Hello @charliebrownau, did you install steam with the distro-provided package or the valve-provided package? Is this the only game affected or are there other games with a similar issue?
Please run the game, then copy the contents of ~/.steam/error.log to a gist and include a link in this issue report.
This is a known problem.
See http://steamcommunity.com/app/222880/discussions/1/348292787753155302/
insurgency_linux spawns a crash_handler process in the initialisation process that steam thinks is the game. There is also a workaround in this discussion.
Thanks for linking that discussion, since the issue is with the game-provided crash handler, this will most likely need to be fixed by the game devs.
Yes it seems like that. Also because the issue was introduced by an Insurgency update and did not happen before that update. On the other hand it could also be a problem within Steam, because it confuses processes spawned by the main game process (insurgency_linux) as the game itself and removes the running status although the game is still running.
This was fixed in new Steam Beta Client.
Hello @charliebrownau, is this fixed for you as well?
Thanks @OlliC, closing fixed.
Nothing extracted yet.
Your system information
Steam client version (build number or date): 28/Aug/2017
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Ubuntu Mate 17.04
Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No] No
Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No] Yes
Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:
Steam not counting game as "running"
Friends cant join on me when I host or join server
I launch from steam menu
same thing with and WITHOUT command line options
Worked fine in windows steam in win7
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