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Steam in Docker
Tested in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (64bit) with the following GPU's:
- Intel HD Graphics 3000
- Intel HD Graphics 4400
- NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Requirements
- Docker
- (Optional) Docker Compose
Limitations
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Currently, the version of the Nvidia's driver in this container must match the version installed on your host.
I am going to improve the
/launch
script so that it will be able to automatically detect the working version of your Nvidia driver and use it. Currently the script detects only the nvidia-340 vs no-proprietary-nvidia-drivers at all.
Building and launching Steam
Create 32bit image
Create 32-bit Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) image
sudo apt-get -y install debootstrap
sudo debootstrap --arch=i386 xenial /tmp/xenial-chroot http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
sudo tar -C /tmp/xenial-chroot -c . | docker import - xenial32
sudo rm -rf /tmp/xenial-chroot
docker tag xenial32 andrey01/xenial32:latest
Build Steam Docker image
You may want to re-run this command later on in order to keep the image updated.
docker build -t andrey01/steam .
Launch the Steam in Docker
You can drop the following aliases to your ~/.bash_aliases
alias docker="sudo docker"
alias docker-compose="sudo docker-compose"
alias steam="docker-compose -f $HOME/docker/steam/docker-compose.yml run --rm steam"
Then just issue "steam" command to run Steam in docker.
Troubleshooting
You might want to modify the docker-compose.yml
in case of problems, the file should be pretty self explanatory, although you may refer to the official Docker Compose file reference
Also keep in mind to uncomment or/and add your devices to the devices:
section there.
The best result is when you have a similar to the following output, using the glxgears
(part of mesa-utils
package):
$ docker-compose -f $HOME/docker/steam/docker-compose.yml run --rm --entrypoint glxgears steam
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
305 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.878 FPS
301 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.011 FPS
301 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.009 FPS
305 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.807 FPS
If you are getting segmentation fault
error or Steam does not start, then you could try resetting its config:
$ docker-compose -f $HOME/docker/steam/docker-compose.yml run --rm steam --reset
Links
Below is just bunch of links, someone might find them useful