Steam saying the "filesystem does not allow executing files"

[GNU/PizzaDude]

When I install a game on Steam, it says "The selected filesystem does not allow executing files. Please re-mount it with the exec option and then try again.".
If I restart Steam and install the game, it works.
If I go to install another game, it says that again until I restart.
Here are the permissions of ~/.local/share/Steam

drwx------ 22 pizzadude pizzadude  4096 Jan 25 17:04 Steam

Any ideas why this is happening? My filesystem is EXT4.
This didn't happen before.

[[LX]ツ CozyPlay]

are you sure you using the linux version??
it sounds you are trying to run a .exe file

[GNU/PizzaDude]

This is the Linux version of Steam.
And yes, these are Linux games.

[GNU/PizzaDude]

I noticed if I try to Install a game a few times it will install without restarting Steam.

[[Linux]sulman]

I had this problem a while ago, and the file system permissions were fine. In the end I had to reinstall Steam, but I lost patience so there may be an easier solution.

[BurritoBazooka]

I'm having the same problem when trying to install Half-Life 1. I regularly execute files from this filesystem, so I don't really know what Steam is crying about.
The problem appears solved when I restart steam.

[HikingPete]

This happens regularly for me, on many games. I just keep retrying until it works. It always works eventually. I think the failing to download is a separate error. Download failure is game specific, and doesn't seem to clear up after retrying.

I'm running Fedora 17 x64.

[gert]

Same here, Fedora 17. Guess it was just a coincidence that I got this error on one of the game I had download problems with as well. :/ Is there any proper place to report the games and other problems.

[GNU/PizzaDude]

gert eredeti hozzászólása:

Same here, Fedora 17. Guess it was just a coincidence that I got this error on one of the game I had download problems with as well. :/ Is there any proper place to report the games and other problems.

Github is the place to report problems with Steam. But I already found this issue on Github. https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/730

[johndrinkwater]

Yes, if anyone can help find a reproducable testcase for this bug, please comment at github for it.

[photon89]

I still experience this issue, left a comment on github (though the bug is closed).