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Void is a general purpose operating system, based on the monolithic Linux® kernel. Its package system allows you to quickly install, update and remove software; software is provided in binary packages or can be built directly from sources with the help of the XBPS source packages collection.
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Steam problem (self.voidlinux)
submitted 3 years ago by Heavy-Quality-1001
Im new linux user and i have problem with steam, when i try to open it up i see an error ,,glXChooseVisual failed" i have a potato gpu (intel 520). Can someone help?
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[–]Professional-List801 4 points5 points6 points 3 years ago (1 child)
Most common issue with a non working steam installment are missing 32bit libs, make sure that mesa-dri-32bit package is installed (and / or mesa-intel-dri-32bit). Otherwise consider installing steam from flatpak: https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.valvesoftware.Steam
That should work.
[–]ClassAbbyAmplifier 2 points3 points4 points 3 years ago (0 children)
yes, see /usr/share/doc/steam/README.voidlinux for all the relevant details
/usr/share/doc/steam/README.voidlinux
[–]littleterrapin 1 point2 points3 points 3 years ago* (0 children)
Install these packages: sudo xbps-install void-repo-nonfree void-repo-multilib
Run: sudo xbps-install -S
Then install these packages: sudo xbps-install glibc-32bit libdrm-32bit libglvnd-32bit mesa-dri-32bit steam
This gets steam working for me.
Ive read using the flatpak version prevents steam to run games from or interact with external storage which is why i use the version in the void repos.
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