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TF2 can not talk to Steam after last update

steamclosed MOVED: Team Fortress 2reviewed
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#1168 · opened 2013-02-01 by ghost · updated 2013-02-06 · 2 comments · github
?ghost 2013-02-01 github

When TF2 starts, I get following console issue when trying to play:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=124379236

Last time I played few days ago, and since then, there were no changes on my system, except for small TF2 update today. I tried verifying the game cache, and it said it redownloaded one file, but issue persists.

Steam's system information:

Processor Information:
Vendor: GenuineIntel
Speed: 2499 Mhz
4 logical processors
4 physical processors
HyperThreading: Unsupported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Unsupported

Network Information:
Network Speed:

Operating System Version:
Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 (wheezy) (64 bit)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 3.2.0-4-amd64
X Server vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Server release: 11204000

Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA Corporation GeForce GTX 260/PCIe/SSE2

Driver Version:  3.3.0 NVIDIA 313.18
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 59 Hz
VendorID:  0x10de
DeviceID:  0x5e2
Number of Monitors:  1
Number of Logical Video Cards:  1
Primary Display Resolution:  1680 x 1050
Desktop Resolution: 1680 x 1050
Primary Display Size: 18.62" x 11.65"  (21.93" diag)
                                        47.3cm x 29.6cm  (55.7cm diag)
Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
Primary VRAM: 896 MB
Supported MSAA Modes:  2x 4x 8x 16x

Sound card:
Audio device: SigmaTel STAC9721,23

Memory:
RAM: 5984 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
LANG: en_US.UTF-8
Microphone: Not set
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 102350 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 57087 Mb

Installed software:

Recent Failure Reports:
Fri Feb 1 22:08:39 2013 GMT: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20130201230835_1.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-1a8910bd-cd26-4eac-9bd9-ff3272130201''

?ghost 2013-02-02 github

I just tested TF2 Beta, and it works just fine, so from layman's perspective, the issue is somewhere in TF2. Has something relevant changed in the latest game update?

?ghost 2013-02-06 github

This was caused by me not having latest steam.sh script in .local/share/Steam.

Background: Since Steam .deb package is not usable on Debian, I have no /usr/bin/steam, and have to keep Steam updated manually. For some reason, the update check did not pick up the new version.

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