[Wine] Re: Steam crashes at startup (with no error message) on Ubuntu

[vitamin]

lite1979 wrote:
> I've fixed it using a few different methods, including installing ie6 via winetricks and removing gecko

New steam doesn't use either, it has it's own browser, so this has no affect.


lite1979 wrote:
> as well as re-installing steam altogether

This is useless to, as steam installer hasn't changed in years. And steam itself checks it's files on startup.


lite1979 wrote:
> but I think the rear issue involves the "news" window that pops up when you log in

Try starting it in silent mode:

Code:
wine steam -silent