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razing32

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Registered: 2016-07-09

Posts: 33

SOLVED Steam - fails to launch

Hi

After an upgrade today steam fails to launch.

[alin@archlinux Steam]$ ./steam.sh
Running Steam on arch rolling 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Unpack runtime failed, error code 1
Error: Couldn't set up the Steam Runtime. Are you running low on disk space?
Continuing...
Error: You are missing the following 32-bit libraries, and Steam may not run:
libc.so.6
./steam.sh: line 940: /home/alin/.steam/steam/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam: Too many levels of symbolic links
./steam.sh: line 668: no match: /home/alin/.steam/steam/Steam/*
[alin@archlinux Steam]$

Here's what I upgraded recently :

Packages (70) aisleriot-3.22.4-1  allegro-5.2.3-2  at-spi2-atk-2.26.1-1  at-spi2-core-2.26.2-1  atom-1.21.2-1  bijiben-3.26.2-1  cool-retro-term-1.0.1-1  dconf-editor-3.26.2-1  evolution-3.26.2-1  evolution-data-server-3.26.2.1-1
              fftw-3.3.7-1  file-roller-3.26.2-1  flatpak-builder-0.10.1-1  gdm-3.26.2.1-1  git-2.15.0-1  gnome-characters-3.26.2-1  gnome-clocks-3.26.1-1  gnome-control-center-3.26.2-1  gnome-desktop-1:3.26.2-1
              gnome-disk-utility-3.26.2-1  gnome-getting-started-docs-3.26.2-1  gnome-keyring-1:3.20.1-1  gnome-logs-3.26.2-1  gnome-maps-3.26.2-1  gnome-screenshot-3.26.0-1  gnome-settings-daemon-3.26.1+9+ge973b2e8-1
              gnome-shell-3.26.1+10+gfd103ff70-1  gnome-terminal-3.26.2-1  gnome-todo-3.26.2-1  gnome-tweak-tool-3.26.3-1  gnome-user-docs-3.26.2-1  gnutls-3.5.16-1  gucharmap-10.0.3-1  icoutils-0.32.2-1  imagemagick-6.9.9.21-1
              lib32-dbus-1.10.24-1  lib32-mesa-17.2.4-1  lib32-nvidia-utils-387.22-1  lib32-systemd-235.38-1  libdrm-2.4.87-1  libgdm-3.26.2.1-1  libinput-1.9.1-1  libpciaccess-0.14-1  mate-netbook-1.18.2-1
              mate-notification-daemon-1.18.1-1  mate-sensors-applet-1.18.3-1  mate-session-manager-1.18.2-1  mate-settings-daemon-1.18.2-1  mate-system-monitor-1.18.1-1  mate-utils-1.18.3-1  mesa-17.2.4-1  mutter-3.26.1+30+g918731421-1
              nvidia-387.22-3  nvidia-utils-387.22-1  opencv-3.3.1-1  pango-1.40.13-2  polari-3.26.2-1  python-3.6.3-1  python-pytz-2017.3-1  qt5-declarative-5.9.2-2  rsync-3.1.2-8  sdl2_mixer-2.0.2-2  spice-glib-0.34-1
              spice-gtk3-0.34-2  sqlite-3.21.0-1  tzdata-2017c-1  vte-common-0.50.2-1  vte3-0.50.2-1  xf86-video-intel-1:2.99.917+797+g4798e18b-1  xfce4-genmon-plugin-4.0.1-1

Last edited by razing32 (2017-11-01 21:18:35)

razing32

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Registered: 2016-07-09

Posts: 33

Re: SOLVED Steam - fails to launch

Ok , update.
Now it just gives this on trying to start :

Couldn't set up Steam data - please contact technical support

razing32

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Registered: 2016-07-09

Posts: 33

Re: SOLVED Steam - fails to launch

Not the best option , but because I was ticked I decided to nuke my ~/.steam directory and do a clean install
Won't marl this solved just yet in case someone has an idea what caused it.

Last edited by razing32 (2017-11-01 20:42:16)

headkase

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Registered: 2011-12-06

Posts: 1,976

Re: SOLVED Steam - fails to launch

razing32,

What is the output of: "df -h" without the quotes?

Also, when adding new information to your thread it is best to edit your last post instead of creating a new one if you are still the last poster.

Edit: Don't do it yet, but you can also reset your Steam installation.  Be warned however that if you reset Steam it will delete all the games you have downloaded and you'll have to download them again.

Last edited by headkase (2017-11-01 20:42:06)

razing32

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Registered: 2016-07-09

Posts: 33

Re: SOLVED Steam - fails to launch

razing32,

What is the output of: "df -h" without the quotes?

Also, when adding new information to your thread it is best to edit your last post instead of creating a new one if you are still the last poster.

Edit: Don't do it yet, but you can also reset your Steam installation.  Be warned however that if you reset Steam it will delete all the games you have downloaded and you'll have to download them again.

Yeah , sorry , lost my temper and nuked ~/.steam
Here's my "df -h" minus steam on home. Before I had 244G free :

[alin@archlinux Downloads]$ df -h
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
dev              16G     0   16G   0% /dev
run              16G  1.4M   16G   1% /run
/dev/sda3       198G   93G   95G  50% /
tmpfs            16G  180M   16G   2% /dev/shm
tmpfs            16G     0   16G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs            16G  496K   16G   1% /tmp
/dev/sda1       571M   48M  524M   9% /boot
/dev/sdc1       1.8T  1.2T  512G  71% /home
/dev/sdd1       917G  226G  646G  26% /mnt/hard2
tmpfs           3.2G   52K  3.2G   1% /run/user/1000

headkase

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Registered: 2011-12-06

Posts: 1,976

Re: SOLVED Steam - fails to launch

[alin@archlinux Steam]$ ./steam.sh
Running Steam on arch rolling 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Unpack runtime failed, error code 1
Error: Couldn't set up the Steam Runtime. Are you running low on disk space?
Continuing...
Error: You are missing the following 32-bit libraries, and Steam may not run:
libc.so.6
./steam.sh: line 940: /home/alin/.steam/steam/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam: Too many levels of symbolic links
./steam.sh: line 668: no match: /home/alin/.steam/steam/Steam/*
[alin@archlinux Steam]$

Here's my "df -h" minus steam on home. Before I had 244G free :

[alin@archlinux Downloads]$ df -h
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
dev              16G     0   16G   0% /dev
run              16G  1.4M   16G   1% /run
/dev/sda3       198G   93G   95G  50% /
tmpfs            16G  180M   16G   2% /dev/shm
tmpfs            16G     0   16G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs            16G  496K   16G   1% /tmp
/dev/sda1       571M   48M  524M   9% /boot
/dev/sdc1       1.8T  1.2T  512G  71% /home
/dev/sdd1       917G  226G  646G  26% /mnt/hard2
tmpfs           3.2G   52K  3.2G   1% /run/user/1000

Well, it's not the easy answer, Steam was complaining about low disk space and you have plenty.

If you deleted all your games anyway then you can try the reset as you now have nothing to lose:

steam --reset

REMEMBER: Any downloaded Steam games WILL be deleted by that command.

razing32

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Registered: 2016-07-09

Posts: 33

Re: SOLVED Steam - fails to launch

[alin@archlinux Steam]$ ./steam.sh
Running Steam on arch rolling 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Unpack runtime failed, error code 1
Error: Couldn't set up the Steam Runtime. Are you running low on disk space?
Continuing...
Error: You are missing the following 32-bit libraries, and Steam may not run:
libc.so.6
./steam.sh: line 940: /home/alin/.steam/steam/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam: Too many levels of symbolic links
./steam.sh: line 668: no match: /home/alin/.steam/steam/Steam/*
[alin@archlinux Steam]$

Here's my "df -h" minus steam on home. Before I had 244G free :

[alin@archlinux Downloads]$ df -h
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
dev              16G     0   16G   0% /dev
run              16G  1.4M   16G   1% /run
/dev/sda3       198G   93G   95G  50% /
tmpfs            16G  180M   16G   2% /dev/shm
tmpfs            16G     0   16G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs            16G  496K   16G   1% /tmp
/dev/sda1       571M   48M  524M   9% /boot
/dev/sdc1       1.8T  1.2T  512G  71% /home
/dev/sdd1       917G  226G  646G  26% /mnt/hard2
tmpfs           3.2G   52K  3.2G   1% /run/user/1000

Well, it's not the easy answer, Steam was complaining about low disk space and you have plenty.

If you deleted all your games anyway then you can try the reset as you now have nothing to lose:

steam --reset

REMEMBER: Any downloaded Steam games WILL be deleted by that command.

I actually uninstalled and reinstalled steam after I removed the directory.
Now I am in steam and it is installing games just fine.
More curios about that library error TBH. It seemed to skip the low disk space error given that "Continuing" statement.
Guess what I did was close to "percussive maintenance" but for a late night it'll have to do.

headkase

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Registered: 2011-12-06

Posts: 1,976

Re: SOLVED Steam - fails to launch

Well, it's done now.  Not the best solution but at least it works in the end, just having to redownload your games.

If things are working properly now then mark your thread as solved by editing the first post in your thread, and in the title field pre-pending "[Solved]" without the quotes.