I have a question on using the software manager to install steam in Mint to my PC (RTX 3090). I hope this is the place to start, if not let me know. Here is the problem: When I install steam fron the software Mgr everything seems to go fine until I get the steam icon that is titled Steam installation or is it install seem. when I click on it tofinish the install the steam interface loads but I doon't get get any start up routines that I usually get. And the install steam icon just stays. For instance when I click on the menu serach bar and add steam the onlt thing that pops up is the install steam icon, NOT a regualr "just" steam icon. Boy this sounds confusing but I did my best to describe the situation.
#I have a question on using the software manager to install steam in Mint to my PC
jolly sentinel
whole harbor
So steam doesn't start, as I understand?
If you try to start it from the terminal, what does it say?
@jolly sentinel
jolly sentinel
Steam will start but I have the same icon that is labeled steam install form the install from the softwar mgr. When I hit that icon it's supposed to (from youtube at least) finish the final insytall of steam where it starts up steam for the fiorst toime. After that is succesful, according to videos I suppose to get just a Steam icon to click on to start steam from there on end. But i don't I still have kust the steam install one. Now when I do click this steam install icon steam does start but i feel like I should just end up with a plain "Steam" hwen I search for it in the menu.
sorry for typos
whole harbor
You're on cinnamon, yes?
whole harbor
Then right click "install steam" menu entry and click properties, change the name to steam manually there, and icon if needed
jolly sentinel
Haha, I did for now but I was hoping to have the install behave the way it's supposed to???
whole harbor
It does start steam, doesn't it? So it behaves as it's supposed to. We can fix small glitches like that ourselves
jolly sentinel
OK just wanted to be sure I wasn't missing annthing. Question where would the best place on this channel to post nvidia driver problems?
whole harbor
Here
jolly sentinel
For instance the lastes one in driver mgr not working with steam?
whole harbor
What makes you think so?
jolly sentinel
I have to use the 570 driver becuase the newest one locks up Elite Dangerous in steam
But the 570 does work well.
Is it whatever works??
the answer
whole harbor
What does
inxi -SGxxx ; mokutil --sb-state
in the terminal say?
jolly sentinel
crap not in Linux right now. I'll have to switch and get back to you....give me a couple of minutes. Thank you.
jolly sentinel
Yes
whole harbor
Make sure you disable fast startup in windows, then
jolly sentinel
What does
inxi -SGxxx ; mokutil --sb-state
in the terminal say?
jolly sentinel
Make sure you disable fast startup in windows, then
I believe I did but I will double check. Would that make the 570 work and not the recommended 590?
whole harbor
Use the highest driver version that works reliably
Mint doesn't provide nvidia driver 590 yet as far as I know.
jolly sentinel
did you mean disable fast startup in the BIOS?
jolly sentinel
Mint doesn't provide nvidia driver 590 yet as far as I know.
My bad I meant 580
Thank you for your help.
whole harbor
You're welcome
dry canopy
i'm assuming this is fixed but usually to install steam you just sudo apt install steam-installer and then open Steam in the menu and let it set up the steamroot directory. In the software manager Steam pops up in 2 different versions
was it a driver issue?
jolly sentinel
i'm assuming this is fixed but usually to install steam you just `sudo apt insta...
I just installed it through the soft mgr. Yes, when I opened steam in the menu it was a "steam install" icon, when I clicked that it just opened steam, no steamroot directory setup was not seen at all.???? But it's working fine.