Cannot start steam after updating to driver 465

Graphics / Linux Linux
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Steam doesn’t start after installing nvidia-driver-465. It works with nvidia-driver-460, however.

Running Steam on linuxmint 20.1 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Pins up-to-date!
Steam client's requirements are satisfied
WARNING: Using default/fallback debugger launch
/home/cuysaurus/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/steam -nominidumps -nobreakpad
[2021-05-02 20:23:00] Startup - updater built Apr 12 2021 18:51:36
SteamUpdateUI: An X Error occurred
X Error of failed request:  GLXBadContext
SteamUpdateUI: An X Error occurred
X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
Major opcode of failed request:  151 (GLX)
Minor opcode of failed request:  3 (X_GLXCreateContext)
Value in failed request:  0x0
Serial number of failed request:  45
xerror_handler: X failed, continuing
Major opcode of failed request:  151 (GLX)
Minor opcode of failed request:  6 (X_GLXIsDirect)
Serial number of failed request:  46
xerror_handler: X failed, continuing
[2021-05-02 20:23:03] Using the following download hosts for Public, Realm steamglobal
[2021-05-02 20:23:03] 1. https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com, /client/, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 100, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf'
[2021-05-02 20:23:03] 2. https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com, /client/, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 100, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf'
[2021-05-02 20:23:03] 3. http://media.steampowered.com, /client/, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'baked in'
[2021-05-02 20:23:03] Verifying installation...
[2021-05-02 20:23:04] Verification complete

results from apt policy libnvidia-gl-465 libnvidia-gl-465:i386 :

libnvidia-gl-465:
  Installed: 465.24.02-0ubuntu0~0.20.04.1
  Candidate: 465.24.02-0ubuntu0~0.20.04.1
  Version table:
 *** 465.24.02-0ubuntu0~0.20.04.1 500
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
libnvidia-gl-465:i386:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: (none)
  Version table:

results from sudo apt install libnvidia-gl-465:i386 :

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package libnvidia-gl-465:i386 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
  libnvidia-common-465

E: Package 'libnvidia-gl-465:i386' has no installation candidate

I would like to add that I tested a game outside steam and it works normally.

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Looks like the graphics drivers ppa dropped the 32bit compat libs needed by steam. Those driver packages are not maintained by nvidia but the ubuntu graphics driver team, you should create a bug report with them.
https://launchpad.net/~graphics-drivers/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu

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I have the same problem. We should report it to PPA maintainers

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4

Reported, they have removed the 465 version for the moment

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5

Solved. PPA maintainers fixed the problem and now Steam works again.

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