steam will not run please help

[Citizen33]

when i try to run it in terminal i get the following,

Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1355250651_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1355250651_client)
threadtools.cpp (1439) : Assertion Failed: Permission denied
Assert( Assertion Failed: Permission denied ):/home/buildbot/buildslave_steam/steam_rel_client_ubuntu12_linux/build/src/tier0/threadtools.cpp:1439

Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1355250651_client)
Uploading dump (in-process) [proxy '']
/tmp/dumps/assert_20130103191110_1.dmp
success = no
error: HTTP response code said error
threadtools.cpp (1089) : Assertion Failed: semaphore creation failed Operation now in progress
unlinked 0 orphaned pipes
removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 10589 with name 0emSteamEngineInstance
removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 10589 with name 0eSteamEngineLock
threadtools.cpp (1439) : Assertion Failed: Permission denied
Shutting down. . .
unlinked 2 orphaned pipes
CAsyncIOManager: 0 threads terminating. 0 reads, 0 writes, 0 deferrals.
CAsyncIOManager: 46 single object sleeps, 2 multi object sleeps
CAsyncIOManager: 0 single object alertable sleeps, 1 multi object alertable sleeps

anyone know whats wrong? or how to fix this?

[Citizen33]

tried that didn't make any difference

[Citizen33]

with sudo gives this error,

Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1355250651_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(Steam)/version(1355250651_client)
threadtools.cpp (1439) : Assertion Failed: Permission denied
Assert( Assertion Failed: Permission denied ):/home/buildbot/buildslave_steam/steam_rel_client_ubuntu12_linux/build/src/tier0/threadtools.cpp:1439

Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1355250651_client)
Uploading dump (in-process) [proxy '']
/tmp/dumps/assert_20130103193953_1.dmp
success = no
error: Failed to open/read local data from file/application
threadtools.cpp (1089) : Assertion Failed: semaphore creation failed No such file or directory
unlinked 0 orphaned pipes
removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 10589 with name 0emSteamEngineInstance
removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 10589 with name 0eSteamEngineLock
threadtools.cpp (1439) : Assertion Failed: Permission denied
Shutting down. . .
unlinked 2 orphaned pipes
FATAL: exception not rethrown
/home/stim/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 287: 21434 Aborted (core dumped) $DEBUGGER "$STEAMROOT/$PLATFORM/$STEAMEXE" "$@"

[Toquita]

What distro are you using? Have you gave yourself premissions already?

Assertion Failed: Permission denied

[Citizen33]

ubuntu 12.04, not sure how would i check?

[matt]

How did you install Steam? Do you have multiple users at your Ubuntu install?

[Citizen33]

msw1 - i've been using sudo steam is there another one i should use or can try? yes i have uninstalled & re-installed multiple times still get same result.
i tried running it with terminal because when i try to run it using the icon nothing happens also when i click the [start steam beta] button after install nothing seems to happen either.

gutigen 0 - i used the client install through ubuntu software center from the link on steams site. also tried doing the manual install through terminal.

[Toquita]

It obviously is a permission problem. Can you do other sudo commands?

[Citizen33]

i'm not entirely sure on what you mean by other sudo commands? as in run other none steam related commands as sudo? yes i have run lots of other commands as sudo sense this error and had no problem. how would i go about fixing permissions?

[Toquita]

Just noticed you're using ubuntu. Ubuntu automatcally gives you permissions, but I think you're not the only user in your machine?

[Citizen33]

sense i installed my current ubuntu i've never created or used any other account on it there is none that show up on login or under settings > user accounts.

[jgkamat]

if sudo dosent work, try:
sudo bash
then run your comand

[Olorin]

Does the files have proper access permissions and ownership? If no, it might be a package problem.

[matt]

Go to /home/yourname/.local/share (ctrl+h reveals hidden files), rightclick Steam and check permissions tab. Is it set that you can create and delete files and in what user group it belongs to?

[Citizen33]

alight guys not sure how or what but ran some updates purged steam (again) restarted my computer, re-installed steam and boom steam runs great now, really not sure what fixed it but its working now. thank you all so much for the quick replies and help really appreciate the support. :)

[Blumimic]

Sometimes if there's a kernel update you need to restart. Happened with totem player.