#!/usr/bin/env bash # steam-runtime is a mess with old libraries from Ubuntu 12.04 # so native drivers compiled on anything newer may not load # if we remove some bundled libs, like gcclibs, native drivers # will be able to load, because system libs will be used instead # # but we have to do this everytime when we launch steam, because # steam-runtime is being fixed right away by steam client remove_some_bundled_libs () { # force steam to use some system libraries find /home/$USER/.local/share/Steam -name 'libxcb*' -type f | grep -v installed | xargs rm -rf find /home/$USER/.local/share/Steam -name 'libstdc++.so.6*' -type f | grep -v installed | xargs rm -rf find /home/$USER/.local/share/Steam -name 'libgcc_s*' -type f | grep -v installed | xargs rm -rf } preload_some_system_libs () { export LD_PRELOAD='/usr/lib32/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.9.3/32/libstdc++.so.6 /usr/lib32/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.9.3/32/libgcc_s.so.1 /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.9.3/libgcc_s.so.1 /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.9.3/32/libstdc++.so.6' # steam must be told where nvidia opengl libs live on gentoo systems # but this will break optimus, so check if we detect bbswitch in here # if we do, we do not preload nvidia opengl, as it will break steam if [[ "$(lsmod|grep nvidia)" && "$(lsmod|grep bbswitch)" ]] ; then echo "" echo "nvidia optimus detected, we will not preload nvidia libs" echo "" elif [[ "$(lsmod|grep nvidia)" && ! "$(lsmod|grep bbswitch)" ]] ; then echo "" echo "nvidia optimus not detected, we will preload nvidia libs" echo "" export LD_LIBRARY_PATH='$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/lib32/opengl/nvidia/lib:/usr/lib64/opengl/nvidia/lib' export __GLVND_DISALLOW_PATCHING=1 else echo "" echo "no nvidia card detected, moving on" echo "" fi } launch_steam () { remove_some_bundled_libs preload_some_system_libs export DISPLAY=:0 steam } launch_steam