Other News about gaming on Linux
GPU hitting 100% and everything is lagging while gaming
Hi everyone, I'm currently playing Constance while streaming and the GPU is usually at 50 or 60% and the game run well.
But sometimes GPU hit 100% and everything is lagging : the game and OBS.
I know it's the game who consume all the GPU because I do the NVIDIA-SMI command. But I think it's weird. I already have lowered the graphics and the game is taking only half of my screen.
The minimal GPU recommanded for this game is GeForce GTX 560 Ti (1GB), Radeon HD 7750 (1GB)
And I have : NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
My graphic Card is supposed to be more powerful than the recommended one.
So I think I have an issue. Is there a way to avoid the game siphoning everything ? Is there a way to limit GPU usage for a Game ?
I launch the game using Steam
My specs :
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Switching to NVIDIA driver 580 made games run on Proton 8 and up
Hello, maybe it's a common knowledge, but I wanted to share my experience with Nvidia drivers and Proton as new linux user. Hopefully it will help someone, in case someone haven't thought to try switching drivers, same as me.
The old driver that was installed is Nvidia Driver 535 (recommended by Linux Mint driver manager).
I've had issue were a lot of games would be not launch at all with Proton versions 7-11. Some would not launch, bringing in only the crash handler. One gave me a DXGI error. 3d, 2d, unity, RPG-Maker, big or small. More or less 80% of games I tried required older version of Proton.
Depends on a game of course, but for a lot of them I had to set compatibility in the range of 6-9. For some setting launch options to PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 %command% helped.
I've switched to Nvidia Driver 580 present in the driver manager. As a result all games I've tried work perfectly on all latest Proton versions, 9 to 11 beta included.
I haven't had a chance to test the driver properly. Mostly on the games I've had installed. Nor have I seen any issues or problems come from the driver yet. Only thing I know for sure is that games that were unplayable on Proton versions around 7-11 now launch.
And all the tinkering I had to do before was because of using the recommended driver by the driver manager, not the newer one that was the second option in the manager.
Specs:
OS: Linux Mint 22.3
KERNEL: 6.17.0-20-generic
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750
GPU DRIVER: NVIDIA 580.126.09 (the recommended one installed before: 535.288.01)
RAM: 8 GB
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Stuttering in Dune: Awakening on CachyOS
Hello,
I wouldn't really know where to begin, except to tell you where I am and what I have:
13th-gen Intel, Nvidia 4080 and 64GB RAM, MSI mainboard.
My first time attempting to use Linux Desktop (I have been using Linux Servers Debian/Ubuntu for years now though, so not unfamiliar with Linux, but unfamiliar with Arch Linux).
Anyway, tried two editions yesterday, Nobara and CachyOS.
I decided to test couple of apps on each OS, just to see how they fare.
Apps: Plex, Plexamp, Steam, Dune-Awakening, Transport Fever 2, Discord, Brave, Bitwarden. That's about it.
Nobara: everything worked perfectly indeed, after I activated Proton-GE, I tried the above, didn't fail anywhere.
But, on CachyOS, Dune: Awakening is stuttering, Plex isn't working (it starts with border window, but no content). There is no official support also, I can only pull it from AUR, which is maintained by "someone".
I did set the appropriate Compatibility mode in both OS both games. In Cachy OS its proton-cachyos-10.0-20260420 (native), in Nobara it was Proton-GE.
And in CachyOS, I did install gaming packages. Went through with an error, but fixed it.
So I am primarily posting here, since it's mainly an attempt to get games fluid, but I also want to understand why Plex is failing. Maybe it has something to do with each other. The tweaker in my wants to make it work, although I should most likely call it a day and go Nobara.
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Diablo 4 keeps crashing a few minutes after starting it
Hello there!
I've been trying to run D4 on my Linux Desktop for quite some time now (Mint 22.3). Although ProtonDB gives it a Platin Ranking which means it should run "out of the box", it keeps crashing. So with the new expansion coming soon, i need some help :-)
I'm running D4 in steam, using the Bnet launcher added as a non-steam game. I've tried some different proton versions (8 to 11), but i don't think that's the problem. The game runs fine, but always freezes the whole desktop somewhere between 2-5 minutes after start.
According to this thread D4 try's to detect its optimal settings every few minutes, an therefore changes its "preferred" GPU to the internal/onboard one, which causes the crash. This settings can be found in "" /home/[MY_USER_ACCOUNT]/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/NonSteamLaunchers/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/Documents/Diablo IV/LocalPrefs.txt""
So here's what i've tried:
- Deleting localprefs.txt file before game start, to force D4 back to default Settings. This, sometimes, gives me about 15 minutes of gameplay before it crashes.
- Changing the preferred GPU to "1" (line 29). Again, sometimes it gives me up to 15 minutes before it crashes
- change the files permission to read only, so it cant override the correct GPU settings. No impact, game crashes in the first few minutes.
Did anyone have the same problems and solved it?
Regards
Cert
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still no patch for Crimson desert?
it's been 3 days since the 1.04 update that broken CD on proton, pearl abyss released 2 corrective patches for other issues but it seems they did nothing for fix the proton crash. I know someone managed to come back to 1.03 to keep playing, but I prefer to wait for some definitely fix and be able to play with the new contents.
I'm not really aware about what exactly cause the crash, so who should we waiting for a fix? it's only on pearl abyss hands or proton team could fix it too?
as for pearl abyss, I'd have expected a more quick response, it shouldn't have been too hard to fix it in one of the 2 corrective patches released after the 1.04 but I fear we're not so many that play on Linux and so maybe the issue wasn't exposed enough?
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GTA 5 on Linux
I am using CachyOS and playing GTA 5 using Heroic Games Launcher just fine. The problem is hangs and stutters here and there. On my previous distro, the hang was for like 3-5 seconds. On CachyOS, it is now 2-3 seconds. But the thing is that I am playing this game for really long time. I got this game when Epic was giving it away for free. This game never hanged or stuttered. Seems like that assets are not being loaded on time. At first, I thought that this might be GPU problem. But other more demanding games like high paced Doom Eternal and SSD demanding Talos Principal 2 work just fine without any issue. Any other game that I have played so far does not have this problem at all. Only this one game has it. I am playing GTA 5 legacy. AMD Ryzen 5 3600 with RX 590 16GB RAM.
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Dead by Daylight not working on my Legion GO with Bazzite.
Does anyone use a Flydigi Vader 5 Pro?
I've been trying to figure out if it's a good choice, everything i've seen about it on linux is months old and not really helpful. Like, does steam input support it? Do I need to install windows to set it up? I saw someone saying that it WOULD be supported in the future, but didn't know if it was or not when i asked them several months later. Someone claimed to have made a driver for it a while back but it looked vibecoded so i'd like to hear from someone that actually uses it.
I would just wait for the steam controller but if the dpad is the same as the steam deck's it's DOA for me.
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a couple problems with steamtinkerlaunch... i'm at my wit's end!
i'm on Mint XFCE. i'm trying to install steamtinkerlaunch so that i can use Vortex mod manager with Skyrim, but i have a few issues.
i've referenced a few different in-depth guides to make sure i'm doing the right steps, but i've looked around and can't seem to find anyone with a solution to my issues.
i have the up-to-date version of stl, my yad is installed correctly (i know this, because before i found out that the version available through protonup-qt is outdated, i installed it there and had to get yad working first)
- i have it selected as my compatibility tool, but the menu that's supposed to pop up when i launch my game through stl (with the option to open the settings) just isn't opening. the stl popups in the top right of the screen are there, so i know it's working on some level, but no menu.
- running "install" on the stl file just displays the same output as the "help" command for it. therefore, when i try to install Vortex, it says "Unknown option --decorated". i also couldn't find what that means.
honestly, should i just switch distros again? is there one that'll make this simpler? i'm open to it at this point. i had an Arch-based distro for a while - specifically Garuda - but that one kept messing up my computer's firmware (i confirmed it was the os causing the problem, since it went away immediately after switching), so now i'm wary of switching again.
or, hell, if all else fails, maybe i'll just start saving up my extra money to buy a better gaming laptop. i hate windows, but maybe it's my only option to be able to get back to modded Skyrim... hopefully not, though!
system info, in case that's useful here:
CPU: 6-core AMD Ryzen 5 7530U with Radeon Graphics (-MT MCP-)
speed/min/max: 1497/400/4547 MHz Kernel: 6.14.0-37-generic x86_64 Up: 39m
Mem: 4.03/7.07 GiB (56.9%) Storage: 354.54 GiB (21.7% used) Procs: 366
Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.34
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FO4 crashes after opening menu
On Gentoo with a 3080-ti.
On steam community, someone reported something similar, though it was on Windows 11.
I suspect some update created the problem, as it was running fine last week.
I'm reaching out to see if anyone has heard anything related.
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Does flatpak steam bork a lot of games/programs that rely on graphics cards?
I was attempting to use blender, and discovered that the version of steam I had installed was the flatpak version. Two things made me think about this, I was attempting to use blender on this version of steam, and... Could barely run it on the default cube, even though I've got a meaty PC. Then, yesterday I was trying to play persona 3 reload and was getting maybe 2FPS and I should not have been. So my question is simply, what other things did I bork by using the flatpak version of steam? I wound up installing a native version instead later and that fixed both the blender problem, and the persona 3 reload problem, and got me thinking.
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I can't run any of my VR games on arch.
Arch Linux
OpenXR RuntimeWiVRn
Describe the issue.When launching any VR game, it doesn't run or fires an error saying xrizer has crashed, panicked at src/compositor.rs:1013:17:
xrizer.txt
This started when I recently changed from a radeon 5700 XT to a RTX 5060 TI
Steps to reproduceLaunch any VR game
Yes I have latest driver's and I have tried reinstalling openxr, openvr, xrizer, and wivrn. I'm lost at this point.
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Console GPU Suggestion
Hi Reddit!
I’ve been working on a homemade console build for the past few months, and I’m still getting the parts together.
Here’s what I have so far:
i7-10700K
ASUS TUF Gaming Z490 (this will probably be replaced for an mATX board due to the size)
16GB DDR4 3200MHz, 2x8GB
I got all of that used for $150.
Now I’m looking for GPU suggestions. Today’s GPU market makes it pretty annoying to decide. At first, I was planning on getting an Intel Arc A750, but then I realized its Linux performance is a lot worse than Windows, and this console is probably gonna run Bazzite so that’s probably a no go.
What would you recommend?
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Overwatch issue when viewing battle.net profile.
EDIT: I meant STeam profile, not battle.
When I try to view a gamer profile, sometimes I accidentally click the view steam profile. When I do that, it goes into Steam to view, but when I click back on Overwatch, it doesn't accept any input anymore - not even ESC. I see the mouse cursor changed to the OW cursor, but it does not accept any input or clicks either.l None of the keyboard input work.
I'm on a 5950x with 3090 running Fedora 43 Gnome.
Anyone else experience this? When this happens, I always have to ALT-F4 the game.
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Halo MCC no longer working on Linux?
I've been able to play Halo MCC fine for years on Linux, but today I tried playing campaign with a friend and matchmaking but the game would kick me out after a bit. We tried starting the game up with anti cheat disabled and the campaign is working now. Is this an intended anti cheat block by Microsoft or can this be fixed somehow?
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Trying to play a game using 1 of my 2 GPUS caps at 20FPS
First, Specs:
CPU: i5-12600KF
GPU0: 4070Ti Super
GPU1: 3060Ti
RAM: 32GB
PSU: 1000W
Second, OS: Bazzite (NVIDIA ver)
KDE Plasma ver: 6.6.4
KDE Frameworks ver: 6.25.0
Qt ver: 6.10.3
Kernel ver: 6.17.7-ba29.fc43.x86_64
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Third, Game/steam settings:
Game: Satisfactory
Game ver: 1.1
Proton ver: Proton 11
Game Launch settings that work: NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD=1 NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD_PROVIDER=NVIDIA-G1 NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD_PROVIDER_PCI_ID=0000:01:00.0 or NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD_PROVIDER_PCI_ID=0000:01:00.0 does the same thing.
Both launches the game but only at 20fps and using about 40% of the GPU. This so far has been the only way to get the game to launch at all. Otherwise it does not even pop up the Satisfactory logo. Have checked that the PCI ID is correct for what GPU i want it to use (the 4070Ti Super). To be fair this problem was caused by me installing the 3060Ti, but I want to keep it sense I want to experiment with 2GPUs. All that I have researched out there for 2 GPUs is laptops with 1 discrete GPU and one integrated. I could not find a case of 2 discrete Nvidia GPUs not working right or if I did it was AMD. Any one who is more knowledgeable beyond my 90Min of googling, looking, and fiddling around would be appreciated.
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How is the gaming on GLFS (Gaming Linux From Scratch)? Any experienced linux gamer who uses GLFS?
Hello! I am currently using CachyOS and it's a great distro for gaming. I love it and love how smooth and easy the gaming experience has been for me. I have always been curious about Linux From Scratch and when I saw their website they had GLFS, which is basically for gamers. I would love to know how is the gaming experience on it. I have sooooo many questions.
- How does it differ from other well established distros like Debian, Fedora and Arch?
- What difficulties are there which popular distros solve?
- How does the package management and upgrading work with LFS?
- How is the gaming performance?
- Are there any advantages of using a barebones Linux for gaming?
Thank you. :)
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Has anyone had problems with Pragmata finding the game on Steam Tinker? It keeps blinking, and yes I have Reframe anti-cheat installed, and the game boots without it. No problems with my other games detecting it. On my Rog on bazzite
AJUDA EU
alguem que tenha o redragon king pro pode me falar se ele é compativel no piper do linux se poderem responder ficarei feliz.
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