Steam on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS does not work, i need help.

[Andrukles]

Hi there. I try to install Steam on my Ubuntu computer, i use Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. My computer is MSI-CX623-051NE with Nvidia 310M Cuda.
when i run steam through terminal i receive this message:

Running Steam on ubuntu 12.04 32-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1370457613_client)
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1370457613_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1370457613_client)
unlinked 0 orphaned pipes
removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 6868 with name 0eBlobRegistryMutex_C7AFFFECF67AAE6C8B771AE09D5FE7 00
removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 6868 with name 0eBlobRegistrySignal_C7AFFFECF67AAE6C8B771AE09D5FE 700
removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 6868 with name 0emSteamEngineInstance
removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 6868 with name 0eSteamEngineLock
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".

[efflandt]

It looks like you are missing GLX. Are you running the recommended experimental nvidia drivers installed using Additional Drivers, or the default nouveau video drivers?

This command should return something like this:

efflandt@xps8100-1204:~$ dpkg-query -l nvidia*
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                        Version                     Description
+++-===========================-===========================-======================================================================
un  nvidia-180-modaliases       <none>                      (no description available)
un  nvidia-185-modaliases       <none>                      (no description available)
ii  nvidia-common               1:0.2.44.2                  Find obsolete NVIDIA drivers
un  nvidia-current-modaliases   <none>                      (no description available)
rc  nvidia-experimental-304     304.48-0ubuntu0.1           Experimental NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module and VDPAU librar
ii  nvidia-experimental-310     310.14-0ubuntu0.3           Experimental NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module and VDPAU librar
ii  nvidia-settings-experimenta 304.48-0ubuntu0.1           Tool of configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
in  nvidia-settings-experimenta <none>                      (no description available)

[Andrukles]

I use the experimental driver from Ubuntu store called "Experimental NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module and VDPAU library".

[Andrukles]

helmer@helmer-MS-168A:~$ dpkg-query -l nvidia*
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
un nvidia-180-mod <none> (no description available)
un nvidia-185-mod <none> (no description available)
ii nvidia-common 1:0.2.44.2 Find obsolete NVIDIA drivers
un nvidia-current <none> (no description available)
ii nvidia-current 304.88-0ubuntu NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module and
ii nvidia-experim 310.14-0ubuntu Experimental NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kern
ii nvidia-setting 310.14-0ubuntu Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics dri
ii nvidia-setting 304.88-0ubuntu Tool of configuring the NVIDIA graphics driv

[Andrukles]

My computer use Nvidia 310M cuda.

[CatKiller]

Is that an Optimus thing?

[Perfect Storm]

A search on google says it's an optimus card, so you can't use the regular driver. You need to get the Bumblebee driver for that.


EDIT: forget what I said, there's a guide on CUDA cards here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/13150...a-discrete-car