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niko787

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Registered: 2022-03-10

Posts: 26

Steam won't launch

I installed arch linux with plasma desktop on my laptop hp 8560w with old nvidia gpu GF108GLM [Quadro 1000M]. I installed nvidia drivers this way:

yay -S nvidia-390xx-dkms

I installed Steam but it won't launch. If i try to launch it from terminal i get this:

steam.sh[9326]: Running Steam on arch rolling 64-bit
steam.sh[9326]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
setup.sh[9399]: Steam runtime environment up-to-date!
steam.sh[9326]: Can't find 'steam-runtime-check-requirements', continuing anyway
[2022-03-10 15:46:43] Startup - updater built Nov 22 2021 22:06:59
ILocalize::AddFile() failed to load file "public/steambootstrapper_english.txt".
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(0)
SteamUpdateUI: An X Error occurred
X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)

I think the problem is with the nvidia drivers but not sure what. Maybe missing library or conflict. I see that vulkan is also installed but my legacy card do not support vulkan (i think).

How to find what is causing this problem?

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,302

Re: Steam won't launch

You need to also ensure nvidia-390xx-utils and lib32-nvidia-390xx-utils is installed.

niko787

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Registered: 2022-03-10

Posts: 26

Re: Steam won't launch

Thanks, that fixed the issue.

Do i need to remove vulkan? I don't think it supports old nvidia cards like mine. I don't know why it was installed, probably as a dependency.

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: Steam won't launch

What got installed? From a package/logistics perspective nvidia-390xx-utils provides vulkan-driver to satisfy dependencies, which has to happen regardless, so there shouldn't be anything to remove, unless you hammered enter during the steam install and now have amdvlk installed, which you could indeed remove as it would be for amd cards anyway.

niko787

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Registered: 2022-03-10

Posts: 26

Re: Steam won't launch

In 'About this System' section there is a Vulkan entry that shows some errors:

https://imgur.com/9zMc8BJ

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: Steam won't launch

Yeah but this is generally normal as you don't have Vulkan support