Why doesn't Steam start?

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When I try to start Steam nothing happens. Reinstall doesn't help.

$ steam
Running Steam on ubuntu 13.04 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1378500910_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1378500910_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1378500910_client)
unlinked 0 orphaned pipes
removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 7278 with name 0eBlobRegistryMutex_DC7EBB4AEA41D3C6C74E5EFFD6757CEC
removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 7278 with name 0eBlobRegistrySignal_DC7EBB4AEA41D3C6C74E5EFFD6757CEC
removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 7278 with name 0emSteamEngineInstance
removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 7278 with name 0eSteamEngineLock
Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "overlay-scrollbar"
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1378500910_client)
[0913/182910:WARNING:proxy_service.cc(958)] PAC support disabled because there is no system implementation

How to fix it?

This: http://askubuntu.com/questions/345146/steam-stopped-running/345151#345151 — PeppeDAlterio, Sep 13 '13 at 15:48

score 35 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 13 '13 at 16:48

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I was having the same problem. To solve it, just delete the .steam/steam/appcache directory. You can do this from the terminal:

rm -Rf ~/.steam/steam/appcache

You have to run this every time you want to start steam until Valve fix this problem.

edited Sep 13 '13 at 16:48

Andrea Corbellini

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answered Sep 13 '13 at 15:36

PeppeDAlterio

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You don't have to remove it manually everytime. Simply write a two line script that does it for you! – Bakuriu Sep 13 '13 at 18:27
@tim I don't know why you should to make it everytime... isn't once just enough? – Braiam Sep 13 '13 at 20:12
@Braiam every time steam starts afaik the appcache file will be created – Ramchandra Apte Sep 14 '13 at 15:34
This folder doesn't exist. Any suggestion for newer versions of Steam? – Jon Bentley Aug 09 '16 at 10:16

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited May 22 '18 at 16:03

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It stopped working 4 hours ago for my part too.

I reinstalled steam even redownloaded dota2, and it still doesn't work. I'm pretty sure that this is a steam related issue... and they will fix it pretty soon I guess.

For the time being, you can bypass this issue by removing $HOME/.steam/steam/appcache.

edited May 22 '18 at 16:03

jokerdino

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sidney

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 15 '13 at 21:20

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For those who cannot solve this issue with the other suggestions on this page, you can go into home/username/.steam/steam/SteamApps/common and all of your game folders will be in there. In each game folder is an executable. Just find the executable and run it to bypass Steam.

answered Sep 15 '13 at 21:20

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Is this the same as searching for the game name on the Dash and then running it from there? Because I've noticed that procedure doesn't really bypass Steam, I can see it quickly starts BigPicture Mode and then the game. – Waldir Leoncio Sep 29 '13 at 00:27
@WaldirLeoncio No, it is not the same. – Jon Bentley Aug 09 '16 at 10:14

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