steam and ubuntu 13.10

[NikTh]

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On 26/11/2013 12:10 ??, Paul Sutton wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Anyone using steam on Lubuntu 13.10
> 
> Just fired up steam and it came up with an error that it was unable
> to connect and goto steam powered for more info. I decided to type
> steam on a terminal window to see what is sent to the console
> 
> psutton at e-machines:~$ steam Running Steam on ubuntu 13.10 32-bit 
> STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically Installing breakpad
> exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1364601080_client) 
> Installing breakpad exception handler for 
> appid(steam)/version(1364601080_client) unlinked 0 orphaned pipes 
> Installing breakpad exception handler for 
> appid(steam)/version(1364601080_client) 
> [1125/220308:WARNING:proxy_service.cc(646)] PAC support disabled
> because there is no system implementation Fontconfig error:
> "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 70: non-double
> matrix element Fontconfig error:
> "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 70: non-double
> matrix element Fontconfig warning:
> "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 78: saw
> unknown, expected number Installing breakpad exception handler for 
> appid(steam)/version(1364601080_client) Installing breakpad
> exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1364601080_client) 
> Installing breakpad exception handler for 
> appid(steam)/version(1364601080_client) Installing breakpad
> exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1364601080_client) 
> Generating new string page texture 2: 48x256, total string texture 
> memory is 49.15 KB Generating new string page texture 3: 256x256,
> total string texture memory is 311.30 KB Installing breakpad
> exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1364601080_client) 
> Installing breakpad exception handler for 
> appid(steam)/version(1364601080_client) roaming config store loaded
> successfully - 677 bytes. migrating temporary roaming config store 
> Adding license for package 0 Installing breakpad exception handler
> for appid(steam)/version(1364601080_client) Generating new string
> page texture 4: 128x256, total string texture memory is 442.37 KB 
> Generating new string page texture 5: 512x256, total string
> texture memory is 966.66 KB Generating new string page texture 6:
> 24x256, total string texture memory is 991.23 KB
> 
> (steam:9136): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: Trying to remove a child
> that doesn't believe we're it's parent.
> 
> (steam:9136): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: Trying to remove a child
> that doesn't believe we're it's parent.
> 
> (steam:9136): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: Trying to remove a child
> that doesn't believe we're it's parent.
> 
> (steam:9136): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: Trying to remove a child
> that doesn't believe we're it's parent.
> 
> (steam:9136): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: Trying to remove a child
> that doesn't believe we're it's parent.
> 
> (steam:9136): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: Trying to remove a child
> that doesn't believe we're it's parent.
> 
> (steam:9136): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: Trying to remove a child
> that doesn't believe we're it's parent.
> 
> (steam:9136): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: Trying to remove a child
> that doesn't believe we're it's parent.
> 
> (steam:9136): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: Trying to remove a child
> that doesn't believe we're it's parent.
> 
> (steam:9136): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: Trying to remove a child
> that doesn't believe we're it's parent.
> 
> (steam:9136): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: Trying to remove a child
> that doesn't believe we're it's parent.
> 
> (steam:9136): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: Trying to remove a child
> that doesn't believe we're it's parent.
> 
> (steam:9136): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: Trying to remove a child
> that doesn't believe we're it's parent. unlinked 2 orphaned pipes 
> CAsyncIOManager: 0 threads terminating.  0 reads, 0 writes, 0
> deferrals. CAsyncIOManager: 139830 single object sleeps, 0 multi
> object sleeps CAsyncIOManager: 0 single object alertable sleeps, 1
> multi object alertable sleeps [2013-11-25 22:03:06] Startup -
> updater built Mar 29 2013 11:40:39 [2013-11-25 22:03:06] Verifying
> installation... [2013-11-25 22:03:06] Verification complete 
> Shutting down. . . [2013-11-25 22:03:51] Shutdown 
> psutton at e-machines:~$
> 
> 
> any suggestions based on the above,   not sure if some of the
> errors are due to loading up in a terminal window or point to other
> things.
> 
> I am using Lubuntu 13.10
> 
> thanks
> 
> Paul
> 

Hello Paul,

please try this command

    sudo apt-get install xfonts-scalable

I've found this fix a while ago, I'm not sure if xfonts-scalable
package included by default in Lubuntu now.

If the problem persist, fire up steam from terminal and give the new
results.

Best Regards
   NikTh
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