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FS#57929 - [steam] Update-Restart Loop

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Aaron Muir Hamilton (microcode) - Friday, 23 March 2018, 19:42 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Saturday, 24 March 2018, 14:06 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Multilib
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
Steam restarts continually and never fully starts.

Additional info:
* multilib/steam 1.0.0.54-3

[aaron@aka ~]$ steam
Running Steam on arch rolling 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Pins up-to-date!
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1521764535)
...
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1521764535)
[2018-03-23 19:39:21] Startup - updater built Mar 22 2018 16:58:36
[2018-03-23 19:39:21] uninstalled manifest found in /home/aaron/.local/share/Steam/package/steam_client_ubuntu12 (1).
[2018-03-23 19:39:21] Found pending update
[2018-03-23 19:39:21] Installing update...
[2018-03-23 19:39:21] Extracting package...
[2018-03-23 19:39:25] Installing update...
[2018-03-23 19:39:28] Cleaning up...
[2018-03-23 19:39:28] Update complete, launching Steam...
[2018-03-23 19:39:28] Shutdown
Restarting Steam by request...
Running Steam on arch rolling 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME has been set by the user to: /home/aaron/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime
Pins up-to-date!
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1521764535)
...
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1521764535)
[2018-03-23 19:39:28] Startup - updater built Mar 22 2018 16:58:36
[2018-03-23 19:39:29] Verifying installation...
[2018-03-23 19:39:29] BVerifyInstalledFiles: bad symlink ( legacycompat/steamclient.dll -> steam.dll with CRC fec6cabc, expected CRC 7c37481f )
[2018-03-23 19:39:29] BVerifyInstalledFiles: bad symlink ( legacycompat/steamclient64.dll -> steam.dll with CRC fec6cabc, expected CRC 7c37481f )
[2018-03-23 19:39:29] Verification complete
[2018-03-23 19:39:29] Downloading update...
[2018-03-23 19:39:29] Checking for available updates...
[2018-03-23 19:39:29] Download complete.
[2018-03-23 19:39:29] uninstalled manifest found in /home/aaron/.local/share/Steam/package/steam_client_ubuntu12 (1).
[2018-03-23 19:39:29] Extracting package...
[2018-03-23 19:39:34] Installing update...
[2018-03-23 19:39:37] Cleaning up...
[2018-03-23 19:39:37] Update complete, launching Steam...
[2018-03-23 19:39:37] Shutdown
Restarting Steam by request...
Running Steam on arch rolling 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME has been set by the user to: /home/aaron/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime
Pins up-to-date!
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1521764535)
...
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1521764535)
[2018-03-23 19:39:37] Startup - updater built Mar 22 2018 16:58:36
[2018-03-23 19:39:38] Verifying installation...
[2018-03-23 19:39:38] BVerifyInstalledFiles: bad symlink ( legacycompat/steamclient.dll -> steam.dll with CRC fec6cabc, expected CRC 7c37481f )
[2018-03-23 19:39:38] BVerifyInstalledFiles: bad symlink ( legacycompat/steamclient64.dll -> steam.dll with CRC fec6cabc, expected CRC 7c37481f )
[2018-03-23 19:39:38] Verification complete
[2018-03-23 19:39:38] Downloading update...
[2018-03-23 19:39:38] Checking for available updates...
[2018-03-23 19:39:38] Download complete.
[2018-03-23 19:39:38] uninstalled manifest found in /home/aaron/.local/share/Steam/package/steam_client_ubuntu12 (1).
[2018-03-23 19:39:38] Extracting package...
[2018-03-23 19:39:43] Installing update...
[2018-03-23 19:39:46] Cleaning up...
[2018-03-23 19:39:46] Update complete, launching Steam...
[2018-03-23 19:39:46] Shutdown
Restarting Steam by request...

etc.

Steps to reproduce:
Start steam
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Closed by  Doug Newgard (Scimmia)
Saturday, 24 March 2018, 14:06 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Aaron Muir Hamilton (microcode) - Friday, 23 March 2018, 19:48 GMT
Seems to be fixed by blowing away your whole Steam data folder, but somehow that doesn't seem ideal to me.

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