Now... to be clear... you are trying to set up the server using HLDS, right?
i tried to install steam to run the dedicated server from it but it gave me that eeror when i try to run it, i also tried installing HLDS and i could let it download the game data , however i can't seam to find the directory ./hlds as i'm unable to run the command to make a server.cfg file
What distro, DE, and architecture are you using?
Ubuntu 64 bit and using lxde
i uninstalled steam and i could install and start hlds successfully which is weird
What directories were you installing things in? I remember seeing in a walkthrough that mentioned that you can NOT install hlds to a folder with Steam in it and have it work.
i tried on the same directory as steam and 3 more directories with no steam and the same result couldn't finish the install process untill i uninstalled steam
We released a new version of the steamcmd tool today, which can be installed on the same system as the desktop version of steam:
https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SteamCMD
Please let us know if this fixes the issue for you.
Nothing extracted yet.
i'm trying to run a l4d2 didcated server but after installing steam i get the following error if i run steam in terminal
running ubunto 12.10
steam
ILocalize::AddFile() failed to load file "public/steambootstrapper_english.txt".
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(0_client)
main.cpp (367) : Assertion Failed: failed to intiialize update status ui, or create initial window
Assert( Assertion Failed: failed to intiialize update status ui, or create initial window ):/data/steamlinux/src/steamexe/./main.cpp:367
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1.0_client)
Uploading dump (in-process) [proxy '']
/tmp/dumps/assert_20130204181516_1.dmp
success = yes
response: CrashID=bp-ebdae4cd-3472-4f48-98b1-9c5d72130204
Installing bootstrap /root/.local/share/Steam/bootstrap.tar.xz
ILocalize::AddFile() failed to load file "public/steambootstrapper_english.txt".
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(0_client)
main.cpp (367) : Assertion Failed: failed to intiialize update status ui, or create initial window
Assert( Assertion Failed: failed to intiialize update status ui, or create initial window ):/data/steamlinux/src/steamexe/./main.cpp:367
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1.0_client)
Uploading dump (in-process) [proxy '']
/tmp/dumps/assert_20130204181517_1.dmp
success = yes
response: CrashID=bp-619bb32e-367b-418a-98a8-8caaa2130204