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[Christian Brandt <brandtc@xxxxxxxx>]

I have eliminated some symptoms in other applications but the steam
problem continues. More details about my installation:

I installed Steam in /archive/steam, chown root:users and chmod 2770.
/archive is a soft link to /home/archive.

Steam itself starts normally but the Library does not show any games.
Surving the Web and Shop through Steam browser also fails. When trying
to install a game the installer does not list the default installation
location "/archive/steam/steamapps" but other Partitions I never used
for steam like "/steam", "/var/steam", "/home/steam". Also it does
display "Disk space available: 0". Installation obviously fails because
of access rights and available space.

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Title:
  Odd behaviour in some applications

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Earlier today I installed
  linux-headers-3.13.0-59
  linux-headers-3.13.0-59-generic
  linux-image-3.13.0-59-generic
  linux-image-extra-3.13.0-59-generic
  and after that some applications, most notably steam, started to behave strange, e.g. in steam installed software was "invisible" and the application install dialog stated "Disk Space Available: 0"

  Counter checks by booting some older kernels (48 to 58) fixed that
  behaviour. A very quick cross check with another system seem to prove
  this observation.

  I do an educated guess: my steam is sitting on /archive/steam so I can
  share it over network and local users. /archive is a soft link to
  /home/archive coz I often move this one around a lot. I have the odd
  feeling kernel -59 is having issues with soft links and/or steam is
  handling soft links in a weird way which broke with -59. All other
  software affected is somehow connected to soft links, be it a small
  "readlink" from bash or postgresql.

  Sorry for being a bit vague right now, more details after I return
  from work and have time to experiment with avoiding soft links while
  using my affected applications.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: linux-image-3.13.0-59-generic 3.13.0-59.98
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-58.97-generic 3.13.11-ckt22
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-58-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  brandtc    2790 F.... pulseaudio
   /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p:   brandtc    2790 F...m pulseaudio
  CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden: 'iw'
  CurrentDesktop: LXDE
  CurrentDmesg:
   [   35.700956] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: irq 50 for MSI/MSI-X
   [   35.793778] EXT4-fs (dm-2): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: acl
   [   36.993771] init: plymouth-upstart-bridge main process ended, respawning
   [  636.471258] perf samples too long (2501 > 2500), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 50000
  Date: Tue Jul 28 11:40:00 2015
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=/dev/mapper/vgsys-lvswap
  MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. 965G-DS3
  ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-58-generic root=UUID=7f7fd8ba-d814-4ead-9ea4-53089785459c ro nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=1920x1200-24,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap libata.force=1.5 zswap.enabled=1 zswap.max_pool_percent=25 nomdmonddf nomdmonisw
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-58-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-58-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                             1.127.14
  RfKill:
   0: hci0: Bluetooth
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
  SourcePackage: linux
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 09/18/2008
  dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: F10M
  dmi.board.name: 965G-DS3
  dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF10M:bd09/18/2008:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pn965G-DS3:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rn965G-DS3:rvr:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: 965G-DS3
  dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

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