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Steam handles a full /tmp very poorly

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#7989 · opened 2021-08-15 by konomikitten · updated 2021-08-15 · 0 comments · github
Kkonomikitten 2021-08-15 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): steam-runtime_0.20210630.0
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: No
  • Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Currently steam behaves very poorly when /tmp is full telling me the end user to install a bunch of libraries:

missing-libraries-but-not-really

However these libraries are not missing at all. Here is the console output from running steam with a full /tmp:

steam-tmp-full.txt

Steam should not be telling the end user they are missing libraries but instead tell them /tmp is full and needs to be emptied.

Here is the console output of steam after freeing space in /tmp with no library errors or any other kind of errors that prevent it from starting:

steam-normal-run.txt

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Fill up /tmp
  2. Run steam
  3. Get told to install libraries that are not actually missing

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