Nixpkgs: Steam can't find 32-bit libraries

[yegortimoshenko]

Issue description

I have 32-bit stuff in configuration.nix:

hardware = {
  opengl.driSupport32Bit = true;
  pulseaudio.support32Bit = true;
};

When I try to run Steam, this happens:

$ steam
cp: cannot create regular file '/home/chronos/.local/share/Steam/bootstrap.tar.xz': Permission denied
Running Steam on nixos 18.03.git.467b9b7 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME has been set by the user to: /steamrt
Pins potentially out-of-date, rebuilding...
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/nix/store/dy0nrgdhzdfy44ss16scqw9kp2s3cdx4-steam-fhs/steamrt/pinned_libs_32’: Read-only file system
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/nix/store/dy0nrgdhzdfy44ss16scqw9kp2s3cdx4-steam-fhs/steamrt/pinned_libs_64’: Read-only file system
/home/chronos/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 874: /steamrt/run.sh: No such file or directory
Error: You are missing the following 32-bit libraries, and Steam may not run:
libgobject-2.0.so.0
libglib-2.0.so.0
libgio-2.0.so.0
libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
libpulse.so.0
libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0
libva.so.1
libbz2.so.1.0
libz.so.1
libvdpau.so.1
libva.so.1
libva-x11.so.1
Error:
You are missing the following 32-bit libraries, and Steam may not run:
libgobject-2.0.so.0
libglib-2.0.so.0
libgio-2.0.so.0
libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
libpulse.so.0
libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0
libva.so.1
libbz2.so.1.0
libz.so.1
libvdpau.so.1
libva.so.1
libva-x11.so.1
Press enter to continue: 
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1510099762)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1510099762)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1510099762)
Failed to load steamui.so - dlerror(): libgobject-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1510099762)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1510099762)
[2017-11-08 07:30:09] Startup - updater built Nov  7 2017 13:43:41
[2017-11-08 07:30:09] Opted in to client beta 'publicbeta' via beta file
You are in the 'publicbeta' client beta.
Looks like steam didn't shutdown cleanly, scheduling immediate update check
[2017-11-08 07:30:09] Checking for update on startup
[2017-11-08 07:30:09] Checking for available updates...
[2017-11-08 07:30:10] Download skipped by HTTP 304 Not Modified
[2017-11-08 07:30:10] Nothing to do
[2017-11-08 07:30:10] Verifying installation...
[2017-11-08 07:30:10] Performing checksum verification of executable files
[2017-11-08 07:30:11] Verification complete

Technical details

• System: 18.03.git.467b9b7 (Impala)
• Nix version: 1.11.15
• Nixpkgs version: 467b9b7a930bc6de60023dbec1c8b914b882e2d9 (yesterday's master)
• Sandboxing enabled: yes

[yegortimoshenko]

This was broken in the latest Steam client beta update. Temporary solution would be to run:

$ rm ~/.local/share/Steam/package/beta

[yegortimoshenko]

/cc @abbradar

Sorry for summoning you way too often, but it seems that my interest often lies in parts of the tree that you effectively maintain :-)

There is still some time before Steam runtime updates propagate into release and Steam package breaks completely, so this is mostly a heads-up. I might look into it, but I don't have any idea how to fix it, yet. And I'm not sure if there's a fix that doesn't break Steam for stable version users.

[abbradar]

I'm okay with summons ~_^

Do I get it correctly that this is reproducible on Steam beta?

[yegortimoshenko]

Yes, it is. Just enable public beta to break Steam. To recover, delete ~/.local/share/Steam/package/beta.

It also seems to be broken for Solus: solus-project/linux-steam-integration#29
Solus maintainers have already fixed that in unstable: https://dev.solus-project.com/R2962:25ae74046546a8d544ab67df5f68fcd83a0a1b32

[qrvaelet]

I can reproduce this issue with Steam beta.

• System: 18.03pre119245.5cfd049a03 (Impala)
• Nix version: nix-env (Nix) 1.11.15
• Nixpkgs version: 18.03pre119245.5cfd049a03
• Sandboxing enabled: no

[abbradar]

Seems that Steam Beta uses new Steam Runtime version which we don't have. Maybe they'll push it to general channel when it gets out of beta -- not sure how else could we fetch it.

In general I think that maybe we can drop our own Steam Runtime for Steam -- it would help with this case but may break games and needs extensive testing. Steam runs for me without our Runtime (Beta too).

[qrvaelet]

If you make some changes I'd be more than happy to test them out.

[yegortimoshenko]

It should be in http://repo.steamstatic.com/steamrt/dists/scout_beta/ but I don't see it updated. Or perhaps, the date they set at this server is just wrong...

In general I think that maybe we can drop our own Steam Runtime for Steam -- it would help with this case but may break games and needs extensive testing.

What is the alternative to building the runtime by ourselves?

[abbradar]

Just use native Steam runtime. I'm not sure how well it works -- initially we moved _from_ it because we needed to override several libraries. However recently Steam made some changes which should help their Runtime to interact better with e.g. new Mesa drivers.

[yegortimoshenko]

I'll try it out with my games and I'll make a table of games that do or do not work: I have a few games in my library that currently do not work, would be interesting to see how they do in steam-native.

[abbradar]

Sorry, I may have been misunderstood. What I meant is not "native" Steam Runtime (composed from NixOS libraries) but not using our Steam Runtime build at all. You can achieve it by e.g. commenting out export STEAM_RUNTIME in chrootenv.nix.

[yegortimoshenko]

Oh, I see, thanks! Going to try that out.

[yegortimoshenko]

[abbradar]

[corngood]

[yegortimoshenko]

[abbradar]

[dtzWill]