I had this same issue on Ubuntu 16.04 and I got it working finally. I had to get from Nvidia the CUDA driver .run file ( the .run file contains the 32bit libs steam requires its a 2GB download) https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads
disable nouveau (/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf add blacklist nouveau) reboot & run sudo init 3 (At login screen select F3 Key and login the run sudo init 3) install sudo ./cuda-....run (It takes time be patient) sudo reboot After Steam is working -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1784117 Title: Steam fails to start: glxChooseVisual failed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/steam/+bug/1784117/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
