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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?

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answered 2 Years ago brellked · Accepted Answer

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.