Steam disk write error linux
5 июл. 2018 в 7:38
When I try to install Hearts of Iron IV in my Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, it always says «disk write error».
An error occured while updating Hearts of Iron IV (disk write error):
home/ /.local/share/Steam/steamapps/downloading/394360/wiki/load.php@debug=false&lang=en&modules=mediawiki.action.view.categoryPage.styles%7Cmediawiki.helplink%2CsectionAnchor%7Cmediawiki.legacy.commonPrint%2Cshared%7Cmediawiki.skinning.interface%7Cskins.vector.styles&only=styles&skin=vector.css
Can anybody help me fix that?
5 июл. 2018 в 11:42
5 июл. 2018 в 13:07
5 июл. 2018 в 18:45
1- go to steam settings, clear download cache and try again
2- change download server location on steam settings
3- go to steam settings and create a secondary games folder somewhere and try again (choosing the new folder when asked by the game installer dialog)
If nothing works:
— Is any step to that folder path following a symbolic link?
— Is the steam games library in an NTFS partition?
5 июл. 2018 в 22:21
No need for a boot pendrive, just boot into single user mode or force an fsck upon reboot (man ext4.fsck) or by editing fstab and forcing the check there, reboot allow the check. I would perform a single user boot, though, just hit ‘e’ at the GRUB screen, find the line that has the boot parameters (the long one with initrd=vmlinuz . ) and append a number 1 at the end, hit ctrl+x to boot, from the prompt, start the check for your filesystem
3 сен. 2018 в 17:20
I’m having the same issue. The problem seems to be that this file name is too long for ext4: load.php@debug=false&lang=en&modules=mediawiki.action.view.categoryPage.styles%7Cmediawiki.helplink%2CsectionAnchor%7Cmediawiki.legacy.commonPrint%2Cshared%7Cmediawiki.skinning.interface%7Cskins.vector.styles&only=styles&skin=vector.css
EDIT: Seems like I was wrong, it had to do something with my encrypted home. I solved it by moving my .steam directory outside my home, then mounting it back to it’s original location.
18 ноя. 2018 в 12:59
FWIW, in my case (home directory on a NFS share, steam games on /opt/steam), I was able to solve the issue by linking the downloading directory to a local partition, like so:
17 фев. 2019 в 23:00
FWIW, in my case (home directory on a NFS share, steam games on /opt/steam), I was able to solve the issue by linking the downloading directory to a local partition, like so:
20 апр. 2019 в 12:26
Yep, if you use NFS4, the solution is to make downloading/ directory be a symlink to some other local file system (i.e. ext4 or tmpfs), possibly use NFS3 with some local_lock=flock mount option, or use a LD preload to disable use of flock for steam, it should be relatively safe I guess.
Unfortunately it is still not fixed in Steam client as of today.
20 фев. 2021 в 19:26
I had this issue installing straight to /opt/games installing a Valheim server. I solved this with permissions (sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /opt/games) in case anybody has this issue.
10 мая. 2021 в 3:50
I had this issue installing straight to /opt/games installing a Valheim server. I solved this with permissions (sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /opt/games) in case anybody has this issue.
Thank you, although my path was /usr/games, changing the permission like this helped me get my Valheim server installed.
26 мая. 2021 в 5:18
i got the disk write error when trying to install proton experimental.
in my case the problem seems to be that my main partition is luks encrypted and it has something to do with that.
i created a second UNencrypted ext4 partition and set it as default installation dir in settings.
now everything works fine.
26 мая. 2021 в 9:24
@giluks
that’s bizarre that proton won’t be installed/work properly from a luks-encrypted partition. it should be totally transparent and just work, as it does for every other app except ones that need to actually handle partitioning and disk encryption.
it’s a hint that Valve may be implementing their library data handling at a lower abstraction level than it should. and coherent with several reports of steam sometimes not working over some linux-compatible partition types, not just NTFS
did you open an issue on their github bug tracker for this?
26 мая. 2021 в 10:01
No problems with Proton (or anything else) with encrypted partitions for me.
Disk write error can also happen when an update is unable to replace a directory, usually because it is not empty. Making a new filesystem would fix that by accident.
26 мая. 2021 в 10:28
i got the disk write error when trying to install proton experimental.
in my case the problem seems to be that my main partition is luks encrypted and it has something to do with that.
i created a second UNencrypted ext4 partition and set it as default installation dir in settings.
now everything works fine.
My system is fully luks encrypted too, unlocked at boot time and I’ve never got a disk write error, should come from how encryption is set on your system or something else.
Steam disk write error linux
13 июл. 2022 в 2:50
Did you Dev Null the drive by accident?
Sounds like its Dev Nulled.
Far as the other rhetoric regarding OS choice.
Use what is comfortable for you.
Colonel Linus ( Computer Science History Lesson / Electronics Engineering Lesson ), the inventor of LINUX GNU licensed kernal, wanted a home version of UNIX. Linus was granted this GNU License, and Linux was born from its Daddy, UNIX.
There are many great flavors of Linux out there for home use, although not for the AMATEUR.
Debian, Ubuntu are the most popular.
Parrot OS, and Kali Linux are the most secure. And used for Cybersecurity. Although very stripped down far as functionality, and bloated with extra security tools.
Redhat, etc. are more for Corporations, Governments, and Universities.
But they all use the same basic Col. Linus Linux GNU kernal.
Winblowz is the most easiest to use, although it is also bloatware, and spyware ( telemetry is the captured data being sent to microcrap ). Although, since Bill Gates left, its the least secure OS out there. And has a scam running with updating every few years nowadays. Versus 9x-XP/Vista. Like how I think only 10/11 are supported at the moment. Winblows Servers are ok, but more vulnerable to hacking.
Far as Crapple, Crapple is Crapple. From the IIe ( monochrome ) basic, to the first Macintosh IOS. Crapple. To the newer I-Crap.
At the end of the day all ya need is a command prompt.
But you should take a course in LINUX ADMINISTRATION before ever using Linux OS.
No matter what the flavor.
That would help you when encountering problems like this.
To Troubleshoot, Diagnose, and Repair any issues.
That said, did you Dev Null your drive by accident?
Sounds like its Dev Nulled ( nothing will write to drive ).
Steam disk write error linux
5 июл. 2018 в 7:38
When I try to install Hearts of Iron IV in my Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, it always says «disk write error».
An error occured while updating Hearts of Iron IV (disk write error):
home/ /.local/share/Steam/steamapps/downloading/394360/wiki/load.php@debug=false&lang=en&modules=mediawiki.action.view.categoryPage.styles%7Cmediawiki.helplink%2CsectionAnchor%7Cmediawiki.legacy.commonPrint%2Cshared%7Cmediawiki.skinning.interface%7Cskins.vector.styles&only=styles&skin=vector.css
Can anybody help me fix that?
5 июл. 2018 в 11:42
5 июл. 2018 в 13:07
5 июл. 2018 в 18:45
1- go to steam settings, clear download cache and try again
2- change download server location on steam settings
3- go to steam settings and create a secondary games folder somewhere and try again (choosing the new folder when asked by the game installer dialog)
If nothing works:
— Is any step to that folder path following a symbolic link?
— Is the steam games library in an NTFS partition?
5 июл. 2018 в 22:21
No need for a boot pendrive, just boot into single user mode or force an fsck upon reboot (man ext4.fsck) or by editing fstab and forcing the check there, reboot allow the check. I would perform a single user boot, though, just hit ‘e’ at the GRUB screen, find the line that has the boot parameters (the long one with initrd=vmlinuz . ) and append a number 1 at the end, hit ctrl+x to boot, from the prompt, start the check for your filesystem
3 сен. 2018 в 17:20
I’m having the same issue. The problem seems to be that this file name is too long for ext4: load.php@debug=false&lang=en&modules=mediawiki.action.view.categoryPage.styles%7Cmediawiki.helplink%2CsectionAnchor%7Cmediawiki.legacy.commonPrint%2Cshared%7Cmediawiki.skinning.interface%7Cskins.vector.styles&only=styles&skin=vector.css
EDIT: Seems like I was wrong, it had to do something with my encrypted home. I solved it by moving my .steam directory outside my home, then mounting it back to it’s original location.
18 ноя. 2018 в 12:59
FWIW, in my case (home directory on a NFS share, steam games on /opt/steam), I was able to solve the issue by linking the downloading directory to a local partition, like so:
17 фев. 2019 в 23:00
FWIW, in my case (home directory on a NFS share, steam games on /opt/steam), I was able to solve the issue by linking the downloading directory to a local partition, like so:
20 апр. 2019 в 12:26
Yep, if you use NFS4, the solution is to make downloading/ directory be a symlink to some other local file system (i.e. ext4 or tmpfs), possibly use NFS3 with some local_lock=flock mount option, or use a LD preload to disable use of flock for steam, it should be relatively safe I guess.
Unfortunately it is still not fixed in Steam client as of today.
20 фев. 2021 в 19:26
I had this issue installing straight to /opt/games installing a Valheim server. I solved this with permissions (sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /opt/games) in case anybody has this issue.
10 мая. 2021 в 3:50
I had this issue installing straight to /opt/games installing a Valheim server. I solved this with permissions (sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /opt/games) in case anybody has this issue.
Thank you, although my path was /usr/games, changing the permission like this helped me get my Valheim server installed.
26 мая. 2021 в 5:18
i got the disk write error when trying to install proton experimental.
in my case the problem seems to be that my main partition is luks encrypted and it has something to do with that.
i created a second UNencrypted ext4 partition and set it as default installation dir in settings.
now everything works fine.
26 мая. 2021 в 9:24
@giluks
that’s bizarre that proton won’t be installed/work properly from a luks-encrypted partition. it should be totally transparent and just work, as it does for every other app except ones that need to actually handle partitioning and disk encryption.
it’s a hint that Valve may be implementing their library data handling at a lower abstraction level than it should. and coherent with several reports of steam sometimes not working over some linux-compatible partition types, not just NTFS
did you open an issue on their github bug tracker for this?
26 мая. 2021 в 10:01
No problems with Proton (or anything else) with encrypted partitions for me.
Disk write error can also happen when an update is unable to replace a directory, usually because it is not empty. Making a new filesystem would fix that by accident.
26 мая. 2021 в 10:28
i got the disk write error when trying to install proton experimental.
in my case the problem seems to be that my main partition is luks encrypted and it has something to do with that.
i created a second UNencrypted ext4 partition and set it as default installation dir in settings.
now everything works fine.
My system is fully luks encrypted too, unlocked at boot time and I’ve never got a disk write error, should come from how encryption is set on your system or something else.