Steam not working / Uploads not working

[timkb4cq]

Let's check a setting that has caused users some problems in the past.
Right Click on the network manager icon in the panel.
Select Edit Connections...
Select Wired connection 1 and press Edit
Select the General tab.
Two checkboxes should be checked
Automatically connect to this network when it is available
and
All users may connect to this network

The latter box being unchecked has been a problem before.

If it is checked, run an online speedtest like Ookla's to see if it's actually a problem with network speed or something specific to Steam.

[Sl8er]

Let's check a setting that has caused users some problems in the past.
Right Click on the network manager icon in the panel.
Select Edit Connections...
Select Wired connection 1 and press Edit
Select the General tab.
Two checkboxes should be checked
Automatically connect to this network when it is available
and
All users may connect to this network

The latter box being unchecked has been a problem before.

If it is checked, run an online speedtest like Ookla's to see if it's actually a problem with network speed or something specific to Steam.

Thanks for the suggestion.
I had a look and they are, indeed, both ticked.

[Sl8er]

I guess this has everyone stumped.
( Still hoping that someone will come along and "save the day", though. )

[timkb4cq]

Have you run an online speedtest (like speedsmart.net or speedtest.net) to see if it's a general problem rather than something Steam related?

[Sl8er]

Have you run an online speedtest (like speedsmart.net or speedtest.net) to see if it's a general problem rather than something Steam related?

No, sir!
I did not.
I completely missed that.

And so I went ahead and did it...and this is what I got:

"Upload Test Error
A socket error occurred during the upload test. A firewall could be blocking the connection or the server might be having some issues.
Please try again later."

AHA! So it seems to be a socket issue!

I don't have the firewall enabled at all -at the moment.
So I guess the next bunch of questions are:
Which socket is it;
Why is it blocking steam / speedtest.net from uploading and;
How did it get to be blocked?

Interesting....

[dolphin_oracle]

might be time to check the /etc/hosts file and see if you've got any blocking entries.

or maybe do you have a vpn?

[timkb4cq]

You said you had gufw installed. ufw might still have rules enabled.
Let's see

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sudo ufw status verbose

and for good measure

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sudo iptables -L

[Sl8er]

might be time to check the /etc/hosts file and see if you've got any blocking entries.

or maybe do you have a vpn?

No, I'm not using a VPN
(Does using the VPN function on Opera count? Keeping in mind that I use Chromium for general browsing.)

I opened the hosts file and it had, a staggering, 1138 pages.
Is that normal?

[Sl8er]

You said you had gufw installed. ufw might still have rules enabled.
Let's see

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sudo ufw status verbose

and for good measure

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sudo iptables -L

Ok, I did those and:

The first command resulted in: "Status Inactive"

The second command resulted in:
A whole bunch of stuff with Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT) "all -- anywhere anywhere"

Ending with:
"Chain ufw-track output (1 reference)
target prot opt source destination"

[dolphin_oracle]

might be time to check the /etc/hosts file and see if you've got any blocking entries.

or maybe do you have a vpn?

No, I'm not using a VPN
(Does using the VPN function on Opera count? Keeping in mind that I use Chromium for general browsing.)

I opened the hosts file and it had, a staggering, 1138 pages.
Is that normal?

if you are using an add blockier that might be normal. but mine is nearly empty.

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┌─[dolphin@mx]─[05:32:00 pm]─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────[~]
└─> cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1	localhost
127.0.0.1       mx

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1		localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0		ip6-localnet
ff00::0		ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1		ip6-allnodes
ff02::2		ip6-allrouters

might be worth pursuing.