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I'm getting this when trying to run a newley installed steam in debian 8
ILocalize::AddFile() failed to load file "public/steambootstrapper_english.txt".
[2015-05-29 23:50:34] Startup - updater built Aug 26 2014 15:35:42
libGL error: No matching fbConfigs or visuals found
libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
SteamUpdateUI: An X Error occurred
X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
I have an NVIDIA geforce gtx 970 and I installed the drivers with the smxi script.
Nevermind! I googled around and found that alot of people had trouble with proprietary NVIDIA drivers and steam so I tried using the drivers in the experimental repositories and steam works fine.
That's the basic instructions on how to install Nvidia drivers "the debian way", except replace Jessie with Experimental, and install your kernel headers by themselves, then when you install nvidia-kernel-dkms, do an 'apt-get install -t experimental nvidia-kernel-dkms' in order to make sure it installs the newer 352 drivers (currently) instead of the older 340.
Maybe not the best worded. After adding the experimental repositories:
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