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kgkn

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Registered: 2022-08-03

Posts: 12

[SOLVED] Steam doesn't launch with nvidia gpu

OS: Arch Linux
Kernel: 5.18.15-arch1-2
Packages: 835 (pacman)
Shell: bash 5.1.16
Resolution: 1920x1080
DE: Plasma 5.25.
WM: KWin
Theme: [Plasma], Breeze [GTK2/3]
Icons: [Plasma], breeze-dark [GTK2/3]
Terminal: konsole
CPU: Intel i5-10400F (12) @ 4.300GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Memory: 1783MiB / 15917MiB

When launching steam from console this just comes up and nothing happens

[kgkn@kgknARCH ~]$ steam
steam.sh[3091]: Running Steam on arch rolling 64-bit
steam.sh[3091]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
setup.sh[3163]: Steam runtime environment up-to-date!
steam.sh[3091]: Can't find 'steam-runtime-check-requirements', continuing anyway
[2022-08-03 22:33:38] 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

first time linux a week ago and don't know what I'm doing most of the time

Last edited by kgkn (2022-08-04 20:55:27)

JaydenDev

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Registered: 2022-07-11

Posts: 172

Re: [SOLVED] Steam doesn't launch with nvidia gpu

Try this:

sudo usermod -a -G video username

It adds "username" to group "video".

Last edited by JaydenDev (2022-08-03 20:48:53)

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kgkn

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Registered: 2022-08-03

Posts: 12

Re: [SOLVED] Steam doesn't launch with nvidia gpu

the error randomly changed to this
[kgkn@kgknARCH ~]$ steam
steam.sh[5801]: Running Steam on arch rolling 64-bit
steam.sh[5801]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
setup.sh[5873]: Steam runtime environment up-to-date!
steam.sh[5801]: Can't find 'steam-runtime-check-requirements', continuing anyway
[kgkn@kgknARCH ~]$

using sudo usermod -a -G video username also didn't do anything sadly

JaydenDev

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Registered: 2022-07-11

Posts: 172

Re: [SOLVED] Steam doesn't launch with nvidia gpu

the error randomly changed to this
[kgkn@kgknARCH ~]$ steam
steam.sh[5801]: Running Steam on arch rolling 64-bit
steam.sh[5801]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
setup.sh[5873]: Steam runtime environment up-to-date!
steam.sh[5801]: Can't find 'steam-runtime-check-requirements', continuing anyway
[kgkn@kgknARCH ~]$

using sudo usermod -a -G video username also didn't do anything sadly

Try installing the lib32-nvidia-utils package

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System Specs:
Intel Core i5-2400 Nvidia GTX 1050ti Logitech G402 Hyperion Fury (Mouse) BestBuy Essentials USB Keyboard
Software Specifications:
Desktop Environment: KDE Plasma Window Manager: KWin Operating System: Arch Linux (btw)

kgkn

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Registered: 2022-08-03

Posts: 12

Re: [SOLVED] Steam doesn't launch with nvidia gpu

did it but still same problem

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,208

Re: [SOLVED] Steam doesn't launch with nvidia gpu

Make sure you fulfill the preconditions mentioned in https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Steam#Installation particularly generating an en_us locale.

Also post in code tags

locale
locale -a

Since you're on Plasma you might run into https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Locale … g_language

kgkn

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Registered: 2022-08-03

Posts: 12

Re: [SOLVED] Steam doesn't launch with nvidia gpu

Is it a problem that there are 2 en-US?

 [kgkn@kgknARCH ~]$ sudo locale-gen
[sudo] password for kgkn: 
Generating locales...
  en_US.UTF-8... done
  en_US.UTF-8... done
Generation complete.
[kgkn@kgknARCH ~]$ 

kgkn

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Re: [SOLVED] Steam doesn't launch with nvidia gpu

also I followed the installation guide but still no luck

kgkn

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Re: [SOLVED] Steam doesn't launch with nvidia gpu

tried removing .local/share/steam and reinstalling. Now I'm getting this message

[kgkn@kgknARCH ~]$ steam

(process:11042): Gtk-WARNING **: 14:27:16.152: Locale not supported by C library.
        Using the fallback 'C' locale.
bin_steam.sh[11034]: Setting up Steam content in /home/kgkn/.local/share/Steam
gio: Setting attribute metadata::trusted not supported
steam.sh[11034]: Running Steam on arch rolling 64-bit
steam.sh[11034]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
setup.sh[11125]: Updating Steam runtime environment...

(process:11133): Gtk-WARNING **: 14:27:23.261: Locale not supported by C library.
        Using the fallback 'C' locale.
steam.sh[11034]: Can't find 'steam-runtime-check-requirements', continuing anyway
[kgkn@kgknARCH ~]$ 

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: [SOLVED] Steam doesn't launch with nvidia gpu

Post the output of the command I asked for, your locale setup is broken.

kgkn

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Posts: 12

Re: [SOLVED] Steam doesn't launch with nvidia gpu

 [kgkn@kgknARCH ~]$ locale
locale -a
locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
LANG=en_DK.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="en_DK.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC=en_DK.UTF-8
LC_TIME=en_DK.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE="en_DK.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY=en_DK.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES="en_DK.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_DK.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_DK.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_DK.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_DK.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT=en_DK.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_DK.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=
locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_COLLATE to default locale: No such file or directory
C
C.UTF-8
POSIX
en_US.utf8
[kgkn@kgknARCH ~]$ 

kgkn

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Posts: 12

Re: [SOLVED] Steam doesn't launch with nvidia gpu

Should I just follow the steps from the wiki on how to make local again? will that fix the issue?

V1del

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Posts: 25,208

Re: [SOLVED] Steam doesn't launch with nvidia gpu

Generation of the locale went fine, but the actual locale you've configured to be used is incorrect, which is due to a bug in plasma's locale configuration tool. Either delete ~/.config/plasma-localerc or look at the file, and change all occurences of en_DK.UTF-8 to en_US.UTF-8

Last edited by V1del (2022-08-04 13:07:25)

kgkn

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Re: [SOLVED] Steam doesn't launch with nvidia gpu

Yesss!! that was the problem is works now thank you so much for helping!

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Steam doesn't launch with nvidia gpu

the actual locale you've configured to be used is incorrect, which is due to a bug in plasma's locale configuration tool

"Undesired"?

grep en_DK /etc/locale.gen

That's actually a thing and frequenty suggested as workaround for couldyoupleasejustswitchtothemetricsystemlikeeveryoneelseontheplanet - the DK was a completely random pick, standing in for "continental europe"

You may generate and use the locale if you want to use the English language, but not there whacky system to measure things.

Edit: in any event please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

Last edited by seth (2022-08-04 14:05:56)

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butchy10

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Registered: 2024-09-08

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Re: [SOLVED] Steam doesn't launch with nvidia gpu

I had a similar issue, I stupidly skimmed the docs instead of reading properly and forgot to install a package:

lib32-nvidia-390xx-utils

and forgot to set my locale to en_US also. After doing that - it lives!!

Last edited by butchy10 (2024-09-08 00:29:34)