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Re: Steam on Debian



Claudius Hubig wrote:
Dear Mark,

Mark Allums wrote:
Is there any (un)official Debian Steam client?  Has anyone (but me) gotten
the native Steam client running well in Debian?

I am running it in an Ubuntu 12.04 schroot (set up with debootstrap),
which has the nice side-effect that I can use whatever X drivers I
want without fiddling with my otherwise Wheezy system.

Since I usually use a self-compiled kernel, I'm currently running
3.7. Granted, the startup process is a little tricky:

- start the chroot:
  schroot -c ubuntu-1204
- start X inside the chroot:
  startxfce4 -- :1 vt08
- plug keyboard and mouse back in so that they are recognised by
  "Ubuntus" X.org
- start Steam

So far, this works nicely.

Pros:
- use the latest version of X & fully supported Ubuntu
- be able to separate Steam from the rest of the system: When I first
  tried to install it, it left a rather messy mud of libraries and
  configuration files all over my $HOME.
- Switch easily between a full-screen game and my other X server
  (CM-{7,8}).

Cons:
- Setup was not exactly straightforward, though that might have been
  due to me learning how to use debootstrap, Ubuntu and schroot
  on-the-fly.
- Needs a full Ubuntu installation:
  4,3G    /datapub/ubuntu_1204
- As noted above, I didn't get the second X to recognise my input
  devices on startup.

If you are interested in specific details, feel free to ask, but I'd
rather not type down a complete guide now.

Claudius, At what point did you unplug keyboard + mouse?

Hugo


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