docker-nvidia-steam
Steam docker with NVIDIA HW acceleration
The main reason for this container is my need to be able to play steam games on my Slackware64-14.2 machine without having to install the 32-bit compatibility layer.
Pre-requisites
- installed nVidia drivers on your host
- install docker and its dependencies from slackbuilds.org (i use sbopkg and queue files)
- enable both docker and cgroups in /etc/rc.d/ directory
- ensure the nVidia driver is in the same directory as your Dockerfile at build time
Also please make sure that the nvidia driver you use to build your docker container is the same as the one installed on your host.
Pulseaudio - Slackware64
Your distribution might have everything configured for you, but Slackware does not use the variables XDG_RUNTIME_DIR and it also does not have the /run/user/ directories set up. So i created a file in /etc/profile.d to do it.(/etc/profile.d/docker.sh)
#!/bin/sh
if [ "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" = "" ]; then
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/$USER
mkdir -p /run/user/$USER
chown -R $USER /run/user/$USER
chmod 0700 run/user/$USER
fi
if [ "$PULSE_FOLDER" = "" ]; then
PULSE_FOLDER=$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/pulse
mkdir -p $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/pulse
chown -R $USER $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/pulse
fi
export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
export PULSE_FOLDER
Installation
docker build --build-arg NVIDIA_VERSION=387.34 -t NAMEOFYOURIMAGE .
Running it
take a look at run.sh and amend the devices and directories as you like
Todo
- figure out how to make the steam install directory permanent
Issues
- When i want to start up a stopped container, steam refuses to run. When i start up a new instance steam installs again, and i have to start from scratch (hence having a steam library mapped outside of the container so i do not have to install games inside again and again).