New steam install issues

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  1. Aremis

    Aremis Member

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    This is going to sound stupid. I install steam and get rid of the provided GCC packs and whatnot and I start steam. Only problem is when steam starts it freezes at the breakpad handler exception slot and nothing happens after that. I left it for 2 hours on my machine and still nothing happened. I have never had this happen before and I don't exactly know how to go at it.

    It's puling a windows XP and I dunno how to fix it.

    Nothing appears in journalctl or in dmesg.

    This is a fresh, brand new 64bit arch install.
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    booman Grand High Exalted Mystic Emperor of Linux Gaming Staff Member

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    I'm guessing you are meaning Steam in PlayOnLinux or Wine right?
    I've never had this problem in the past at all
    I've been playing in Steam regularly for the past 4 months and haven't noticed anything different.
    What version of Wine are you using?
  3. Aremis

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    Not wine, native steam. I eventually said fuggit and reinstalled completely and it seemed to have worked.

    Works in windows and osx, works in linux too

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