddFile() failed to load file "public/steambootstrapper_english.txt".
X Error of failed request: BadName (named color or font does not exist)
Major opcode of failed request: 45 (X_OpenFont)
Serial number of failed request: 12
Current serial number in output stream: 13

I have no idea what this means or why it is happening. Please help.

[cj13579]

They probably are but you could make sure that xfonts are installed to the newest version:

sudo apt-get install xfonts-100dpi

[xxnishantxx]

Din't help

[cj13579]

Hmmm - it definately looks to be a problem with the fonts. Can you run the following and post the output:

dpkg --get-selections | grep font

[xxnishantxx]

Thanks for your reply

Here's the output:

fontconfig					install
fontconfig-config				install
fonts-liberation				install
fonts-open-sans					install
fonts-raleway					install
gsfonts						install
libfont-afm-perl				install
libfontconfig1					install
libfontconfig1-dev				install
libfontenc1					install
libxfont1					install
ttf-freefont					install
xfonts-100dpi					install
xfonts-base					install
xfonts-encodings				install
xfonts-utils					install

[cj13579]

Comparing yours with mine I can see one obvious difference although I don't run steam so don't know if it is the cause of the problem. You could try installing the 75dpi fonts:

sudo apt-get install xfonts-75dpi

[xxnishantxx]

no package called "fonts-75dpi". There was one called "xfonts-75dpi" (with the 'x'). I think that's the one you meant. Installed it but still no change I suppose it's worth mentioning that I'm running a minimal install of Precise.

[cj13579]

Yeah, that might explain it as steam seems to be looking for something that isn't there.

When I compared your output with mine these are what I had and you didn't:

> xfonts-75dpi                                  install
> xfonts-scalable                                       install

You could try doing the scalable one also. After that, I am not sure. Have you searched the web? I googled the message and there were plenty of people who have seen this message before (in a steam and non steam context).

[xxnishantxx]

I hadn't rebooted before installing xfonts-75dpi. I installed the xfonts-scalable and rebooted and now steam has appeared and is downloading updates. Thanks for your help

[Theredbaron1834]

Thanks, that fixed my Lubuntu 12.10 problem as well.