Steam Game Client ?

adRn · 2015-12-15 17:26:33

So, Is it safe for me to install it? I've some doubts regarding enabling the multiarchitecture in busenlabs.

https://wiki.debian.org/Steam wrote:

Installation
There are packages available for Debian 8 "Jessie", Stretch and Sid.
64-bit systems (amd64)
/!\ Instructions are for Jessie and Sid systems only. Do not do this on Wheezy or you will break your system.
Add a "non-free" component to /etc/apt/sources.list, for example:
# Debian Jessie
deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free
Enable Multi-Arch and update the list of available packages:
# dpkg --add-architecture i386
# aptitude update
Install the steam package:
# aptitude install steam
Install 32-bit OpenGL libraries:
/!\ Installing the 32-bit OpenGL libraries may uninstall the 64-bit drivers you may have previously installed. Installing the AMD graphics or NVIDIA graphics drivers for your system is recommended. The appropriate OpenGL library will be installed along with those drivers.
Nvidia graphics hardware:
# aptitude install libgl1-nvidia-glx:i386
ATI/AMD graphics hardware:
# aptitude install libgl1-fglrx-glx:i386

Also, is that the way to install propietary video drivers? I'm running a Dell Inspiron 15 7548 which has a Intel i7-5500U processor with integrated video or something. Tried runing nvidia-detect from debian but it said I had no nvida... Thing is that I've a Sabayon Linux with Nvidia driver installed that runs steam with ease... I'd like to have same thing here on BL.

TY!

Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-12-15 17:33:48

adRn wrote:

Is it safe for me to install it?

Yes, I've installed it in a few Debian jessie systems with no problems.

Debian has had multiarch support for quite a while now and it is very reliable.

adRn wrote:

Also, is that the way to install propietary video drivers? I'm running a Dell Inspiron 15 7548 which has a Intel i7-5500U processor with integrated video or something. Tried runing nvidia-detect from debian but it said I had no nvida... Thing is that I've a Sabayon Linux with Nvidia driver installed that runs steam with ease... I'd like to have same thing here on BL.

You probably have an Optimus system and you should follow this guide:
https://wiki.debian.org/Bumblebee

Just to be sure, please post the output of:

lspci -knn|grep -iA2 'vga\|3d'

adRn · 2015-12-15 20:26:57

$ lspci -knn|grep -iA2 'vga\|3d'

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics [8086:1616] (rev 09)
	Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:066e]
	Kernel driver in use: i915

Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-12-15 20:34:06

Is the NVIDIA card activated in your firmware ("BIOS") options?

What is the complete output of `lspci`?

adRn · 2015-12-15 20:44:48

$ lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Host Bridge -OPI (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics (rev 09)
00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Audio Controller (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP USB xHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP MEI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev e3)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #4 (rev e3)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev e3)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP USB EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP LPC Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP SATA Controller [AHCI Mode] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP SMBus Controller (rev 03)
07:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 3160 (rev 83)

Theres no nvidia card, just some integrated graphics card into i7, thats why I wrote i7-5500U... I think that 5500U is the integrated graphics card. Sorry for the confusion... Thing is that I've Sabayon Linux with some nvidia noveau propietary drivers that make gaming possible. I don't remember the exact name of the binaries. Thought I could install the same thing on Debian... Is it possible?

Last edited by adRn (2015-12-15 20:46:00)

Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-12-15 20:50:12

Right, you have Intel Broadwell hardware and that was released *after* Debian jessie so the support isn't there.

You will have to install a newer version of the kernel and Intel video drivers from the jessie-backports repository to get full support for your hardware.

Use this command:

sudo apt edit-sources

Then add this line:

deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie-backports main

Then update your package database and install the packages:

sudo apt update
sudo apt-get install -t jessie-backports linux-image-amd64 xserver-xorg-video-intel

adRn · 2015-12-16 03:16:11

Well... it almost worked. Kernel 4.2 won't let me connect to the internet. Tried ifconfig and loopback interface is the only one listed. I understand that installing from the backports repository meaned going into the wild / unsupported way... But could you help me to diagnose what's wrong here?

Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-12-16 07:38:12

Can you post the output of:

ip l
lspci -knn|grep -iA2 net
apt-cache policy linux-image-amd64 xserver-xorg-video-intel
uname -a

The problem here is that Debian stable is unchanged after release except for security patches and critical bug fixes and you are using hardware that was produced after the release.

Arch is great for new hardware.

akisam · 2015-12-16 11:19:26

just wondering should I install the openGL libraries first or the drivers first ?

adRn · 2015-12-16 15:15:10

akisam wrote:

just wondering should I install the openGL libraries first or the drivers first ?

I've tried openGL from debian wiki (first quote on this thread) and it didnt work neither.
You may wait I've solved this and I'll post the full steps.

For the moment just enable backports and install linux-image-amd64 with xserver-xorg-video-intel (except you have AMD/ATI/radeon). If your working install doesn't connect to the internet or another problem arises after reboot, just keep in mind that in the grub menu you can go into advanced and select the supported 3.6 kernel version. That's what I'm using right now to see this thread... I'll switch to 4.2 now to grab the output of the commands that HeadOnStick asked.

Hope it works for you just after installing from backports.
That may point out my problem is somewhere else... maybe since I've disabled lightDM? I dunno :-/

Last edited by adRn (2015-12-16 15:17:22)

adRn · 2015-12-16 15:27:12

So, I'm getting some error messages during boot up about iwlwifi (driver) not loading. Anyway, here's the commands output:

adrn@debian:~$ ip l
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default 
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00

adrn@debian:~$ lspci -knn|grep -iA2 net
07:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Wireless 3160 [8086:08b3] (rev 83)
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Dual Band Wireless AC 3160 [8086:8470]

adrn@debian:~$ apt-cache policy linux-image-amd64 xserver-xorg-video-intel
linux-image-amd64:
  Installed: 4.2+68~bpo8+2
  Candidate: 4.2+68~bpo8+2
  Version table:
 *** 4.2+68~bpo8+2 0
        100 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie-backports/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.16+63 0
        500 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie/main amd64 Packages
xserver-xorg-video-intel:
  Installed: 2:2.99.917-2~bpo8+1
  Candidate: 2:2.99.917-2~bpo8+1
  Version table:
 *** 2:2.99.917-2~bpo8+1 0
        100 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie-backports/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2:2.21.15-2+b2 0
        500 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie/main amd64 Packages

adrn@debian:~$ uname -a
Linux debian 4.2.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.2.6-3~bpo8+2 (2015-12-14) x86_64 GNU/Linux

With some few extras...

adrn@debian:~$ systemctl status NetworkManager.service
● NetworkManager.service - Network Manager
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service; enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Wed 2015-12-16 12:18:57 ART; 59s ago
 Main PID: 546 (NetworkManager)
   CGroup: /system.slice/NetworkManager.service
           └─546 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon

adrn@debian:~$ sudo modprobe -r iwlwifi
adrn@debian:~$ sudo modprobe iwlwifi
adrn@debian:~$ echo "Still not working. shiatse."
Still not working. shiatse.

adrn@debian:~$ dmesg|grep iwlwifi
[    5.446984] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: Unsupported splx structure
[    5.573739] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-3160-15.ucode (-2)
[    5.573800] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-3160-15.ucode failed with error -2
[    5.573890] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-3160-14.ucode (-2)
[    5.573948] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-3160-14.ucode failed with error -2
[    5.573958] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-3160-13.ucode (-2)
[    5.574014] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-3160-13.ucode failed with error -2
[    5.574022] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-3160-12.ucode (-2)
[    5.574078] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-3160-12.ucode failed with error -2
[    5.574085] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-3160-11.ucode (-2)
[    5.574142] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-3160-11.ucode failed with error -2
[    5.574149] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-3160-10.ucode (-2)
[    5.574206] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-3160-10.ucode failed with error -2
[    5.574207] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: no suitable firmware found!
[  119.899849] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-3160-15.ucode (-2)
[  119.899853] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-3160-15.ucode failed with error -2
[  119.899865] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-3160-14.ucode (-2)
[  119.899867] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-3160-14.ucode failed with error -2
[  119.899875] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-3160-13.ucode (-2)
[  119.899877] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-3160-13.ucode failed with error -2
[  119.899886] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-3160-12.ucode (-2)
[  119.899887] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-3160-12.ucode failed with error -2
[  119.899896] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-3160-11.ucode (-2)
[  119.899897] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-3160-11.ucode failed with error -2
[  119.899905] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-3160-10.ucode (-2)
[  119.899907] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-3160-10.ucode failed with error -2
[  119.899909] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: no suitable firmware found!
[  119.901191] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: Unsupported splx structure

adrn@debian:~$ lsmod|grep iwlwifi
iwlwifi               118784  0 
cfg80211              532480  1 iwlwifi

adrn@debian:~$ ls /lib/firmware/*.ucode
/lib/firmware/iwlwifi-1000-5.ucode  /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-5150-2.ucode
/lib/firmware/iwlwifi-100-5.ucode   /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-6000-4.ucode
/lib/firmware/iwlwifi-105-6.ucode   /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-6000g2a-5.ucode
/lib/firmware/iwlwifi-135-6.ucode   /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-6000g2a-6.ucode
/lib/firmware/iwlwifi-2000-6.ucode  /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-6000g2b-6.ucode
/lib/firmware/iwlwifi-2030-6.ucode  /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-6050-4.ucode
/lib/firmware/iwlwifi-3160-7.ucode  /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-6050-5.ucode
/lib/firmware/iwlwifi-3160-8.ucode  /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-7260-7.ucode
/lib/firmware/iwlwifi-3160-9.ucode  /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-7260-8.ucode
/lib/firmware/iwlwifi-3945-2.ucode  /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-7260-9.ucode
/lib/firmware/iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode  /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-7265-8.ucode
/lib/firmware/iwlwifi-5000-2.ucode  /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-7265-9.ucode
/lib/firmware/iwlwifi-5000-5.ucode

adrn@debian:~$ apt search firmware-iwlwifi
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
firmware-iwlwifi/stable,now 0.43 all [installed]
  Binary firmware for Intel Wireless cards

/edit After googling "iwlwifi Unsupported splx structure"... and a lot of reading I've now downloaded firmware-iwlwifi deb package from sid and will try to manual install using dpkg. Let's see...

Last edited by adRn (2015-12-16 16:32:47)

Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-12-16 20:47:32

adRn wrote:

I've now downloaded firmware-iwlwifi deb package from sid and will try to manual install using dpkg. Let's see...

Worth a try but I think this is a kernel regression.

Just to note: installing .debs of firmware packages from testing/unstable is fine but don't try it with other packages

adRn · 2015-12-16 20:58:53

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

adRn wrote:
I've now downloaded firmware-iwlwifi deb package from sid and will try to manual install using dpkg. Let's see...
Worth a try but I think this is a kernel regression.
Just to note: installing .debs of firmware packages from testing/unstable is fine but don't try it with other packages

Yeah, well. It didn't worked >:(

I think I'll use another distro for gaming and multimedia. Too bad since I mostly stick with desktop usage and I'd like to have all (aforementioned activites + web browsing and some file management of photos etcetera) into one distro... I really liked crunchbang in the past and I actually like bunsenlabs. Its pretty simple and neat distro. Too bad the debian base isn't just a lil more bleeding edge in terms of hardware support. In fact, I've left crunchbang long time ago since the wheezy base system seemed too old for me. That was when I tried manjaro, mint, ... and so on I'm still looking for a simple and modern desktop

p.s. I've just installed Arch but its not working... chose syslinux/mbr instead of grub since I've ditched uefi/gpt. Agh.. its like a karma!

Last edited by adRn (2015-12-16 21:02:00)

Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-12-16 21:06:11

OK, sorry we couldn't get it working for you.

I think it's just bad luck, the newer kernel & drivers have worked for other Broadwell users.

adRn wrote:

p.s. I've just installed Arch but its not working... chose syslinux/mbr instead of grub since I've ditched uefi/gpt. Agh.. its like a karma!

Make sure you follow the Beginner's Guide, all of the YouTube videos and blog guides are outdated and/or error-ridden.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners'_guide

I find UEFI easier to set up as systemd-boot is part of the base system in Arch now.

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