"Preparing to launch counter-strike: source" just prepares forever and never launches

steamclosed reviewedSteam clientMOVED: Counter-Strike: SourceNeed Retest

ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#1631 · opened 2013-02-12 by InmanInman · updated 2017-05-08 · 6 comments · github

IInmanInman 2013-02-12 github

I know people love to exaggerate how long something took, so i wrote down actual times

10:07, click "Play"
10:12, still preparing
10:13, finally press cancel
press play again
seems to still be stuck (this time I didn't wait 6 minutes, just like 40 seconds)
restart steam
works fine

I don't know but I don't think it should take 4 minutes to prepare to launch this game. This happens sometimes, where it will just prepare forever and never actually launch the game.

HW info:
Processor Information:
Vendor: GenuineIntel
Speed: 1701 Mhz
4 logical processors
2 physical processors
HyperThreading: Supported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported

Network Information:
Network Speed:

Operating System Version:
Linux Mint 14 Nadia (64 bit)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 3.5.0-17-generic
X Server vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Server release: 11300000

Video Card:
Driver: Intel Open Source Technology Center Mesa DRI Intel(R) Ivybridge Mobile x86/MMX/SSE2

Driver Version:  3.0 Mesa 9.0
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 59 Hz
VendorID:  0x8086
DeviceID:  0x166
Number of Monitors:  1
Number of Logical Video Cards:  1
Primary Display Resolution:  1600 x 900
Desktop Resolution: 1600 x 900
Primary Display Size: 12.17" x 6.85"  (13.94" diag)
                                        30.9cm x 17.4cm  (35.4cm diag)
Primary VRAM Not Detected

Sound card:
Audio device: Intel PantherPoint HDMI

Memory:
RAM: 3655 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
LANG: en_US.UTF-8
Microphone: Not set
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 236630 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 167314 Mb

Installed software:

Recent Failure Reports:
Tue Feb 12 21:14:04 2013 GMT: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20130212221400_1.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-36c92141-b797-4542-8e58-8fcb12130212''

BBlackEdder 2013-02-12 github

This happens to me as well (also with TF2). It seems to happen more often after I've hibernated my computer, while logged in. A steam restart normally resolves the issue.

IInmanInman 2013-02-12 github

my computer is also a laptop so i put it in sleep mode quite often. I don't remember if i did before that particular time it happened, but it would be far from impossible

Jjorgenpt 2013-02-15 github

Issue transferred to ValveSoftware/Source-1-Games#136.

This issue is closed - continue conversation there.

Bbdeen-valve maintainer 2013-02-18 github

This is likely a Steam issue. Reopening here.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2017-04-05 github

Hello @InmanInman, @BlackEdder, are either of you still experiencing this issue with an up to date system?

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2017-05-08 github

Closing pending feedback.

Nothing extracted yet.