Civilization V (app 8930) Windows depot fails with "Disk write error" (errno 2 / ENOENT) around 40-60% download, on Proton — native/flatpak/RPM, multiple distros
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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#13436 ·
opened 2026-07-24
by malcmerlyn ·
updated 2026-07-24 ·
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Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:
Downloading/updating Sid Meier's Civilization V (appid 8930), Windows depot (depot 8931 and others, e.g. 16860), consistently fails partway through with a "Disk write error" popup in the Steam client.
Expected: the depot downloads and installs completely, as it always has until a few days ago (this exact installation was working fine as recently as July 22).
What actually happens: the download fails deterministically, always on the first write into a newly-created subfolder (different folder/file each attempt — e.g. Resource/DX9_Low/, then assets/Gameplay/XML/NewText/en_US/, then assets/Maps/). The content log shows:
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Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:
Downloading/updating Sid Meier's Civilization V (appid 8930), Windows depot (depot 8931 and others, e.g. 16860), consistently fails partway through with a "Disk write error" popup in the Steam client.
Expected: the depot downloads and installs completely, as it always has until a few days ago (this exact installation was working fine as recently as July 22).
What actually happens: the download fails deterministically, always on the first write into a newly-created subfolder (different folder/file each attempt — e.g.
Resource/DX9_Low/, thenassets/Gameplay/XML/NewText/en_US/, thenassets/Maps/). The content log shows: