Talk:Steam

"Steam fails to start. What do I do?" Paragraph needs improvements.

This paragraph is lacking useful information. For instance, where can one obtain the package strace? As for bug reporting, where might one create a bug report?

The comment under me lacks a section

Elaborating on the incomplete flag (expansion template): Tried to install steam the way it is described here, and even with nix-shell, but no joy. Read a lot about steam-run but have no clue what it is, or how to use it, and the package description is completely devoid of any info. --Toraritte (talk) 19:05, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

Thank you!

Finally I can run GOG on NixOS without patching or repatching any executable. Figured it out, hope it helps others. Big kudo's to maintainers of steam and steam-run for the wonderful expression!! Cx405 (talk) 03:51, 10 July 2019 (UTC)

if you get "error: lib not defined"

The config code that includes lib.getName will error if simply included in configuration.nix unless "lib" is included in the list of args at the top; example: `{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:`

Failed to create SDL window

You may have `SDL_VIDEODRIVER=wayland` set in your environment, which seems to bother some older titles (e.g. original Half-Life). Set the launch options in the steam UI to 'SDL_VIDEODRIVER=x11 %command%' and it should work.

Alternative fixes shown here: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Source-1-Games/issues/3455

Shouldn't `package = pkgs.gamescope-wsi` be used instead?

When setting up gamescope HDR, wouldn't it be more appropriate to use the gamescope-wsi package directly instead of adding it as a separate package? RedbeardyMcGee (talk) 20:21, 5 December 2025 (UTC)

`gamescope-wsi` cannot be used in this position. I misunderstood the package derivation. RedbeardyMcGee (talk) 22:14, 5 December 2025 (UTC)