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Steam hangs upon startup (before login after update check)

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#3780 · opened 2015-04-02 by ghost · updated 2015-04-04 · 1 comments · github
?ghost 2015-04-02 github

I am trying to get the linux Steam platform up and running on my Arch machine (Linux 3.19.2-1-ARCH x86_64) on an NVIDIA Corporation GF116M [GeForce GT 560M](as per lspci) running the 'nvidia' driver installed through pacman.

I have multilib enabled. I have the 32 bit libraries installed. I have every font in the archwiki page for steam installed and though I have bested my issues with the all too common direct rendering error I still cannot quite get to a login screen.

Running Steam on arch rolling 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1427176184)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1427176184)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1427176184)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1427176184)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steamwebhelper)/version(20150323200504)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steamwebhelper)/version(1427141104)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steamwebhelper)/version(20150323200504)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steamwebhelper)/version(1427176184)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steamwebhelper)/version(1427176184)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1427176184)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1427176184)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1427176184)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1427176184)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1427176184)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1427176184)
FillInMachineIDInfo took a total of 0 milliseconds
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1427176184)
PulseAudio connect failed (used only for Mic Volume Control) with error: Access denied
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1427176184)
[0331/161251:ERROR:renderer_main.cc(227)] Running without renderer sandbox
[0331/161251:ERROR:renderer_main.cc(227)] Running without renderer sandbox
Generating new string page texture 12: 48x256, total string texture memory is 49.15 KB
Generating new string page texture 13: 256x256, total string texture memory is 311.30 KB
Generating new string page texture 14: 128x256, total string texture memory is 442.37 KB

and then the console loses focus and hangs until I press ctrl+c . . .

In ~/.steam/steam/logs/ I have:
bootstrap_log.txt
connection_log.txt
content_log.txt

all of which do not seem to show anything relevant to the hang but here it is anyways in case you (or anyone else sees something useful).

bootstrap_log.txt

[2015-04-01 08:56:51] Startup - updater built Mar 23 2015 20:05:07
[2015-04-01 08:56:51] Checking for update on startup
[2015-04-01 08:56:51] Checking for available updates...
[2015-04-01 08:56:52] Download skipped: /client/steam_client_ubuntu12 version 1427176184, installed version 1427176184
[2015-04-01 08:56:52] Nothing to do
[2015-04-01 08:56:52] Verifying installation...
[2015-04-01 08:56:52] Performing checksum verification of executable files
[2015-04-01 08:56:52] Verification complete

connection_log.txt

[2015-03-29 18:45:03] Log session started
[2015-03-29 18:45:03] [0,0] SetSteamID( [U:1:0] )


[2015-03-31 16:09:11] Log session started
[2015-03-31 16:09:11] [0,0] SetSteamID( [U:1:0] )


[2015-03-31 16:11:46] Log session started
[2015-03-31 16:11:46] [0,0] SetSteamID( [U:1:0] )


[2015-03-31 16:12:51] Log session started
[2015-03-31 16:12:51] [0,0] SetSteamID( [U:1:0] )


[2015-04-01 08:44:33] Log session started
[2015-04-01 08:44:33] [0,0] SetSteamID( [U:1:0] )


[2015-04-01 08:56:53] Log session started
[2015-04-01 08:56:53] [0,0] SetSteamID( [U:1:0] )

content_log.txt

[2015-03-29 18:45:03] Loaded 0 apps from install folder "/home/cat-thulu/.local/share/Steam/steamapps\appmanifest_*.acf".


[2015-03-31 16:09:11] Loaded 0 apps from install folder "/home/cat-thulu/.local/share/Steam/steamapps\appmanifest_*.acf".


[2015-03-31 16:11:46] Loaded 0 apps from install folder "/home/cat-thulu/.local/share/Steam/steamapps\appmanifest_*.acf".


[2015-03-31 16:12:51] Loaded 0 apps from install folder "/home/cat-thulu/.local/share/Steam/steamapps\appmanifest_*.acf".


[2015-04-01 08:44:33] Loaded 0 apps from install folder "/home/cat-thulu/.local/share/Steam/steamapps\appmanifest_*.acf".


[2015-04-01 08:56:53] Loaded 0 apps from install folder "/home/cat-thulu/.local/share/Steam/steamapps\appmanifest_*.acf".
?ghost 2015-04-04 github

EUREKA! Seems that my first intuition was correct though I wasn't thinking clear enough to realize it at the time. Steam was loading just fine, but was displaying on my closed laptop screen and not the monitor I have permenantly attached to it. Therefore when the console was losing focus it was because it was actually displaying the login screen on the laptop monitor. A quick setting in nvidia-setting to make my seconday monitor the primary display device fixed this! Thanks all for you help and sorry it ended up being such a simply issue.

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