Games not starting in Centos 7

[ducky11]

Once preparing to launch window closes nothing happens. I have seen a couple other topics like this but they all either were started long enough ago, involved a different version or were way over my head to understand how to fix the problem. Specific game I am working with is Crusader Kings 2. When I first got int installed crusader kings booted and worked fine. I moved on to setting up the rest of my installs and programs, installed some of my non steam but linux compatible games, wine, mysql and some other random programs and when I came back this morning to try to play ck2 I find it is no longer booting. I have latest version of python as I saw that was a common thing to check on first in other threads about this. I do have an integrated graphics card which seems to be one of the reasons suggested that this problem occures, but it was never a problem with running the games on windows, and it wasn't an issue the first time I tried to run it here. I assume I installed or updated something in one of my later installations that screwed with the game boot process but I can't for the life of me figure out how to troubleshoot it from here. Any help would be most appreciated!


Also I understand that Centos 7 is just about the worst linux system to use steam with, but lets assume I HAVE to use centos 7. I need to learn it for work and I just as soon run my personal computer off of it as well to maximize my ability to familiarize myself with the platform. If the solution for this issue is that I should switch from centos it isn't going to work as a solution for me, thanks!

[ducky11]

Yes, I could, but I am trying to force myself to use it on a daily basis, and if it wasn't where my usual programs were stored I wouldn't use it at all haha. This way if I have everything on it instead of Windows, I will be forced to learn it and troubleshoot stuff like this, hopefully helping improve my understanding.

I only mention python because I saw it mentioned in previous topics, and whether or not they were about running proton games or all games was not always clear. I did not do anything to try to set proton or steam play up so I assume it is just trying to run natively.

[ducky11]

thanks for help! when I run that I get the following:

[localhost ~]$ STEAM_RUNTIME_PREFER_HOST_LIBRARIES=0 steam
Running Steam on centos 7 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Pins up-to-date!

Steam opens like normal. Still no ability to run game.

[ducky11]

Also when I try to run the game in console I get the following:

[localhost ~]$ steam steam://rungameid/203770
Running Steam on centos 7 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Pins up-to-date!
/home/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steamui.so: /home/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/pinned_libs_32/libdbus-1.so.3: no version information available (required by /lib/libpulse.so.0)
/home/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steamui.so: /home/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/pinned_libs_32/libdbus-1.so.3: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/pulseaudio/libpulsecommon-10.0.so)

but nothing else triggers.

[meheezen]

just a heads up, you need python34 for CentOS7 if you want to use Proton

how did you install steam on your machine? rpmfusion? other repo? i usually use the negativo17 one

im downloading Crusader Kings II on my CentOS7 laptop to see if any error pops up
Edit: no issues here: https://i.imgur.com/PFzYtTe.png

oh, and i heard there is a flatpak version of Steam, maybe give it a try?

[Linux Sage]

yeah i discovered several things in the process. I installed from elrepo the kmod-nvida, the one that compiles the driver to the kernel.

I had to install the nvidia-x11-drv-libs for the 4.10 driver.
you have to install the x86_64 and the i686 or Steam will not load or run proprerly. At the beginning I installed from a Repo, then i tried the flatpack.

I noticed that the flatpak does not run with the propietary drivers, so, what I did is that once Steam has been instelled on the flatpack folder, I created a launcher from the installed location.

/home/user/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh

I have now a mess, i don't plan to move forward, the stuff that fix Steam is to install the i686 nvidia driver, it does not matter if you install it from a Repo or from the .deb, it will unpack it somewhere. That's it guys!