Steam on Linux

Lord Dave · « **on:** December 04, 2013, 02:04:36 AM »

So I'm trying this again, but now with Debain (so I don't have to worry about Ubuntu's compatibility issues with ATI legacy drivers).

Unfortunately I'm having an issue that doesn't seem to exist...

I'm missing libatiuki.so.1

My first problem is that I'm not even sure where it should go.
My second problem is that it doesn't appear to be in the debian repositories.

I'm on Wheezy and I'd rather not upgrade to Jessie(which has steam in it's repository) unless it's relatively stable.

Unless someone knows of another option...

xasop · « **Reply #1 on:** December 04, 2013, 02:07:09 AM »

libatiuki.so.1 is provided by the non-free AMD video driver. I would recommend using the open-source driver unless you know you need the proprietary one; AMD cards actually have very good open-source driver support. I use it myself with Steam.

Also, upgrading to jessie shouldn't pose a problem for your use case.

Lord Dave · « **Reply #2 on:** December 04, 2013, 02:13:56 AM »

Quote from: Parsifal on December 04, 2013, 02:07:09 AM

libatiuki.so.1 is provided by the non-free AMD video driver. I would recommend using the open-source driver unless you know you need the proprietary one; AMD cards actually have very good open-source driver support. I use it myself with Steam.

Also, upgrading to jessie shouldn't pose a problem for your use case.

Which is odd because I have the non-free driver.

I installed it because the open source drivers are great but only for the 5000 series and up. I have the 4890 and it sucks. Or at least it did in Ubuntu. Does Debian use a different driver?

xasop · « **Reply #3 on:** December 04, 2013, 02:31:49 AM »

Quote from: Lord Dave on December 04, 2013, 02:13:56 AM

Which is odd because I have the non-free driver.

Just install the non-free driver from the Debian repository. Then everything should work.

Quote from: Lord Dave on December 04, 2013, 02:13:56 AM

I installed it because the open source drivers are great but only for the 5000 series and up. I have the 4890 and it sucks. Or at least it did in Ubuntu. Does Debian use a different driver?

It's probably the same driver, although according to the man page, the 4890 is supported. I have a 6850, though, so I can't comment on how well it runs on the 4890.

Lord Dave · « **Reply #4 on:** December 05, 2013, 12:08:38 AM »

Yeah, the non-free drivers are from the repository. But I'm on a 64-bit system so that might have something to do with it. Dunno honestly.

I'm gonna continue screwing around with packets trying to get the legacy drivers uninstalled so I can re-install them without the reinstall argument.

beardo · « **Reply #5 on:** December 05, 2013, 07:05:09 AM »

I'm also having problems with video drivers, and I use a 4870. I could install steam, but I can't launch it due to missing some libraries or something.

Lord Dave · « **Reply #6 on:** December 06, 2013, 01:19:52 AM »

Quote from: beardo on December 05, 2013, 07:05:09 AM

I'm also having problems with video drivers, and I use a 4870. I could install steam, but I can't launch it due to missing some libraries or something.

libatiuki.so.1?

Lord Dave · « **Reply #7 on:** December 06, 2013, 01:29:41 AM »

Got it working.

I had to grab an RPM, extract the file, and throw that into /usr/lib

And it did give me an error about OpenGL not having direct rendering but steam loaded.

beardo · « **Reply #8 on:** December 06, 2013, 08:38:50 AM »

Quote from: Lord Dave on December 06, 2013, 01:19:52 AM

Quote from: beardo on December 05, 2013, 07:05:09 AM
I'm also having problems with video drivers, and I use a 4870. I could install steam, but I can't launch it due to missing some libraries or something.
libatiuki.so.1?

I don't remember. I haven't been running debian in a while.

xasop · « **Reply #9 on:** March 23, 2014, 05:40:14 PM »

I just fixed a bug in Debian that prevented me from playing FTL:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=742433

Now that it's fixed, I will proceed to play FTL on Linux. And so can you!

jroa · « **Reply #10 on:** March 23, 2014, 05:51:34 PM »

Debian might implement your fix in 6 to 8 years.

xasop · « **Reply #11 on:** March 23, 2014, 06:40:35 PM »

Quote from: jroa on March 23, 2014, 05:51:34 PM

Debian might implement your fix in 6 to 8 years.

More like 6 to 8 weeks at most, but nice try.

jroa · « **Reply #12 on:** March 23, 2014, 06:46:45 PM »

Yes, because Debian is so quick about implementing fixes.

xasop · « **Reply #13 on:** March 23, 2014, 06:52:05 PM »

Quote from: jroa on March 23, 2014, 06:46:45 PM

Yes, because Debian is so quick about implementing fixes.

Having submitted several patches to Debian before, I can assure you that yes, they are. 6 to 8 weeks is pretty quick considering it's both a volunteer project and the largest distribution of free software in existence.