The discussion was about viewing r_speeds when running maps in Steam and the person who posted it was concerned because they got a single line of 'speeds' but they showed
60fps 0ms 0wpoly 0epoly.I couldn't re-create the error as it displayed correctly on my maps in DoD and CS.
I am not sure if anyone posted the fix, but it is reasonably simple.
Turn your minimap off, normally by using the 'm' key and then run the speeds again. Seems that having the minimap on will zero the speed numbers.
[edit: or cl_minimap 0 and 1 for off and on, or was it on and off? Oh well, I am sure you will figure it out. - Andy]