Steam games won't launch

[Christoffer]

This is a problem I've also had with previous Linux installations and other games. I was lucky with my other games as they all run just fine.

When trying trying to launch, in this case Super Hexagon, it just prepares to launch and then does nothing afterwards except syncing my files to the cloud:
http://i.giphy.com/3oEdv5jtECNTFPRdFS.gif

I also had that problem with Metro: Last Light on Point Linux.
Is it a problem that the game developer has to fix or is it client-side?

Anyone have any clue of what could be the problem?
Thanks in advance :-)

[MoroS]

Hi. For starters try starting Steam in the terminal and try launching a game. With a little luck you should get some output in the terminal on why the game doesn't start.

[Christoffer]

Hi. For starters try starting Steam in the terminal and try launching a game. With a little luck you should get some output in the terminal on why the game doesn't start.

Uh, looks like we got some action from the terminal. This is my output:

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libGL error: unable to load driver: radeonsi_dri.so
libGL error: driver pointer missing
libGL error: failed to load driver: radeonsi
libGL error: unable to load driver: swrast_dri.so
libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  156 (GLX)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  3 (X_GLXCreateContext)
  Value in failed request:  0x0
  Serial number of failed request:  102
  Current serial number in output stream:  103
Game removed: AppID 221640 "Super Hexagon", ProcID 20145


Looks like I'm missing some drivers for my GPU. Correct?

[MoroS]

That might not be the issue yet. What kind of graphics card do you have and which drivers are you using (open vs proprietary)?

[Christoffer]

That might not be the issue yet. What kind of graphics card do you have and which drivers are you using (open vs proprietary)?

I have an R9 290X. To be honest with you, I have no idea what drivers I'm using. Is there a way to check?

EDIT: I mean, I haven't installed AMD Catalyst or whatever.

[MoroS]

So you're probably using the open drivers. Post the output of lsmod and we'll see.

[Christoffer]

So you're probably using the open drivers. Post the output of lsmod and we'll see.

Here you go:

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Module                  Size  Used by
cfg80211              405538  0
binfmt_misc            16949  1
nfsd                  263032  2
auth_rpcgss            51211  1 nfsd
oid_registry           12419  1 auth_rpcgss
nfs_acl                12511  1 nfsd
nfs                   188136  0
lockd                  83389  2 nfs,nfsd
fscache                45542  1 nfs
sunrpc                237402  6 nfs,nfsd,auth_rpcgss,lockd,nfs_acl
x86_pkg_temp_thermal    12951  0
intel_powerclamp       17159  0
intel_rapl             17356  0
coretemp               12820  0
kvm                   388635  0
snd_usb_audio         135354  1
snd_usbmidi_lib        23388  1 snd_usb_audio
snd_rawmidi            26806  1 snd_usbmidi_lib
crc32_pclmul           12915  0
snd_seq_device         13132  1 snd_rawmidi
snd_hda_codec_realtek    67127  1
ghash_clmulni_intel    12978  0
snd_hda_codec_generic    63107  1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
eeepc_wmi              12600  0
radeon               1345162  4
asus_wmi               22781  1 eeepc_wmi
sparse_keymap          12818  1 asus_wmi
rfkill                 18867  3 cfg80211,asus_wmi
mxm_wmi                12515  0
joydev                 17063  0
evdev                  17445  26
aesni_intel           151423  0
ttm                    77862  1 radeon
aes_x86_64             16719  1 aesni_intel
drm_kms_helper         49210  1 radeon
lrw                    12757  1 aesni_intel
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     45118  1
gf128mul               12970  1 lrw
drm                   249955  7 ttm,drm_kms_helper,radeon
glue_helper            12695  1 aesni_intel
ablk_helper            12572  1 aesni_intel
snd_soc_rt5640         82832  0
i2c_algo_bit           12751  1 radeon
cryptd                 14516  3 ghash_clmulni_intel,aesni_intel,ablk_helper
snd_soc_rl6231         12442  1 snd_soc_rt5640
psmouse                98616  0
snd_hda_intel          26327  5
pcspkr                 12595  0
snd_soc_core          147254  1 snd_soc_rt5640
serio_raw              12849  0
snd_hda_controller     26727  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_compress           17197  1 snd_soc_core
snd_hda_codec         104463  5 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_controller
snd_hwdep              13148  2 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                88662  7 snd_soc_rt5640,snd_usb_audio,snd_soc_core,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_controller
snd_timer              26614  1 snd_pcm
regmap_i2c             12783  1 snd_soc_rt5640
snd                    65244  26 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_usb_audio,snd_soc_core,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device,snd_compress
tpm_infineon           16844  0
soundcore              13026  2 snd,snd_hda_codec
tpm_tis                17182  0
battery                13356  0
tpm                    31511  2 tpm_tis,tpm_infineon
snd_soc_sst_acpi       12559  0
mei_me                 17941  0
i2c_designware_platform    12645  0
shpchp                 31121  0
mei                    74977  1 mei_me
video                  18096  1 asus_wmi
i2c_designware_core    12813  1 i2c_designware_platform
processor              28221  0
acpi_pad               21165  0
wmi                    17339  2 mxm_wmi,asus_wmi
button                 12944  0
loop                   26605  0
fuse                   83350  1
parport_pc             26300  0
ppdev                  16782  0
lp                     17074  0
parport                35749  3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
autofs4                35529  2
ext4                  473802  2
crc16                  12343  1 ext4
mbcache                17171  1 ext4
jbd2                   82413  1 ext4
hid_generic            12393  0
usbhid                 44460  0
sg                     29973  0
sd_mod                 44356  4
crc_t10dif             12431  1 sd_mod
sr_mod                 21903  0
crct10dif_generic      12581  0
cdrom                  47424  1 sr_mod
ahci                   33291  2
crct10dif_pclmul       13387  1
libahci                27158  1 ahci
crct10dif_common       12356  3 crct10dif_pclmul,crct10dif_generic,crc_t10dif
ehci_pci               12512  0
crc32c_intel           21809  0
ehci_hcd               69837  1 ehci_pci
xhci_hcd              148881  0
libata                177457  2 ahci,libahci
e1000e                203664  0
scsi_mod              191405  4 sg,libata,sd_mod,sr_mod
ptp                    17692  1 e1000e
usbcore               195340  6 snd_usb_audio,snd_usbmidi_lib,ehci_hcd,ehci_pci,usbhid,xhci_hcd
pps_core               17225  1 ptp
usb_common             12440  1 usbcore
thermal                17559  0
fan                    12681  0
thermal_sys            27642  6 fan,video,intel_powerclamp,thermal,processor,x86_pkg_temp_thermal
sdhci_acpi             12810  0
sdhci                  35153  1 sdhci_acpi
mmc_core              102374  2 sdhci,sdhci_acpi
i2c_hid                17410  0
hid                   102264  3 i2c_hid,hid_generic,usbhid
i2c_core               46012  8 drm,snd_soc_rt5640,i2c_hid,i2c_designware_platform,regmap_i2c,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,radeon

[MoroS]

It's the open driver alright. This issue is pretty known already:

https://github.com/anyc/steam-overlay/issues/102
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-runtime/issues/13
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-runtime/issues/14

What you can try to do is to move the "libstdc++.so.6" and "libgcc_s.so.1" out of the "~/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/" folder (back them up somewhere), restarting Steam and trying to run the game again.

[Christoffer]

It's the open driver alright. This issue is pretty known already:

https://github.com/anyc/steam-overlay/issues/102
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-runtime/issues/13
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-runtime/issues/14

What you can try to do is to move the "libstdc++.so.6" and "libgcc_s.so.1" out of the "~/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/" folder (back them up somewhere), restarting Steam and trying to run the game again.

Thanks, I'll try it as soon as my other (sigh!) problem is fixed...
http://sparkylinux.org/forum/index.php/topic,2991.0.html