Steam Client Drama

steam_drama

root@sputnik:~# dmidecode -t1
# dmidecode 2.11
SMBIOS 2.7 present.

Handle 0x000D, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
	Manufacturer: Dell Inc.         
	Product Name: Dell System XPS L321X

When trying to launch a game I get:

ATTENTION: default value of option force_s3tc_enable overridden by environment.
SDL video target is 'x11'
SDL video target is 'x11'
Failed to create GL context: Could not create GL context


nathan@sputnik:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b5)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b5)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev b5)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 05)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation QS67 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05)
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6230 (rev 34)
03:00.0 USB controller: Fresco Logic Device 1009 (rev 02)


Processor Information:
    Vendor:  GenuineIntel
    Speed: 1601 Mhz
    4 logical processors
    2 physical processors
    HyperThreading:  Supported
    FCMOV:  Supported
    SSE2:  Supported
    SSE3:  Supported
    SSSE3:  Supported
    SSE4a:  Unsupported
    SSE41:  Supported
    SSE42:  Supported
    
Network Information:
    Network Speed:  
    
Operating System Version:
    Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS (64 bit)
    Kernel Name:  Linux
    Kernel Version:  3.2.0-49-generic
    X Server Vendor:  The X.Org Foundation
    X Server Release:  11103000
    X Window Manager:  Mutter (Muffin)
    Steam Runtime Version:  steam-runtime-release-i386_2013-06-28
    
Video Card:
    Driver:  Intel Open Source Technology Center Mesa DRI Intel(R) Sandybridge Mobile x86/MMX/SSE2

    Driver Version:  3.0 Mesa 9.0
    Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
    Monitor Refresh Rate: 59 Hz
    VendorID:  0x8086
    DeviceID:  0x116
    Number of Monitors:  2
    Number of Logical Video Cards:  1
    Primary Display Resolution:  1920 x 1200
    Desktop Resolution: 3286 x 1200
    Primary Display Size: 20.39" x 12.76"  (24.02" diag)
                                            51.8cm x 32.4cm  (61.0cm diag)
    Primary VRAM Not Detected
    
Sound card:
    Audio device: Intel CougarPoint HDMI
    
Memory:
    RAM:  3712 Mb
    
Miscellaneous:
    UI Language:  English
    LANG:  en_US.UTF-8
    Microphone:  Not set
    Total Hard Disk Space Available:  115262 Mb
    Largest Free Hard Disk Block:  14478 Mb
    
Installed software:
    
Recent Failure Reports: