Steam Client Now Lets You Enable Hardware Acceleration on Linux - 9to5Linux
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Valve released a new stable Steam Client update that that enables hardware acceleration on Linux and brings an overhauled user interface.
  • mrmanager@lemmy.today
    6·
    2 years ago

    “However, Valve notes the fact that enabling hardware acceleration on NVIDIA GPUs may cause X11 to crash.”

    Nvidia strikes again. :)

  • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de
    2·
    2 years ago

    I don’t care about hardware acceleration for a game launcher, but I sure wish they would make it use the native system widgets and theme. They need to reduce the bloat by about 95% as well.

    • Something Burger 🍔@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 years ago

      Native UI? That’s not Gamer™️ enough. To be taken seriously, you need flashy UIs with broken scrolling, useless animations, unresponsive buttons, and inconsistent widgets.

  • Ulu-Mulu-no-die@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 years ago

    Fantastic news! thanks

    beware NVIDIA tho:

    However, Valve notes the fact that enabling hardware acceleration on NVIDIA GPUs may cause X11 to crash. As such, hardware acceleration will be disabled by default for NVIDIA systems. In addition, Valve says that DPI scaling may not work correctly when hardware acceleration is disabled.

  • Open World@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 years ago

    So I just installed the latest version of Steam on Arch Linux and whenever I start it up it has a popup saying “Failure - invalid app configuration”. After I close the popup, I’m able to access Steam normally, but I’d rather not have to do that on every startup.

    Anyone having the same issue?

    • §ɦṛɛɗɗịɛ ßịⱺ𝔩ⱺɠịᵴŧ@lemmy.mlOP
      1·
      2 years ago

      According to the archlinux wiki:

      “If you are trying to run a native game using Proton but get a Steam compatibility tool error immediately after starting the game, you might have to reinstall the runtime.

      1. Navigate to your Steam library.
      2. In the dropdown above your game list check the Tools option to make them visible.
      3. Search for Proton, right click on each installed tool, visit Properties, open the Local files tab and click Verify integrity of tool files for each entry.
      4. Search for Steam Linux Runtime and repeat the same procedure. If none are available, install the latest Steam Linux Runtime - Soldier.”

      Link: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Steam/Troubleshooting

  • debased@lemmygrad.ml
    1·
    2 years ago

    Linux gamers will be happy to learn that this update makes it possible to enable hardware acceleration on the Steam Client

    :D

    However, Valve notes the fact that enabling hardware acceleration on NVIDIA GPUs may cause X11 to crash.

    oh :(