Steam wont launch on Zorin os 11?

[Swamp Puppy]

I have Zorin os 11 on my desktop and for some reason steam wont launch on it after I install it. Any ideas on how to fix this problem?

[UnkendTech]

do
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get remove steam
sudo apt-get install steam
then reboot

[Swamp Puppy]

ok ill give it a shot

[Swamp Puppy]

it didnt seem to work. do i launch steam from the icon or from the terminal? Im very new to linux so I have no idea what im doing :/

[ack0329]

Howdy Newbie, Welcome.

Terminal should be considered an option for opening ANY program as long as you know its' name, and autocomplete is handy when your not sure. But almost ALL programs can be run from an Icon or the menu.

Here are 2 reasons to run from terminal,
1/ like in your case - something is going wrong so terminal will stay open even after closing the program or in another workspace to show all the running "details" and of course errors if any.
Very USEFUL

2/ My biggest use is to install a liost of 50-hundrfeds of apps all at once with a re-install
sudo apt-get install (your list with spaces in between), again you need to know the exact names or it will complain - SUPER HANDY

BUT don't be afraid as you almost always have GUI options from Icons or ther Menu.

good luck

Mark

[Swamp Puppy]

ok thanks. so how would i go about opening steam with terminal?

[SRH]

Originally posted by Nailed It (FN-4221):

ok thanks. so how would i go about opening steam with terminal?

Just write "steam"(without the quotations) in terminal prompt window. What GPU do you have?

[ack0329]

It is just this simple
type "steam" (caps sensitive -linux rarely uses caps)


here is my example I just used

ack@Aarawn:~$ steam
Running Steam on ubuntu 15.10 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
[2016-04-08 20:32:20] Startup - updater built Apr 4 2016 20:55:07
[2016-04-08 20:32:20] Opted in to client beta 'publicbeta' via beta file
You are in the 'publicbeta' client beta.
[2016-04-08 20:32:20] Verifying installation...
[2016-04-08 20:32:20] Verification complete
Running Steam on ubuntu 15.10 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME has been set by the user to: /home/ack/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime
Refresh rate: 1
.......


I hope this helps, ... in linux there are almost always 2-5 ways to do anytihing don't be afraid

Cheers, Mark

[Swamp Puppy]

Originally posted by srh420:

Originally posted by Nailed It (FN-4221):

ok thanks. so how would i go about opening steam with terminal?

Just write "steam"(without the quotations) in terminal prompt window. What GPU do you have?

I type steam and get errors such as

libGL error: unable to load driver: swrast_dri.so

and

libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast

I am crossifiring two AMD/ATI RV670 Radeon HD 3690/s850 (or so my terminal says) (i know they are old but they are all i got untill i can buy a new card :/)

[SRH]

this should work for you

find ~/.steam/root/ \( -name "libgcc_s.so*" -o -name "libstdc++.so*" -o -name "libxcb.so*" \) -print -delete

if not try this

find ~/.local/share/Steam/ \( -name "libgcc_s.so*" -o -name "libstdc++.so*" -o -name "libxcb.so*" \) -print -delete

[SRH]

I not sure but i don't think crossfire works on Linux so you probably will only be using the single gpu to render your games. The proprietary driver for AMD on Linux droped support for your cards a while back so your basically stuck with the opensource driver.

[Cptsavahoe]

yea