Steam no longer starts when update from 34090 to 34100?

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I was working fine before that, It opened well no glitch at all but now I get these errors :

$ flatpak run com.valvesoftware.Steam

https://github.com/flathub/com.valvesoftware.Steam/wiki
Overriding TZ to Asia/Kolkata
Running Steam on org.freedesktop.platform 20.08.2 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Pins up-to-date!
Steam client's requirements are satisfied
/home/sn99/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam
[2020-12-18 15:51:31] Startup - updater built Dec  7 2020 18:04:23
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1607372145)
SteamUpdateUI: An X Error occurred
X Error of failed request:  BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
SteamUpdateUI: An X Error occurred
X Error of failed request:  BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter)

I tried uninstall and reinstall it did not work, resetting steam gives same error and a few more :

$ flatpak run com.valvesoftware.Steam --reset

https://github.com/flathub/com.valvesoftware.Steam/wiki
Overriding TZ to Asia/Kolkata
Installing bootstrap /home/sn99/.local/share/Steam/bootstrap.tar.xz
Reset complete!

$ flatpak run com.valvesoftware.Steam

https://github.com/flathub/com.valvesoftware.Steam/wiki
Overriding TZ to Asia/Kolkata
Running Steam on org.freedesktop.platform 20.08.2 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Pins potentially out-of-date, rebuilding...
Can't find 'steam-runtime-check-requirements', continuing anyway
/home/sn99/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam
[2020-12-18 16:07:41] Startup - updater built Oct 28 2020 23:34:22
ILocalize::AddFile() failed to load file "public/steambootstrapper_english.txt".
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1607372145)
SteamUpdateUI: An X Error occurred
X Error of failed request:  BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
SteamUpdateUI: An X Error occurred
X Error of failed request:  BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter)
2

Downgrading to 34090 solves this issue but idk why it happens. The changelog for 34090->34100.

3

In any case you should use the tarball release of Steam instead of the Flatpak one.

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4

I remember switching to flatpak after clear removed steam from it’s swupd and said to use flatpak one instead. The tarball one seems much more responsive (but looks bad in terms of fonts).

I will update the system later to see if it works, Thanks.

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It seems the one from official steam one works aka tar one.