I recently started dual booting debian and, after some trial and error I managed to install the drivers for my gpu. I wanted to play some CS2 and I get this error (I known my Laptop is powerful enough, since it works on the windows partition). I've included both fastfetch and nvidia-smi results. Here is what is displayed when running steam from the terminal:

steam.sh[37099]: Running Steam on debian 13 64-bit

steam.sh[37099]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically

setup.sh[37139]: Steam runtime environment up-to-date!

steam.sh[37099]: Steam client's requirements are satisfied

CProcessEnvironmentManager is ready, 6 preallocated environment variables.

[2026-03-08 17:28:35] Startup - updater built Jan 21 2026 17:12:15

[2026-03-08 17:28:35] Startup - Steam Client launched with: '/home/tudor2/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/steam' '-srt-logger-opened' '-nominidumps' '-nobreakpad'

03/08 17:28:35 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps

03/08 17:28:35 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1769025840)/tid(37218)

CProcessEnvironmentManager is ready, 6 preallocated environment variables.

[2026-03-08 17:28:35] Process started with command-line: '/home/tudor2/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/steam' '-child-update-ui' '-child-update-ui-socket' '8' '-srt-logger-opened' '-nominidumps' '-nobreakpad'

03/08 17:28:35 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps

[2026-03-08 17:28:35] Using update UI: console

03/08 17:28:35 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(0)/tid(37220)

[2026-03-08 17:28:35] Create window

[2026-03-08 17:28:35] Loading cached metrics from disk (/home/tudor2/.steam/debian-installation/package/steam_client_metrics.bin)

[2026-03-08 17:28:35] Using the following download hosts for Public, Realm steamglobal

[2026-03-08 17:28:35] 1. https://client-update.fastly.steamstatic.com, /, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 900, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf'

[2026-03-08 17:28:35] 2. https://client-update.akamai.steamstatic.com, /, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 400, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf'

[2026-03-08 17:28:35] 3. https://client-update.steamstatic.com, /, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'baked in'

[2026-03-08 17:28:35] Verifying installation...

[2026-03-08 17:28:35] Verifying file sizes only

[2026-03-08 17:28:35] Set percent complete: 0

[2026-03-08 17:28:35] Set percent complete: -1

[2026-03-08 17:28:35] Set status message: Verifying installation...

[----] Verifying installation...

[2026-03-08 17:28:35] Verification complete

UpdateUI: skip show logo

[2026-03-08 17:28:35] Destroy window

Steam logging initialized: directory: /home/tudor2/.steam/debian-installation/logs

[2026-03-08 17:28:35] ProcessNextMessage: socket disconnected

[2026-03-08 17:28:35] No more messages are expected - exiting

XRRGetOutputInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xf63d46b0

XRRGetCrtcInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xf63d2f80

03/08 17:28:37 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps

03/08 17:28:37 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steamsysinfo)/version(1769025840)/tid(37237)

Running query: 1 - GpuTopology

Response: gpu_topology {

gpus {

id: 1

name: "Intel(R) Graphics (ARL)"

vram_size_bytes: 16528617472

driver_id: k_EGpuDriverId_MesaIntel

driver_version_major: 25

driver_version_minor: 0

driver_version_patch: 7

luid: 0

}

gpus {

id: 2

name: "NVIDIA RTX PRO 1000 Blackwell Generation Laptop GPU"

vram_size_bytes: 8546942976

driver_id: k_EGpuDriverId_NvidiaProprietary

driver_version_major: 590

driver_version_minor: 48

driver_version_patch: 1

luid: 0

}

default_gpu_id: 1

}

Exit code: 0

Saving response to: /tmp/steamoMdNgm - 123 bytes

steamwebhelper.sh[37247]: Starting steamwebhelper under bootstrap steamrt steam runtime via: /home/tudor2/.steam/debian-installation/steamrt64/pv-runtime/steam-runtime-steamrt/_v2-entry-point

steamwebhelper.sh[37247]: Starting steamwebhelper with steamrt steam runtime at /home/tudor2/.steam/debian-installation/steamrt64/pv-runtime/steam-runtime-steamrt/_v2-entry-point

Steam Runtime Launch Service: starting steam-runtime-launcher-service

Steam Runtime Launch Service: steam-runtime-launcher-service is running pid 37336

bus_name=com.steampowered.PressureVessel.LaunchAlongsideSteam

exec ./steamwebhelper -nocrashdialog -lang=en_US -cachedir=/home/tudor2/.steam/debian-installation/config/htmlcache -steampid=37218 -buildid=1769025840 -steamid=0 -logdir=/home/tudor2/.steam/debian-installation/logs -uimode=7 -startcount=0 -steamuniverse=Public -realm=Global -clientui=/home/tudor2/.steam/debian-installation/clientui -steampath=/home/tudor2/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/steam -launcher=0 -use_xcomposite_workaround --valve-initial-threadpool-size=12 --valve-enable-site-isolation --enable-smooth-scrolling --disable-gpu-compositing --disable-gpu --password-store=basic --log-file=/home/tudor2/.steam/debian-installation/logs/cef_log.txt --disable-quick-menu --disable-component-update --gaia-url=http://disabled.invalid --disable-features=WinRetrieveSuggestionsOnlyOnDemand,SpareRendererForSitePerProcess,DcheckIsFatal,BlockPromptsIfIgnoredOften,ValveFFmpegAllowLowDelayHEVC

/usr/share/themes/Breeze-Dark/gtk-2.0/widgets/entry:70: error: unexpected identifier 'direction', expected character '}'

/usr/share/themes/Breeze-Dark/gtk-2.0/widgets/styles:36: error: invalid string constant "combobox_entry", expected valid string constant

Desktop state changed: desktop: { pos: 0, 0 size: 2560,1440 } primary: { pos: 0, 0 size: 2560,1440 }

Caching cursor image for , size 32x32, serial 3, cache size = 0

reaping pid: 37219 -- sh

chdir "/home/tudor2/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/Counter-Strike Global Offensive"

ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/tudor2/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.

ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/tudor2/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.

ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/tudor2/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_64/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64): ignored.

ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/tudor2/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.

ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/tudor2/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.

Game Recording - would start recording game 730, but recording for this game is disabled

Adding process 37717 for gameID 730

Adding process 37718 for gameID 730

Adding process 37719 for gameID 730

Adding process 37720 for gameID 730

pid 37798 != 37797, skipping destruction (fork without exec?)

basename: extra operand 'Offensive/game/cs2.sh'

Try 'basename --help' for more information.

pid 37800 != 37797, skipping destruction (fork without exec?)

Adding process 37797 for gameID 730

Loaded /home/tudor2/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/Counter-Strike Global Offensive/game/bin/linuxsteamrt64/libengine2.so, got 0x55d54ee8aea0

Using breakpad crash handler

[S_API] SteamAPI_Init(): Loaded '/home/tudor2/.steam/debian-installation/linux64/steamclient.so' OK.

Setting breakpad minidump AppID = 730

Forcing breakpad minidump interfaces to load

Looking up breakpad interfaces from steamclient

Calling BreakpadMiniDumpSystemInit

03/08 17:28:53 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps

03/08 17:28:53 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(730)/version(10497890)/tid(37802)

Looking up breakpad interfaces from steamclient

Calling BreakpadMiniDumpSystemInit

SteamInternal_SetMinidumpSteamID: Caching Steam ID: 76561198850201063 [API loaded yes]

SteamInternal_SetMinidumpSteamID: Setting Steam ID: 76561198850201063

Setting breakpad minidump AppID = 2347771

Loaded libSDL3.so.0, got 0x55d54efba130

Loaded /home/tudor2/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/Counter-Strike Global Offensive/game/bin/linuxsteamrt64/libtier0.so, got 0x55d54ee74270

Loaded /home/tudor2/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/Counter-Strike Global Offensive/game/bin/linuxsteamrt64/libfilesystem_stdio.so, got 0x55d54f006a20

Adding process 37799 for gameID 730

Adding process 37801 for gameID 730

Loaded /home/tudor2/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/Counter-Strike Global Offensive/game/bin/linuxsteamrt64/libinputsystem.so, got 0x55d54f00d980

Loaded /home/tudor2/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/Counter-Strike Global Offensive/game/bin/linuxsteamrt64/liblocalize.so, got 0x55d54f0126d0

Loaded /home/tudor2/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/Counter-Strike Global Offensive/game/bin/linuxsteamrt64/librendersystemvulkan.so, got 0x55d54f0114b0

Loaded /home/tudor2/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/Counter-Strike Global Offensive/game/bin/linuxsteamrt64/libresourcesystem.so, got 0x55d54f06a630

Loaded /home/tudor2/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/Counter-Strike Global Offensive/game/bin/linuxsteamrt64/libschemasystem.so, got 0x55d54f07d0f0

Adding process 37802 for gameID 730

Adding process 37803 for gameID 730

Adding process 37804 for gameID 730

zenity: symbol lookup error: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0: undefined symbol: pango_font_family_get_face

[2026-03-08 17:30:38] Background update loop checking for update. . .

[2026-03-08 17:30:38] Checking for available updates...

[2026-03-08 17:30:38] Downloading manifest: https://client-update.fastly.steamstatic.com/steam_client_ubuntu12

[2026-03-08 17:30:38] Manifest download: send request

[2026-03-08 17:30:38] Manifest download: waiting for download to finish

[2026-03-08 17:30:38] Manifest download: finished

[2026-03-08 17:30:38] Download skipped: /steam_client_ubuntu12 version 1769025840, installed version 1769025840, existing pending version 0

[2026-03-08 17:30:38] Nothing to do

Game Recording - game stopped [gameid=730]

Removing process 37804 for gameID 730

Removing process 37803 for gameID 730

Removing process 37802 for gameID 730

Removing process 37801 for gameID 730

Removing process 37799 for gameID 730

Removing process 37797 for gameID 730

Removing process 37720 for gameID 730

Removing process 37719 for gameID 730

Removing process 37718 for gameID 730

Removing process 37717 for gameID 730

[2026-03-08 17:31:50] Shutdown

Also vkcube is working properly.

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Hi!

I've tried to use de Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 on linux and it doesn't work.

Distribution: Linux Mint 22.3 (Kernel 6.17). Launcher: Lutris (flatpak) Runner: Wine-GE 8-24

I can access the game, but it closes when I click on "Fly now".

Hardware: HP Elitedesk 705 G3 Brazil / CPU AMD A10 9700 / 4Gb DDR4 / SSD 128GB / GPU AMD R7

Can someone help me?

Thanks!

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Right now I am an happy arch/cachy-os user (I use both in different machines) but the new LTT video made me wonder about the current state of Pop!_OS and why is it so popular that just a simple research on both google or chatGPT would recommend new users to go for it multiple times.

I appreciate System76 and I think Pop!_OS is a good distro but right now I have some major doubts about it:

• Isn't it shipped with Ubuntu's kernel? Isn't this alone enough to make it a worse choice for gaming compared to Fedora, Bazzite or CachyOS?
• Does it recommend Cosmic DE during the installation process? Linus ended up installing it and, while the Cosmic project is moving forward quite well in my opinion, last time I checked on it it wasn't at a stage I would just recommend it to new users over more mature and solid DEs like Gnome or KDE.
• Finally: do you use Pop OS? Do you actively recommend it to gamers/new users? Why? What are your problems with it, if any?

I'm very curious to understand a more recent take of the Linux -and most specifically Linux gaming- community about it as I've been out of it for 3-4 years now.

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BLUF:
ReBAR is "allegedly" being enabled on my RX 570 (RX 580 2048SP), but I don't think it's actually being utilized because GART is still equal to 256. It ALLEGEDLY works on Windows with the Registry hack, but I haven't found an equivalent to get it forced to reliably work on Linux. Any help forcing ReBAR, confirming, or denying what is stated below would be greatly appreciated.

PC Specs:
--LMDE 7, latest updates and 6.12 kernel
--Gigabyte H370 Mobo (Above 4G Encoding & ReBAR enabled in BIOS)
--Chinese 8GB RX 580 2048SP, in other words basically a 570

Supporting Evidence:
--Per lspci -vv, 8GB of BAR size is being mapped to the GPU.
--Per dmesg, GART is still set to 256MB, the "non-ReBAR size", so the GPU isn't actually UTILIZING the fully mapped 8GB
--There is (allegedly) no way to force it to work on Linux because the GPU firmware itself doesn't have ReBAR support
--Windows users (allegedly) can use the Registry hack to force it to be enabled, but I haven't seen such a thing for Linux
--The two statements above seem contradictory--either Windows is being tricked/lying about true ReBAR support, or there's some kind of flag to force it on Linux like there is on Windows and I just haven't found it yet

Below is an AI explanation as to why this isn't working. Per Rule 5--Yes, I did "try to use my own brain" for this ...but I found contradictory or incomplete information. I'm not a Linux expert, so I needed the extra assistance. I had a couple of AI instances argue it out and determine a final answer which I will paste below (they utilized various dmesg, lspci outputs to determine this). Perhaps some other people can decode what was said below a bit better than I can.

https://pastebin.com/LU7vaTTC

Generated Conclusion:
Your RX 570 has a large PCI BAR mapped by the platform, but the GPU and AMDGPU driver do NOT use it for VRAM access. Polaris continues to operate with its legacy 256MB DMA aperture and does not gain the performance or behavior associated with true Resizable BAR support.

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title is pretty self-explanatory, overwatch is installed on steam, ive tried multiple proton prefixes, game only displays on the igpu, if i force it to run on the dgpu, i get a black screen, music still plays, the overwatch custom cursor displays correctly but theres no display

(running nobara on an asus laptop with an i5-8300h, 8gb ram and 1050 4gb)

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I have a Nvidia 5070ti gpu, and I have yet to decide which would be better for me: Nobara or CachyOS? I personally preferred the idea of Nobara, it seems more stable because of the Fedora backbone but reading through the website it seems its backed by a very small team. I have used Linux for years now, but I have never tried an Arch linux based distro because I don't want to spend a lot of time solving issues. Help me decide, or another recommendation?

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i recently wanted to play genshin again
i played it on my same linux system in update 6.2 through heroic ge proton 10-10
now i reinstalled it, i tried so many versions of proton, actual steam proton, Ge-proton, cachy-os proton, different configs, you get it. but the game wouldnt run
the launcher would run, but the game wouldnt, giving me a "ZwLoadDriver failed to create driver" error, and i believe its the anticheat

if anybody can help, it would greatly be appreciated.

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Hello!
I'm planning to switch from Windows 11 to Nobara, and I've been doing research to make sure everything I have works, with software and so on. Only problem is, I have a Thrustmaster TH8S shifter, and I can't seem to find anything about if it works for Nobara/Linux.
I have seen somewhere online that someone could use the TH8S by connecting it straight to their Thrustmaster wheel, and then the game (Euro Truck Simulator 2) would recognise the shifter as well. The issue is though, I have a G29 wheel + pedals, so I am unable to do that. Right now, I'm connecting it directly to the PC.
I mainly play ETS2, Dirt Rally 2.0 and Assetto Corsa with the wheel + shifter, so I want to be able to use the shifter, if I switch over to Nobara - I think it would be a waste if it didn't work.
So has someone used a TH8S (or TH8A) on Linux? Does it work fine, or are there some quirks I should know about?
If there are any workarounds to make it work (if it originally doesn't), I'd love to hear about that too.

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I'm on Fedora 43. Ideally I'd like one with a hotkey like Cheat Engine. I tried both PINCE and GameConqueror but they don't have a speedhack feature.

I tried ceserver and cheat engine trough bottles but after hours of troubleshooting I feel like that is way beyond my capabilities at this point to make it work. I managed to compile it using Gemini and I could connect to the server but attaching the game process would freeze it every time.

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To start off, I don't know much, or rather about the current state of Linux gaming. I wanted to replay Mass Effect, and got the Legendary Edition for it. However, it works abysmally on my system and it seems that's due to resource management as I've got more than enough horsepower.

I found that DXVK fixed the issues but unfortunately I wasn't able to use HDR. If HDR was active it would mess up the colors making them too bright and too toxic. This is where a thought came in - what if I try to play the game on Linux as I've been hearing it works very well now.

How is HDR support now, and support for tools like RenoDX?

For the record, the hardware is 13700k, 32gb 6000 ddr5 30, 4090.

And one more thing, how is support for AE-9? (creative sound card) Back then I tried to give Linux a go I wasn't able to get it working.

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Recently, I tried to run Crazy Taxi 3 and ran into several problems: lag, controller issues, FPS drops, and popping/poorly loaded textures.

Here are the steps I took to fix it, I hope they help someone:

1. Download the game, it is available on websites like "myabandonware". This works with all versions (I tried English and Spanish versions)
2. If necessary, install it (with Wine or by adding the installer to Steam)
3. Download CT3 Tweaks https://ct3tweaks.stashy.dev/ Open CT3Tweaks.exe (with Wine or similar), select your game installation folder, and select "optimize for your computer". If it does not automatically recognize your screen resolution, press "Advanced mode" and enter it yourself (also select 60fps).
4. Download dgVoodoo2 from this link https://raw.githubusercontent.com/legluondunet/mlls-tools/master/dgVoodoo2/dgVoodoo2_79_3.zip It is important that you do it from this link since the latest versions of the program do not work in Wine.
5. Copy the contents of "dgVoodoo2_79_3/MS/x86" (four DLLs) to the game installation folder. Also copies "dgVoodooCpl.exe" and "dgVoodoo.conf"
6. Open dgVoodooCpl.exe with Wine and select the game installation folder if it doesn't do so automatically. Then uncheck the "3dfx Watermark" option in the "Glide" tab and in the DirectX tab uncheck "dgVoodoo Watermark"
7. Add ct3.exe to Steam. And rename it Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller. Thus, Steam Input will find a controller configuration. Also select a version of Proton in compatibility (I have tried with protonGE and protonCachyOS)
8. Plug in your controller and activate Steam Input, look for the "LilElvis" community settings. You can modify it if something does not convince you.
9. Enjoy :)

https://preview.redd.it/2q2qisabdtng1.jpg?width=4608&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a1a9fd9e5aa23e3db2f233ea81d58b1dc86d1d41

By configuring the game in this way we avoid the aforementioned bugs, especially the corrupt menu bug after the Game Over screen. I know that the DgVoodoo2 developer is not very open-source friendly, but I don't know how to do it with another program, although there are other similar wrappers

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So its been some time since I switched to linux. I used to play a ton of best saber before switching. The problem is that I cant find a way to get my Quest 3 work with my steam library.

I want to play via a wired connection not via WIFI. So I cant use steam VR.

I tried ALVR but it does not connect to the PC. I did some research and found out that I have to enable Developer mode on quest. But to do that I have to register with meta (which I dont want to do)

I had a question is there a way to change the OS on the quest? I dont use it for anything else apart form SP gaming. Ik that many will say i should change my headset but I dont want to throw it away. I paid for it and so I think i own the hardware to make changes to it.

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Nobara distro

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There is the AOEngine mod but it doesn't work for me, (here is the tutorial i used: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHLl7U3jhRA ) can someone either explain to me how to install it, or how to make the 20 year old x-ray engine utilize all cores?

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Okay, this post may be a bit of a long one because I need to provide context here.

First of all, like I said in the title, DO NOT open Black Ops 3 without downgrading the game and applying something like T7 patch (or something else) to make the game safe to play. (This is in case anyone has BO3 in their Steam Library but hasn't played in years but decides to install it to try and help.) If you launch BO3 without installing a safety patch, you could face pretty nasty things like RCE exploits.

Now, onto the main point of this post. I've been getting back into Black Ops 3 lately pretty much solely because of custom zombies maps, and I've been having a lot of fun with it. But there's something kind of odd. One of the most popular gameplay mods "Ultimate Experience Mod" (which adds a progression system, among other things) absolutely refuses to work for me.

When I load the mod in the main menu, the game just turns to a black screen with the text saying the mod is loaded in the upper right corner. Audio continues to run, but it's just a black screen. And I've tried leaving the game like that for like, an hour, and it just stays on the black screen.

I've tried another mod, titled "All-Around Enhancement" which is another gameplay mod that does some similar things (but is also, of course, very different, and is entirely its own thing) and it has worked completely fine with not a single Linux-Specific glitch, from what I can tell.

I actually got in contact with the creator of UEM, and they tried to help me, but sadly, nothing ever came of it. They had me download a special "development" version of the mod, but that acted the exact same way as the normal version did. Black screen with text saying the mod is loaded in the top right corner. And frankly, I don't really want to bother them with this anymore, as they seem pretty busy, and I honestly feel like I might have more luck just asking around here.

I do hope someone can help me get this figured out, as it would be awesome to have a progression system in the game and have things to work towards as I play.

I have tried looking around to try and find any information about it, but I have sadly found nothing.

Here's my specs, if it helps:

OS: Debian 13

GPU: RX 6600

CPU: i7-11700

RAM: 16GB

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