Alienware steam machine running Ubuntu 16.04 (Help)

[TaintedGames]

Ok guys i have an Alainware steam machine running Ubuntu 16.04 I need to know how to install the drivers for the steam machine and also install the version of steam that comes with a steam machine like the one i have. The problem is i can no longer change the led colors on my alien ware throught steam. is there anyone out there that knows how this can be done.

[TinMan1325]

#3 for drivers
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/04/10-things-to-do-after-installing-ubuntu-16-04-lts

[TaintedGames]

i have those drivers installed i need the custom drivers that allow steam to control the led's on the front of the computer.

[TinMan1325]

Oops sorry. I'm not sure

[ProfessorKaos64]

Pretty sure Alienware has those on their website for that model. I don't think Valve provides those.

[TaintedGames]

they dont iv looked all they have is the recovery image for the model i have.

[Balderick]

Proprietary software supporting linux was promised iirc

The dell support pages for steam machine alpha are shockingly bad.

Did you create or have a image in recovry partition allready? You should see an entry for clonezilaa in grub list. Ifyou do you could try restoring it too another drive so that you can double check that alienfx and hivemind are installed or not.

If the restore image you have or the one dwnloadable from dell do not hivemind or alienfx installed then you truelly are up the proverbial creek.

[superm1]

The driver is already part of the Linux kernel (it's called Alienware WMI). If it's not working on Ubuntu it's probably because you don't have steamos base files installed on Ubuntu. There is code in there that will broker the interaction with this driver and with Steam client.

[Redface]

I have the following modules for alienware_wmi loaded on my alienware steammachine running steamos:

desktop@steamos:~$ lsmod|grep alien
alienware_wmi 16384 0
wmi 20480 1 alienware_wmi

check if you have those loaded already with lsmod

There is also a script called /usr/bin/alienware_wmi_control.sh

and that refers to files under /sys/devices/platform/alienware-wmi

If you have that kernel module loaded already then its only a question about which deb file to find from the steamos installer (I assume its in a deb file, but do not know for sure) and then try to install that on your Ubuntu