[16:55] <ferdie> greetings from the budgie DE universe
[19:47] <shpandy> Hi
[19:48] <fossfreedom> shpandy, hi there
[19:49] <shpandy> Anyone having trouble running downloading ad running steam on 17.04?
[19:50] <fossfreedom> No issues that I'm aware of.  What's up?
[19:50] <shpandy> I seem to have installed the launcher but it wont... Launch
[19:51] <shpandy> Just shows up on the rail on the left then disapears
[19:51] <fossfreedom> run the launcher from a command line
[19:56] <shpandy> how? lul
[19:56] <shpandy> Tried but nothing I do seems to be working so I am guessing I am doing it wrong
[19:57] <fossfreedom> look at .desktop file and run the command where exec=
[19:59] <shpandy> Tried but everything is 'Command not found'
[19:59] <shpandy> .4
[19:59] <fossfreedom> what command are you running?
[20:00] <shpandy> ./
[20:01] <fossfreedom> the .desktop file is in  /usr/share/applications
[20:02] <fossfreedom> probably "steam.desktop" or something similar
[20:05] <shpandy> permission denied?
[20:05] <fossfreedom> look at the file - copy paste the contents of the line starting exec=
[20:06] <shpandy> did it, but it didn't do anything
[20:06] <fossfreedom> please tell me what you had run
[20:06] <shpandy> exec=steam.desktop
[20:08] <fossfreedom> k - to view the file you type the following
[20:08] <fossfreedom> cd /usr/share/applications
[20:08] <fossfreedom> more steam.desktop
[20:10] <shpandy> nano ?
[20:11] <fossfreedom> more steam.desktop
[20:11] <fossfreedom> or
[20:11] <fossfreedom> gedit steam.desktop
[20:16] <shpandy> last I got was 'to view the file type the following
[20:17] <fossfreedom> cd /usr/share/applications
[20:18] <fossfreedom> more steam.desktop
[20:18] <fossfreedom> or
[20:18] <fossfreedom> gedit steam.desktop
[20:18] <shpandy> I used nano to get the same result. But yeah
[20:19] <fossfreedom> so what's the line starting exec=
[20:19] <shpandy> It is the initialising of Steam stuff, i.e exec=steam steam://open/news
[20:20] <shpandy> and all the rest
[20:20] <fossfreedom> fine
[20:20] <shpandy> exec=/usr/bin/steam %U
[20:20] <fossfreedom> type
[20:20] <fossfreedom> steam
[20:21] <shpandy> bunch of errors about missing driers
[20:21] <shpandy> drivers
[20:21] <fossfreedom> copy paste the output into your browser - https://pastebin.com
[20:21] <fossfreedom> paste the url here for me to look at
[20:23] <shpandy> its up
[20:23] <fossfreedom> whats the url?
[20:24] <shpandy> https://pastebin.com/UAmNZgj5
[20:24] <fossfreedom> hmm
[20:25] <fossfreedom> have you installed any drivers for your graphics card?
[20:25] <shpandy> I believe so
[20:29] <fossfreedom> believe this is answered here - at a guess there is something conflicting with something you may have installed
[20:29] <fossfreedom> https://askubuntu.com/questions/771032/steam-not-opening-in-ubuntu-16-04-lts
[20:29] <fossfreedom> suggest have a look at that
[20:29] <fossfreedom> if you still have more issues - create a new question on askubuntu.com
[20:29] <fossfreedom> there will be more knowledgeable people there to help you through this.
[20:30] <shpandy> I am so nooby so budgie
[20:30] <shpandy> Where is the additional drivers setting
[20:30] <fossfreedom> software & updates - drivers tab
[20:32] <shpandy> Thanks :)
[20:32] <shpandy> I appreciate your help
[20:32] <shpandy> I think I still had to install the proprietary drivers
[20:32] <shpandy> Thought I had oops lol
[20:33] <fossfreedom> no worries