Steam on Gentoo ~amd64 [SOLVED]

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Xywa · Post by **Xywa** » Sat Nov 08, 2014 3:35 pm

Hi,

After reading this:
http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Steam

I have this: (is steam still in portage?)

# emerge --ask @steam

emerge: There are no sets to satisfy 'steam'. The following sets exist:

    changed-deps
    downgrade
    installed
    live-rebuild
    module-rebuild
    preserved-rebuild
    rebuilt-binaries
    security
    selected
    system
    unavailable
    unavailable-binaries
    world
    x11-module-rebuild

j_c_p · Post by **j_c_p** » Sat Nov 08, 2014 4:54 pm

-> http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Steam/Manual_installation
That's the way to install Steam imho : it's working perfectly for me.

Xywa · Post by **Xywa** » Sat Nov 08, 2014 5:29 pm

j_c_p wrote:-> http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Steam/Manual_installation
That's the way to install Steam imho : it's working perfect for me.

I did try it before, but I have steam

Fatal Error: Failed to load steamui.dll

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$ ./steam.sh 
Running Steam on gentoo  64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
[2014-11-08 18:24:30] Startup - updater built Aug 26 2014 15:35:42
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(0_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1.0)
[2014-11-08 18:24:30] uninstalled manifest found in /mnt/twardy/steam/package/steam_client_ubuntu12 (1).
[2014-11-08 18:24:30] Found pending update
[2014-11-08 18:24:30] Installing update...
[2014-11-08 18:24:30] Extracting package...
[2014-11-08 18:24:43] Installing update...
[2014-11-08 18:24:44] BCommitUpdatedFiles: failed to create directory ./steam/cached
[2014-11-08 18:24:44] BCommitUpdatedFiles: failed to process ./steam
[2014-11-08 18:24:44] Failed to apply update, reverting...
[2014-11-08 18:24:44] Verifying installation...
[2014-11-08 18:24:44] Unable to read and verify install manifest /mnt/twardy/steam/package/steam_client_ubuntu12.installed
[2014-11-08 18:24:44] Verification complete
[2014-11-08 18:24:44] Downloading update...
[2014-11-08 18:24:44] Checking for available updates...
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1.0)
[2014-11-08 18:24:44] Download complete.
[2014-11-08 18:24:44] Extracting package...
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1.0)
[2014-11-08 18:24:56] Installing update...
[2014-11-08 18:24:57] BCommitUpdatedFiles: failed to create directory ./steam/cached
[2014-11-08 18:24:57] BCommitUpdatedFiles: failed to process ./steam
[2014-11-08 18:24:57] Failed to apply update, reverting...

[2014-11-08 18:26:38] Shutdown

hasufell · Post by **hasufell** » Sun Nov 09, 2014 2:27 am

Looks like you have permission problems, check the output. It cannot create some directories.

Xywa · Post by **Xywa** » Sun Nov 09, 2014 5:41 pm

hasufell wrote:Looks like you have permission problems, check the output. It cannot create some directories.

I have made this directory ./steam/cached mannually, but it did not help.

hasufell · Post by **hasufell** » Sun Nov 09, 2014 5:47 pm

Xywa wrote:
hasufell wrote:Looks like you have permission problems, check the output. It cannot create some directories.
I have made this directory ./steam/cached mannually, but it did not help.

Because creating directories manually does not fix permission problems.

Xywa · Post by **Xywa** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 5:26 pm

hasufell wrote:
Xywa wrote:
hasufell wrote:Looks like you have permission problems, check the output. It cannot create some directories.
I have made this directory ./steam/cached mannually, but it did not help.
Because creating directories manually does not fix permission problems.

All permissions looks OK here.

Does anyone can use Steam on Gentoo ~amd64?

santosjaycee0 · Post by **santosjaycee0** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 6:09 am

Xywa wrote:Does anyone can use Steam on Gentoo ~amd64?

I am able to use Steam on ~amd64. I followed the manual installation too.

I might suggest redownloading/reinstalling Steam.

https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wik ... nux#Gentoo mentions gamerlay.

dweezil-n0xad · Post by **dweezil-n0xad** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 10:16 am

I use Steam on ~amd64. I used the steam overlay: https://github.com/anyc/steam-overlay

Yamakuzure · Post by **Yamakuzure** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 10:53 am

I have done the manual installation, too, and it works like a charm.

Honestly, the "ebuild-way" only puts some (tiny!) stuff in central places, but users still have to install to their home folders anyway. Like on windows. Every user is on their own. Therefore I do not see any reason to use ebuilds with steam. It is just not worth the many hassles. And if your system is single-user only ...

Xywa · Post by **Xywa** » Sun Nov 16, 2014 5:54 pm

dweezil-n0xad wrote:I use Steam on ~amd64. I used the steam overlay: https://github.com/anyc/steam-overlay

How to run it? I cannot find any command like 'steam' after installing it from layman.
I've got:

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# layman -a steam

 * Adding overlay...
 * Overlay "steam" is not an official. Continue install? [y/n]: y
 * Running Git... # ( cd /var/lib/layman  && /usr/bin/git clone git://github.com/anyc/steam-overlay.git /var/lib/layman/steam )
Cloning into '/var/lib/layman/steam'...
remote: Counting objects: 1435, done.
remote: Total 1435 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
Receiving objects: 100% (1435/1435), 291.16 KiB | 101.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (605/605), done.
Checking connectivity... done.
 * Running Git... # ( cd /var/lib/layman/steam  && /usr/bin/git config user.name "layman" )
 * Running Git... # ( cd /var/lib/layman/steam  && /usr/bin/git config user.email "layman@localhost" )
 * Successfully added overlay(s) steam.

dweezil-n0xad · Post by **dweezil-n0xad** » Sun Nov 16, 2014 7:30 pm

Checking my system...

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dweezil@hdx-18 ~ $ equery belongs /usr/bin/steam
 * Searching for /usr/bin/steam ... 
games-util/steam-launcher-1.0.0.49 (/usr/bin/steam)
dweezil@hdx-18 ~ $ emerge games-util/steam-launcher -pv

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild   R    ] games-util/steam-launcher-1.0.0.49::steam-overlay  USE="steamruntime" 0 KiB

Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 KiB

the readme needs to be updated.

Xywa · Post by **Xywa** » Mon Nov 17, 2014 4:33 pm

dweezil-n0xad wrote:Checking my system...

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dweezil@hdx-18 ~ $ equery belongs /usr/bin/steam
 * Searching for /usr/bin/steam ... 
games-util/steam-launcher-1.0.0.49 (/usr/bin/steam)
dweezil@hdx-18 ~ $ emerge games-util/steam-launcher -pv

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild   R    ] games-util/steam-launcher-1.0.0.49::steam-overlay  USE="steamruntime" 0 KiB

Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 KiB

the readme needs to be updated.

Many thanks! This did the job! SOLVED

Another question: How you run steam on Optimus Laptops? I have downloaded Legend of Grimrock, and when I run it by 'optirun stem' when games starts, I have a blank screen, mouse pointer form the game, and freeze... When I started with 'primusrun steam' system says it do not suport Intel card (looks like nvidia doesn't work).

I have the same game bought direct from game developer and works perfectly as 'optirun grimrock' and 'primusrun' grimrock.

Do I have any options for Nvidia Optimus card inside steam software or should I do anything else in Gentoo?

Yamakuzure · Post by **Yamakuzure** » Mon Nov 17, 2014 4:49 pm

Xywa wrote:Another question: How you run steam on Optimus Laptops?

In the settings for your game you can set command line options.

right click on a game
-> Properties
-> Set Launch Options
-> Enter "primusrun %command%"

Done.

Xywa · Post by **Xywa** » Mon Nov 17, 2014 5:29 pm

Yamakuzure wrote:
Xywa wrote:Another question: How you run steam on Optimus Laptops?
In the settings for your game you can set command line options.

right click on a game
-> Properties
-> Set Launch Options
-> Enter "primusrun %command%"

Done.

Still the same

I have installed this:

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*  media-libs/libtxc_dxtn
      Latest version available: 1.0.1-r1
      Latest version installed: 1.0.1-r1
      Size of files: 210 KiB
      Homepage:      http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~mareko/libtxc_dxtn/
      Description:   Helper library for S3TC texture (de)compression
      License:       MIT

as is told here:
http://www.grimrock.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=4604

Maybe my primus is not 32bit?

Note - Primus must be installed with 32-bit support because Steam for Linux (and most games downloaded from Steam) are 32-bit.

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_art ... -GJKC-7437

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# equery u primus
[ Legend : U - final flag setting for installation]
[        : I - package is installed with flag     ]
[ Colors : set, unset                             ]
 * Found these USE flags for x11-misc/primus-9999:
 U I
 - - abi_x86_32 : 32-bit (x86) libraries

Sorry - update!!!

This did the job!!

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USE="abi_x86_32" emerge primus

everything works fine now

The Main Man · Post by **The Main Man** » Thu Nov 27, 2014 11:43 pm

Tried both manual and overlay methods and they are working fine.

However, emul-linux-x86-opengl package is little outdated, would love to see more recent version, keeping up with unstable amd64.
Mesa version in stable amd64 and x86 is 10.0.4, unstable amd64 is 10.3.4, which I'm using, but Steam is using x86 mesa and I can't seem to find a way to obtain unstable emul-linux-x86-opengl, if there is one in the first place.
Maybe if I try to install x86 Gentoo in Vbox and then install x86 mesa in there, pick up the libs and put them in /usr/lib32, but I'm not sure if that's the way to do that.

Any help on that or some info ?

EDIT : actually I just found this, seems like exactly what I want :
http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Multilib_Sy ... x_Packages

I did everything from that guide apart from compile, I'll do that now and see what happens