[SOLVED] Steam/proton issues with some games, related to ALSA

coralfang · 11-06-2021, 03:37 AM

Hi, running some games through steam, on slackware -current, many of them fail to run and provide this output;

Code:

ALSA lib dlmisc.c:337:(snd_dlobj_cache_get0) Cannot open shared library libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so (/usr/lib64/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
INFO: OpenAudioDevice failed: ALSA: Couldn't open audio device: No such device or address
INFO: Assertion failed: 0 && "Failed to open audio device!"
ALSA lib dlmisc.c:337:(snd_dlobj_cache_get0) Cannot open shared library libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so (/usr/lib64/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
INFO: OpenAudioDevice failed: ALSA: Couldn't open audio device: No such device or address
wine: Unhandled page fault on read access to 0000000000000000 at address 00007F5DD802B69C (thread 018c), starting debugger...

The file however does exist:

Code:

> $ ls -lah /usr/lib64/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so                       
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 35K May 31 20:15 /usr/lib64/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so

I'm not sure where to look next. So far i have tried:
* reinstalled all base packages
* deleted ~/.steam for a fresh install
* switched to pipewire

But no changes from trying all of this. Wondering is anyone else getting this issue? And anything else i could try? Thanks.

garpu · 11-06-2021, 08:18 AM

Do you have multilib installed? Are you using pulse? Also, have you tried it through proton? (linux native Steam, their implementation of WINE.)

coralfang · 11-06-2021, 07:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by garpu

Do you have multilib installed? Are you using pulse? Also, have you tried it through proton? (linux native Steam, their implementation of WINE.)

Yes, this is only happening with some proton games as mentioned. Although it seems temperamental, as i'm now able to play one of the games https://www.protondb.com/app/1222140 , which is now running flawlessly. I think i'd only deleted the prefix in ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/1222140

I'll mark this as solved, because it's probably not slackware related, and seems to be something up with proton/steam itself.

RadicalDreamer · 11-06-2021, 08:41 PM

I use proton on Steam and I've never had this issue. Have you run

Code:

slackpkg new-config

? Did you ever use the optional replacement alsa sound server packages that replaced pulse audio for a bit on Current for those that wanted it? Is everything relevant installed in Current?

Code:

slackpkg install slackware64

What desktop environment are you using?
Check this out:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PulseAudio

Edit:
On command line type

Code:

steam --reset

.

This will make steam rebuild its pins and it will also screw with steam play so you'll have to go back and enable it in settings, and then set all the games back to the version of proton you wanted to use if it isn't the one you chose in settings.

adcdam · 11-06-2021, 08:50 PM

Hi try to launch the game that doesnt work with this in Steam:

Code:

LD_PRELOAD=~/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libSDL2-2.0.so.0 %command%

if the game works the problem is SDL2 that could be not linking to pulseaudio.
and in that case the problem could be similar to this:
https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/...NG6SPGDSRLHHU/
and if its the case its related to Slackware and perhaps SDL2 would need a rebuild.

coralfang · 11-07-2021, 02:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RadicalDreamer

Did you ever use the optional replacement alsa sound server packages that replaced pulse audio for a bit on Current for those that wanted it?

Nope.

Quote:

What desktop environment are you using?
Check this out:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PulseAudio

Primarily AwesomeWM, although doesn't seem desktop related, as same thing happens in xfce and kde.

It's as if 95% of the time, some games just fail to launch. But, without actually changing any settings, eventually they do run if you keep trying to launch them. And oddly, when a game fails to launch multiple times it starts thinking you've tried launching it from another machine, resulting in cloud saves being lost. Really frustrating lol.

adcdam · 11-07-2021, 06:59 AM

Hi did You try to launch the game that doesnt work with this in Steam?:

LD_PRELOAD=~/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libSDL2-2.0.so.0 %command%

garpu · 11-07-2021, 07:57 AM

Are you using the steam beta client, or the regular one?

adcdam · 11-07-2021, 08:45 AM

Try launching the Game with that command in either regular or beta as the problem seems to be the same.
copy that command, go to manage, properties and paste in launch options.
https://imgur.com/gkqeeak

RadicalDreamer · 11-07-2021, 02:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by coralfang

Nope.

Primarily AwesomeWM, although doesn't seem desktop related, as same thing happens in xfce and kde.

It's as if 95% of the time, some games just fail to launch. But, without actually changing any settings, eventually they do run if you keep trying to launch them. And oddly, when a game fails to launch multiple times it starts thinking you've tried launching it from another machine, resulting in cloud saves being lost. Really frustrating lol.

Did you

Code:

bash-5.1$ steam --reset

?

If that doesn't work then I have no clue. I only use Steam on one machine so I have no idea what is happening with your save files. You could remove the authorizations on other machines and see if it still does it. If that is it then you could open up an issue with Valve. https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux

coralfang · 11-07-2021, 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adcdam

Hi did You try to launch the game that doesnt work with this in Steam?:

LD_PRELOAD=~/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libSDL2-2.0.so.0 %command%

No difference as far as i can tell, other than when the game does decide to actually launch, this only seems to stop the steam overlay from functioning.

coralfang · 11-07-2021, 10:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RadicalDreamer

Did you

Code:

bash-5.1$ steam --reset

?

If that doesn't work then I have no clue. I only use Steam on one machine so I have no idea what is happening with your save files. You could remove the authorizations on other machines and see if it still does it. If that is it then you could open up an issue with Valve. https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux

Yeah, went a step further than that and deleted the whole ~/.steam directory for a fresh profile

adcdam · 11-14-2021, 08:58 PM

Im having problems with a game on Steam skyrim special edition i got this:

Code:

INFO: OpenAudioDevice failed: ALSA: Couldn't open audio device: Device or resource busy
INFO: Assertion failed: 0 && "Failed to open audio device!"

i also find this:
https://githubmemory.com/repo/ValveS...ues/357?page=2
im using current not 14.2
But the problem seems Slackware related as i asked others if they are having the same problem on other distros and not seems the case.
edit after reading this: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/ste...ime/issues/357
i was able to launch the game with:

Code:

SDL_AUDIODRIVER=pulseaudio %command%

as 414n posted:

Quote:

It seems like the pulseaudio detection code inside SDL2 fails to determine that pulseaudio is "alive and well" on the system and decides to switch to ALSA. This can be overcome by forcing the audio driver choice via the SDL_AUDIODRIVER=pulseaudio environment variable override or by making sure that the missing pulseaudio libraries (that live under /usr/lib64/pulseaudio on my system) can be found.

i have those libraries and it failed anyway until launching the game with SDL_AUDIODRIVER=pulseaudio.
i still think theres a problem with SDL2.

coralfang · 12-25-2021, 09:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adcdam

Im having problems with a game on Steam skyrim special edition i got this:

Code:

INFO: OpenAudioDevice failed: ALSA: Couldn't open audio device: Device or resource busy
INFO: Assertion failed: 0 && "Failed to open audio device!"

i also find this:
https://githubmemory.com/repo/ValveS...ues/357?page=2
im using current not 14.2
But the problem seems Slackware related as i asked others if they are having the same problem on other distros and not seems the case.
edit after reading this: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/ste...ime/issues/357
i was able to launch the game with:

Code:

SDL_AUDIODRIVER=pulseaudio %command%

as 414n posted:

i have those libraries and it failed anyway until launching the game with SDL_AUDIODRIVER=pulseaudio.
i still think theres a problem with SDL2.

Yeah seems to be a problem with Slackware's SDL. Just encountered this issue again with HITMAN 2, and only runs when adding

Code:

SDL_AUDIODRIVER=pulseaudio %command%

as you stated. Definitely looks like that is the solution/workaround.

Cheers.

volkerdi · 12-25-2021, 01:21 PM

Where are you obtaining steam from? Based on reading this entire thread:

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/ste...ime/issues/357

...I'm suspecting that the issue could be obsolete hacks made to steam rather than any problem with SDL2 (which is only minimally patched on -current).