Borderlands 2 stops at "Downloading updates" screen if started with steam in online mode on NixOS

steamclosed 3rd party game

ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#5007 · opened 2017-06-04 by BoloG · updated 2017-11-10 · 2 comments · github

BBoloG 2017-06-04 github

Your system information

Steam client version (build number or date): Jun 1 2017
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): NixOS
Opted into Steam client beta?: No
Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/25443

Borderlands 2 only runs if steam is started in offline mode (in this case it runs perfectly). In online mode it abruptly stops without any relevant log messages after "press any key" screen and after displaying "Downloading updates". Likely the same issue as this but it isn't solved by solution offered there.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

Start Borderland 2 with online Steam client
Press any key after (or skipping) the intro

Oorivej 2017-11-10 github

NixOS has fixed this issue in https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/31480 by adding /etc/services into the chroot with Steam.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2017-11-10 github

Thanks for cross-referencing this @orivej, closing per https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/b6b931a4f9746854c493bc0d3de7a4c942100381.

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