After i turned on my pc my proton games no longer boot

thinks ive tried

• different proton versions + ge
• older kernel version
• reinstalling steam

idk why this has happend it seems to only effect proton games as linux native ports work fine

fedora 43 kde btw

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So with windows 11 not letting me update past h24w2 and how h25 and h26 updates are doing a good job at convincing me to make the switch. I have a few questions before I wipe the 8tb of games I have.

1: with switching to different games my main concern is that with I play online with a lot of games. The two main anticheats used are easy anticheat and battle eye for GTA online. Will the anticheats allow me to use Linux?

2: I am barely tech literate when it comes to windows 11. Would steam os need to use the scary terminal?

3: is messaging apps like discord compatible?

4: how easy is it to learn?

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I've been gaming on Linux for several months now without much issue, but overnight all games that use proton have stopped launching. I was playing ME3 last night with no issue, went to bed, woke up, and nothing worked.

I am on Fedora 43 using the steam package from the repository (not the flatpak).

Symptoms:

• Every proton game that I've tried is affected
• Games with native linux clients work fine, unless forced to use proton
• Some games will just say "launching" forever, some will say that they're running, but never actually start.
• Downloading an affected game ends with "finishing" forever
• This appears to affect every version of proton
• This happened after attempting to stream to a PC in my living room for the first time. This is likely a coincidence.
• This happened after doing a few small system updates. I can't remember which ones though.

Troubleshooting I've done so far:

• I've checked every log I can think of, and they all seem normal. It's as if the launching process freezes just before the game actually starts
• Reinstalling the game does not fix the issue
• Reinstalling Steam does not fix the issue
• Reinstalling linux (not including home directory) does not fix the issue
• Renaming $HOME/.local/share/Steam and recreating it does not fix the issue
• Creating a new user with a new home directory does not fix the issue
• Running steam from the flatpak DOES fix the issue, however I've avoided the flatpak because it makes it a lot harder to use things like modloaders and gamescope

I'm stumped. I can't even seem to narrow down where the issue resides. If it were in the user profile, creating a new user should fix the issue. If it were outside of the user profile, reinstalling linux should have fixed the issue. Neither of those have worked. If anyone else has run into this issue or has any ideas how to fix it, it would be greatly appreciated.

SOLVED! This was due to a bad mesa driver update. A downgrade solved the issue.

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Recently I have been unable to launch No Man's Sky in VR. I've tried different proton versions, including GE, but 9 launches in desktop mode and other versions instantly crash. Is there a way to fix this? I barely know anything about launch options so I haven't tried using them a lot.

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So I’ve downloaded the Linux version of teamspeak. I’ve even checked if it was in my konsole which it didn’t see. I’m just struggle bussing trying to run it. How did you all get it to work? My distro is cavhyos. Now I’m a complete mood so I may not get your terminology so I apologize in advance for any miscommunication.

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Aloha! In most of the webbrowser games I don't have this problem, but with some I did. My friend Xeltalliv reached out with an explanation to this issue, which seems to be Linux-related:

Solution

It happens because within requestPointerLock() call setting "unadjustedMovement" to true isn't supported on Linux. And when it isn't supported, it doesn't default to as if it's set to false, it doesn't silently fail by returning falsy values, no - instead it throws an NotSupportedError: The options asked for in this request are not supported on this platform. error which unless caught, terminates any further code execution. Many websites do not handle it, or handle it incorrectly. One example game has a code to handle it, but it's incorrect and was seemingly never tested.

In most games you can fix the issue by running this in the browser console:

const rpl = HTMLElement.prototype.requestPointerLock; HTMLElement.prototype.requestPointerLock = function() { return rpl.call(this); };

From game developer's perspective, to properly implement PointerLock, one must follow Mozilla's documentation of it:

• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Pointer_Lock_API
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/requestPointerLock

Fragment of Mozilla Dev Docs on PointerLock API

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trying to play Hell Let Loose through proton 10-25, Arch/Plasma 5

setting my map to caps lock, if i press caps lock to open my map and press say the A or D key at the same time, it counts as another caps lock press and closes the map

it's very annoying and makes the map kinda spaze out. i tried looking this up and the only result was about caps lock delay, tried fixes for that did not fix it.

i do not have this problem on windows, and it's really bothersome when trying to maneuver a tank and you're just trying to quickly check the map only for it to spaze out and still appear on the screen even though its supposed to be off

also non existant problem if i use any other binds than caps lock. i would rather not have to rebind it to something else, i've had these binds for a long time now.

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just installed ubuntu 25.10 yestarday, every time i install any steam game it creates 40ish shortcuts (not the same number for each game) in the "Show Apps" menu. any ideas how to fix? doesnt do this on any other ubuntu 25.10 machines ive tried

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Hello, garuda arch user here. got linux to play games on steam but black ops seams to boot with no display i can hear everything but screen does not work just black no ops. help (i am running proton hotfix)

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Hey all, I've been trying to solve this for a while now. My girlfriend's computer is running Fedora 42 plasma edition, and has three total drives. I have the drives set to auto-mount upon boot, so in the file system they're always ready to go.

However, I can't get steam to accept and write to the drives. So far I have tried this with both the Fedora and Flatpak version of steam. I've also tried using Flatseal to grant permissions, but changing any of the settings results in Steam failing to launch so that's a no-go.

The closest I've come to success was creating a new directory in the second SSD and telling Steam to work from there. That resulted in Steam showing it as "External Drive ()". It sees all of the available space but cannot download games to that directory.

Running out of ideas here, so any extra help is really appreciated. System specs below:

Operating System: Fedora Linux 42

KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.2

KDE Frameworks Version: 6.20.0

Qt Version: 6.9.3

Kernel Version: 6.17.7-200.fc42.x86_64 (64-bit)

Graphics Platform: Wayland

Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-7700K CPU @ 4.20GHz

Memory: 16 GiB of RAM (15.6 GiB usable)

Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 6600

Manufacturer: MSI

Product Name: MS-7A70

System Version: 1.0

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Hello, i am not keen to use reddit a lot so i made this throwaway, that being said, i am keen to use my damn PC a lot- and from what im gathering, it seems like i made a mistake switching over to linux mint cinnamon 22- because everything is acting odd now..

i cant keep certain windows open on my browser without them crashing for no damn reason other than "Sigsev" and on top of this, running games on steam feels like a hassle, because every time i leave my pc for more than a few hours it feels like something changes and it must- because the game suddenly fucks off and stops working... its given me plenty of random errors, if anyone is curious, this is one of the logs it seemingly spit out, as the game stopped working earlier this morning "REDACTED_USER" has been altered, for privacy reasons.

1: 0 2: 1033 3: 1252

=== Logging started: 11/22/2025 12:15:55 ===

Message type: 0, Argument: 1033, 1252

Message type: 1, Argument: Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Minimum Runtime - 14.44.35211

Action 12:15:55: INSTALL.

Action start 12:15:55: INSTALL.

1: 0 2: 1033 3: 1252

1: 0 2: 1033 3: 1252

=== Logging started: 11/22/2025 12:15:55 ===

Message type: 0, Argument: 1033, 1252

Message type: 1, Argument: Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Minimum Runtime - 14.44.35211

Action 12:15:55: INSTALL.

Action start 12:15:55: INSTALL.

1: Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Minimum Runtime - 14.44.35211 2: {43B0D101-A022-48F4-9D04-BA404CEB1D53}

Action 12:15:55: FindRelatedProducts. Searching for related applications

Action start 12:15:55: FindRelatedProducts.

Action ended 12:15:55: FindRelatedProducts. Return value 1.

Action 12:15:55: AppSearch. Searching for installed applications

Action start 12:15:55: AppSearch.

Property: ARM64CHECK, Signature: Arm64_Reg_Check

Action ended 12:15:55: AppSearch. Return value 1.

Action 12:15:55: LaunchConditions. Evaluating launch conditions

Action start 12:15:55: LaunchConditions.

Action ended 12:15:55: ValidateProductID.

Action start 12:15:55: ValidateProductID.

Action ended 12:15:55: ValidateProductID. Return value 1.

Action 12:15:55: CostInitialize. Computing space requirements

Action start 12:15: CostInitialize.

Action ended 12:15:55: CostInitialize. Return value 1.

Action 12:15:55: FileCost. Computing space requirements

Action start 12:15:55: FileCost.

Action ended 12:15:55: FileCost. Return value 1.

Action 12:15:55: CostFinalize. Computing space requirements

Action start 12:15:55: CostFinalize.

Action ended 12:15:55: CostFinalize. Return value 1.

Action 12:15:55: InstallValidate. Validating install

Action start 12:15:55: InstallValidate.

Action ended 12:15:55: InstallValidate. Return value 1.

Action 12:15:55: InstallInitialize.

Action start 12:15:55: InstallInitialize.

Action ended 12:15:55: InstallInitialize. Return value 1.

Action 12:15:55: RemoveExistingProducts. Removing applications

Action start 12:15:55: RemoveExistingProducts.

Action ended 12:15:55: RemoveExistingProducts. Return value 1.

Action 12:15:55: ProcessComponents. Updating component registration

Action start 12:15:55: ProcessComponents.

Action ended 12:15:55: ProcessComponents. Return value 1.

Action 12:15:55: UnpublishFeatures. Unpublishing Product Features

Action start 12:15:55: UnpublishFeatures.

Action ended 12:15:55: UnpublishFeatures. Return value 1.

Action 12:15:55: RemoveRegistryValues. Removing system registry values

Action start 12:15:55: RemoveRegistryValues.

Action ended 12:15:55: RemoveRegistryValues. Return value 1.

Action 12:15:55: RemoveFiles. Removing files

Action start 12:15:55: RemoveFiles.

Action ended 12:15:55: RemoveFiles. Return value 1.

Action 12:15:55: InstallFiles. Copying new files

Action start 12:15:55: InstallFiles.

Action ended 12:15:55: InstallFiles. Return value 1.

Action 12:15:55: WriteRegistryValues. Writing system registry values

Action start 12:15:55: WriteRegistryValues.

Action ended 12:15:55: WriteRegistryValues. Return value 1.

Action 12:15:55: RegisterUser. Registering user

Action start 12:15:55: RegisterUser.

Action ended 12:15:55: RegisterUser. Return value 1.

Action 12:15:55: RegisterProduct. Registering product

Action start 12:15:55: RegisterProduct.

Action ended 12:15:55: RegisterProduct. Return value 1.

Action 12:15:55: PublishFeatures. Publishing Product Features

Action start 12:15:55: PublishFeatures.

Action ended 12:15:55: PublishFeatures. Return value 1.

Action 12:15:55: PublishProduct. Publishing product information

Action start 12:15:55: PublishProduct.

Action ended 12:15:55: PublishProduct. Return value 1.

Action 12:15:55: InstallFinalize.

Action start 12:15:55: InstallFinalize.

Action 12:15:55: ProcessComponents. Updating component registration

Action start 12:15:55: ProcessComponents.

... (all the component registration lines unchanged)

Action ended 12:15:55: ProcessComponents. Return value 1.

Action ... (rest of actions unchanged)

Action ended 12:15:55: InstallFinalize. Return value 1.

Action ended 12:15:55: INSTALL. Return value 1.

1: Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Minimum Runtime - 14.44.35211 2: {43B0D101-A022-48F4-9D04-BA404CEB1D53} 3: 1

Property(S): UpgradeCode = {36F68A90-239C-34DF-B58C-64B30153CE35}

... (all other properties unchanged until...

Property(S): ComputerName = REDACTED_USER-MS-7D91

...rest of properties unchanged...

1: 2 2: 0

1: 2 2: 1

Action ended 12:15:55: INSTALL. Return value 1.
_________________________________________________________________________

THIS HOWEVER, IS IN STARK CONTRAST- TO THE FILE IT SPIT OUT, ONLY MOMENTS AGO WHILE TRYING TO START THE GAME AGAIN -
_________________________________________________________________________

While trying to fix this, i would run into many solutions and errors as i have all day from this morning until now.

So what have i TRIED doing? Below i will list the many things i have tried doing since this morning to fix the game for myself some of which allowed the game to run for a bit (one or two fixes) And a lot of which only showed, what was in that screenshot above.

- verify the files of the game (as of right now it allows the game to run for 30 seconds before crash)
- uninstall, and reinstall the game, (4 times since switching to linux) *no luck*
- updated all drivers, making sure everything is working and clearly up to par.
- assumed the problem was with EAC so i updated and verified the integrity of the EAC files- and got this-

Once i got this error, i had no choice but to reinstall the game, including all steam tools associated

- and i even tried admitting defeat by simply talking to embark themselves....

messages from 10:46 pm were 3 days apart from the messages at 11:07 AM onward.

i feel like there is no road to travel down here that works, i cannot simply keep reinstalling things to make them work over and over, if they're simply not going to do so in the end.

I feel like perhaps moving to linux was a horrible choice, covered in sweet little lies by pretty much anyone who would say it was a good idea...

Okay so here's some requested info,
GPU - AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
CPU - 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13900K
Kernel Version - 6.14.0-36-generic

NOTE: any info about my kernel version, or GPU Came from lact. (i know my gpu, and cpu by heart however pulling them from the pc, is more reliable than my .. brain)

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As shown in the video, Deep Rock Galactic freezes unless I keep a tab on top of it. Specs below

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Hey everyone,
I’m trying to get Forza Horizon 5 running on CachyOS and I ran into an Xbox login problem I can’t solve.

When I launch the game through Steam, the Xbox login window pops up. I sign in, the window closes instantly, and then Forza throws the error: “You may not proceed without being signed into a profile.”

I’ve already tried multiple Proton versions (Proton Experimental, Proton Hotfix, Proton CachyOS), cleared the Steam browser cache, and reinstalled the game. Same issue every time.

My specs:

• CPU: Xeon X5670
• GPU: GTX 1050 Ti
• Distro: CachyOS

Has anyone seen this before or found a workaround? Any help would be really appreciated.

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Is there something like the Nvidia app for Linux gaming that chooses your default graphics settings. On Windows nividia has an application that will choose your default graphic settings for a game is there something like this available on Linux?

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Got a Windows 11 PC that I mainly use for gaming, looking to mess around with Linux on it.

Is there a beginners guide anywhere I can use?

Cheers

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Hi, newbie here. Anyone use a Minisforum UM870 with SteamOS as a mini gaming pc? I'm debating getting one as I don't need anywhere near latest and greatest hardware but want to play some games, older and more recent.

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I'm looking for a tool for Steam that can unlock achievements for games I already own and let me manually set the unlock date/time — including older dates (like 4–5 years ago).

If anyone knows a tool that can do this or can build one, please contact me.
I'm ready to pay a very good amount for it.

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