hl1 is looking for a file in a directory/symlink that doesn't exist

[gtmanfred]

Jan 24 21:51:21 Hailey steam[7708]: Game update: AppID 70 "Half-Life (Beta)", ProcID 18336, IP 0.0.0.0:0
Jan 24 21:51:21 Hailey steam[7708]: ERROR: ld.so: object 'gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
Jan 24 21:51:21 Hailey steam[7708]: Using breakpad crash handler
Jan 24 21:51:21 Hailey steam[7708]: dlopen failed trying to load:
Jan 24 21:51:21 Hailey steam[7708]: /home/daniel/.steam/sdk32/steamclient.so
Jan 24 21:51:21 Hailey steam[7708]: with error:
Jan 24 21:51:21 Hailey steam[7708]: /home/daniel/.steam/sdk32/steamclient.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Jan 24 21:51:21 Hailey steam[7708]: [S_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed; Sys_LoadModule failed to load: /home/daniel/.steam/sdk32/steamclient.so
Jan 24 21:51:21 Hailey steam[7708]: [S_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed; unable to locate a running instance of Steam, or a local steamclient.dll.
Jan 24 21:51:21 Hailey steam[7708]: Failed to initalize authentication interface. Exiting...
Jan 24 21:51:21 Hailey steam[7708]: Missing shutdown function for FileSystem_Init(basedir, (void *)filesystemFactory) : FileSystem_Shutdown()
Jan 24 21:51:21 Hailey steam[7708]: Missing shutdown function for Sys_InitArgv( OrigCmd ) : Sys_ShutdownArgv()
Jan 24 21:51:21 Hailey steam[7708]: Game removed: AppID 70 "Half-Life (Beta)", ProcID 18336
Jan 24 21:51:22 Hailey steam[7708]: saving roaming config store to 'sharedconfig.vdf'
Jan 24 21:51:22 Hailey steam[7708]: roaming config store 2 saved successfully

┌─ daniel at Hailey in ~/.local/share/Steam
└─╼ find $XDG_DATA_HOME/Steam/ -name steamclient.so (⌐■_■)
/home/daniel/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/Half-Life/dedicated/steamclient.so
/home/daniel/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steamclient.so
┌─ daniel at Hailey in ~/.local/share/Steam
└─╼ ls ~/.steam (⌐■_■)
bin bin32 bin64 registry.vdf root steam steam.pid steam.pipe

[sulix]

I was getting this, too. Joining the Steam Client Beta fixed it.

[johndrinkwater]

Make sure both the bootstrapper (steam you installed from the repo) and the client are up to date, these files should exist for you.
@sulix how did you become opted out of the beta client?

[sulix]

I had opted out manually while attempting to fix something else. Everything's working now, though.

[scroogie]

Had the same problem and can confirm that upgrading steam worked. If you installed the package locally manually, e.g. through dpkg --install, you have to install the new version again: http://media.steampowered.com/client/installer/steam.deb

[The-MAZZTer]

I had the latest version of steam launcher and client (updated both today) and was in the beta, according to the Settings dialog. I encountered this problem trying to launch Half-Life.

Symlinking ~/.steam/sdk32/ to ~/.steam/bin32/ has worked around the issue and the game now launches.