Questions tagged [steam]
Questions relating to using the Steam digital distribution and gaming software in Ubuntu.
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Games launched from Steam in Ubuntu are grouped with the other Steam windows
When I launch a game with Steam the game window is automatically grouped with the other Steam windows. I'd like the game windows to have they're own icon in the pager and dock, seperate from the Steam....
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Steam crashes on run
Alright so this is rather odd, for some reason whenever I run Steam it gets to the update pop-up then crashes. I'm running 12.04 32bit on my Dell Latitude ATG D620 and what I find odd is on my PC I ...
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I can't run steam and I think my nvidia driver is the problem
I have read many, many posts and guides about how to do this, and I am just getting frustrated. I've reinstalled the xubuntu 12.04 half a dozen times. What I would like to do is play games with steam. ...
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Installing Steam in some sandbox/container
I was looking into the Steam Debian package and saw that it adds another repository and a GPG key, which I find pretty troubling, since I do not want to give Valve superuser permissions of my computer ...
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updating ubuntu for usage with steam
I can get games like counterstrike and half life 2 working but everything is in basic black and white, steam recommends I update my video driver by add a ppa repository:
Enter the following:
deb ...
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high vram memory unity/compiz with nvidia
I run my desktop at the high resolution of 1920x1200 and am finding the vram usage is very high; nearly all my graphics memory (~200-220mb used). I'm checking my vram usage with the nvidia xserver ...
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Steam not booting up?
Maybe it's because of the driver?
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on an HP Pavilion dv7 with a Radeon video card.
steam
XIO: fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":0"
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Steam dosen't start, an X error occured
whenever I try to run steam, it doesn't open, but it doesn't give an error message. Running it through the consle, I get this...
Running Steam on ubuntu 12.04 32-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled ...
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How to change graphics options for Intel chipsets?
I have Acer Aspire 5349 with some integrated Intel GPU. On Windows I could just open an Intel program in which I could change my graphical settings like colors, but also 3D settings for improving ...
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PlayOnLinux / WINE error. Cannot add games to list
I am new to the Linux platform as a whole. Now, that's not to say that I haven't been watching countless videos and articles of Linux before I made the switch.
I have gone through multiple tutorials ...
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How can I play DirectX 10 games with an HD6450 video card?
My question would be about video card compatibility with DirectX 10. I wanted to play a game (Star Trek Online) with Steam, but after loading it says my Radeon HD6450 2 GB video card is not compatible....
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Can't get OpenGL to work, Games crash on launch, AMD Radeon 6670, Issues with driver?
So, I got Ubuntu yesterday, and enthusiastically started to install all my linux supported steam games. Only about two of them worked, and the rest crashed instantly back to steam without error ...
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Unable to launch Steam: "Couldn't import apt, please install python3-apt or update steamdeps for your distribution."
I just tried launching Steam after a long period of inactivity. At first I tried launching Steam by clicking the icon in the program menu, resulting in nothing happening at all. I've never had an ...
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systemd: Failed to start Remount Root and Kernel File Systems
I was trying to get Proton for Steam working. After a long time search tech forums I found a comment which said that Proton had to be formatted to EXT4, which led me down a rabbit hole to a post on ...
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Certain Steam games not launching (Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS)
I recently built a new PC and installed Ubuntu 22.04.03, currently running Nvidia 525 as the video driver. Some games such as Darkest Dungeon and Space Haven work flawlessly, while others such as ...
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Steam on WSL Won't Launch
I am trying to install Steam via Ubuntu on WSL. I followed these steps.
When I try to run Steam, it opens and immediately closes the update box Steam usually opens before launching the main window. ...
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Steam is missing following 32-bit libraries, and steam may not run
I have recently installed Ubuntu desktop version 23.10 and attempted to download and install Steam. However, when I go to launch Steam it gives me the following message:
Steam is missing the following ...
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Problem while lunching CS2 on Ubuntu 22.04
I have an issue with Steam, while I launch CS2, it suddenly stops processing, my PC is compatible with the game and I don't know the reason why it happens. If anyone knows the answer please let me ...
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No Wayland after messing around with amdgpu-install for ROCM
Hello fellow FOSS-lovers.
I have been using my current Ubuntu install on my main desktop at home for gaming and some software development since a few version back. I have had wonderful performance and ...
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Steam UI keeps closing and reopening while Steam is still running in background
I am using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and installed Steam through 'repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam.' The app keeps disappearing and reloading like it just started. At the same time, it remains in the ...
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(Ubuntu 23.04) Various Steam games shut down immediately on launch
I'm very new to Linux in general, and have been trying to troubleshoot issues running some of the games and programs I liked using while in Windows in order to learn more about it. I was struggling ...
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Steam games are unplayable on Wayland (22.04)
I'm facing a problem I didn't expect on a recent clean install of Ubuntu 22.04 (with Gnome), where I simply cannot play any Steam games on a Wayland session while using the most recent proprietary ...
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nvdia 525, steam proton, and vulkan. my games are freezing on start up to the point I have to restart my computer
On ubuntu mate 22.04
Processor: AMD ryzen 7 2700X eight-core Process
Graphics card: GeForce RTX 2060 super
Running Nvidia driver 525 open (proprietary,tested)
The game I'm using as my test game is ...
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Linux Server and Steam Integration Problem
I have a Linux Server build on Microsoft PlayFab. My matchmaking algoritm is working well in test project. But I tried with my actual game which uses Steam API, I couldn't join the server. I looked on ...
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Dota 2 lag 20.04 lts
When I launch Dota 2 I have a lot of lag. In the main menu, where there is fog everywhere, yellow pixels appear, when I go to the trial map or the lobby everything is fine, but when I move the camera ...
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Errors after installing Steam - Kubuntu
Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS with KDE Plasma 5.24.6
I downloaded steam_latest.deb from Steam's official site. I installed it via the software installer in Ubuntu, after which I was prompted to download some ...
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The Steam Overlay is not showing on Ubuntu
After installing steam natively and getting all my games to work just fine, I noticed that I cant open the steam overlay, despite it being enabled both for the game and in general.
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Steam issues after installing Mesa Intel Iris Xe PPA on Ubuntu 20.04
I recently installed Mesa Intel Iris Xe graphics drivers using this guide. Now, Steam refuses to load at all. It simply gets to verification completed, pauses, and then stops when run from the ...
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controller not detected by steam
I have a PS4 DualShock controller, and Ubuntu 20.04. I have Steam devices installed, but Steam says:
No controllers detected.
It used to work and I don't know what made it stop working. I don't ...
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Steam doesn't launch on Ubuntu 20.04 ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/SLIB/libgcc_s.so.1' from LD_PRELOAD
I installed steam on Ubuntu 20.04 and when I want to run it I get this message in the terminal.
Can some one help me please?
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/SLIB/libgcc_s.so.1' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be ...
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Steam doesn't work on Ubuntu 20.04.3 with proprietary drivers
I did a fresh install of Ubuntu 20.04.3, and checked the box to install proprietary nvidia drivers. Steam doesn't launch after that. When I do another fresh install of Ubuntu 20.04.3 without checking ...
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transferred ubuntu server HDD to another machine- now ubuntu doesn't see the network card
So I have absolutely no idea how command line operating systems work, my knowledge is very basic.
By way of background, I'm running an ubuntu server on a machine which hosts a game server running on ...
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Steam stopped working ubuntu mate 20.04
Steam was working fine until a week or so ago, and now when I try to start it up I get this:
You are missing the following 32-bit libraries, and Steam may not run:
libXtst.so.6
libXrandr.so.2
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My laptop automatically shuts down when I play CSGO
As the title says my laptop immediately shuts down when I enter CS:GO game.
I launch steam with "launch with dedicate graphic card" and play CS:GO from the library everything works fine in ...
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Games aren't running under steam play in ubuntu 20.04.2
So I use Hp elitebook 8570p as my computer and I'm running ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS as my os. My steam doesn't run games using proton trough steam play.
This is the screen that pops up when I start the game:...
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Problems with my new linux gaming setup
I just started using Ubuntu 21.04 because I always wanted to use Linux instead of Windows and the main drawback for me years ago was in the gaming aspect, but after doing some quick research I ...
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How to solve GTK warning messages / how to restore Ubuntu system files without reinstalling everything
I am asking this question as it seems that this problem poses significant issues for several programs that I'm using. Originally, this issue stemmed from me having to reinstall the whole Ubuntu Budgie ...
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Steam error in Ubuntu 20.04
I'm using Ubuntu 20.04. I've installed Steam from a .deb file and the Software app. When I open Steam it starts showing it's updating. Two seconds later it's saying: Steam Fatal Error: Steam needs to ...
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Steam crashes after updating
So I'm new to ubuntu and I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong. Every time I try to load steam, it will update then close. If I try running it through the terminal this happens:
benjy@Bens-UL:~$ ...
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Ubuntu slows game down
I am running Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS with Nvidia 1060 (3GB) card. I noticed that when I play games (Counter Strike GO), the system would slow down the game somehow. In the first couple of minutes, the game ...
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Dota 2 is very slow
Hi I just installed Ubuntu and Dota 2 lags a lot even on the main menu. I don’t understand why because the computer has decent hardware and I am using proprietary nvidia drivers. My graphics card is ...
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I can't fullscreen certain games, native or otherwise: Ubuntu 20.10
Certain games when launched from Steam are unable to be fullscreened. It doesn't happen with every game but it doesn't seem to matter if it is Linux native or not. The in game options do not allow me ...
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How to make amd work?
I'm trying to play fallout 4 on Steam proton. But it have very low FPS (19-23)... When O had Windows OS it runs much more faster with better graphic settings.
I have:
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Intel Core i7 ...
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Make Stadia controller work wtih Ubuntu via USB
Don't get me wrong, the Stadia controller works with Ubuntu, but only through Chrome and with stadia games, while I have a bunch of itch.io games, that are actual folders in my Home with their .bin ...
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eInstalling libc6:i386 removes a lot of packages
I have been trying to install libc6:i386 but installing it gives me
0 upgraded, 6 newly installed, 1761 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 3,176 kB of archives.
After this operation, 6,137 MB ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: How to run steam on nvidia-gl-440 or install the older libnvidia-gl-390:i386 alongside it?
I have the nvidia driver version 440.33.01 and
sudo aptitude search ~i | grep -i nvidia-gl
shows i A libnvidia-gl-440 - NVIDIA OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES GLVND libraries and Vulkan ICD I get the error ...
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Steam won't start
When I try to start Steam I get this error.
$ steam
[2020-09-06 18:07:31] Startup - updater built Apr 9 2019 22:48:20
ILocalize::AddFile() failed to load file "public/steambootstrapper_english....
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Steam not working on Ubuntu 18.04
Steam isn't working - I've tried relaunching and reinstalling, but it doesn't help. Is there a simple solution or not? The log is here: https://gist.github.com/homelyseven250/...
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Ubuntu 20.04 Newb - Screen Flickering in Full-screen Games
Afternoon all,
I've recently taken the plunge and have installed Ubuntu 20.04 on a fresh install, after MS crashed after updates for the 3rd time in 18 months.
Steam installed okay, and have noticed ...
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Prevent programs (wine/steam) from disabling monitors
I use Kubuntu 18.04 on my Laptop with two monitors connected.
Some programs (Mostly Wine, Steam and Proton) sometimes disable both of my secondary monitors.
For instance, sometimes (not always, which ...
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