Hey everyone

I'm running Linux on my laptop and have been running into a frustrating issue with my NVIDIA GPU (RTX 4060 Laptop). The GPU randomly becomes "lost" and gets unloaded from the system.

Sometimes this happens right after boot, other times it occurs randomly during use, especially when I'm on battery power, sometimes after waking up from sleep — but occasionally it runs fine without any issues. It's inconsistent and hard to pinpoint.

Here’s what I see when it happens:

sloppy@cachyos:~$ nvidia-smi Unable to determine the device handle for GPU0000:01:00.0: GPU is lost. Reboot the system to recover this GPU

sloppy@cachyos:~$ nvidia-smi Unable to determine the device handle for GPU0000:01:00.0:

And here's the GPU info:

cat /proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0000:01:00.0/information Model: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU IRQ: 147 GPU UUID: GPU-fa548473-cb97-41f9-00b7-8508a314098e Video BIOS: 95.07.19.00.26 Bus Type: PCIe DMA Size: 47 bits DMA Mask: 0x7fffffffffff Bus Location: 0000:01:00.0 Device Minor: 0 GPU Firmware: 565.77 GPU Excluded: No

The only "solution" is rebooting — but since it happens frequently, that’s not ideal.

Laptop: Acer Predator Helios 16 GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop Distro: CachyOS

Has anyone experienced this or found a reliable fix? Could it be driver-related, power management, or something?

Note that this problem followed me on multiple distros not just CachyOS.

I'd appreciate any help!

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I use a Fantech Revolver II WGP12 controller. When I plug in the dongle after my laptop is already on, the controller defaults to Android mode, and restarting doesn’t fix it. However, if I power on the laptop with the dongle already attached, it boots in PC mode. Since there’s no way to manually switch modes on the controller, is there any way to fix this issue or lock it to always start in PC mode when connected?

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Hello, i run game by Heroic Launcher and in launcher my window looks like in attached image (cutted on top). Also to click anything i need to place mouse slightly above button. Any tips?

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Currently using Cachy OS which has similar errors but the OS boots and works ok.

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just upgraded gpu, going from nv to amd, but the new card only had 2x DP 2x hdmi. I run 3x panels, so with the upgrade i swapped one to hdmi, and it(the hdmi specifically) cant get above 60hz. Tried a few cables, panel is 144hz, but unable to run above 60hz under hdmi. runs fine under DP. game framerates are fine too. (this is a secondary monitor with the hdmi)

am I missing some driver or what?
Thanks!

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I cant even get them to the point of proton logs working, here is a bit from terminal when i ran steam in it:

chdir "/home/zeakz/Games/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN/Game"

ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/zeakz/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.

ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/zeakz/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.

ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/zeakz/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64): ignored.

ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/zeakz/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.

ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/zeakz/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.

Game Recording - would start recording game 2622380, but recording for this game is disabled

Adding process 17781 for gameID 2622380

Adding process 17782 for gameID 2622380

Adding process 17783 for gameID 2622380

Adding process 17868 for gameID 2622380

Adding process 17869 for gameID 2622380

fsync: up and running.

Adding process 17870 for gameID 2622380

Adding process 17871 for gameID 2622380

Adding process 17874 for gameID 2622380

Adding process 17876 for gameID 2622380

Adding process 17879 for gameID 2622380

Adding process 17889 for gameID 2622380

Adding process 17894 for gameID 2622380

Adding process 17902 for gameID 2622380

Adding process 17928 for gameID 2622380

Adding process 17947 for gameID 2622380

Adding process 18012 for gameID 2622380

Setting breakpad minidump AppID = 2622380

SteamInternal_SetMinidumpSteamID: Caching Steam ID: 76561198288835197 [API loaded no]

pid 17872 != 17871, skipping destruction (fork without exec?)

Game Recording - game stopped [gameid=2622380]

Removing process 18012 for gameID 2622380

Removing process 17947 for gameID 2622380

Removing process 17928 for gameID 2622380

Removing process 17902 for gameID 2622380

Removing process 17894 for gameID 2622380

Removing process 17889 for gameID 2622380

Removing process 17879 for gameID 2622380

Removing process 17876 for gameID 2622380

Removing process 17874 for gameID 2622380

Removing process 17871 for gameID 2622380

Removing process 17870 for gameID 2622380

Removing process 17869 for gameID 2622380

Removing process 17868 for gameID 2622380

Removing process 17783 for gameID 2622380

Removing process 17782 for gameID 2622380

Removing process 17781 for gameID 2622380

is anyone familiar with this issue? it also happens with 575 beta

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I currently have an all AMD laptop, but I need to upgrade. I live in Vietnam and it seems like all of the computer stores are moving towards nvidia GPUs: I cannot find a single one that will sell an all AMD one like I currently have. So, I'm wondering if it is really difficult to get nvidia set up as a novice computer guy (I'm not in the field and I only know a little about the command line and how things work...moved from Windows simply because I hate the spying).

I currently run Fedora 42 Gnome.

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Hey Most Off the time i hear that Kernel Level Anti Cheat IS Not possible because IT would require an own Kernel or getting Code into the Main Line for the Kernel. But what would BE the Problem in using a Kernel module to load Said Things when starting Up a Game? Since Kernel modules will only extend the funktions of the Kernel IT should at least in theory Work right ?!

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If this flair is wrong, please kindly tell me the proper flair in the comments. I'd use, java, as i prefer java over bedrock, but this girl I'm talking to only has bedrock as far as i know. Is there a good bedrock launcher for Linux comparable to prism? can it help me load CurseForge mods, and can handle imported world files? and is it trustworthy to take my Microsoft account info? thank you for your help guys.

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Our sub-reddit r/POLYSTRIKE/

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Can anyone tell me how can I setup things on linux (fedora) so that I could play asphalt legends unite.
I tried installing steam and it doesn't allow this game to be played on linux. I also tried installing lutris but that too opens steam.

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I have some trouble playing Elden ring night reign on my 8bitdo ultimate 2c gamepad. Game does not recognize if I have gamepad plugged in and issue only occurs while playing via Wine-Wayland.

I'm using CachyOS on KDE Plasma.

Some help will be appreciated!!

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My Specs is Ryzen 7 5700X with RTX 3070 TI and 32 GB of Ram

I ran Arch with Hyperland and only got 130-150FPS on Start of Bot Match
I ran Bazzite and still the same with 130-150FPS on Start of Bot Match

But when I run on Windows
I am getting 180-210 FPS on Start of Bot Match

I need help I want to ditch this Windows without sacrificing my FPS

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Hey all,

I've been getting this crash report when trying to play Lies of P after its new DLC update, no matter what Proton I try. Is anyone else having this issue? If there are any fixes for it, let's aggregate them here.

https://preview.redd.it/pzf0fsty9e5f1.png?width=640&format=png&auto=webp&s=62b773d20d42a829601262086090179ea721089c

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I keep having this issue in almost all Steam games where after 45-ish minutes of playtime the frame-rate drops dramatically. I have identified that any and all keyboard presses or mouse movements/clicks cause the fps to drop. If I completely stop using the mouse/keyboard the fps goes back to normal. This applies both to graphically-intensive games and "potato" games (I have an RTX 2080 Ti and i9 9900K). The only thing that fixes this issue is if I restart the game (that is, quit the program and open up the game again). The low fps affects regular game menus too, including the main menu.

I am on Arch Linux with the proprietary Nvidia drivers with a G-Sync monitor. I have Steam Overlay and Steam Input disabled. I have checked and there are no issues with CPU or GPU temperature. I've already tested with v-sync ON/OFF and fullscreen, borderlees fullscreen, different versions of Proton (including Glorious Eggroll). I also am using KDE Plasma and X11, if that helps. From the looks of it, this issue happens even if my GPU and CPU aren't being used at full capacity.

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