[Bug 23286] Disconnected: Server unable to authenticate Steam ID

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23286





--- Comment #1 from 3vi1 <winehq.org at eternaldusk.com>  2010-08-07 14:14:25 ---
Counter-Strike Source has also begun showing this problem since they updated it
to use the orangebox engine.  It give the message "Disconnected:  Server timed
out." (even though the server is on my LAN and most certainly did not "time
out".

Today L4D2 actually gave me a different message than the authentication error. 
I'm wondering if this is the same type of failure, but with a more accurate
reason:  When I got dropped from the server (about two safe-rooms into Dark
Carnival), the text said that I was disconnected because the server was
enforcing a consistency check and that file "left4dead2/pak01_dir.vpk was not
found".

I checked, and the file exist.  I did a binary comparison of it with the L4D2
installation on my Windows partition (which works without problem) and found
the files to be exactly the same:

----------
evil at saturn:~$ cmp -l /home/evil/Public/win/games/steam/steamapps/common/left\
4\ dead\ 2/left4dead2/pak01_dir.vpk /windata/games/steam/steamapps/common/left\
4\ dead\ 2/left4dead2/pak01_dir.vpk 
evil at saturn:~$ 
----------

So, I still have no idea why the DRM checks are failing, and obviously not
failing for everyone - or there would be more comments here.  My l4d2 install
is on an EXT4 partition - could that be the difference?  I don't know why the
file above wouldn't be found - unless there's something in the path conversion
code that's messing up the spaces.

Before testing and getting this error, I deleted everything in my Steam
directory, except the steamapps folder and the steam.exe - as Valve has been
recommending this to Windows users with the authentication issue.

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