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debian; after putting machine to sleep steam client does not login to service

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#5199 · opened 2017-10-06 by DeliveryService · updated 2017-10-06 · 1 comments · github
DDeliveryService 2017-10-06 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): build 4th of Oct 2017 blah blah
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Debian testing fully updated
  • 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:

After putting my box to sleep, then steam client does not reauthenticate (after a minute).

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. login to steam
  2. put device to sleep
  3. wait an hour
  4. wake up device
  5. steam does not authenticate and you cannot start an online game

Workaround; exit and restart steam,

Issue is rather annoying

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2017-10-06 github

Hello @DeliveryService, this issue is already being tracked at #474. Closing as a duplicate.

Nothing extracted yet.