Steam does not reconnect to network after system suspend if no NM is running

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#3689 · opened 2015-01-26 by khnazile · updated 2019-07-18 · 3 comments · github

Kkhnazile 2015-01-26 github

OK, first of all I'm running steam on openSUSE 13.2 x86_64 with KDE

I don't use NetworkManager as it does not fit very well to my network configuration, but it is installed into my system, as well as libnm, just not running.

Here is my problem: when I start Steam it launches as usual, shows me library, friend list, etc. Everything is perfectly fine until I put my system into sleep mode (suspend-to-ram or hibernation - makes no difference). After resume it looks like steam does not detect system was suspended for a while. Friend list does not update online status, and community/shop operations do not work properly, as my session has timed out. The only option is to close Steam and start it again.

NM-less configuration used to work a year ago or something like that, so it is a regression. Laptop with same OS and with NM enabled works just fine.

MMilesBHuff 2017-10-01 github

I have the same problem on Linux Mint 18.2 'Sonya', but NetworkManager is running.
% sudo systemctl status NetworkManager
[sudo] password for milesbhuff:
● NetworkManager.service - Network Manager
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Fri 2017-09-29 12:20:14 EDT; 1 day 11h ago
Problem is present on two out of two of my Linux Mint computers. As Linux Mint is based on the most recent Ubuntu LTS, it is officially supported. This might be worth looking into.

Vvolca02 2017-10-29 github

I suffer from the same problem on up-to-date Archlinux. After suspend/resume, the steam client does not reconnect. I have network manager running:

● NetworkManager.service - Network Manager
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: active (running) since Tue 2017-10-24 21:28:11 CEST; 4 days ago
     Docs: man:NetworkManager(8)
 Main PID: 420 (NetworkManager)
    Tasks: 3 (limit: 4915)
   CGroup: /system.slice/NetworkManager.service
           └─420 /usr/bin/NetworkManager --no-daemon

My steam system info:
https://gist.github.com/volca02/3b4523abbc2ae4d461ef3c2214d164c7

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2017-10-29 github

It should be noted that the main issue report that is tracking network connection issues in steam after a suspend / wake cycle is at #474.

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