
Steam Games Won't Load
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Steam Games Won't Load
Hey everyone! I would like to start by saying I absolutely love Sabayon Linux. I just started using it and it has become my favorite Linux distribution. I however have run into an issue with playing Steam games. I download the games just fine (Portal 2 and Metro Last Light), but when I click "PLAY" my screen goes black for a split second (as if the game were about to appear) but then I just go back to my desktop. I figure it may be a graphics driver issue. I have not installed any of my own graphics drivers, I am using whatever Sabayon came with when I installed it. I have a ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650. Any help would be much appreciated 

Re: Steam Games Won't Load
What's the output of:
That will be needed for anybody who hopes to help.
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# eselect opengl list
Re: Steam Games Won't Load
Thanks for your reply!
I got this output.
Available OpenGL implementations:
[1] xorg-x11 *
[2] ati
[3] nvidia

Available OpenGL implementations:
[1] xorg-x11 *
[2] ati
[3] nvidia
Re: Steam Games Won't Load
You'll probably want to use ati proprietary drivers for running games.
From gentoo's wiki (all of these work for Sabayon):
This will modify an existing xorg.conf to use the fglrx driver with a single screen:
For dual-head configuration use this instead (where the second screen is [left|right|above|below]):
Set the OpenGL driver to use fglrx:
Then reboot.
If for some reason that leave you in a horrible state and you can't do anything, this will revert that change:
then reboot.
From gentoo's wiki (all of these work for Sabayon):
This will modify an existing xorg.conf to use the fglrx driver with a single screen:
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root # aticonfig --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf
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root # aticonfig --initial=dual-head --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf --screen-layout=[left|right|above|below]
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root # eselect opengl set ati
If for some reason that leave you in a horrible state and you can't do anything, this will revert that change:
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root # mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak
root # eselect opengl set xorg-x11l
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When I enter "aticonfig --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf" into terminal (as su), I get "bash: aticonfig: command not found". I am not the most experienced Linux user, so I might be doing something wrong. Any idea as to what I am doing wrong? 

Re: Steam Games Won't Load
Hmm, maybe you need to set the opengl first (my bad)..
If that doesn't work, you can follow the guide in the wiki, although truthfully it goes way above and beyond what should need to be done to make the switch:
https://wiki.sabayon.org/index.php?titl ... e_to_FGLRX
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root # eselect opengl set ati
https://wiki.sabayon.org/index.php?titl ... e_to_FGLRX
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Yeah :/ I get this output:
Do you think that perhaps downloading and installing the driver from ATI would make it work? Or do you think that would break my system?"!!! Error: The ati OpenGL implementation doesn't seem to provide
!!! Error: libGL.so file. This might be an effect of breakage introduced
!!! Error: by a prioprietary driver installer. Please re-merge the package
!!! Error: providing your OpenGL implementation.
!!! Error: Selected OpenGL implementation incomplete.
exiting".
Re: Steam Games Won't Load
Reinstall the ati-drivers through entropy (the Sabayon package manager). Instructions on how to do so were in the wiki I linked you, specifically:
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root # equo install x11-drivers/ati-drivers amdcccle
Re: Steam Games Won't Load
NEVER install the ATI/AMD drivers directly from their website, it breaks everything.This might be an effect of breakage introduced by a prioprietary driver installer.
Re: Steam Games Won't Load
Okay! I'll give it a shot. Thank you very much for your help! 
