Any solution to TF2 "loading ..." freeze ?

[thedarkfighter413]

I have this bug more than one month.
It has been already reported: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/407

TF2 hangs on "loading ..." after it loads 351.4MB to RAM.
I can't get to main menu. I waited more than 30 minutes, but when it stops loading to RAM at 351.4MB, it's permanently freezed = I have to kill it.
I starts on 15-30 attempt.

This makes the Linux version totally unplayable for me, I don't have more nerves for it - start, kill, start, kill, start kill.... If I want to play it with my friends, I can't, because they are waiting for me 30-45 minutes.

If think it does not happen on AMD 12.10. Anyway I can't downgrade from 12.11 beta11, because my kernel is not supported on 12.10.

So, please, is there any solution?

[instabilis]

Have you tried updating to the xorg-edgers repository as mentioned on the GitHub comments?

[thedarkfighter413]

Yes, I tried it.
This PPA made my system very unstable and AMD drivers and Xserver didn't work.
Maybe I did something wrong or this packages aren't comatible with my distro (LM13).

Is it needed for TF2? I don't want to risk again. ppa-purge saved me.

[Toquinha]

See if this helps

http://steamcommunity.com/app/221410/discussions/0/846940249040428050/

[bane_killgrind]

This seems to be related to the locale, try editing /etc/local.gen and deleting the # (called a hash) on the en_US.UTF-8 line. then run locale-gen

ryan@RaugMoss:~$ sudo vim /etc/locale.gen
[sudo] password for ryan: 
ryan@RaugMoss:~$ sudo locale-gen
Generating locales (this might take a while)...
  en_CA.UTF-8... done
  en_US.UTF-8... done
Generation complete.
ryan@RaugMoss:~$ 

this was on debian linux 64bit, testing.

[Linux-storma]

I had the same problem, it gets stuck because a warning window about locales doesn't 'popup' correctly. You can see this if you start in windowed mode.

sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales and add the missing US* locale. It's an alternative way of doing what bane_killgrind mentioned above.

[Toquinha]

Try disabling HDR

[thedarkfighter413]

bane_killgrind and storma:

I can try it, but there is no "locale" warning window, look at the screen here: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/1219

Junior s2 Camila:

I can't disable it. It's not possible for me to get into the main menu (only on integrated APU = another AMD issue - black screen in all full screen games on Cinnamon).
Maybe I could try switch to integrated APU + MATE = TF2 will start, disable HDR and switch back to dedicated GPU and Cinnamon.

[thedarkfighter413]

Ok, I disabled HDR - it's same.

Something similar on CS:Source. Why nobody cares? This should be high priority bug.
Steam for Linux was released ouf of beta too early.

[Shark]

catalyst 13.1?

[thedarkfighter413]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Wouter:

catalyst 13.1?

Yes. But same issue on 12.10 and 12.11beta11.

[Shark]

Have you tried 13.1 legacy, if you have an amd 4000 series or older it is not supported by any other drivers after 12.6 legacy.

[thedarkfighter413]

No, I have integrated APU 6520G and dedicated 6470M GPU - both are supported.
This is not happening on integrated 6520G, only on the dedicated GPU.

I wrote more details about it here:
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/1219

[pepe33l]

This has been moved to: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Source-1-Games/issues/102
If you have the same bug (and same or similar hardware: AMD APU+dede GPU), please report there, so we can add a bit of pressure...
Also, this post: http://steamcommunity.com/app/221410/discussions/0/864957182847070880/ is related to the same problem.

[thedarkfighter413]

This ( https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Source-1-Games/issues/102 ) is my bug report :)
Someone just moved it elsewhere and it's not asscociated to my nickname anymore (sad, it's my major issue - i'm forced to AMD integrated APU = blackscreen on Cinnamon = forced to Gnome 3 = f*ck you, AMD!)
Also reported here to AMD - http://devgurus.amd.com/message/1286557#1286557