Steam on Slackware

beder · 12-27-2012, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jtsn

Intel GPUs need Mesa 9.0, otherwise Steam will crash.

I can attest to that.
In order to make Steam work in my machine (intel graphic card) I had to update libdrm and mesa.
Also worth mentioning it would be wise to remove the old versions (removepkg libdrm and mesa)
To update libdrm I just downloaded the .tar.gz and built it (configure, make, make install).
To update mesa I downloaded the mesa-9 tar.gz and used a slackbuild made for mesa-8, which worked perfectly (remember to edit the VERSION variable from the slackbuild). I had to use a slackbuild because just building it without any custom flags it was not recognizing glx anymore.

Geremia · 12-28-2012, 01:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beder

To update libdrm I just downloaded the .tar.gz

Where'd you find it?

Quote:

Originally Posted by beder

To update mesa I downloaded the mesa-9 tar.gz

Could you please provide that link, too?

Quote:

Originally Posted by beder

I had to use a slackbuild because just building it without any custom flags it was not recognizing glx anymore.

Where'd you find a slackbuild for it?

Thanks

Alien Bob · 12-28-2012, 02:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geremia

Where'd you find it?Could you please provide that link, too?Where'd you find a slackbuild for it?

Thanks

The libdrm SlackBuild and other files you need for building a package: http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackwar...urce/x/libdrm/
A libdrm download location: http://dri.freedesktop.org/libdrm/?C=M;O=D

The mesa SlackBuild and other files for building a package: http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackwar...source/x/mesa/
And a mesa source download: http://www.mesa3d.org/relnotes-9.0.1.html

Eric

beder · 12-28-2012, 05:01 PM

So trying to launch TF2 now in a machine with an Intel Graphic Card
Updated libdrm and Mesa-9

First I got the error:

Code:

Required OpenGL extension "GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc" is not supported. Please install S3TC texture support

Which was solved by launching steam with:

Code:

force_s3tc_enable=true steam

But then when launching TF2 all I get is a black screen
Looking in the console, I see errors such as those:

Code:

ompile of "vertexlit_and_unlit_generic_vs20" Failed:
//GLSLvp
#version 130
//ATTRIBMAP-00-10-20-30-A0-50-51-01-31-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx
attribute vec4 v0; // 80000000 900f0000
attribute vec4 v1; // 80000001 900f0001
attribute vec4 v2; // 80000002 900f0002
attribute vec4 v3; // 80000003 900f0003
attribute vec4 v4; // 8000000a 900f0004
attribute vec4 v5; // 80000005 900f0005
attribute vec4 v6; // 80010005 900f0006
attribute vec4 v7; // 80010000 900f0007
attribute vec4 v8; // 80010003 900f0008
//SAMPLERMASK-0
//SAMPLERTYPES-ffffffff
//HIGHWATER-50
//HIGHWATERBONE-161

Code:

Compile of "shadowmodel_ps20" Failed:
//GLSLfp
#version 130
varying vec4 oT0;
varying vec4 oT1;
varying vec4 oT2;
varying vec4 oT3;
//SAMPLERMASK-0
//SAMPLERTYPES-ffffffff
//HIGHWATER-1

buradd · 12-28-2012, 05:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beder

So trying to launch TF2 now in a machine with an Intel Graphic Card
Updated libdrm and Mesa-9

First I got the error:

Code:

Required OpenGL extension "GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc" is not supported. Please install S3TC texture support

Which was solved by launching steam with:

Code:

force_s3tc_enable=true steam

But then when launching TF2 all I get is a black screen
Looking in the console, I see errors such as those:

Code:

ompile of "vertexlit_and_unlit_generic_vs20" Failed:
//GLSLvp
#version 130
//ATTRIBMAP-00-10-20-30-A0-50-51-01-31-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx
attribute vec4 v0; // 80000000 900f0000
attribute vec4 v1; // 80000001 900f0001
attribute vec4 v2; // 80000002 900f0002
attribute vec4 v3; // 80000003 900f0003
attribute vec4 v4; // 8000000a 900f0004
attribute vec4 v5; // 80000005 900f0005
attribute vec4 v6; // 80010005 900f0006
attribute vec4 v7; // 80010000 900f0007
attribute vec4 v8; // 80010003 900f0008
//SAMPLERMASK-0
//SAMPLERTYPES-ffffffff
//HIGHWATER-50
//HIGHWATERBONE-161

Code:

Compile of "shadowmodel_ps20" Failed:
//GLSLfp
#version 130
varying vec4 oT0;
varying vec4 oT1;
varying vec4 oT2;
varying vec4 oT3;
//SAMPLERMASK-0
//SAMPLERTYPES-ffffffff
//HIGHWATER-1

I get an error trying to launch TF2 on slackware 64 current using AMD proprietary drivers 9.002 (catalyst 12.10)

Says I may need to reinstall driver but it was just compiled right after I built all the deps, just before installing steamclient

Geremia · 12-28-2012, 06:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alien Bob

The libdrm SlackBuild and other files you need for building a package: http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackwar...urce/x/libdrm/

Thanks for the links

buradd · 12-28-2012, 08:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by buradd

I get an error trying to launch TF2 on slackware 64 current using AMD proprietary drivers 9.002 (catalyst 12.10)

Says I may need to reinstall driver but it was just compiled right after I built all the deps, just before installing steamclient

the error i'm getting is

Code:

Could not find required OpenGL entry point 'glColorMaskIndexedEXT'! Either your video card is unsupported, or your OpenGL driver needs to be updated.

jtsn · 12-29-2012, 01:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beder

So trying to launch TF2 now in a machine with an Intel Graphic Card
Updated libdrm and Mesa-9

First you have to find out, if your GPU/driver actually supports the minimum requirements:

Code:

glxinfo | grep ^OpenGL

414N · 12-29-2012, 02:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beder

So trying to launch TF2 now in a machine with an Intel Graphic Card
Updated libdrm and Mesa-9

First I got the error:

Code:

Required OpenGL extension "GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc" is not supported. Please install S3TC texture support

Which was solved by launching steam with:

Code:

force_s3tc_enable=true steam

That's not the way to solve it, but only a workaround for the s3tc check.
You should install the libtxc-dxtn library (there's a SlackBuild on SBo), because mainline mesa lacks a way to decompress S3-compressed textures.
Be aware of the US patent restrictions, though...
@buradd: it seems like you'll have to install the Catalyst Beta drivers to make TF2 run. They probably "overlooked" that extension (it requires OpenGL 2 so it's not that new...) and are implementing it right now because TF2 requires it

Geremia · 12-29-2012, 03:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beder

I can attest to that.
In order to make Steam work in my machine (intel graphic card) I had to update libdrm and mesa.
Also worth mentioning it would be wise to remove the old versions (removepkg libdrm and mesa)
To update libdrm I just downloaded the .tar.gz and built it (configure, make, make install).
To update mesa I downloaded the mesa-9 tar.gz and used a slackbuild made for mesa-8, which worked perfectly (remember to edit the VERSION variable from the slackbuild). I had to use a slackbuild because just building it without any custom flags it was not recognizing glx anymore.

Okay, I did all this, but now I get the segfault error mentioned earlier in this thread…

UPDATE: Wait, I was supposed to build 32 bit packages of mesa and libdrmb, no? That's probably why, then… I built and installed 64 bit packages.

Martinus2u · 12-29-2012, 04:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alien Bob

The libdrm SlackBuild and other files you need for building a package: http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackwar...urce/x/libdrm/
A libdrm download location: http://dri.freedesktop.org/libdrm/?C=M;O=D

The mesa SlackBuild and other files for building a package: http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackwar...source/x/mesa/
And a mesa source download: http://www.mesa3d.org/relnotes-9.0.1.html

Eric

Good info. What I'd like to add: users of intel graphics should regularly check the intel recommendations on http://intellinuxgraphics.org/ . The page links to the download sites via http://intellinuxgraphics.org/download.html and gives a recommendation of components, currently http://intellinuxgraphics.org/2012Q4.html .

Of course, myself I've given up on intel some time ago when I went through the craziness of compiling everything myself including the xorg server in the elusive hunt for stable graphics.

414N · 12-29-2012, 04:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geremia

UPDATE: Wait, I was supposed to build 32 bit packages of mesa and libdrmb, no?

Precisely.

ponce · 12-29-2012, 04:41 AM

I think it's not a mistake to have installed the x86_64 versions of those packages if steam needs 32 bit stuff, mesa and libdrm will be needed by the 64bit X.

You just have, in addition, to build also the 32bit versions of those, run convertpkg-compat32 on them and install the resulting *-compat32-* packages.

414N · 12-29-2012, 05:01 AM

For building compat32 packages from "scratch" you can try using my build32.sh script which, given a SlackBuild script as input, modifies a copy of it on-the-fly and runs it to compile/build a compat32 package.
It works ok for most packages (like libdrm).
It relies on the /etc/profile.d/32dev.sh file to set the proper 32-bit environment variables, so make sure it's present in your multilib setup.
Mesa is just one of those packages that need some tuning to build as 32-bit and, therefore, you'll probably be better using a dedicated compat32-SlackBuild file because build32.sh will fail miserably.
One need to force the compilation to 32 bit using 2 configure flags (--enable-32-bit --disable-64-bit), otherwise the build system picks up 64-bit asm files and tries to compile them as 32-bit code.
I guess this is due to the "as" assembler being 64 bit only on a "normal" Slackware64 multilib system, but I need to check on that before other assumptions.

Geremia · 12-29-2012, 07:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ponce

You just have, in addition, to build also the 32bit versions of those, run convertpkg-compat32 on them and install the resulting *-compat32-* packages.

Excellent
Thanks
I didn't know about convertpkg-compat32.

What's the difference between a simple 32 bit package and a '32-bit compatibility' package?