Please include information requested at https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux for optimal bug tracking and reporting.
Yes, refer me to useless manifest.
Since I think my title is sane, and how to reproduce is clear, I'll address the rest of the 'instructions.'
~ $ steam steam://rungameid/520
~ $
... but no command line output, obviously. If there's a flag for it, well ...
~ $ man steam
NAME
steam - a launcher for the Steam client from Valve Corporation
SYNOPSIS
steam [ -options ]
DESCRIPTION
Steam is a software distribution service focused on games, automatic
updates, achievements, and social features for gamers.
OPTIONS
This program currently has no documented commandline options.
AUTHOR
The steam launcher script is written and maintained by Valve Corpora‐
tion.
... it's obviously not documented.
Which would leave me to guess about where to find output and log files. They sure aren't in /var/log.
~/.steam didn't have anything obvious, either, though I might have missed something. There are a lot of directories.
System info:
Processor Information:
Vendor: GenuineIntel
Speed: 3301 Mhz
8 logical processors
4 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 13 Maya (64 bit)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 3.2.0-32-generic
X Server vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Server release: 11103000
Video Card:
Driver: ATI Technologies Inc. AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
Driver Version: 4.2.11931 Compatibility Profile Context
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 59 Hz
VendorID: 0x1002
DeviceID: 0x683d
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of Logical Video Cards: 1
Primary Display Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Desktop Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Primary Display Size: 21.50" x 13.86" (25.55" diag)
54.6cm x 35.2cm (64.9cm diag)
Primary VRAM Not Detected
Sound card:
Audio device: Realtek ALC892
Memory:
RAM: 16014 Mb
Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
LANG: en_US.UTF-8
Microphone: Not set
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 93869 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 21255 Mb
I was having the same issue. Hope my trhead helps you.
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/506
Your fix does not cause any change in my problem. It crashes pretty much as soon as the progress bar switches to displaying the 'downloading map name' message.
After following his instructions in the other thread:
Recent Failure Reports:
Thu Jan 3 01:47:46 2013 GMT: file ''/tmp/dumps/crash_20130102184742_1.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-7cb17d93-c408-4cc7-adac-a860c2130102''
Thu Jan 3 01:53:25 2013 GMT: file ''/tmp/dumps/crash_20130102185321_1.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-4a2c78d5-bd98-4a6e-8e3e-a37562130102''
Is there a way to parse those things as something readable?
gameid 520 is the TF2 Beta, isn't it? It has not been updated for a while. Use regular TF2 instead...
Mega thanks... I had no idea that somehow the beta and the regular game were different.
I'm not even sure how I ended up with the beta instead of the proper game, honestly. I only downloaded Steam and TF2 once the open beta was announced.
No problem :) I was wondering that myself for while. Turns out the beta version is not targeted for linux beta testing, rather for new functions, weapons etc..
birdstream's ability to resolve the issue is why the information requested is important.
Sorry if it didn't fix for you, but I was using normal TF2. My bad. Glad your issue is fixed now.
I believe I'm encountering this:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/221410/discussions/1/846939071115487090/
If there are further instructions to debug I'll be happy to follow, but the gist is that a large proportion of the time joining a server causes the game to crash when it has to download a map.
Using Linux Mint 12.04, but I don't think it's related.