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OpenGL crash after doing an update on Zorin OS. Any help?
I'm a newbie when it comes to Linux so I'm not sure what to do. I did a software update on Zorin OS 18, and now when I tried starting Vintage Story, a game which used to work with no issue, it gives me this error, and the game won't start at all.
Running on 64 bit Linux (Freedesktop SDK 23.08 (Flatpak runtime)) [Kernel 6.14.0.37] with 15859 MB RAM Game Version: v1.21.6 (Stable) 1/31/2026 11:09:39 PM: Critical error occurred Loaded Mods: System.Exception: ** Unable to start OpenGL graphics. Try: (1) restart the computer (2) update the graphics driver (3) more advice at wiki.vintagestory.at/Troubleshooting_Guide#OpenGL_crash ** ---> System.InvalidOperationException: GLFW Format unavailable: GLX: Failed to find a suitable GLXFBConfig at OpenTK.Windowing.Desktop.NativeWindow..ctor(NativeWindowSettings settings) at OpenTK.Windowing.Desktop.GameWindow..ctor(GameWindowSettings gameWindowSettings, NativeWindowSettings nativeWindowSettings) at Vintagestory.Client.NoObf.GameWindowNative..ctor(GameWindowSettings gameWindowSettings, NativeWindowSettings nativeWindowSettings) in VintagestoryLib\Client\ClientPlatform\GameWindowNative.cs:line 16 at Vintagestory.Client.ClientProgram.AttemptToOpenWindow(GameWindowSettings gameWindowSettings, NativeWindowSettings nativeWindowSettings, Int32 openGlMajor, Int32 openGlMinor, Int32 tries) in VintagestoryLib\Client\ClientProgram.cs:line 372 --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at Vintagestory.Client.ClientProgram.AttemptToOpenWindow(GameWindowSettings gameWindowSettings, NativeWindowSettings nativeWindowSettings, Int32 openGlMajor, Int32 openGlMinor, Int32 tries) in VintagestoryLib\Client\ClientProgram.cs:line 397 at Vintagestory.Client.ClientProgram.AttemptToOpenWindow(GameWindowSettings gameWindowSettings, NativeWindowSettings nativeWindowSettings, Int32 openGlMajor, Int32 openGlMinor, Int32 tries) in VintagestoryLib\Client\ClientProgram.cs:line 419 at Vintagestory.Client.ClientProgram.Start(ClientProgramArgs args, String[] rawArgs) in VintagestoryLib\Client\ClientProgram.cs:line 311 at Vintagestory.Client.ClientProgram.<>c__DisplayClass10_0.<.ctor>b__1() in VintagestoryLib\Client\ClientProgram.cs:line 131 at Vintagestory.ClientNative.CrashReporter.Start(ThreadStart start) in VintagestoryLib\Client\ClientPlatform\ClientNative\CrashReporter.cs:line 95 System.InvalidOperationException: GLFW Format unavailable: GLX: Failed to find a suitable GLXFBConfig at OpenTK.Windowing.Desktop.NativeWindow..ctor(NativeWindowSettings settings) at OpenTK.Windowing.Desktop.GameWindow..ctor(GameWindowSettings gameWindowSettings, NativeWindowSettings nativeWindowSettings) at Vintagestory.Client.NoObf.GameWindowNative..ctor(GameWindowSettings gameWindowSettings, NativeWindowSettings nativeWindowSettings) in VintagestoryLib\Client\ClientPlatform\GameWindowNative.cs:line 16 at Vintagestory.Client.ClientProgram.AttemptToOpenWindow(GameWindowSettings gameWindowSettings, NativeWindowSettings nativeWindowSettings, Int32 openGlMajor, Int32 openGlMinor, Int32 tries) in VintagestoryLib\Client\ClientProgram.cs:line 372
While updating I did see it updated something to do with Nvidia as well so I guess it updated the drivers.
Could anybody help me fix this problem?
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Stuck in Matchmaking Hell: Combat Master "Not Responding" on Ubuntu
Hey everyone,
I’m losing my mind trying to get Combat Master to actually let me play with friends on Linux. I’m running a bit of an older setup (EliteBook 840 G2), but the game itself runs fine—it’s just the matchmaking that’s completely broken.
The Setup:
- OS: Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky)
- Specs: i5 Broadwell / Intel HD 5500 / 16GB RAM
- Steam: Native Linux client
- Proton tried: 7.0-6, 8.0-5, Experimental, and a few GE versions.
The Loop of Doom: The game launches perfectly. I can mess with my loadout, hit the shop, and move through the menus without a hitch. I can even see my friends in the lobby and join their "Rooms."
But the second we try to launch a Custom or Private match, everything falls apart:
- It says “Launching match...”
- Immediately flips back to “Looking for Match.”
- The timer usually freezes around 0.4s or 0.5s.
- GNOME gives me the dreaded “steam_app_2281730 is not responding” window.
- My friends get pulled into the game, but I’m just stuck staring at a frozen screen. Clicking "Wait" does absolutely nothing.
Everything I’ve already thrown at it:
- Nuked the compatdata folder for a clean prefix.
- Tried every Proton version under the sun.
- Disabled ESYNC/FSYNC.
- Messsed with WINEDLLOVERRIDES (xaudio, etc.).
- Disabled the firewall (ufw off).
- Literally sat there for 2 minutes without touching the mouse to see if it would load.
- Changed MTU settings and tried different DNS (Google/Cloudflare).
It feels like a network handshake or a Unity certificate issue specifically when Proton tries to sync group data. I’ve managed to get the timer to "crawl" from a 0.1s freeze to a 0.5s freeze, so it’s trying, but it just can't cross the finish line.
Does anyone have a "magic" launch option or a specific Proton config that actually works for Private Rooms? Or is the anti-cheat just fundamentally broken for group play on Linux right now?
Would love to hear if any of you have solved this, especially if you're on a similar Intel iGPU setup.
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Cyberpunk 2077 CachyOS Proton Graphic Bugs
i guess those are huge NPCs rendered in the lowest LOD. any guess why this is happening? 5700X3D, 3080, 32GB DDR4, running the game through the heroic launcher
EDIT: restarted the game and it seems to have fixed itself but i assume itll come back eventually
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Linuxulator-Steam-Utils To Enjoy Steam Play Gaming On FreeBSD & Other Options
How can I setup a full mangohud layout on Prism Launcher?
I have the Flatpak version of Prism Launcher and Mangohud, and I’d like to know how I can get a more complete layout (fans, VRAM, and others) in Minecraft. Prism Launcher already has a checkbox for Mangohud, but it only shows the basic layout. Has anyone done this?
I tried to install the Flatpak version of Go Overlay, but it seems that it only saves configurations within itself. I didn't quite understand it.
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The Last Of Us CRASH on startup
https://reddit.com/link/1qsfjxg/video/jzdb4x5bargg1/player
Does anyone know how to fix this? I've tried different versions of Proton GE and Valve's Proton, and it still doesn't work.
I also tried several overrides like this one:
WINEDLLOVERRIDES="amd_ags_x64.dll=b"
OS: Arch Linux x86_64
Kernel: Linux 6.18.7-arch1-1Mesa 25.3.4-arch1.1
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790 (8) @ 4.00 GHz
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP [Discrete]
Memory: 16 GB
Driver GPU: Mesa 25.3.4-arch1.1
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lutris.net is dead?
so, i was checking for some scripts in lutris.net when it suddenly stopped loading things. this is the error code firefox gave me:
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Very strange lag when playing on Linux
A few weeks ago, I installed Fedora 43 KDE in dual boot with Windows. Before, I used to play TF2 and L4D2 on Windows 11 without any problems, but now when I try to play them, I experience a kind of lag or delay that I hadn't seen before. It's as if it freezes every second. It seems to be because of my ping, but I don't really think that's the problem.
https://reddit.com/link/1qsffi2/video/ozmwcxb9argg1/player
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Steam should update their Anti-cheat notice to be more informative like this
Amd and intel cpus which more compatible ?
Are AMD cpus more compatible with linux than INTEL cpus?
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Massive ghosting, noise and artefact issues with raytracing in games.
I can only upload one video to reddit so here's more: https://imgur.com/a/zYtdgBS
The videos are compressed, but you get the idea.
When the scene is darker, or against a dark bacground, there's massive ghosting happening.
Other times, the scatter effect is present, like on the hair, or entire screen.
Then there's artefacts like the scene with water.
Now, Hogwarts legacy is just an example here, i've seen this exact issue in other games with raytracing, and it seems to have happened more or less recently with one of the mesa updates, but i'm not sure exactly when it started cause i don't play raytracing games that much.
Observer System Redux seems to be behaving the best with raytracing compared to some others, not sure why. Maybe cause it's just way smaller compared to some bigger games. But everything is so extremely noisy and bad all the time, this can't be normal, can it? I played Cyberpunk with ray tracing on Windows, it didn't look this bad.
Some other games with Lumen also were very noisy before, but i've never had ghosting issues with them, and now i do.
Of course, disabling raytracing fixes all those issues, and Hogwarts Legacy works - until it crashes lol, but whatever, separate issue which i can't be bothered to troubleshoot so i'll just probably uninstall it if it keeps happening. I'll keep it long enough to test the new driver version when it comes out though.
Mesa 26 is due to release soon-ish, so maybe some improvements then?
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Hearthstone Arena Tracker on Lutris?
I've been trying to figure out how to get a hearthstone arena tracker working on lutris, but most options are either outdated or only available on windows. Has anyone figured this out or have any ideas for how to get the windows version working on lutris? Thanks
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running steam overlay with hdr on
i've run into this issue which is making me really frustrated and i can't find a solution.
i recently started playing uncharted 4, but the controller deadzones in this game are crazy high and the only solution i found to fix them is to adjust the anti-deadzone setting in steam input. that works well, except steam input only works if steam overlay is working which is an issue because im playing with hdr which requires wayland and steam overlay doesn't work on wayland.
is there a way i can get hdr working with steam overlay or maybe even a different way to adjust anti-deadzones? i feel like i'm stuck between a rock and a hard place.
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External HDD issue
Hey all. Needing advice. I've had issues with an externall hdd staying in use with my laptop. It works perfectly well in Windows. But when i format it to a Linux useable format it works for about half its volume and can be read but steam will not download more games to it. I tried in Bazzite and Mint and got this error. Any suggestions or ideas?
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Scrolling Tiling Manager on a hand-held
Has anyone tried a scrolling tiling manager on a gaming handheld? How is the experience?
Thinking about it makes me feel like it would be pretty intuitive as you wouldn't have to rely on the mouse as much but I'm not sure what it's actually like using it. Is it pretty good? Is it better than using a desktop environment?
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My laptop cpu temperature is a lot higher in Cachyos than in windows 11.
need laptop recommendation
context :hey I want to buy new laptop because the laptop i actually have is crap (it's a french site btw) i use linux on it for now 1 years first i used cachy OS (perfect) before and now artix linux with hyprland because of ram issue when i play a too heavy game or too many tabs in chrome in term of ram systemd used to kill the game or all the open things even the DE causing black screen for 5 second
i used to play games like war thunder ; deep rock galactic ; heavy minecraft modpacck ; and others i'm used to REAL upscalling i mean not 50% of 1200p but 10% of 600p to 1200p to play enlisted
So i'm searching a laptop that feel my requirement:
- 14" to 16"
- minimum support of linux (no shit like the T2 chip from apple or like srufaces microslop)
- SODIMM slot OR 16gigs soldered minimum
- good igpu like the 760M or better
- 2 slot of SSD M.2 the second one need to be 2280 (i see you lenovo)
- Windows key not always included ( without windows if it diminish the price)
- price tag of max 700€ (in france)
- USB4 (oculink if possible) if some of the requirement aren't fill (futur usage of eGPU)
- french azerty keyboard
i've found 2 laptop that fullfill my requirement the swift go 14 or the acemagic rx16 (R7 H255 version so the rename of the 8745hs) they both have their advantage but il go with thhe acer one wich one would you recommend
technic: to know if an acer laptop can have double SSD go to drivers and manual > document and see if there is a pdf name life ext cycle with that you can see the mothherboard
same with lenovo go to support "your laptop serial name" > shop parts > motherboard you can also see if the motherboard accept 2 SSD and wich size( 2280 and 2242 or 2x2242 the majority of time)
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I did the thing everyone told me not to it worked out better than expected
I gave a non-tech savvy family member a Linux Laptop.
Not to long ago I received 2 PC's that didn't support Windows 11 from a co-worker who was looking to recycle them. I took those PC's and put Ubuntu on both of them with the intent to give away one of them and keep the other. A family member of mine did not have a PC at all and was wanting something they could use to play Terraria on a bigger screen (they had been running it on their phone). I told them I had a PC I could give them but just so they were aware it was running Linux and not Windows their response was "I don't know what that means"
I gave them the PC over 2 months ago and I've only received one question the next day which was 'how do I change the password'. I did the basic legwork of installing the OS, Steam, and creating their user profile. Ubuntu has been keeping their PC up to date (it pops up and lets them know when updates are needed they just have to put in their password). I gave them a basic rundown of 'this is the app store', 'this is the web browser' etc on how to use the PC but they don't care about deep customization nor do they need to do anything more complex than opening Steam and a web browser. They've done everything other than the basic setup on their own even managed to connect their home printer to it without issue.
I always see this belief that if you throw someone into Linux they'll just be lost but we've come a long way since the days of unstable and not user friendly kernels. I think this issue is actually people who are too ingrained in the windows ecosystem; the 'just knowledgeable enough to be dangerous' types that expect their technical windows knowledge to be rewarded with something that works exactly like that. Someone going with less expectation seems to be rewarded for it since they don't need nor want to do anything deep or complex.
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Steam games crash when minimizing their window and coming back to it
whenever i minimize a game it's like a 50/50 chance it will crash when i go back to the game. it happens with every game.
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