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gamescope mouse input issues

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 14. Januar 2026 - 13:35

im launching command and conquer kane's wrath game.

i set up wine prefix with app, and basic stuff.
got umu-run.

this is how i run it

gamescope -w2560 -h1440 -W2560 -H1440 -f --force-grab-cursor -- bash -c 'export WINEDLLOVERRIDES="ddraw=n,b"; WINEPREFIX="$HOME/games/cnc1/prefix" umu-run "/home/snmhome/games/cnc1/prefix/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Electronic Arts/Command and Conquer 3 - Kane'\''s Wrath/CNC3EP1.exe" -fullscreen -win -xpos 0 -ypos 0'

I have to use gamescope for --force-grab-cursor

Enabling gamescope's --force-grab-cursor brings next issues (fine with plain gamescope)
1)Mouse sensitivity changes (much slower)
2) in game cursor disappears sometimes (on vid). u should find right spot and cursor does never appears when u point it.

x11 or wayland / i3 or hyprland or kde, exact same problem everywhere
UPD:
changing '..umu-run..' to '..wine..' not helping either
(3070 gpu btw if it matters)

https://reddit.com/link/1qcm5m1/video/b9f4yjyr6bdg1/player

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Valve tweak Steam Community Awards to deal with point farming and "attention-grabbing content"

Gaming on Linux - 14. Januar 2026 - 13:24
Along with an entirely new set of awards you can give out across Steam the changes should stop all the clown farming on reviews, guides, forum posts and more.

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Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

Need help with CS2 on GTX 1050ti

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 14. Januar 2026 - 13:20

I have worse fps on linux compared to windows which is: 90-110 avg on mirage low full hd no fsr. On linux its 50-80fps, i downloaded drivers like 580 at first then 535 since it was recommended for my gpu but for me its no much difference that i noticed.

So is there way to run DX11 compability like Proton one since Proton doesnt allow Online games to run like CS2 or War Thunder.

R3 3200g

GTX 1050TI 4gb

16gb Ram

2 SSD`s

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Proton games don't launch on steam anymore

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 14. Januar 2026 - 13:13

Yesterday, every game running proton stopped running. Im not sure what has caused this but i did a clean reinstall of arch and its still happening??

pressure-vessel-wrap[3970]: E: readdir: Input/output error

chdir "/home/user/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Geometry Dash"

ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/user/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.

ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/user/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.

ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/user/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64): ignored.

ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/user/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.

ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/user/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.

Game Recording - would start recording game 322170, but recording for this game is disabled

Adding process 3988 for gameID 322170

pressure-vessel-wrap[3989]: E: readdir: Input/output error

Adding process 3989 for gameID 322170

Adding process 3990 for gameID 322170

Game Recording - game stopped [gameid=322170]

Removing process 3990 for gameID 322170

Removing process 3989 for gameID 322170

Removing process 3988 for gameID 322170

Here is the log for a game from running steam on a terminal. If anyone knows anything i would appreciate it.

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How TH AM I SUPPOSED TO USE DRIVERS ON LINUX?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 14. Januar 2026 - 12:52

So I was trying to get some nice 391.35 drivers for my gt 630, and when i went to install them it did not work, cc & make broke, so i went to ask some people about it and they told me it is IMPOSSIBLE??SO i tried whitelisting nouveau, did not work, You suck nvidia, and I gave up, is there by chance ANY way i can get these drivers,they are outdated but thats all what I got, and for nouveau i ll fix it by myself, just trying to find the official drivers for max preformance

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GOG's new owner can't stand Windows either: 'It's such poor-quality software… I can't believe it!'

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 14. Januar 2026 - 12:48

The most interesting part is that they are now looking at Linux as part of their business strategy. Should have a long time ago, I reckon.

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Bazzite install, scaling is so ever slightly off and driving me crazy.

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 14. Januar 2026 - 11:36

Hard to tell from the photo, but i’m getting artifacts around lines and text mostly, because it doesn’t seem to be truly 100% integer scaled. I’m using Bazzite and steam but it’s a system wide issue. Using a 9070xt gpu. I don’t have this issue in Windows at all. Any ideas? Feels like it’s either less than <1% off or it’s applying some sharpening filter.

What i'm trying to point out in the photo is say, on the red text you can see the edges of some letters is white, or the straight blue line is white in spots. And if I move a window around you can see it kind of flicker.

EDIT: weird, so I'm usually at 3840x2160 @120hz. If I just change it to 60hz the problem goes away, in desktop mode and gaming mode. I don't understand why that is other than there's probably not great support for the 9070xt yet?

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FFXIV inputs being eaten

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 14. Januar 2026 - 10:13

Hi, I'm incredibly new to Linux (and quite frankly only a couple of steps above computer illiterate in general), just dipping my toes in with Mint. In Final Fantasy XIV, starting today, the game has started dropping some keyboard inputs while my mouse buttons are held down (to turn the camera). I found a solution, but it's less than ideal, and I'd rather it work how it did before today.

I just installed an update to Mint a couple of days ago, and I just learned in finding this subreddit that apparently wine updated as well. Figure one of those is responsible, but I don't know if I should try and roll back those updates, or if there's some alternative action I could take?

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When do you expect a new version of proton that is based on the newly released Wine 11?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 14. Januar 2026 - 10:11

I know that we are running on Valve time and Hlaf life 3 is released on the same time

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Hytale launcher blank

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 14. Januar 2026 - 08:21

Hytale launcher just blank. Followed the instructions from their website and this happens. already rebooted twice still nada.

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Need help having gears of war working on steam deck

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 14. Januar 2026 - 08:10

I was on this guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AKTQ2YXqAM

I keep running to this error here: https://imgur.com/a/eo2RsQY

"SHA Verification failed for '..\WarGame\Config\WarEngine.ini'. Reason: Bad hash

RaiseException() Address = 0x7b011197 (filename not found) [in C:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll]

_CxxThrowException() Address = 0x6b84ec27 (filename not found) [in C:\windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft.vc80.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_8.0.50727.4053_none_deadbeef\MSVCR80.dll]

Address = 0xfb0a12 (filename not found) [in Z:\home\deck\GEARSOFWAR\program files\Microsoft Games\Gears of War\Binaries\wargame-g4wlive.exe]

Address = 0xf0e483ec (filename not found) "

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Examples where Steam integration in a game is a bad thing

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 14. Januar 2026 - 07:24

The steam version of the game "EDGE" has some bullshit that relies on an old feature of Steam where you have to join the community of the game to access the bonus levels, and that feature still exists, but it's now "following a game's community hub" and it's bugged as every time you start up the game you have to unfollow and follow the game on Steam to access the bonus levels, so I switched back to the DRM-free version of the game I got on humble bundle ages ago.

Anybody else have any similar stories?

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How do I enable microphone monitoring on Linux Mint?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 14. Januar 2026 - 06:56

I need to be able to hear myself speak through my headset. Is it called side tone?

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Winboat vm

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 14. Januar 2026 - 04:22

To all members with in the group hi to all I will share with you a very good app which could help you in your Linux life by far did yall guys in the group know there is a recent new way of we can all run windows apps on Linux it is known as winboat vm similar to parallels on macs it is a virtual machine app but much different than what is traditional it is revolutionary and evolutionary it is a virtual machine on steroids if you wanna call it That it can bring windows apps from the virtual machine app and put windows apps in linux desktop environment such as kde gnome xfce etc anything like just as if the app is from/apart of Linux it self it can run a heavy list of apps including some adobe apps but it Lacks gpu passthrough so it will not be all apps that we could run it definitely can't do gaming but for what it is it can do so very much a whole lot and it is very amazing to use.

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The Last of Us Part II - blocky shadows/textures?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 14. Januar 2026 - 03:36

Hi all,

Working my way through learning Linux and have been trying out Bazzite the last few weeks.

Currently with TLOU Part 2, I have some weird graphical glitch with blocky textures. I haven't been able to fix/stop them, after adjusting pretty much all settings. They stay, though sometimes the blocks are larger. Running the latest stable version of the nvidia bazzite.

I also tried forcing Proton 10.03

It kind of seems like a shadow issue based on lighting, but I am not entirely sure. Adjusting shadow settings seemed to change the block sizes the most. What is weird, is that most of the time when previewing the settings changes, these blocks are gone until I back out of the settings menu.

i5-14600K

RTX 4080

Bazzite

Thoughts?

https://preview.redd.it/ky2s3nhb88dg1.png?width=2566&format=png&auto=webp&s=0bbfbacb6836db229331d15c8e74b021df297dcf

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Weird streaking in MH: Wilds?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 14. Januar 2026 - 03:31

Hi all. Not sure exactly what to post here, let me know if anything is missing.

MH: Wilds runs like shit, which i sort of expected, but it's also got this insane visual streaking bug. I'm only showing the menu here but it occurs in-game as well. Fresh install.

Any and all info would be helpful. I tried the below:

PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=1 PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 VKD3D_DISABLE_EXTENSIONS=VK_NV_low_latency2 _GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE_SKIP_CLEANUP=1 %command%

which i found on a different post here but this didn't change it at all.

I'm sort of new to Linux but super happy to learn and having a lot of fun with it.

System info

  • OS: Arch Linux
  • KERNEL: 6.18.5-arch1-1
  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 8-Core
  • GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
  • GPU DRIVER: NVIDIA 590.48.01
  • RAM: 32 GB
  • AMD Integrated: Granite Ridge (1002:13c0) - not relevant but adding JIC

Vulkan?

Vulkan Instance: 1.4.335 Device: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Driver: NVIDIA 590.48.01 Supports: VK_KHR_wayland_surface, xcb, xlib ICD: only nvidia_icd.json present VK_ICD_FILENAMES empty (default loader used) VK_LAYER_PATH empty Steam Vulkan layers present (nv_present, optimus, valve fossilize + overlay) submitted by /u/Flapjack__Palmdale
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