Unable to run Steam on 64-bit Debian Jessie with Nvidia driver 352.55

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#4100 · opened 2015-10-31 by divmgl · updated 2017-07-18 · 2 comments · github

Ddivmgl 2015-10-31 github

Having an issue similar to #3979.

$ steam
Running Steam on debian 8 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1444853545)
libGL error: No matching fbConfigs or visuals found
libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
^C
$ nvidia-smi | grep NVIDIA-SMI
| NVIDIA-SMI 352.55     Driver Version: 352.55         | 
$ uname -r
3.16.0-4-amd64

Drivers are installed fine from what I can tell. glxgears working fine. Any ideas on how to fix this?

Ddivmgl 2015-10-31 github

I can confirm that rolling back to driver 340.65 works. If you need help rolling back, you need to do the following.

If you're going to be using sudo, ensure you are part of the sudoers group.

$ su
# adduser <user> sudo # replace <user> with your username
# reboot # if necessary

Press Ctrl+Alt+F1 to launch a separate session. Login. Stop your window manager. In my case, it's Gnome 3.

$ sudo /etc/init.d/gdm3 stop

Remove your current Nvidia drivers.

$ sudo nvidia-uninstall

If you were having trouble with nvidia-installer-cleanup, run this:

$ sudo dpkg --configure -a

Install the Nvidia drivers that are part of the non-free source. You may need to add this to /etc/apt/sources.list.

$ sudo apt-get install libgl1-nvidia-glx:i386

Reboot.

Nnerun 2016-01-04 github

I have the same issue.
Debian 8.2 (Jessie) 64-bit + Driver NVidia 352.63 (NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-352.63.run)
Installing steam from repository (sudo aptitude install steam) after adding multiarch.
I tried to add "libgl1-nvidia-glx:i386" but Debian insist to install nvidia-driver too, and they are incompatible together. aptitude ask to uninstall NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-352.63.run then install nvidia-driver. But nvidia-driver doesn't work for me. Debian can't start X after installing nvidia-driver so i really need to install ".run" driver.

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