Locked out of Steam

[Daniel~]

I'm locked out of steam:
Are they picking on me or is this a new feature?

 

[booman]

At what point does this happen Daniel?

• Launch
• Login
• Install

 

[Daniel~]

Pops up as soon a I click the Steam icon or one of my desktop steam games. I can't reach steam itself at all. This came right out of the blue. One day All was well, next, nobody wants to know me.

 

[booman]

In the past I've done a dozen fixes for this type of problem, but the easiest way is probably to uninstall and re-install.

 

[Daniel~]

Ahaa shit!

I'm half way through my third go at Borderlands 2. Will steam make me start my games over when I re-install?
The worst part is that Steam should turn it's back on me after all I'e done for them! LOL

 

[booman]

Awesome! My oldest daughter and I are playing through Borderlands 2 in Mint as well.

Well, if your game is syncing with Steam cloud then you won't lose your save. There is also a local save in your ~/.local/share directory too.

But if you don't want to risk it, then I will look up a solution for refreshing Steam.
Normally it will be something like "Delete this file and run Steam"

 

[booman]

These posts suggest deleting your /home/daniel/.steam directory

https://askubuntu.com/questions/470436/steam-cannot-set-up-steam-data

If you are afraid to delete it, just rename it instead:
.steam-old

 

[Daniel~]

Rename to old and then reinstall? I'll try it, really nothing to lose at this point.

 

[booman]

You don't have to re-install... just rename the .steam folder in your home and then launch Steam again.
It will repopulate the .steam folder and hopefully allow you to sign in.

 

[Daniel~]

seems to be working.

 

[cloasters]

Yay! You go booman!!

 

[booman]

Are you logged in now?

 

[cloasters]

No, I apologize. Only us crickets here.

 

[booman]

Crickets probably means he got it working, or he's asleep