[Linux] Since last update need STEAM_RUNTIME=1 to start steam

[montaropdf]

Hi,

If I don't prefix the steam executable by STEAM_RUNTIME=1, the game report a missing libSDL2 library and crash.

Is there a file where that information can be kept?

Of course I can place it in .bashrc or .bash_profile but I would prefer to keep that parameter under the control of thje steam client. BTW, the same question appliy to SDL_AUDIODRIVER because I don't use pulseaudio.

My linux distro is a Gentoo Linux 64 bits

[instabilis]

You need to take a look at the steam sh file in whichever bin/ directory you have it in, uncomment lines 179 - 181

# Uncomment this if your distribution supports the Steam Linux Runtime
#if []; then
#	STEAM_RUNTIME=1
#fi

[montaropdf]

Strange, that code was already uncommented but the varaible set to 0. Anyway, I set it to 1 and everything is fine.

Thanks.

[drewb🐧]

STEAM_RUNTIME should be automatically set, you shouldn't have to do anything. Do you have the latest version of Steam?

The basic steam.sh doesn't have the block that instabilis shows, but it's possible that whatever you used to install Steam is forcing the variable somehow. How did you get Steam?

[Tronic]

This is the exactly same thing for me. and im also on Gentoo 64. and i am running the latest version of steam

[montaropdf]

Through the "steam" overlay for Gentoo Linux.

[instabilis]

İlk olarak drewb🐧 tarafından gönderildi:

The basic steam.sh doesn't have the block that instabilis shows, but it's possible that whatever you used to install Steam is forcing the variable somehow. How did you get Steam?

I was referring to bin_steam.sh, admittedly I was referencing an older version, the lines are 186-189 in the latest version.

The steam.desktop file is hardcoded to launch /usr/bin/steam, which only gets updated with the rest of the system if you're using a repo, or not at all if you installed Steam with the .tar.gz

[drewb🐧]

When you run Steam from a terminal do you get a message like 'STEAM_RUNTIME is disabled by the user'? If so somewhere there's already a STEAM_RUNTIME definition that you'll need to remove. It's possible Gentoo's install does that, I'm not sure.

The Steam code itself doesn't set STEAM_RUNTIME=1 any more, it's set to a path, so anything with STEAM_RUNTIME=1 is older or not part of Steam. If you've set STEAM_RUNTIME=1 outside of Steam you should see a 'STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled by the user' message.

[boot]

İlk olarak drewb🐧 tarafından gönderildi:

When you run Steam from a terminal do you get a message like 'STEAM_RUNTIME is disabled by the user'? If so somewhere there's already a STEAM_RUNTIME definition that you'll need to remove. It's possible Gentoo's install does that, I'm not sure.

The Steam code itself doesn't set STEAM_RUNTIME=1 any more, it's set to a path, so anything with STEAM_RUNTIME=1 is older or not part of Steam. If you've set STEAM_RUNTIME=1 outside of Steam you should see a 'STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled by the user' message.

The "Steam" overlay in Gentoo has the runtime disabled by default.


It's running fine here, I'm also on the latest steam client beta.
Have you updated the overlay recenlty?

There's also a github page for issues with this overlay.
https://github.com/anyc/steam-overlay

[JJ]

===================================================
enable the use flag abi_x86_32 for media-libs/libsdl from the gamerlay
===================================================
rebuild libsdl:2, and you should be good to go with STEAM_RUNTIME=0 (-> disabled)

[Tronic]

İlk olarak TheJJ tarafından gönderildi:

===================================================
enable the use flag abi_x86_32 for media-libs/libsdl from the gamerlay
===================================================
rebuild libsdl:2, and you should be good to go with STEAM_RUNTIME=0 (-> disabled)

try'd that. didnt work :P but i really dont care because i just run it with steam runtime=1 in the shortcut and it works fine :)

[Koník]

Gentoo users should add the following line to /etc/portage/package.use:

games-util/steam-launcher steamruntime

and then re-emerge steam-launcher, this should set STEAM_RUNTIME to 1 by default.

[492]

ok... i'm new to ubuntu, i understand this is prob gentoo users specific but I have a feeling its the same thing with mine...

running ubuntu 12.04
when I terminal 'steam' i get

Running Steam on ubuntu 12.04 32-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1374875626_client)
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1374875626_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1374875626_client)
unlinked 1 orphaned pipes
removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 17642 with name 0eBlobRegistryMutex_73BC5B4EF672DC23ED7D5D05CB665387
removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 17642 with name 0eBlobRegistrySignal_73BC5B4EF672DC23ED7D5D05CB665387
removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 17642 with name 0emSteamEngineInstance
removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 17642 with name 0eSteamEngineLock
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".

I have no idea where to change the run_time = 1 thing just to try this solution and see if it fixed my issue

please give me some more information on where to change the setting, thanks

[492]

İlk olarak ToTeX_Baked tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak TheJJ tarafından gönderildi:

===================================================
enable the use flag abi_x86_32 for media-libs/libsdl from the gamerlay
===================================================
rebuild libsdl:2, and you should be good to go with STEAM_RUNTIME=0 (-> disabled)

try'd that. didnt work :P but i really dont care because i just run it with steam runtime=1 in the shortcut and it works fine :)

how do you do the shortcut exact?