[SOLVED] Steam won't launch
by v32itas from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4TNAC)
After installing and configuring Nvidia drivers on Slackware 14.2 (multilib) successfully, I had an issue with steam where steam launched from terminal outputs just (steam worked fine with default nouveau)
Code:Couldn't find dpkg, please update steamdeps for your distribution.
Actually, don't worry - this is Slackware!
Running Steam on slackware 14.2 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Pins up-to-date!the issue which was not solved here https://steamcommunity.com/app/22141...2851360463413/
and had some suggestions here https://github.com/ValveSoftware/ste...ux/issues/5166
Simply reinstalling nvidia-driver via sboinstall with multilib variable
Code:#COMPAT32="yes" sboinstall nvidia-driver solved the issue. ( I also cleared ~/.steam ~/.local/share/Steam/ and reinstalled steam but I doubt it was relevant )
Code:Couldn't find dpkg, please update steamdeps for your distribution.
Actually, don't worry - this is Slackware!
Running Steam on slackware 14.2 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Pins up-to-date!the issue which was not solved here https://steamcommunity.com/app/22141...2851360463413/
and had some suggestions here https://github.com/ValveSoftware/ste...ux/issues/5166
Simply reinstalling nvidia-driver via sboinstall with multilib variable
Code:#COMPAT32="yes" sboinstall nvidia-driver solved the issue. ( I also cleared ~/.steam ~/.local/share/Steam/ and reinstalled steam but I doubt it was relevant )