Other News about gaming on Linux
Does Denuvo slow down overall performance like it does on windows?
So im kind of new to PC gaming and such. I finished my build not too long ago, and been playing a few games off my backlog. Alot of the newer games I want to play have denuvo, and I heard horror stories of how it can sometimes operate at kernel level and slow down your PC, even when you arent playing the game. My PC is very expensive, I bought all the parts myself and put it all together, so im kind of attached/paranoid about adding unwanted programs and services that slow it down. While I get linux is different than windows, and bazzite linux is even more picky when it comes to application access, I just wanted to know if denuvo is something I should be worried about? Would it help to use flatpak versions of steam, or does it not matter and im just dumb af?
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Elgato 4k S timing-out issue
Heyo, I recently got an Elgato 4k S to use to screenshare my switch on discord. For the most part it works fine, with one glaring exception:
After using it, if I remove the source from OBS, close OBS, or otherwise close the feed from the card, it will refuse to open the next time I try. To work around this, I have to unload/reload the uvcvideo kernel module.
I can tick the OBS setting to reset the device whenever it times-out, but this leads to microstuttering. [After some testing, it seems I can tick this option to reset it, untick it, then restart OBS to get it working again]
I'm just wondering if anyone else has use with this device, and if/how they've been able to work around these issues, if possible. It's not a deal breaker if there's no solution, but it is annoying.
From what I can tell, it's not an issue with OBS, since I got similar issues when testing with VLC.
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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth seemingly random crashes (please help me identify it)
Hello! I'm new to linux and have been smooth sailing until this game; I will try to keep it brief so bear with me.
My setup:
- CPU AMD Ryzen 5 5600XT
- GPU: AMD RADEON RX 9060 XT 16GB
- RAM: 32GB (2x16)
- Distro: Linux Mint 22.3 Zena (Kernel: 6.17.0-19-generic)
- Driver: Mesa 25.3.5 (git-8418351c7c)
- Running via: Lutris; Proton-GE 10-33
- Game from: Fitgirl Repack (verified files before and after install)
Problem:
The game is performing well in medium quality (by temps, clock speeds, power usage); however, after a couple of minutes playing the game crash and my whole system becomes irresponsive - I have found only one way of getting out of this hang, besides the power off, its by using the ( CTRL + ALT + BACKSPACE ). Both of this methods kills whatever logs I can get, as far as I know!
While the system is stuck I can still hear the game background track (dialogues stop after the line) and I can still use some commands, like the CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE. ALT+TAB works when windowed screen but still can't use any other app just look at them (the logs nor the LACT charts helped identify the problem at the moment of the crash).
There was one time that the game closed on it's own and I got a error message, I have yet to reproduce it so idk if it's another problem or this one, it reads:
"LowlevelFatalError [File: Unknown][Line: 1246]
GameThread timed out waiting for RenderThread after 120.00 secs"
Possible origin:
From what I glimpsed from logs before the crash, the problem seems to come from shaders cache messing up; after the inicial setup the logs usually falls in a loop spamming the following:
´6590.050:0138:0210:info:vkd3d-proton:vkd3d_pipeline_library_disk_thread_main: Pipeline cache marked dirty. Flush is scheduled.
6591.488:0138:0210:info:vkd3d-proton:vkd3d_pipeline_library_disk_thread_main: Flushing disk cache (wakeup counter since last flush = 16). It seems like application has stopped creating new PSOs for the time being.´
Please let me know if any more info is necessary for a diagnosis, or rather how to get that info, because atm I'm stuck with the logs disappearing... Thank you for reading!
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i installed polytoria wrong on chrome os, please help!
i installed polytoria wrong on my chrome book and its icon is just spinning is there any fixes?
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I just created this guide for running Crimson Desert in Linux 100%
Genshin Impact freezing entire system on Nobara (RTX 3050) — no logs, full system hang
Hi everyone,
I’m running into a pretty hard issue while playing Genshin Impact on Linux (Nobara), and I’d like to know if anyone else has experienced something similar or has ideas.
my system
- GPU: RTX 3050 (6GB VRAM)
- RAM: 48GB
- Distro: Nobara (Fedora-based)
- Driver: NVIDIA 580.142
- Running via: anime-game-launcher (Wine-based)
- GNOME setup:
- Using User Themes extension
- Theme: Orochi
While playing Genshin, the entire system freezes completely:
- Screen freezes
- Audio stops
- No input response
- Can’t switch TTY (Ctrl+Alt+F2 doesn’t work)
The only solution is a hard reboot.
I monitored the system with nvidia-smi and system monitor:
- GPU temp: ~58°C
- VRAM usage: ~2.4GB / 6GB
- GPU usage: low (at the moment I checked)
- RAM usage: ~11GB / 50GB
- CPU: ~20–35%
So it doesn’t look like a resource issue (no VRAM/RAM exhaustion, no overheating).
Checked previous boot logs:
journalctl -b -1 -p 3Nothing relevant:
- No GPU hang messages
- No OOM killer
- No kernel panic
Which makes me think it’s a hard lockup (GPU/driver?) that doesn’t even get logged.
Right now I’m thinking it could be:
- NVIDIA driver crash (Vulkan?)
- Wine / DXVK issue
- Wayland + NVIDIA instability (haven’t confirmed session yet)
Questions:
- Has anyone experienced full system freezes (not just game crashes) with Genshin on Linux?
- Is this a known issue with NVIDIA + Wine + Genshin?
- Would switching to X11 significantly improve stability?
- Any recommended Proton/Wine/DXVK versions for this setup?
I’m considering
- Switching from Wayland → X11
- Trying Proton GE vs current Wine
- Disabling GNOME extensions temporarily
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Web driver problem for mouse
My mouse uses web driver to change dpi, polling rate etc. but the driver does not work on any browser(chromium based or otherwise) other than google chrome and even in chrome the settings are not displayed correctly. When I select my device in other browsers, the settings page does not even open and nothing happens. Is there any solve to this issue? I am currently on cachyos.
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Keeping the DPI with black bars.
I have a 32 in 4k external monitor. My mobile GPU struggles with 4k sometimes, so I reduce resolution to 2k. But when 2k is stretched to 32 inches, it looks blurry. I want to keep DPI the same by adding black bars around the game. I'm on KDE Wayland and I have a modern Nvidia GPU. I tried different options with gamescope but got no luck. Any help would be appreciated.
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MangoHudPy - a CLI + GUI tool to manage MangoHud and more
Hey r/linux_gaming,
I've been building https://github.com/mdeguzis/MangoHudPy — a Python CLI and desktop GUI that fills in the gaps around MangoHud for people who actually want to do something with their frame data beyond just watching the HUD.
Install: pip install "mangohudpy[gui,graphs]"
What it does
- launch-option — TUI that sets per-game Steam launch options for silent background logging on Bazzite/Steam Deck Game Mode (solves the mangoapp shim problem — more on that below)
- organize — sorts your raw CSVs into ~/mangologs/<GameName>/ folders automatically; can also run on a systemd timer
- summary — human-readable stats from any CSV: avg/min/max FPS, 1% lows, frametime jitter, stability score
- graph — generates PNG/SVG charts (uses mangoplot if available, falls back to matplotlib)
- upload — pushes logs to https://flightlesssomething.com via API with an interactive file picker
- configure — writes MangoHud.conf + presets.conf with all logging keys pre-applied (desktop Linux)
Desktop GUI — PySide6 app designed for 1280×800 (Steam Deck native), dark themed, covers all of the above
Links
PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/mangohudpy
Happy to answer questions or take feedback. Still actively developing it — issues and PRs welcome.
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D7VK 1.6 has been released, overhauling its integration with DXVK's D3D9 backend for better vertex processing and GPU-bound performance (especially on low-end hardware), fixing Direct3D 5 regressions, and adding various enhancements for older Direct3D...
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games installed through proton dont show in folder ???
Hey! its my first time using linux (went with mint) and started installing games that uses external launchers like Genshin Impact and GFL2, I installed them by adding them to steam and launching the .exe for the launcher with proton.
Everything went well, I even played a bit and everything worked, but now when I went to try to add the .exe for the game, the carpet that I think should be all the game files are basically empty, I cant find anything related to both games, I am missing something ???
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RX5700 XT Crashing when playing intensive games.
I keep having random-ish crashes whilst playing intensive games (Happens to me on Cyberpunk and Minecraft with high shaders, probably happens on other games too.) on Arch (Cachyos, though this still happened even when I was using base Arch)
My computer screen would turn black, then turn back on with coloured squares and the screen would be frozen.
I saw a post about it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/14sq04k/anyone_else_dealing_with_fairly_common_amd_gpu/, but I'm still having the issue and i'm not sure where or how to fix it or if it's an issue that needs to be fixed on the driver end.
I doubt my GPU is failing since this only happens on Linux and it was completely fine on Windows.
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any word on the poor CPU performance of death stranding 2?
been seeing a lot of reports (and upon testing am experiencing it myself) that DS2 has an unusually high CPU usage when compared to windows causing performance issues, and im curious if anyone has any information on whats going on and the likelihood of a fix any time soon, or if i should just concede and play it on windows
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Installing Heretic II on Modern Linux System
Hey, so I'm not sure this is the correct subreddit for this, and please direct me to the correct one if so, but does anyone have a download/instructions for getting Heretic II running on a modern linux system? Unfortunately because the game is abandonware, I've been having difficulty getting it to run.
There's a Lutris installer, but it uses Internet Archive files that have since been removed so the installation fails. I tried installing it another way, but after install it keeps crashing regardless of whatever wine runner I'm using. My distro is Nobara if that has any relevance. Thanks for any help you can give.
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Que Linux recomiendas para mis gustos:
Llevo varios dias chekeado distritos de linux y me gusta mucho como se ven los escritorios y entornos de trabajo, pero tambien lo quiero para gaming. Mi duda es la siguiente: que distrito es la mejor para gaming y a la vez que tenga buena personalizacion de interfaz.
Mi S.O 9070 xt AMD ryzen 7 9800x3D 32 GB ddr5
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RDR2 stuck at 40-50 FPS on Linux Mint regardless of settings
Hi all,
I'm having a really frustrating issue with Red Dead Redemption 2 (Steam) on Linux Mint and I’m hoping someone here might have some ideas.
No matter what I do, the game seems locked between about 40-50 FPS. It doesn’t matter what settings or resolution I use (I’ve tested 1080p, 720p, lowest settings, higher settings) the FPS basically stays the same. It never really goes above that range.
Here’s what I’ve tried so far:
- Multiple Proton and Proton GE versions
- Launch options: gamemoderun %command% -USEALLAVAILABLECORES -cpuLoadRebalancing
- Letting the game run for a while in case it’s shader caching
- Switching between low and high graphics settings
- Enabling FSR (this only gives me ~5 FPS at best)
What’s strange is that changing settings barely affects performance at all, which makes me think something else is bottlenecking or limiting it.
At this point I’m not sure if it’s a CPU bottleneck, Proton issue, Vulkan problem, or something else entirely.
Has anyone experienced something similar or have any suggestions on what I could try next?
My specs:
Distro: Linux Mint 22.3 Zena
Kernel: 6.17.0-19-generic
Memory: total: 16 GiB
GPU: GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Driver: 535.288.01
CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K
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Any fix for RDSEED32 is broken. Disabling the corresponding CPUID bit kernel panic error?
I have an amd 9800x3d processor (and an amd 7900xt gpu if that matters). I have been getting random kernel panics accompanied with the error in the title upon next reboot for months now. It is so fucking annoying. I have read places online this is an issue with the processor. I always keep drivers up-to-date through the discover app through my distro, and I have flashed the most up-to-date bios version for my motherboard and I still keep getting this error. Has anyone found a proper fix for this or am I just fucked? If I am just fucked, is there a different processor I could swap to that is of similar strength I could use instead. I cant take the kernel panics every other day anymore
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