Linuxulator -> linux-rl9 -> Steam: Error: Steam needs to be online to update

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archyboy

Hi all BSD Steamers and Lunuxilators,

Since linux-nvidia-libs is still not defaulting to linux-rl9 (which is about time i guess :sssh:) I tried to compile it from ports with USES=linux:rl9 instead of USES=linux (which default to linux-c7)

It compiled fine and I made a package with make package then cd work/pkg; pkg add ./linux-nvidia-libs-550.127.05.pkg
Installation successful without any problems and finally I can run steam with /opt/steam-utils/bin/steam
(as suggested from https://github.com/shkhln/linuxulator-steam-utils)

Now a new problem arrived. steam seems to not be able to contact the network: Error: Steam needs to be online to update. Please confirm your network connection and try again.

Any suggestion how can fix this? Or how to test if chroot into /compat/linux can access the outside network since I could not even find the ping command inside /compat/linux
 
archyboy said:
Hi all BSD Steamers and Lunuxilators,

Since linux-nvidia-libs is still not defaulting to linux-rl9 (which is about time i guess :sssh:) I tried to compile it from ports with USES=linux:rl9 instead of USES=linux (which default to linux-c7)

It compiled fine and I made a package with make package then cd work/pkg; pkg add ./linux-nvidia-libs-550.127.05.pkg
Installation successful without any problems and finally I can run steam with /opt/steam-utils/bin/steam
(as suggested from https://github.com/shkhln/linuxulator-steam-utils)

Now a new problem arrived. steam seems to not be able to contact the network: Error: Steam needs to be online to update. Please confirm your network connection and try again.

Any suggestion how can fix this? Or how to test if chroot into /compat/linux can access the outside network since I could not even find the ping command inside /compat/linux
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Can you reproduce it with steam built on version 20250208 from the port tree ?
And share the full logs from steam starting.

I am using steam with rl9 repository and I don't have any issue. Mind that I have an amd igpu, so I can't test for nvidia driver.
 
monwarez said:
Can you reproduce it with steam built on version 20250208 from the port tree ?
And share the full logs from steam starting.

I am using steam with rl9 repository and I don't have any issue. Mind that I have an amd igpu, so I can't test for nvidia driver.
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Yes.. Exactly same error messages on 20250208
 
monwarez said:
What is the full log (including the command line to launch steam) ?
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/usr/local/steam-utils/bin/steam

Code: 
/home/archy/.steam/steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/run.sh: line 85: steam-runtime-identify-library-abi: command not found
run.sh[44259]: steam-runtime-identify-library-abi --ldconfig-paths failed, falling back to ldconfig
tid(44317) burning pthread_key_t == 0 so we never use it
[2025-03-06 12:32:07] Startup - updater built Jan 13 2024 00:51:43
[2025-03-06 12:32:07] Startup - Steam Client launched with: '/home/archy/.steam/steam/ubuntu12_32/steam'
ILocalize::AddFile() failed to load file "public/steambootstrapper_english.txt".
/tmp/dumps is not owned by us - delete and recreate
03/06 12:32:07 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(0)/tid(44317)
src/common/opensslconnection.cpp (1624) : unable to load trusted SSL root certificates
src/common/opensslconnection.cpp (1624) : unable to load trusted SSL root certificates
03/06 12:32:07 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1.0)/tid(44317)
ExceptionHandler::GenerateDump waitpid failed:No child processes
03/06 12:32:07 Failed writing minidump, nothing to upload.
[2025-03-06 12:32:07] Loading cached metrics from disk (/home/archy/.steam/steam/package/steam_client_metrics.bin)
[2025-03-06 12:32:07] Failed to load cached hosts file (File 'update_hosts_cached.vdf' not found), using defaults
[2025-03-06 12:32:07] Using the following download hosts for Public, Realm steamglobal
[2025-03-06 12:32:07] 1. https://cdn.steamstatic.com, /client/, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'baked in'
[2025-03-06 12:32:07] Verifying installation...
[2025-03-06 12:32:07] Unable to read and verify install manifest /home/archy/.steam/steam/package/steam_client_ubuntu12.installed
[2025-03-06 12:32:07] Verification complete
[2025-03-06 12:32:07] Downloading Update...
[2025-03-06 12:32:07] Checking for available update...
[2025-03-06 12:32:07] Downloading manifest: https://cdn.steamstatic.com/client/steam_client_ubuntu12
[2025-03-06 12:32:08] Manifest download: send request
[2025-03-06 12:32:08] Manifest download: waiting for download to finish
[2025-03-06 12:32:08] Manifest download: finished
[2025-03-06 12:32:08] Download failed: http error 0 (cdn.steamstatic.com/client/steam_client_ubuntu12)
[2025-03-06 12:32:08] DownloadManifest - exhausted list of download hosts
[2025-03-06 12:32:08] failed to load manifest from buffer.
[2025-03-06 12:32:08] Failed to load manifest
[2025-03-06 12:32:08] Error: Download failed: http error 0
[2025-03-06 12:32:08] Saving metrics to disk (/home/archy/.steam/steam/package/steam_client_metrics.bin)
[2025-03-06 12:32:08] Error: Steam needs to be online to update.     Please confirm your network connection and try again.
[2025-03-06 12:32:12] Shutdown
src/tier0/threadtools.cpp (3706) : Assertion Failed: Illegal termination of worker thread 'Thread(0x0x6e3180/0x0x27996ac0'
src/tier0/threadtools.cpp (3706) : Assertion Failed: Illegal termination of worker thread 'Thread(0x0x6e3180/0x0x27996ac0'
lsu-kill: No pid file found
 
Can you do
fetch https://cdn.steamstatic.com/client/steam_client_ubuntu12
And report like the 5 first lines, of the steam_client_ubuntu12 file
 
monwarez said:
fetch https://cdn.steamstatic.com/client/steam_client_ubuntu12
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./steam_client_ubuntu12
Code: 
./steam_client_ubuntu12: ubuntu12: not found
./steam_client_ubuntu12: version: not found
./steam_client_ubuntu12: tenfoot_images_all: not found
tenfoot_images_all.zip.86419c7a56c12dd107b5e0d46f50c8a9b121f3cc: cannot open `tenfoot_images_all.zip.86419c7a56c12dd107b5e0d46f50c8a9b121f3cc' (No such file or directory)
size: 6582204: Failed to open: No such file or directory
./steam_client_ubuntu12: sha2: not found
./steam_client_ubuntu12: zipvz: not found
./steam_client_ubuntu12: sha2vz: not found
./steam_client_ubuntu12: steamui_websrc_all: not found
steamui_websrc_all.zip.2466f31ddf7c6bf4813e24481dfc2a4b7b0e30e7: cannot open `steamui_websrc_all.zip.2466f31ddf7c6bf4813e24481dfc2a4b7b0e30e7' (No such file or directory)
size: 30213727: Failed to open: No such file or directory
 
shkhln said:
Run Steam with ktrace -di, then run kdump -H |& grep opensslconnection -B 500
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Sure can.. What am I looking for?
ktrace -di /usr/local/steam-utils/bin/steam generates a "20M ktrace.out" but what will I do with that?
kdump -H |& grep opensslconnection -B 500 says something about "unable to load trusted SSL
"
Code: 
16417 103444 steam    GIO   fd 2 wrote 86 bytes
"src/common/opensslconnection.cpp (1624) : unable to load trusted SSL r\
oot certificates"

Sorry, but not get your point here about what to do with that info?
 
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I am having the same issue too.
 

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nxjoseph said:
I am having the same issue too.
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Good am not alone :)

Whats your specs?

Mine is:
OS: FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE amd64
Uptime: 13 mins
Packages: 1487 (pkg)
Shell: zsh 5.9
Resolution: 3840x2160, 5504x2304, 3408x2130
DE: Cinnamon 5.4.9
WM: Mutter
WM Theme: Adwaita
Theme: Windows-10-Dark [GTK2/3]
Icons: elementary-xfce-dark [GTK2/3]
Terminal: sakura
Terminal Font: Ubuntu Mono,monospace 13
CPU: 13th Gen Intel i7-13700HX (24) @ 2.304GHz
GPU: AD106M [GeForce RTX 4070 Max-Q / Mobile]
Memory: 9830MiB / 40721MiB

On a Lenovo Legion Pro 5i i7/40/2000/4070/240Hz 16" laptop running in Dedicated GPU mode.
 
nxjoseph said:
I am having the same issue too.
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Hi,

Yes, I have the same issue. I did some investigation and the issue is related to SSL/TLS certificates of compatibility layer. To verify this, you can simply run /compat/linux/bin/wget <https://something>. You can see errors related to SSL/TLS.

I set up a virtual machine with Rocky Linux 9.5 and copied a few directories to the linux-rl9 compatibility layer, such as: /etc/crypto-policies, /etc/pki/ca-trust, /etc/pki/tls and /usr/share/pki. After that, /compat/linux/bin/wget started working over https, and therefore Steam itself also started working properly.
 
dvt__ said:
I set up a virtual machine with Rocky Linux 9.5 and copied a few directories to the linux-rl9 compatibility layer, such as: /etc/crypto-policies, /etc/pki/ca-trust, /etc/pki/tls and /usr/share/pki. After that, /compat/linux/bin/wget started working over https, and therefore Steam itself also started working properly.
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Taking things a bit further:

Some files are just symlinks that are only valid on actual RL9. Here's the crypto ones I've found (the missing alsa/pulse stuff I cut could just be me missing a native package, idk.)

Code: 
/compat/linux/etc:
$ ls -lR . | grep '^l'
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 42 Nov 12 08:07 crypto-policies -> /etc/crypto-policies/back-ends/krb5.config
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 40 Aug 21  2024 cacerts -> /etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/java/cacerts
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel    49 Aug 21  2024 cert.pem -> /etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/pem/tls-ca-bundle.pem
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel    50 Feb 11 14:06 fips_local.cnf -> /etc/crypto-policies/back-ends/openssl_fips.config
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 49 Aug 21  2024 ca-bundle.crt -> /etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/pem/tls-ca-bundle.pem
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 55 Aug 21  2024 ca-bundle.trust.crt -> /etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/openssl/ca-bundle.trust.crt
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 49 Aug 21  2024 cert.pem -> /etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/pem/tls-ca-bundle.pem
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 18 Aug 21  2024 certs -> /etc/pki/tls/certs
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 28 Aug 21  2024 ct_log_list.cnf -> /etc/pki/tls/ct_log_list.cnf
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 24 Aug 21  2024 openssl.cnf -> /etc/pki/tls/openssl.cnf

Trying to poach these files from an RL9 VM, I'm completely lost in the weeds with all the symlinks, double symlinks and renamed symlinks. For example: /compat/linux/etc/krb5.conf.d/crypto-policies -> /etc/crypto-policies/back-ends/krb5.config, which on actual RL9 then points to /usr/share/crypto-policies/DEFAULT/krb5.txt, which cp -Lr can't seem to follow because of the rename. I tried copying everything manually, but it's so convoluted that I can hardly keep it straight.

dvt__, could you elaborate on your copying process?
 
bilegeek said:
Taking things a bit further:

Some files are just symlinks that are only valid on actual RL9. Here's the crypto ones I've found (the missing alsa/pulse stuff I cut could just be me missing a native package, idk.)

Code: 
/compat/linux/etc:
$ ls -lR . | grep '^l'
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 42 Nov 12 08:07 crypto-policies -> /etc/crypto-policies/back-ends/krb5.config
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 40 Aug 21  2024 cacerts -> /etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/java/cacerts
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel    49 Aug 21  2024 cert.pem -> /etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/pem/tls-ca-bundle.pem
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel    50 Feb 11 14:06 fips_local.cnf -> /etc/crypto-policies/back-ends/openssl_fips.config
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 49 Aug 21  2024 ca-bundle.crt -> /etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/pem/tls-ca-bundle.pem
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 55 Aug 21  2024 ca-bundle.trust.crt -> /etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/openssl/ca-bundle.trust.crt
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 49 Aug 21  2024 cert.pem -> /etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/pem/tls-ca-bundle.pem
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 18 Aug 21  2024 certs -> /etc/pki/tls/certs
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 28 Aug 21  2024 ct_log_list.cnf -> /etc/pki/tls/ct_log_list.cnf
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 24 Aug 21  2024 openssl.cnf -> /etc/pki/tls/openssl.cnf

Trying to poach these files from an RL9 VM, I'm completely lost in the weeds with all the symlinks, double symlinks and renamed symlinks. For example: /compat/linux/etc/krb5.conf.d/crypto-policies -> /etc/crypto-policies/back-ends/krb5.config, which on actual RL9 then points to /usr/share/crypto-policies/DEFAULT/krb5.txt, which cp -Lr can't seem to follow because of the rename. I tried copying everything manually, but it's so convoluted that I can hardly keep it straight.

dvt__, could you elaborate on your copying process?
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Hi,

I copied using the "follow link" option in midnight commander.
 
Thanks.

Think I might have it now. Copied those directories (plus /etc/ssl) via midnight commander with "Follow links" and overwrote the corresponding /compat/linux directories using rsync -rvahc. Steam now works for me.

https://github.com/shkhln/linuxulator-steam-utils/issues/148 indirectly pointed me to the missing link, as it was still erroring out until I copied over /etc/ssl.

I've notified the maintainer emulation@FreeBSD.org of these invalid symlinks, though I'm unsure of the proper etiquette around this.
 
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