I had the same problem a week ago and in my case it was srcds processes that had hanged..
check if any srcds processes is running by typing ps awwux|grep srcds if more then one process is shown, type "kill 12345" and replace 12345 with the processes number Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Malota" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 5:31 PM Subject: [hlds_linux] Weird problem during an update >W dniu 2010-06-07 11:38, Ulrich Block pisze: > >> Try using the additional parameter "-retry": > >> That one worked for me in such cases. > >> > >> ./steam -command update -game left4dead2 -dir . -verify_all -retry > >> > >> > >> > > Same with "-retry" > > > I'm having this same problem on 64-bit ubuntu 10.04. Steam won't start > at all now, just hangs after whining about semaphores: > ~/appinstall/game-hlds$ ./steam > Checking bootstrapper version ... > removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 8323 with name > 0eBlobRegistryMutex_6C6620F759E918400D5B51D806058D8F > removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 8323 with name > 0eBlobRegistrySignal_6C6620F759E918400D5B51D806058D8F > > what next? how best to debug this? > andrew > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
