Steam

[prosoor]

Steam still doesn't work.

When starting Steam, there is a message:


When starting game from Steam, there is a message:


I have Nvidia Geforce 250 with nvidia-340 340.96 drivers, which I installed with apt-get, not with Driver management since there is a problem with neverending "Collecting information about your system".

dpkg -l nvidia*
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-================-=============-=============-=====================================
ii nvidia-340 340.96-0ubunt amd64 NVIDIA binary driver - version 340.96
un nvidia-common <none> <none> (no description available)
un nvidia-driver-bi <none> <none> (no description available)
un nvidia-legacy-34 <none> <none> (no description available)
un nvidia-libopencl <none> <none> (no description available)
un nvidia-libopencl <none> <none> (no description available)
un nvidia-opencl-ic <none> <none> (no description available)
ii nvidia-opencl-ic 340.96-0ubunt amd64 NVIDIA OpenCL ICD
un nvidia-persisten <none> <none> (no description available)
ii nvidia-prime 0.8.2 amd64 Tools to enable NVIDIA's Prime
ii nvidia-settings 361.42-0ubunt amd64 Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graph
un nvidia-settings- <none> <none> (no description available)
un nvidia-vdpau-dri <none> <none> (no description available)


Steam is installed from Steam web site.

dpkg -l steam*
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-================-=============-=============-=====================================
un steam <none> <none> (no description available)
ii steam-launcher 1.0.0.52 all Launcher for the Steam software distr
un steam64 <none> <none> (no description available)

[sithlord48]

have you tried installing steam from the repository.. iirc its in the partner repo

[MoonRise]

FWIW that is how I installed Steam and it seems to run quite well.

[steve7233]

I am glad I looked here before upgrading. I play a loot of games via Steam for Linux and Steam for Windows via PlayOnLinux/wine. I will keep an eye on this thread to see if it gets fixed before risking an update from 15.10.

[MoonRise]

Another FWIW this is the specs and drvr for my graphics card:

[vinnywright]

Humm I hadent installed it yet in 16.04 ,,,,,,,, so I did

sudo apt install steam

on launching ,,,,,,,



login



looks good ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,



now to get it pointed to my games

and nvidia ,,,,,,,,,,,

vinny@vinny-Bonobo-Extreme:~$ inxi -G
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA GK104M [GeForce GTX 860M]
           Display Server: X.Org 1.18.3 driver: nvidia Resolution: 1920x1080@60.01hz
           GLX Renderer: GeForce GTX 860M/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 361.42

VINNY

[steve7233]

Hmm, according to NVIDIA x server app I am using driver version 352.63. Since Steam is already installed then it might work anyway.

[steve7233]

I just upgraded to Kubuntu 16.04 and now Steam is broken!!

[GreyGeek]

I am running 16.04 and I used the deb package I downloaded on Jan 15th. It displayed both the main Steam GUI and that box you got showing an "out of date". I closed that box and proceeded to use the main GUI to install my CastleStory game and Uinverse^2 simulation. The Universe simulation ran better than it ever has before. Smooth as silk.

I have every source available in the repository activated but steam is not listed.

EDIT:
The i386 or amd64 latest Steam deb installer for 16.04 from "http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/package/core/xenial/multiverse/base/steam" is a broken link, but you can download it from here.

[vinnywright]

I am running 16.04 and I used the deb package I downloaded on Jan 15th. It displayed both the main Steam GUI and that box you got showing an "out of date". I closed that box and proceeded to use the main GUI to install my CastleStory game and Uinverse^2 simulation. The Universe simulation ran better than it ever has before. Smooth as silk.

I have every source available in the repository activated but steam is not listed.

You can download the i386 or amd64 latest Steam deb installer for 16.04 from here.

vinny@vinny-Bonobo-Extreme:~$ apt show steam
Package: steam:i386
Version: 1:1.0.0.48-1ubuntu3
Priority: extra
[COLOR=#ff0000]Section: multiverse/games[/COLOR]
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
Original-Maintainer: Debian Games Team <pkg-games-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2,662 kB
Pre-Depends: debconf, multiarch-support
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.15), libstdc++6 (>= 4.3), libx11-6, xz-utils, libudev1, libxinerama1, libtxc-dxtn0, libgl1-mesa-dri, libgl1-mesa-glx, xterm | x-terminal-emulator
Recommends: zenity, fonts-liberation
Homepage: http://www.steampowered.com
Download-Size: 874 kB
APT-Manual-Installed: yes
APT-Sources: http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/multiverse i386 Packages
Description: Valve's Steam digital software delivery system
 Steam (http://www.steampowered.com) is a software content delivery system
 developed by Valve software (http://www.valvesoftware.com).  There is
 some free software available, but for the most part the content delivered
 is non-free.
 .
 This package comes with a fairly substantial non-free license agreement
 that must be accepted before installing the software.  If you have any                                                                                                   
 opposition to non-free work, please select "I DECLINE" during the package                                                                                                
 installation dialogs.   There are also additional agreements in various                                                                                                  
 parts of the application that differ from the original agreement.  In                                                                                                    
 other words, pay attention and read carefully if you're worried about your                                                                                               
 rights.

VINNY

[GreyGeek]

My "apt show steam" shows what your's shows, BUT, when I search for steam using the search bar from the "ALL" selection it shows nothing. When I scroll down to the "s"'s and look for it I do not see it.

[vinnywright]

My "apt show steam" shows what your's shows, BUT, when I search for steam using the search bar from the "ALL" selection it shows nothing. When I scroll down to the "s"'s and look for it I do not see it.

do you have "multiverse" enabled in your sources.list ?


VINNY

[GreyGeek]

Yes

[vinnywright]

what are you searching with ?

what dose

apt search steam

show

@hear

vinny@vinny-Bonobo-Extreme:~$ apt search steam                                                                                                                            
Sorting... Done                                                                                                                                                           
Full Text Search... Done                                                                                                                                                  
funnyboat/xenial,xenial 1.5-10 all                                                                                                                                        
  side scrolling arcade shooter game on a steamboat                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                          
ibniz/xenial 1.18-1 amd64                                                                                                                                                 
  Virtual machine for compact low-level audiovisual programs                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                          
lightyears/xenial,xenial 1.4-2 all                                                                                                                                        
  single player real-time strategy game with steampunk sci-fi                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                          
maptransfer/xenial,xenial 0.3-2 all                                                                                                                                       
  upload/download maps to/from a VALVe game server (Client)                                                                                                               

python-iapws/xenial,xenial 1.1.1-2 all
  Python implementation of the international APWS-IF97 steam tables

python3-iapws/xenial,xenial 1.1.1-2 all
  Python3 implementation of the international APWS-IF97 steam tables

quake4-server/xenial 16 i386
  dedicated server for Quake 4

ri-li/xenial 2.0.1+ds-3 amd64
  toy train simulation game

ri-li-data/xenial,xenial 2.0.1+ds-3 all
  toy train simulation game - data files

sl/xenial 3.03-17build1 amd64
  Correct you if you type `sl' by mistake

[COLOR=#ff0000]steam/xenial,now 1:1.0.0.48-1ubuntu3 i386 [installed]
  Valve's Steam digital software delivery system[/COLOR]

steamcmd/xenial 0~20130205-1 i386
  Command-line interface for Valve's Steam

youtube-dl/xenial,xenial,now 2016.02.22-1 all [installed]
  downloader of videos from YouTube and other sites

VINNY

[GreyGeek]

Here's mine:

[FONT=monospace][COLOR=#000000]jerry@jerry-Aspire-7739:~$ apt search steam[/COLOR]
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
[COLOR=#18B218]funnyboat[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]/xenial,xenial 1.5-10 all[/COLOR]
  side scrolling arcade shooter game on a steamboat

[COLOR=#18B218]ibniz[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]/xenial 1.18-1 amd64[/COLOR]
  Virtual machine for compact low-level audiovisual programs

[COLOR=#18B218]lightyears[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]/xenial,xenial 1.4-2 all[/COLOR]
  single player real-time strategy game with steampunk sci-fi

[COLOR=#18B218]maptransfer[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]/xenial,xenial 0.3-2 all[/COLOR]
  upload/download maps to/from a VALVe game server (Client)

[COLOR=#18B218]python-iapws[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]/xenial,xenial 1.1.1-2 all[/COLOR]
  Python implementation of the international APWS-IF97 steam tables

[COLOR=#18B218]python3-iapws[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]/xenial,xenial 1.1.1-2 all[/COLOR]
  Python3 implementation of the international APWS-IF97 steam tables

[COLOR=#18B218]quake4-server[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]/xenial 16 i386[/COLOR]
  dedicated server for Quake 4

[COLOR=#18B218]ri-li[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]/xenial 2.0.1+ds-3 amd64[/COLOR]
  toy train simulation game

[COLOR=#18B218]ri-li-data[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]/xenial,xenial 2.0.1+ds-3 all[/COLOR]
  toy train simulation game - data files

[COLOR=#18B218]sl[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]/xenial 3.03-17build1 amd64[/COLOR]
  Correct you if you type `sl' by mistake

[COLOR=#18B218]steam[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]/xenial 1:1.0.0.48-1ubuntu3 i386[/COLOR]
  Valve's Steam digital software delivery system

[COLOR=#0000ff]steam-launcher/unknown,unknown 1.0.0.52 all [upgradable from: 1.0.0.51]
  Launcher for the Steam software distribution service

[/COLOR]steamcmd/xenial 0~20130205-1 i386
  Command-line interface for Valve's Steam[COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR]

[COLOR=#18B218]youtube-dl[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]/xenial,xenial 2016.02.22-1 all[/COLOR]
  downloader of videos from YouTube and other sites


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The blue stuff is what my externally supplied steam deb package supplied. Apt show does show steam/xenial, as you can see, but neither Discover nor Synaptic show it when searched for or by scrolling the list.