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Memory clock stuck at idle

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 17. März 2026 - 19:49

I have rx 6650 xt with 180hz monitor I use arch + niri When I turn my oc on for the first time and launch a game it takes all my GPU full power and that's greet but after turning the game off and launch any other game or the same game vram clock stays at the idle speed and I need to logout from the session and login again so I can play another game I use grub as my bootloader Can some on explain why is that happening and give me a fix please

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Scum BattleEye not working

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 17. März 2026 - 19:32

Hey 🙂
I bought SCUM and installed the anti-cheat tools (BattlEye, etc.), but multiplayer still isn’t working. Do you have a solution please ?

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Hypothetical Question: On Linux, could Nvidia DLSS 5 be injected into a Unity game that does not already have DLSS?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 17. März 2026 - 19:31

Despite the controversy, I’m interested in trying it out on some of my games on CachyOS that currently don’t have DLSS baked in.

I’m aware that on Windows, there are mods that add DLSS support to games. Can the same be done in Linux?

DLSS 5 hasn’t been released yet so I’m asking this as a hypothetical question.

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Minecraft on Cagebreak not properly working.

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 17. März 2026 - 19:25

So, I'm just starting to use Cagebreak on my Arch Linux. I have a config setup, everything works just fine. Except Minecraft.
Now, after doing some research and seeing that Minecraft on Wayland is a challenge, I tried the few tips and trick to solve that issue, and most of them worked (like adding glfw libs, prism-launcher, etc...).
The issue now is that the movement I can do with my cursor is limited to my front. I can't spin around in 360, just locked in a 180° vision, no way around. Tried fullscreen, nothing.

Could anyone help me pls?

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IsLutris safe?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 17. März 2026 - 19:21

I know this is a stupid question to ask but now that heroic stopped functioning properly (likely user error), I want to switch and I don't want to trust my data to things I don't fully trust. I know it's It's open source but I still would like to be 100% sure

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WoW retail Through Lutris Network Issues

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 17. März 2026 - 19:03

I recently installed Battle.net through Lutris, which I used to download WoW retail. The game itself runs fine, but the "connecting" and "retrieving server list" stage of launching it takes forever. Like, 5-10 minutes for each stage. I've never experienced this before. I also get "Lost connection to the voice chat service" on repeat in the chat, while in game. No latency issues in game; it runs as smooth as butter.

Has anyone else had these issues? I presume its some sort of network connection issue due to proton. I am using the cachyos proton layer in Lutris (also had the issue using proton GE) and I use the cachyos wine fork.

OS: Arch Linux
Kernel: Linux 6.19.8-1-cachyos-bore

GPU: RTX 5070

CPU: Ryze 7 9800x3d

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Help with GOW 2018 on cachyos

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 17. März 2026 - 18:29

Hi,

I'm trying to play GOW 2018 through Steam, but when I launch the game, it runs for 2 or 3 seconds, then crashes. I tried to use different Proton versions, including proton-ge but nothing changed

I'm relative new on Linux, so if you need some information that I didn't give, just ask and tell how to get it

GPU: RX9070
CPU: R5 5600X
RAM: 16GB
System: CachyOS
Mesa: Mesa 25.3.5-arch1.1

I also tried change mesa version, I was on mesa 26.x.x. but saw on protondb that almost all comments were using 25.3.5, so I downgraded

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Zorin - Games have extreme lag

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 17. März 2026 - 17:35

I just got Linux, Zorin OS to be specific, on a rather old computer that ran Windows 10 until then. It generally runs well, but Games just don't.

Hollow Knight, which ran perfectly fine on Virus 10, and should run natively on Linux, is, for example runs with around 30 FPS and a slight bit of input delay. (according to Steam: CPU: ~20%, 3-3.5/8gigs Ram)

Phasmophobia as well ran fine in Windows, but has just 10fps here, as well as huge input delay (CPU: ~20%, RAM ~4/8GB

Bloons TD 6 on Heroic Games Launcher (the others were on Steam) only has slight lag.

OS: Zorin 18 Core Wayland CPU: i5-2500K x 4 RAM: 8GB GPU: GeForce GTX 1060 (both HK and Phasmo say they have 0% GPU usage, that doesn't seem entirely right)(Zorin calls it NV136, but that is as far as I know not an issue, just a codename of some sort)

Changing the Proton Version did nothing.

The CPU and stuff don't seem to be an issue (the GPU might be doing something wrong, as per the 0% thing)

I added some Start options to Phasmo because someone online recommended it, but that didn't do anything (steamdeck=1 %command%)

I went through Steam Settings, but nothing there seems to be at all problematic, as far as I can tell.

My plan is to install Zorin on another PC, but I'd love to fix this issue beforehand

Edit: I installed an NVidia Driver, which should fix things. It didn't. The Drivers did seemingly apply properly, at least according to what help.zorin.com is saying, but the FPS have been halved.

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Steam help

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 17. März 2026 - 17:27

Im on linux mint but my ULTRAKILL game doesnt work it gets stuck at the loading screen after the skul warning and the game wont close or anything except for when i manually close my laptop from the power button by holding rather than pressing is it a specs problem or something in linux or steam i have in the configurations it could be the specs since my laptop is 15 yrs old and its toshiba

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Help with odd mouse scrolling issue

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 17. März 2026 - 17:25

Hello, I have issues with my scroll wheel and it has been seriously irritating me and wondering if anybody can help me figure out the problem. My mouse (Logitech G502X) has been having inconsistent issues where it ghosts an input on the scroll wheel, either up or down, every 2/3rd scroll, and it can happen in my browser sometimes (librewolf) and games such as Minecraft. If I turn off high-res scrolling in solaar, the problem gets better in some places and worse in others. In librewolf, the scrolling goes slow but seemingly registers every input. In Minecraft, it only registers every 3-4th scroll. If I try to turn up scrolling speed in KDE Plasma to remedy the problem, it will start skipping scrolls entirely and become uncontrollably fast. The issues seem to not be present in Windows. I don't remember this being an issue until recently, but maybe I have only just become aware of it.

I also have another issue where if I use my left or right scroll wheel buttons, (clicking the scroll to the left or the right with my scrolling finger) it will go down/up, THEN go left or right as requested. Again, on windows this issue isn't present.

I'm wondering if any of you can help me fix this and get my scrolling experience better and feeling less like nails on a chalkboard. Is there a way to force 1:1 scroll mapping that matches the physical tactile clicks? Thank you guys.

Operating System: Arch Linux

KDE Plasma Version: 6.6.2

KDE Frameworks Version: 6.23.0

Qt Version: 6.10.2

Kernel Version: 6.19.8-zen1-1-zen (64-bit)

Graphics Platform: Wayland

Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 8-Core Processor

Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (30.5 GiB usable)

Graphics Processor 1: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Graphics Processor 2: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 8-Core Processor

Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

Product Name: X870 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 ICE

System Version: Default string-CF-WCP-ADO

libinput debug events with high res: https://pastebin.com/LgkhXMqK

libinput debug events without high res on: https://pastebin.com/4Cv8NAi5

udevadm info: https://pastebin.com/Ra8jVTyt

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Best Steam Launch Option for BDO?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 17. März 2026 - 17:11

I am playing Black Desert Online that i installed from the website and added into steam as a non steam game, launched with Proton-Ge-Latest, even with lowest settings i cant get enough fps, i have 60fps monitor but i get 6-10fps and blackscreen after chara selection.
Can anyone give me launch options that'll work

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Bethesda reveal the huge Starfield Free Lanes update and new Terran Armada DLC

Gaming on Linux - 17. März 2026 - 16:49
Bethesda have been busy cooking up a massive free update for Starfield called Free Lanes, along with a new DLC named Terran Armada.

Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

I made a tool that fixes DualSense Edge compatibility on Linux (and adds button remapping)

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 17. März 2026 - 15:58

Hi everyone.

Over the last few days I built a small Linux tool called DS5 Edge Relay, mainly because I ran into a problem with the DualSense Edge controller that a lot of Linux users probably also hit.

Short version:
Many games on Linux (especially through Proton) don’t properly recognise the DualSense Edge.

So I wrote a relay daemon that makes the controller appear as a standard DualSense while still allowing access to the extra Edge buttons.

The problem

The DualSense Edge uses a different USB Product ID:

DualSense: 054C:0CE6 DualSense Edge: 054C:0DF2

A surprising amount of software expects the standard DualSense PID.

Because of that:

  • Proton sometimes treats it incorrectly
  • some games don’t detect it properly
  • some controller mappings break
  • the extra Edge buttons (L4/R4/LB/RB/LFN/RFN) are usually ignored entirely
What my tool does

DS5 Edge Relay sits between the physical controller and the game.

It:

  1. Reads the raw HID reports from the real DualSense Edge
  2. Creates a virtual DualSense controller
  3. Forwards the input to the virtual device
  4. Optionally modifies the buttons on the fly

So the game sees:

A completely normal DualSense

But under the hood you're actually using a DualSense Edge with remapping.

Main features

HID relay

  • Reads input from /dev/hidraw
  • Creates a virtual controller through /dev/uhid
  • Forwards input and output reports

Full game compatibility

Games see:

Sony DualSense (054C:0CE6)

instead of the Edge PID.

Edge button remapping

You can use the extra buttons:

LFN RFN LB RB

as triggers for custom actions.

Example:

LB -> Cross RB -> DPad Up + Right

Multiple actions per button

A single button can trigger several buttons at once.

For example:

RB → DPadUp + DPadRight

which produces a diagonal input.

Live editing

Bindings can be enabled/disabled without restarting the relay.

Auto reconnect

If you unplug the controller and plug it back in, it reconnects automatically.

Output forwarding

The relay also forwards game → controller commands:

  • haptics
  • adaptive triggers
  • LED control

So nothing is lost.

GUI

I also made a Qt6 GUI with a visual gamepad editor.

You can literally click on the controller diagram to create bindings.

Workflow:

  1. Click Add binding
  2. Click the source button
  3. Click one or more target buttons
  4. Click Apply

Bindings are stored in:

~/.config/ds5-edge-relay/binds.json

Example:

{ "binds": [ { "enabled": true, "trigger": "LB", "actions": ["Cross"] }, { "enabled": true, "trigger": "RB", "actions": ["DPadUp", "DPadRight"] } ] } Extra things I implemented

Some smaller details that turned out surprisingly useful:

  • system tray support
  • run in background mode
  • autostart on login
  • auto-reconnect when the controller reconnects
  • live enable/disable of individual bindings
Architecture (for the curious)

The relay works roughly like this:

DualSense Edge │ ▼ /dev/hidraw* │ ▼ DS5 Edge Relay - parses HID reports - optionally remaps buttons │ ▼ /dev/uhid │ ▼ Virtual DualSense

So games interact only with the virtual device.

Installation

For Arch Linux it's available on the AUR:

yay -S ds5-edge-relay

or

paru -S ds5-edge-relay

Manual build:

git clone https://github.com/Follen22/ds5-edge-relay cd ds5-edge-relay cmake -B build -GNinja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ninja -C build sudo ninja -C build install Why I built it

Mostly because:

  • I wanted my DualSense Edge to work properly in Proton
  • I wanted custom binds on the back buttons without Steam
  • and I enjoy solving weird Linux input problems.

Linux gives you enough control over devices that you can actually build your own compatibility layer.

So that’s what this is.

GitHub

If anyone wants to try it:

https://github.com/Follen22/ds5-edge-relay

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ds5-edge-relay

Feedback, bug reports and suggestions are welcome.

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FiveM on linux?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 17. März 2026 - 15:36

I really miss playing gta online, but since that's not possible on linux, I was wondering if there's a way to play FiveM on linux? Anybody been able to do it?

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