http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4131
------- Additional Comments From magnus@hacka.net 2006-02-02 23:45 ------- More info from Valve! ---- I was interested in the win32 API calls that are being made when the UI hang happens. We are running a beta for an update to the Steam UI that has a couple of fixes that may address the problems you are seeing. Details for accessing the beta can be found here: http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Friends_Beta
If you run steam with "-dev" on the command line you will get extra output when it detects and error condition. ---- I'll test this as soon as I get home and get some sleep. Please try the beta version and post suspicious output from "wine Steam.exe -dev"!