Steam eating up all my bandwith with unstoppable download while I'm playing.
This is also happening to me. I've reported it on Steam Support and they don't want to help because I'm not running Ubuntu. I think that it's not a distribution problem, it's more like a bug on the Linux Steam Client.
System Info:
Processor Information:
Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0x25
CPU Stepping: 0x2
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 1866 Mhz
2 logical processors
2 physical processors
HyperThreading: Unsupported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Unsupported
SSE42: Unsupported
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Operating System Version:
"Fedora release 21 (Twenty One)" (64 bit)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 3.17.8-300.fc21.x86_64
X Server Vendor: Fedora Project
X Server Release: 11602901
X Window Manager: KWin
Steam Runtime Version: steam-runtime-release_2015-01-06
Video Card:
Driver: Intel Open Source Technology Center Mesa DRI Intel(R) Ironlake Mobile
Driver Version: 2.1 Mesa 10.4.1
OpenGL Version: 2.1
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 59 Hz
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Primary Display Resolution: 1366 x 768
Desktop Resolution: 1366 x 768
Primary Display Size: 13,54" x 7,60" (15,51" diag)
34,4cm x 19,3cm (39,4cm diag)
Primary VRAM Not Detected
Sound card:
Audio device: Intel IbexPeak HDMI
Memory:
RAM: 3627 Mb
Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
LANG: es_ES.UTF-8
Microphone: Not set
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 65088 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 7615 Mb
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Also some images from the settings and how Steam client gets all bandwidth while playing:
If I understand correctly, the problem happens for Steam client updates, not for game updates, is that it? That would mean Steam only applies the Download Restrictions on games, not to itself, right?
Yes, that's right.
Only happens to download new updates of Steam Client while playing, not game updates.
Then I suggest you modify slightly this bug's title for something like "Steam client update isn't affected by Download Restrictions". Valve may choose to see it as a Feature request. Also, I would open a bug in the Steam community since this issue affects steam on all OSes.
Maybe the owner's post can do it.
I suspected that it could be in all OS since I have seen people playing with lag when they usually don't have when a new update is released.
Thanks for opening a bug in the Steam community, I tried on Steam Support and they gave me no support :(
It seems someone has already requested this feature: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta/discussions/1/666826251168456439/
On the other hand, maybe Steam client should follow the same Download Restrictions as for games instead of having its own settings as suggested in the request. Then that would be more like a bug.
Here it is: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta/discussions/0/617328967240812393/
Could rsmantini close the current bug since it is not specific to Steam client for Linux?
Nothing extracted yet.
Sometimes steam eats up all the bandwidth of my internet while I'm playing and I cannot stop it.
After the last episode I got a steam update window, so probably steam was updating the client.
I think Steam shouldn't download anything while you are playing. At the very least it should present an easy way to cancel it.
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