CSGO won't open - Steam - Ubuntu 16.04
Solution to the problem:
AMD has a new driver. Use the Beta version to solve the problem, it’s maybe not as stable as the open source Ubuntu driver but CS:GO (and other games on steam) will be playable again!
Supported GPUs, just install and enjoy your games again:
AMD Radeon™ RX 480 // AMD Radeon™ R9 M395X // Radeon™ RX 470 // AMD Radeon™
R9 M385 // Radeon™ RX 460 // AMD Radeon™ R9 M380 // AMD Radeon™
R9 Fury X // AMD Radeon™ R9 M270X // AMD Radeon™ R9 Fury // AMD Radeon™ R9 360 // AMD Radeon™ R9 Nano // AMD Radeon™ R9 290X // AMD Radeon™ R9 390X // AMD Radeon™ R9 290 // AMD Radeon™ R9 390 // AMD Radeon™ R9 285 // AMD Radeon™ R9 380X // AMD Radeon™ R7 260X // AMD Radeon™ R9 380 // AMD Radeon™ R7 260
Information direct from the official AMD site.
For all other / older GPUs from AMD please use the open-source driver "radeon"!
(Thanks to CelticWarrior for pointing out, that youve to use radeon than)
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toaoc
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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toaoc over 1 year
Important: I found a solution! Just look at my answer down below!
Hello,
i started steam and i wanted to play some CounterStrike. Selected CS:GO and clicked play. First weird thing I noticed: It didn't say "Launching Counter Strike Global Offensive" and it didn't pop up in the dash. On my steam library it said "Counter Strike Global Offensive - Running". Everything was still fine on Ubuntu besides the fact that CSGO wont start.
Help would be appreciated!As far as i know, this problem occurs on other Ubuntu 16.04 machines too. But i was able to play it 2-3 weeks ago, so it has to be because of an update of steam, csgo or linux...?
Thank you!
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Mark Kirby over 7 yearsOpen a terminal and run
steam
, now start your game and the terminal will tell you what the problem is, add that output to your question. -
Mark Kirby over 7 yearsOK run this
rm ~/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so
and reboot. -
toaoc over 7 yearsSolved it without doing that... see my answer for the solution. But thank you for your help anyway!
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Mark Kirby over 7 yearsOK glad you got it fixed :)
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Admin over 7 yearsIt works only witht the supported GPUs. Older ones will have to use the open-source radeon driver.