On Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM George at Clug <c...@goproject.info> wrote:
> > > On Tuesday, 11-03-2025 at 23:34 Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 12:03:48 +0000, Miriami wrote: > > > I plan to deploy Steam on my Debian but I haven't begun to. I remember > that on the Steam website, the website says that the requirement of the > Steam app is 'a xxx version *Ubuntu' system'. They might have hardcoded > this in the binary - hopefully just the early development. > > > > Even though it says "ubuntu" in many places, it has been working for > > me on Debian 12. > > > > hobbit:~$ 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-devices 1:1.0.0.75+ds-6 all Device support for > Steam-related hardware > > ii steam-installer 1:1.0.0.75+ds-6 amd64 Valve's Steam > digital software delivery system > > un steam-launcher <none> <none> (no description > available) > > ii steam-libs:amd64 1:1.0.0.75+ds-6 amd64 Metapackage for > Steam dependencies > > ii steam-libs:i386 1:1.0.0.75+ds-6 i386 Metapackage for > Steam dependencies > > un steam-libs-amd64 <none> <none> (no description > available) > > ii steam-libs-i386:i386 1:1.0.0.75+ds-6 i386 Metapackage for > 32-bit Steam dependencies > > > > hobbit:~$ ls -d .steam/debian-installation/ubuntu* > > .steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/ > > .steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_64/ > > > > These directories contain a bunch of shared libs and shell script > > wrappers and who knows what else, presumably to provide a runtime > > environment that the Steam binaries are comfortable running in. > > > > Fingers crossed that it continues working. > > Do not restart ! LOL. > > I just tested Steam on Fedora and steam works well. > > Tomorrow I will try Debian Bookworm again and see if any updates have > fixed the issue. I will post back if it starts working. > > (PS: I have tried three Debian Bookworm computers, one XFCE and two KDE, > all fail to load Steam) > > Thanks for people's comments. > > > > > It appears that the update Valve pushed out this morning was a Ubuntu update that was mistakenly installed on Debian Stable. [2025-03-11 14:48:26] Download skipped: /steam_client_ubuntu12 version 1741636428, installed version 1741636428, existing pending version 0 Debian Trixie did not receive the update and still works as normal. Launching 'LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1 steam -no-cef-sandbox' from the command line will start Steam. The first time you launch it Steam's GUI will not load. You have to enter big picture mode which works fine the when you exit big picture mode the Steam GUI will load properly. -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org/ ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀
