Author |
Message |
Warrior522
Joined: 03 Aug 2010 Posts: 91
|
Posted: Mon 10 Sep 2012, 12:49 Post subject:
STEAM beta test now open |
|
http://www.steamforlinux.com/?q=en/node/99
Assuming any of us can get in, who wants to help me sort out what Puppy version can handle it best?
|
Back to top
|
|
 |
dogbert0360
Joined: 29 Sep 2012 Posts: 27
|
Posted: Sat 29 Sep 2012, 23:26 Post subject:
|
|
Hopefully someone will step up and help bring this to Puppy Linux. If I was proficient at programming I would very much like to help.
Please someone step up and do this!!!!
|
Back to top
|
|
 |
bark_bark_bark
Joined: 05 Jun 2012 Posts: 1935 Location: Wisconsin USA
|
Posted: Sun 30 Sep 2012, 07:14 Post subject:
|
|
that is just an article.
_________________ ....
|
Back to top
|
|
 |
JSonic

Joined: 21 Aug 2011 Posts: 37 Location: Finland
|
Posted: Sun 04 Nov 2012, 13:01 Post subject:
|
|
The actual query is at http://valvesoftware.com/linuxsurvey.php. I'm trying it, but with debian...
Warrior522 wrote: | Assuming any of us can get in, who wants to help me sort out what Puppy version can handle it best? |
Maybe the newest, Precise 5.4? As it has the newest software, it has also better drivers. Or maybe some gaming derivative, could be.
dogbert0360 wrote: | If I was proficient at programming... |
No need to be What reads in that survey page: "We are primarily interested in experienced Linux users."
|
Back to top
|
|
 |
crshbndct
Joined: 20 Mar 2009 Posts: 29
|
Posted: Fri 23 Nov 2012, 12:44 Post subject:
|
|
I am in the beta
I am going to install 5.41 now to test it
_________________ in the time it took me to boot windows, edit this signature, save it, and shutdown, an identical spec pc was able to boot puppy, start songbird, and reboot 3 times.
lol
|
Back to top
|
|
 |
Warrior522
Joined: 03 Aug 2010 Posts: 91
|
Posted: Fri 23 Nov 2012, 14:33 Post subject:
|
|
Great! Let me know how things go; I have both Puppy and Ubuntu, but I didn't get into the beta...
|
Back to top
|
|
 |
Haplo
Joined: 20 Nov 2012 Posts: 10
|
Posted: Sun 02 Dec 2012, 02:11 Post subject:
|
|
BooYa!
Confirmation... Steam works great (well as much as it can in Beta state) on latest Precise so far... haven't had a chance to do a whole lot just yet. Just played around in Trine2 for a bit so far. Kinda cool resuming a game from a wine install on another box. lol
Anyway - kudos to Precise Puppy. Good Dog!
Steam did almost everything too. All I did was install the .deb, let it update (about 112MB) and hello! There was the library. Then I had to dig around and get apt going for the game updates. Other than that - nice.
Kind of defeats the purpose of keeping Puppy small, but pretty cool. And it's FAST. Plus it is all still running on one 16GB USB stick lol - novelty but still geeky cool
|
Back to top
|
|
 |
Warrior522
Joined: 03 Aug 2010 Posts: 91
|
Posted: Sun 02 Dec 2012, 16:09 Post subject:
|
|
Glad to hear the Steam on Puppy process will be relatively painless; another point to Linux.
|
Back to top
|
|
 |
tlc
Joined: 08 Dec 2007 Posts: 4
|
Posted: Thu 20 Dec 2012, 11:48 Post subject:
|
|
Hmm, just installed the latest steam.deb with PPM as the beta is now open to all, but get:
Code: |
# steam
/usr/bin/steam: line 136: syntax error near unexpected token `"$package"'
/usr/bin/steam: line 136: ` NEEDSINSTALL+=("$package")'
|
Latest amd drivers installed, along with ia32-libs and libcurl etc.
Anyone else get it working?
Last edited by tlc on Thu 20 Dec 2012, 14:33; edited 1 time in total
|
Back to top
|
|
 |
nancy reagan
Joined: 22 Jan 2009 Posts: 549
|
Posted: Thu 20 Dec 2012, 13:26 Post subject:
might this test iso with apt-get help ? |
|
No tweaker at all so understand half what you are talking about. Might this link help to -however French- users forum help, where somebody made a apt-get edition with precise ?
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=82708
|
Back to top
|
|
 |
tlc
Joined: 08 Dec 2007 Posts: 4
|
Posted: Thu 20 Dec 2012, 13:43 Post subject:
|
|
Thanks, just read that and even understood a bit I think, apt-get would be an awesome addition to Puppy, but I think I'm just missing something obvious, having just switched back to Puppy after the endless grief Mint 13 was giving me.
Code: |
# gdebi steam_latest.deb
//usr/bin/dpkg: unrecognized option '--print-architecture'
BusyBox v1.19.3 (2011-11-09 07:34:50 WST) multi-call binary.
Usage: dpkg [-ilCPru] [-F OPT] PACKAGE
Install, remove and manage Debian packages
-i,--install Install the package
-l,--list List of installed packages
--configure Configure an unpackaged package
-P,--purge Purge all files of a package
-r,--remove Remove all but the configuration files for a package
--unpack Unpack a package, but don't configure it
--force-depends Ignore dependency problems
--force-confnew Overwrite existing config files when installing
--force-confold Keep old config files when installing
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
This package is uninstallable
Dependency is not satisfiable: libcurl3-gnutls (>= 7.16.2-1)
|
But I have libcurl3-gnutls_7.22.0 installed, so I tried:
Code: |
# dpkg -i --force-depends steam_latest.deb
Unpacking steam (from steam_latest.deb)...
dpkg: can't open '/var/lib/dpkg/info/steam.md5sums': No such file or directory
|
My tiny brain is out of ideas...
|
Back to top
|
|
 |
ssanubis
Joined: 10 Aug 2012 Posts: 9
|
Posted: Sun 30 Dec 2012, 13:50 Post subject:
|
|
I can confirm that Steam works for "precise puppy 5.4.3" nearly out of box. The only problem being that the script created in /usr/bin tries to call on dpkg. Comment out lines 120-149 or in other words made it look like this
Code: | #function install_extra_packages()
#{
# # Get the list of packages which are already installed
# declare -a INSTALLED
# INSTALLED=($(dpkg --get-selections "$@" 2>/dev/null | grep "\binstall$" | cut -f1))
#
# # compute the list of packages that need to be installed
# declare -a NEEDSINSTALL
# for package in "$@"; do
# found=false
# for installed in "${INSTALLED[@]}"; do
# if [[ "$package" == "$installed" ]]; then
# found=true; break
# fi
# done
# if [[ "$found" = "false" ]]; then
# NEEDSINSTALL+=("$package")
# fi
# done
#
# if [[ "${#NEEDSINSTALL[@]}" -gt 0 ]]; then
# # Call to actually do the work
# MESSAGE=$"Please enter your password to complete the Steam installation.
#
#Steam needs to install these additional packages:
#${NEEDSINSTALL[@]}"
# run_sudo "$MESSAGE" apt-get install "${NEEDSINSTALL[@]}"
# fi
#}
# |
Save it and run it. Steam updates, logs in and runs without issue, at least for me.
|
Back to top
|
|
 |
Atle
Joined: 19 Nov 2008 Posts: 600 Location: Oslo, Norway
|
Posted: Tue 22 Oct 2013, 00:45 Post subject:
|
|
It might be with Steam, that proper function of drivers from Nvidia and ATI is the real issue. As for me, in a year I still have not gotten it right with drivers for my ASUS U36SD with a Nvidia GeForce GT 520m.
That said, I can install the driver and reboot into a setup that always have left me with a black screen with a marker blinking up in the upper right corner. Th only distro I came across that did have support for this out of the box, is Sabayon.
So if there was releases that covered this issue, I think Puppy would take the lead, as this is the possible the major issue and not steam in it self.
Also I think Offline gaming is a issue where Puppy can turn "badass" as one can use stuff like Shareinternet to create a Lan Party hooked up by wire and even more innovative, to have some support for HostAPD, so that Puppy gives the world a new stage to play on:
Wlan Party:-)
|
Back to top
|
|
 |
|