Fail to connect to Steam network after update (but works on relaunch)

steamclosed reviewedDistro Family: Arch

ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#4046 · opened 2015-10-01 by tewinget · updated 2019-01-04 · 4 comments · github

Ttewinget 2015-10-01 github

After every Steam Client update, a message box appears stating that Steam cannot connect to the Steam network. After dismissing this box, Steam closes, but works just fine when starting it again.

Unfortunately, it appears that if I do not own a github repo or have admin rights I cannot assign a severity to an issue, otherwise I would tag this as low priority for sure.

System information pasted below

Processor Information:
Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0x2a
CPU Stepping: 0x7
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 3700 Mhz
4 logical processors
4 physical processors
HyperThreading: Unsupported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported

Network Information:
Network Speed:

Operating System Version:
"Arch Linux" (64 bit)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 4.1.6-1-ARCH
X Server Vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Server Release: 11702000
X Window Manager: Openbox
Steam Runtime Version: steam-runtime-release_2015-06-12

Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA Corporation GeForce GTX 660/PCIe/SSE2

Driver Version:  4.5.0 NVIDIA 352.41
OpenGL Version: 4.5
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
VendorID:  0x10de
DeviceID:  0x11c0
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: 2048 MB
Supported MSAA Modes:  2x 4x 8x 16x

Sound card:
Audio device: Realtek ALC887-VD

Memory:
RAM: 16000 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
LANG: C
Microphone: Not set
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 100665 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 41211 Mb

Installed software:

Recent Failure Reports:

Ttewinget 2015-10-07 github

As I have not had issues with VAC servers (unless that's an issue you
started having in the last two months, as I haven't been on a VAC secured
game for a while), I don't know that I'd consider your issue related.
Intermittent connectivity issues I have had, but rarely enough that I chalk
it up to dropped packets and Steam failing to automatically reconnect (I
can do so manually with no issue).

On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 1:06 PM, pfdint [email protected] wrote:

I have an issue that may be related, or another presentation of the same
issue.

The steam client will intermittently show 'No connection' and disconnect
from steam friends. It is also unable to communicate with VAC servers or
something, as attempting to join games will either hang indefinitely on
'parsing game info', or after 15 mins show 'a connection to the vac servers
could not be made.'

A different ISP does not work, a different account does not work,
reinstalling steam and reinstalling the game (TF2) from scratch will not
work.

My specs and system are nearly identical.

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Kkisak-valve maintainer 2019-01-04 github

Hello @tewinget, are you still experiencing this issue on an up to date system?

Ttewinget 2019-01-04 github

I don't even remember having this issue, if I'm honest. It was over 3
years ago! But no, I haven't had any such issues in recent memory.

On Fri, Jan 4, 2019 at 10:38 AM kisak-valve [email protected]
wrote:

Hello @tewinget https://github.com/tewinget, are you still experiencing
this issue on an up to date system?

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Thanks for the feedback, closing.

Upstream links

ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/4046x2 2019-01