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Games won't download, stuck on creating local game cache files

steamclosed reviewedSteam client
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#1426 · opened 2013-02-08 by ucanbaklava · updated 2015-01-13 · 5 comments · github
Uucanbaklava 2013-02-08 github

Every time I hit cancel, it locks up Steam.I've tried changing my download location, deleting the blob file, reinstalling Steam, none of it works.I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit

Processor Information:
Vendor: AuthenticAMD
Speed: 3400 Mhz
4 logical processors
4 physical processors
HyperThreading: Unsupported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Supported
SSE41: Unsupported
SSE42: Unsupported

Network Information:
Network Speed:

Operating System Version:
Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS (64 bit)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 3.2.0-37-generic
X Server vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Server release: 11103000

Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA Corporation GeForce 9500 GT/PCIe/SSE2

Driver Version:  1.4 (2.1.2 NVIDIA 310.32)
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
VendorID:  0x10de
DeviceID:  0x640
Number of Monitors:  1
Number of Logical Video Cards:  1
Primary Display Resolution:  1920 x 1080
Desktop Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Primary Display Size: 18,78" x 10,55"  (21,54" diag)
                                        47,7cm x 26,8cm  (54,7cm diag)
Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
Primary VRAM Not Detected
Supported MSAA Modes:  2x 4x 8x 16x

Sound card:
Audio device:

Memory:
RAM: 3952 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
LANG: tr_TR.UTF-8
Microphone: Not set
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 51320 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 33157 Mb

Installed software:

Recent Failure Reports:
Fri Feb 8 19:24:26 2013 GMT: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20130208212423_1.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-1bb4ab62-dbb5-416e-b929-3fddd2130208''
Fri Feb 8 20:44:22 2013 GMT: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20130208224419_1.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-9b582add-6938-4c52-9e5e-807562130208''
Fri Feb 8 20:45:51 2013 GMT: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20130208224547_1.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-7f141007-3447-410a-a870-cce9a2130208''
Fri Feb 8 20:48:06 2013 GMT: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20130208224759_2.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-eeedcce3-bed3-4970-bb2a-0c83e2130208''
Fri Feb 8 20:49:37 2013 GMT: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20130208224933_1.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-0fa25821-3504-4501-a118-3be382130208''

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Uucanbaklava 2013-02-09 github

after update its still continuing

MMajkl578 2013-02-09 github

How long does it take or how long did you wait before cancelling it? IIRC it's preallocating the space so it can take some time on slow HDDs.

Uucanbaklava 2013-02-09 github

it took forever

Uucanbaklava 2013-02-12 github

it seems files created but did nothing.still stuck on creating local game cache files
2013-02-12 18:58:46

Uucanbaklava 2013-02-20 github

that issue happens when downloading games which have .gcf files

Nothing extracted yet.