I observed the same behavior on two separate Xubuntu 14.04 systems. Booting into older kernels fixes the issue.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1478873 Title: Odd behaviour in some applications Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed 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. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1478873/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp