I can't be totally sure, but I think I just fixed it by: 1. rm -rf ~/Steam 2. mv steam steam.old 3. ./hldsupdatetool.bin
got new version of steam, then did ./steam a few times, seems to play nice now Andrew On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Allan Button <[email protected]> wrote: > I had that error after the last update. > > I did so much I can't remember what fixed it exactly. I know I kept using > the update tools, and setting file permissions. > > Wish I would have kept notes, but I did it from my iPhone. > > Allan > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Andrew Malota > Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 12:51 PM > To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Weird problem during an update > > No such luck, no steam, srcds, or l4d processes. > > On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Peter Lindblom <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
