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PostPosted: Tue May 23, 2017 7:15 am    Post subject: What steam's installtation way to choose? Reply with quote

According https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Steam there are some ways of installing,
but I do not know what choice is better for my setup - Gnome/systemd with radeon (HD5850) video card.
I do not have any overlay at the moment, so please advise in terms of maintenance, systems's updating etc, if there is a preferable choice?
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PostPosted: Tue May 23, 2017 8:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I used a combination of two methods for my setup.

I ensured all the dependencies were attended to using the steam portage set for @steam then installed anyc's Steam overlay and emerged the rest of the required packages from the overlay.

Worked like a charm
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PostPosted: Tue May 23, 2017 12:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I used ::steam-overlay, everything else I tried ended up with it not working.
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PostPosted: Tue May 23, 2017 6:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Using STEAM_RUNTIME=1 it crashes if I remember my login (dbus?), while with STEAM_RUNTIME=0 (anyc's Steam overlay) it crashes when I receive a chat message.. :(
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PostPosted: Tue May 23, 2017 7:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

As I said, so far I have not used overlay, so would be better to live without it (new stuff to read and some overhead...)
However, according your replies, looks that it is necessary...
I see that 'multilib' is needed - how to?
EDIT: ok - I see USE flags for multilib 32-bits packages

Thanks
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PostPosted: Tue May 23, 2017 11:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think that you can install it without the overlay: https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Steam_under_Linux#Unpackaged
But it should make things easier (especially if you want to use system's libraries).
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PostPosted: Wed May 24, 2017 1:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Installing software outside of Portage is always possible, but rarely a good idea. You are much better off finding or, if necessary, writing, an ebuild so that Portage can record what files the package installs.

Installing under an unprivileged user's home directory is an exception to this rule, but the Valve page irresponsibly encourages users to sudo make install instead. They should never do this.
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PostPosted: Wed May 24, 2017 5:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Installed steam from steam-overlay,

Code:
steam-meta: Sun Aug  9 22:14:23 2015: 2 seconds


its been working very well ever since! I dont have systemd, and Im using nvidia.
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PostPosted: Thu May 25, 2017 3:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

steam-overlay is a swamp for me:

Edit: steam-meta... to be precise, things are easier just for the launcher.

First it forces a bunch of 32 bit rebuilds when my system is multilib and then there's this ncurse thing. Fun.

Code:

[nomerge       ] games-util/steam-launcher-1.0.0.54-r1::steam-overlay  USE="-steamruntime"
[nomerge       ]  games-util/steam-client-meta-0-r20160828::steam-overlay  USE="pulseaudio steamruntime -flash -steamfonts -streaming -trayicon" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia -intel"
[nomerge       ]    media-libs/mesa-13.0.5::gentoo  USE="bindist classic dri3 egl gallium gbm llvm nettle nptl vaapi vdpau xvmc -d3d9 -debug -gcrypt -gles1 -gles2 (-libressl) -opencl -openmax
-openssl -osmesa -pax_kernel -pic (-selinux) -valgrind -vulkan -wayland -xa" ABI_X86="32* (64) (-x32)" VIDEO_CARDS="(-freedreno) -i915 -i965 -intel -nouveau -r100 -r200 -r300 -r600 -radeon -ra
deonsi (-vc4) -vmware"
[nomerge       ]     x11-libs/libva-1.7.3::gentoo  USE="X drm opengl vdpau -egl -wayland" ABI_X86="32* (64) (-x32)" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia -dummy (-fglrx) -i965 -intel -nouveau"
[ebuild   R    ]      x11-libs/libva-vdpau-driver-0.7.4-r4::gentoo  USE="opengl -debug" ABI_X86="32* (64) (-x32)" 0 KiB
[ebuild   R    ]       x11-libs/libva-1.7.3::gentoo  USE="X drm opengl vdpau -egl -wayland" ABI_X86="32* (64) (-x32)" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia -dummy (-fglrx) -i965 -intel -nouveau" 0 KiB
[ebuild   R    ]    media-libs/mesa-13.0.5::gentoo  USE="bindist classic dri3 egl gallium gbm llvm nettle nptl vaapi vdpau xvmc -d3d9 -debug -gcrypt -gles1 -gles2 (-libressl) -opencl -openmax
-openssl -osmesa -pax_kernel -pic (-selinux) -valgrind -vulkan -wayland -xa" ABI_X86="32* (64) (-x32)" VIDEO_CARDS="(-freedreno) -i915 -i965 -intel -nouveau -r100 -r200 -r300 -r600 -radeon -ra
deonsi (-vc4) -vmware" 0 KiB
[ebuild  N    ~] games-util/steam-launcher-1.0.0.54-r1::steam-overlay  USE="-steamruntime" 2,686 KiB
[ebuild  N    ~] games-util/steam-client-meta-0-r20160828::steam-overlay  USE="pulseaudio steamruntime -flash -steamfonts -streaming -trayicon" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia -intel" 0 KiB
[ebuild   R    ]  virtual/opengl-7.0-r1::gentoo  ABI_X86="32* (64) (-x32)" 0 KiB
[nomerge       ] media-plugins/kodi-visualization-projectm-1.2.1::gentoo
[nomerge       ]  media-libs/libprojectm-2.1.0-r1::gentoo  USE="openmp -debug" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia"
[nomerge       ]   media-gfx/nvidia-cg-toolkit-3.1.0013-r3::gentoo  USE="-doc -examples" ABI_X86="(64) -32"
[nomerge       ]    media-libs/mesa-13.0.5::gentoo  USE="bindist classic dri3 egl gallium gbm llvm nettle nptl vaapi vdpau xvmc -d3d9 -debug -gcrypt -gles1 -gles2 (-libressl) -opencl -openmax
-openssl -osmesa -pax_kernel -pic (-selinux) -valgrind -vulkan -wayland -xa" ABI_X86="32* (64) (-x32)" VIDEO_CARDS="(-freedreno) -i915 -i965 -intel -nouveau -r100 -r200 -r300 -r600 -radeon -ra
deonsi (-vc4) -vmware"
[ebuild     U  ]     sys-devel/llvm-3.9.1-r1:0/3.9.1::gentoo [3.7.1-r3:0/3.7.1::gentoo] USE="libffi ncurses sanitize%* static-analyzer xml -clang -debug -default-compiler-rt% -default-libcxx%
-doc -gold -libedit (-lldb) -multitarget -ocaml -python {-test}" ABI_X86="32* (64) (-x32)" LLVM_TARGETS="AMDGPU%* BPF%* NVPTX%* (X86%*) -AArch64% -ARM% -Hexagon% -MSP430% -Mips% -PowerPC% -Spa
rc% -SystemZ% -XCore%" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7" VIDEO_CARDS="(-radeon%)" 17,784 KiB
[nomerge       ] app-editors/vim-8.0.0386::gentoo  USE="X acl gpm nls -cscope -debug -lua -luajit -minimal -perl -python -racket -ruby (-selinux) -tcl -vim-pager" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 pyt
hon3_4 (-python3_5) (-python3_6)"
[ebuild   R    ]  sys-libs/gpm-1.20.7-r2::gentoo  USE="(-selinux) -static-libs" ABI_X86="32* (64) (-x32)" 0 KiB
[ebuild   R    ]   sys-libs/ncurses-6.0-r1:0/6::gentoo  USE="cxx gpm unicode -ada -debug -doc -minimal -profile -static-libs {-test} -threads -tinfo -trace" ABI_X86="32* (64) (-x32)" 0 KiB
[blocks B      ]   media-libs/mesa[-abi_x86_32] ("media-libs/mesa[-abi_x86_32]" is blocking games-util/steam-client-meta-0-r20160828)

Total: 9 packages (1 upgrade, 2 new, 6 reinstalls), Size of downloads: 20,470 KiB

 * Error: circular dependencies:

(sys-libs/gpm-1.20.7-r2:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) depends on
 (sys-libs/ncurses-6.0-r1:0/6::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) (buildtime_slot_op)
  (sys-libs/gpm-1.20.7-r2:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) (buildtime)
....
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PostPosted: Thu May 25, 2017 4:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

vokiel wrote:
First it forces a bunch of 32 bit rebuilds when my system is multilib and then there's this ncurse thing. Fun.


Your install may be multilib but gentoo doesn't default to building the 32 bit libs. If you find this an inconvenience it's something that is easily resolved if you wish to and it's rather harmless.

I've whitelisted the entire 32 bit stack on multilib on several of my own Gentoo systems for a couple years by adding this to make.conf. So far i've yet to have run across any problems as a result of this

Code:
ABI_X86="64 32"

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PostPosted: Thu May 25, 2017 4:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ali3nx wrote:

Your install may be multilib but gentoo doesn't default to building the 32 bit libs. If you find this an inconvenience it's something that is easily resolved if you wish to and it's rather harmless.

I've whitelisted the entire 32 bit stack on multilib on several of my own Gentoo systems for a couple years by adding this to make.conf. So far i've yet to have run across any problems as a result of this

Code:
ABI_X86="64 32"


Indeed, I realized this after the first shock from the output. I took the long road however, because I'm getting several circular dependencies to break. I just chose to break them on my own, sitting gangsta' ;)
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PostPosted: Thu May 25, 2017 8:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ali3nx wrote:

I've whitelisted the entire 32 bit stack on multilib on several of my own Gentoo systems for a couple years by adding this to make.conf. So far i've yet to have run across any problems as a result of this

Code:
ABI_X86="64 32"


How come this never crossed my mind?

Code:
# grep -i abi /etc/portage/package.use | wc -l
368


Thanks for the tip!
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PostPosted: Thu May 25, 2017 9:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Juippisi wrote:


Code:
# grep -i abi /etc/portage/package.use | wc -l
368


Thanks for the tip!


Damn... never ceases to amaze me after 15 years how persistent Gentoo can make people :)
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