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koberkober

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Registered: 2011-11-18

Posts: 10

Cant run a steam game with nvidia optimus

Hi,

I am trying to run steam games with Bumblebee and therefore I installed everything like mentioned here : https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/bumblebee

If I test my bumblebee install with

 optirun glxspheres64 

or

 optirun glxspheres32 

everything works fine.

If i start steam without optirun, therefore on my internal intel graphics card, everything works fine, no errors.
If i try to start steam by

 optirun steam 

and the try to launch a game, e.g. Dota2, the screen flickers for a moment and then dota2 is closed again.
I piped the output into a file to provide you with the information you might need :

http://pastebin.com/gmn9gGLk

As far as I know i have all the necessary 32-bit libraries installed, but maybe I'm wrong.
EDIT: Turns out that the only game that has problems is Dota2!

Please tell me which output you need in order to help me,

Thank you all in advance

Last edited by koberkober (2014-07-02 13:49:23)

0mark

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From: earth

Registered: 2010-06-09

Posts: 162

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Re: Cant run a steam game with nvidia optimus

I have the same problem. I tested with enemy-territory, that works fine. Steam games do not work, no matter if i start steam with optirun or only the game. I tested with Counter Strike, Portal 2 and Dust.
If i use primus instead of virtualgl the games do start. But when i use primus, no matter if with steam or anything else, the system freeze completely, either after i end the game or after a few seconds.
I did some research, but that only got me here. I tried to disable compositing and power management.
Im out of ideas.

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aligator

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Registered: 2013-10-07

Posts: 75

Re: Cant run a steam game with nvidia optimus

Use primusrun. It works better with steam.