UPDATE: Steam now working in Debian 12 (Bookworm) I have tested both Debian 12 (Bookworm) XFCE and KDE. As Steam started, it updated and it is now working once again on both these computers.
If you use Steam and have experienced this issue, please confirm if Steam is now working for you too. When the user of the third computer is available, I will be able to validate that Steam is working on that computer too. Thanks for those who commented, and to Valve for their quick response. With so many different Distributions, and versions within those distributions, different video cards, etc. I often wonder how Linux programs manage to work so well (most of the time). Well back to gaming... On Wednesday, 12-03-2025 at 08:17 George at Clug wrote: > Update: > > Launching 'LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1 steam -no-cef-sandbox' from the command > did not work for me, Steam tried to launch a bit further but still broke. > > I will sit back and wait for Valve to fix this Steam issue (which I hope they > do soon) > > I have not posted on the below thread as the issue has already been raised: > https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/11807#issuecomment-2714995696 > > Thank you for others reporting that you also see the issue. I will see if I > can try with a different video card other than AMD. > > Previously I had tried the below backports on a test computer but they did > not help and I do NOT recommend them: > > # apt install -t bookworm-backports firmware-amd-graphics > and later on I tired: > # apt install -t bookworm-backports libudev1 libudev-dev > > On Wednesday, 12-03-2025 at 06:22 Timothy M Butterworth wrote: > > 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/ > > ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀ > > > >
