I've been trying to get this enabled and no joy.

I'm running PopOS 24.04 (Kernel 6.17.9-76061709-generic) on a ROG STRIX B560-I GAMING using the latest BIOS v2405 (12/11/2025). Running an RTX3090 with driver version 580.119.02 and a i5-11600KF. Everything hardware wise checks as compatible.

Above 4G Decoding is Enabled, CSM is Disabled and Resize Bar is Enabled and "ON" in the BIOS but CPU-X is always reporting it as Disabled.

Not sure what else to try, Any pointers would be great.

submitted by /u/VanillaCandid3466
[link] [comments]

submitted by /u/HerrCrazi
[link] [comments]

submitted by /u/litoll
[link] [comments]

Hi everyone,

I am running CachyOS (Arch based) and trying to get the native DualSense Haptic Feedback working in The last of us.

The Problem:
I know that the DualSense needs to be recognized as a 4-channel audio device (Analog Surround 4.0) so that the rear channels can drive the haptic motors. However, my system refuses to expose the 4.0 profile. In pavucontrol, I only see "Mono" or "Pro Audio".

It doesn't matter if I select Pro Audio or Mono, I get audio through the controller speaker, but no haptics.

Current Setup & Working Features:

• OS: CachyOS (Arch) with latest Kernel & PipeWire/WirePlumber
• Connection: USB-C Cable.
• Steam Settings: Steam Input is Disabled
• Permissions: game-devices-udev is installed.
• Adaptive Triggers: WORK (tested via dualsensectl and ingame).
• Standard Rumble: WORKS (tested in steam)

What I have tried so far:

1. ALSA Mixer: I noticed the PCM channel was muted (MM) in alsamixer. I unmuted it (00) and set it to 100%. This enabled audio through the speaker, but didn't bring back the 4.0 profile.
2. Forcing the Profile via CLI: I tried to force the profile manually using the card name found in pactl list cards short:
3. pactl set-card-profile alsa_card.usb-Sony_Interactive_Entertainment_DualSense_Wireless_Controller-00 output:analog-surround-40 Result: Failure: No such entity. It seems the 4.0 profile is not generated or available for this card index.
4. UCM Configs: I tried moving/renaming the ALSA UCM config files (/usr/share/alsa/ucm2/USB-Audio/Sony/DualSense*) to force a generic detection, hoping it would expose the raw 4 channels. Result: No change, still only Mono available.
5. WirePlumber Rules: Tried creating a rule in ~/.config/wireplumber/wireplumber.conf.d/ to force audio.channels = 4, but it seems I cannot override the profile availability.

Summary:
The hardware works. The permissions are good (triggers work). The issue seems to be entirely within PipeWire/ALSA refusing to map the controller as a Quadraphonic/4.0 device, which prevents the game from sending haptic data to the motors.

Does anyone know how to force a specific channel map or fix the missing 4.0 profile on CachyOS/Arch with the current PipeWire version?

Btw. it worked on a previous version of Cachy OS without problems but after resetting my PC because I had some problems it won't work anymore.

Thanks in advance!

submitted by /u/MangoDrache1012
[link] [comments]

Switched to Bazzite OS (Gnome) and I've encountered a weird problem while playing. If I move my mouse too fast, it switches screen. I've seen some people fixing it by putting this :
PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 %command%
in the Launch options, but it didn't work for me.
Happened during a bossfight while playing Borderlands 4 and I died because of it

submitted by /u/star_shoooter
[link] [comments]

After a long time without playing it because it didn't even want to open (it just popped the button back to "Play" in Heroic), I decided to uninstall it and start over so the installation files at least get cleaned.

But after reinstalling and opening it, this window pops up showing "Unexpected error: #1" without any explanation on what it is. I just wanted to friggin' play the game.

And the window leaves its trail while I move, very much like Windows XP used to.

Is this not fixed yet? Thanks for your support in advance.

submitted by /u/TechManWalker
[link] [comments]

submitted by /u/Ok_Persimmon545
[link] [comments]

Hi, as the title states i'm a linux noob trying to understand some things, and after succeeding at installing my first game on linux, I have a few questions concerning what was automatically installed by steam :

Steam Linux Runtime 1.0 (scout), 2.0 (soldier) and 3.0 (sniper) were automatically installed when downloading my game (The Binding of Isaac), what are they and what are their use ?

Steam Common Redistributables was also installed and idk what it is.

As well as Proton experimental, that was installed after i changed the compatibility settings to proton experimental (because the game wasn't starting and I read somewhere that this is where you change the compatibility of games so I just tried it and it worked but idk what it is nor how it works.

And finally if anyone has any tips regarding gaming on linux for a newby, feel free to share :)

Thank you in advance for the anwsers.

(oh and I use Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS)

submitted by /u/Tom_Blunty
[link] [comments]

I have a fairly basic PC: i5 10400F, H510M, 16GB DDR4 2666MHz RAM, PCI 3.0, 5060TI 16GB. Windows is cumbersome, and the PC itself doesn't help (not counting the GPU). I was wondering if switching to Linux with Bazzite, for example, would be advisable. I don't know how well Linux will run on a PC of this caliber and an Nvidia 5000 series card. I would greatly appreciate any help.

submitted by /u/PROTESTADOR_YT
[link] [comments]

anybody looking to make a bc-250 steam machine I highly recommend it once the prices stop being ridiculous again. very happy with how mine has turned out

submitted by /u/mozinho86
[link] [comments]

Hi everyone! I made the switch to Linux Mint a month ago and I'm happy with it. Except with OBS. seriously, this software is driving me crazy!

I'm a small streamer and I have absolutely no idea which version of OBS should I choose ! The regular version downloaded via the software manager (version 30.0.2+dfsg-3build1) or flatpak (version 32.0.4) ?

At first I chose the flatpak version but the audio is so jerky... so I'm using the software manager version but it seems it doesn't work with Aitum vertical (I can't record audio)

Do you have an idea ? I don't even know where to start for that problem (except using the v30)

My specs :

Linux Mint 22.3 - Cinnamon 64-bit

Processor : Intel© Core™ i5-9300H CPU @ 2.40GHz × 4

GPU : NVIDIA Corporation TU106M [GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile]

RAM : 16 Go

submitted by /u/MzSvelenaya
[link] [comments]

I'm trying to install Battl.net right now to test games and the launcher just keeps freezing after I launch are there any work arounds?

submitted by /u/Stunning-Importance5
[link] [comments]

I play Minecraft bedrock because all of my friends are on console/mobile. I switched to linux because I hate Microsoft.

I use the unofficial Minecraft Bedrock Launcher to run the game but theres several problems.

First, I dont have the patience or mental fortitude to run a server and give everyone a port and IP so they can join my dumb little worlds, and no way I’m paying to get a company to do it for me, nor do I want to risk someone ruining something while im gone.

Second, Even if I could run a server, I have a skygen and suffice it to say that it’s designed around P2P joining and using a server would effectively kill it. (I’ll explain in the comments if you care)

Third, the whole reason I use bedrock is because all my friends are on console/mobile so they cant make a server for their worlds and run it. The most any of them could do is a realm and they’re all broke

td;dr: without p2p world joining I can’t host worlds for my friends to join, I can’t host my skygen, and I cant join my friends. Please help me do p2p on the unofficial launcher or if theres another client I could use 🙏

submitted by /u/NaNaCat2020
[link] [comments]

So I'm new to gaming on Linux. I use bazzite. I have a couple of questions.

1.) I have an Nvidia graphics card (RTX 5080), and I feel like DLSS is acting a bit weird. It's hard to pinpoint, and I only tested it in Diablo 4. The performance of DLSS is terrible in that game with DLSS 4. I'm at 90% GPU usage (75% on Windows) vs FSR 2, which only uses 65%. I'm playing on 4K, so I don't mind using FSR. It looks excellent in quality mode, especially in 4k. But also, I'm kind of disappointed that it runs that badly because the features like DLSS are obviously a huge selling point for NVIDIA cards, and you pay a premium for that. Anyone got similar issues, or is it maybe just D4?

2.) If I'm staying on Linux, do you think I should go for an AMD card next time, or will the Nvidia cards improve in the long run? If some of you have NVIDIA cards and play on Linux for longer, was there substantial improvement in the time you used it?

3.) I think I will stay on Linux. The thing that surprised me the most is how stable the games are in regard to frame times. There is almost no stuttering compared to Windows. Did you experience the same?

4.) Since I'm still on an Intel CPU and DDR4, I was thinking about switching to a 9800x3d and DDR5 RAM. Will I see some improvements there? I know that my specs are really good, and my current motherboard and RAM will be used for a server I want to build; otherwise, I would obviously not "upgrade."

My specs are: GPU: RTX 5080 (Asus TUF) CPU: Intel I7-14700K RAM: 64GB DDR4 3600

submitted by /u/KeyBird97
[link] [comments]

submitted by /u/felix_ribeiro
[link] [comments]

submitted by /u/mr_MADAFAKA
[link] [comments]

Hey everyone c:

so I've been working on the graphics for my fiancees game for months now and it has finally been released.

Flufftopia: Fluffmazing Edition is a cute little clicker-game that was built in Godot on his Linux-PC. You can earn Fluffcoins, buy buildings and upgrade them. There is also a story, that you can discover throughout the game.

If you are interested you can check it out on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3174420/Flufftopia_Fluffmazing_Edition_by_Daniel_da_Silva/

submitted by /u/Menschenblind
[link] [comments]

hi, I’m on kubuntu 25.10 and everytime I install a big steam game, halfway through the process my system drive either gets wiped completely or lags to the point of having no other choice than reinstall, it's not an idle issue, I tried it alone, it only happens when I download a big game, then around the 30gb mark it becomes completely unusable

I also installed smaller games like hollow knight but that seemed to work just fine, does anyone know where this issue could lie?

Thanks in advance!

submitted by /u/Lexotic_
[link] [comments]

When I try to open The Last of Us Part I on Arch Linux, it reaches the spinning coin loading screen, and just when it seems like the coin is about to finish spinning, boom, it crashes, and I never manage to get to the main menu. This doesn't happen on Windows. I have the latest version of GE-Proton and the latest stable Arch kernel. I have an RX 580 2048SP.

https://preview.redd.it/9mngogekareg1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=3fb0d74fc80673bcaff7e55590c1d09d9a649aa1

submitted by /u/FairProcess7240
[link] [comments]

New Linux gamer here -- I've had my PC running Linux Mint for a couple weeks and haven't run into any issues with Genshin until today.

I launched Genshin from Twintail Launcher and when the game loaded in, I got the "abnormal activity detected" error message, so I closed the game. Before rebooting, I noticed I had a handful of system updates so I set those in motion, then rebooted.

Now when I try to launch the game, I get the error message in the image above: "Failed to run command! Please try again or check logs available in game directory or respective tool's directory."

I've tried rebooting again and re-installing the launcher with no success. Has anyone else run into this error and/or know a fix?

Thank you!

submitted by /u/daerkylj2
[link] [comments]