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Deadlock not launching at all (linux newbie)

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 20. März 2026 - 15:23

I'm trying to play Deadlock on:
Linux Mint Cinnamon 22.3 "Zena"
GE-Proton10-33 and Experimental
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9600KF CPU @ 3.70GHz
H310M S2 2.0
16GB RAM

However, the game doesn’t launch nothing happens when I click "Play."

I’ve already tried:

  • using different versions of Proton or Steam Linux Runtime (SLR)
  • addings these into the launch options:
    • -vulkan
    • -dx11
    • gamemoderun %command%
    • STEAM_RUNTIME=0 %command%
    • __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia %command%
    • PROTON_USE_WINED3D=0 %command%
  • reinstalling and updating Linux, drivers, Steam, and the game itself

These are the logs that appear after i click on "Play" inside terminal through steam:

fsync: up and running. System.PlatformNotSupportedException: Video driver not supported at Xalia.Sdl.WindowingSystem.Create () [0x0003e] in <743e8bdcd9c54484ad89463ed4e626f6>:0 at Xalia.Sdl.WindowingSystem.get_Instance () [0x00007] in <743e8bdcd9c54484ad89463ed4e626f6>:0 at Xalia.Ui.UiMain..ctor () [0x00027] in <743e8bdcd9c54484ad89463ed4e626f6>:0 at Xalia.MainClass.Init (Xalia.Gudl.GudlStatement[] config) [0x0001b] in <743e8bdcd9c54484ad89463ed4e626f6>:0 chdir "/home/ilias33/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/Deadlock" ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/ilias33/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored. Game Recording - would start recording game 1422450, but recording for this game is disabled Adding process 17473 for gameID 1422450 ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/ilias33/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored. ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/ilias33/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_64/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64): ignored. ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/ilias33/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored. ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/ilias33/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored. Adding process 17474 for gameID 1422450 Adding process 17475 for gameID 1422450 Adding process 17476 for gameID 1422450 Adding process 17562 for gameID 1422450 fsync: up and running. Adding process 17563 for gameID 1422450 Adding process 17564 for gameID 1422450 Adding process 17565 for gameID 1422450 Adding process 17568 for gameID 1422450 Adding process 17570 for gameID 1422450 Adding process 17573 for gameID 1422450 Adding process 17582 for gameID 1422450 Adding process 17587 for gameID 1422450 Adding process 17594 for gameID 1422450 Adding process 17615 for gameID 1422450 Adding process 17634 for gameID 1422450 System.PlatformNotSupportedException: Video driver not supported at Xalia.Sdl.WindowingSystem.Create () [0x0003e] in <743e8bdcd9c54484ad89463ed4e626f6>:0 at Xalia.Sdl.WindowingSystem.get_Instance () [0x00007] in <743e8bdcd9c54484ad89463ed4e626f6>:0 at Xalia.Ui.UiMain..ctor () [0x00027] in <743e8bdcd9c54484ad89463ed4e626f6>:0 at Xalia.MainClass.Init (Xalia.Gudl.GudlStatement[] config) [0x0001b] in <743e8bdcd9c54484ad89463ed4e626f6>:0 pid 17566 != 17565, skipping destruction (fork without exec?) Game Recording - game stopped [gameid=1422450] Removing process 17634 for gameID 1422450 Removing process 17615 for gameID 1422450 Removing process 17594 for gameID 1422450 Removing process 17587 for gameID 1422450 Removing process 17582 for gameID 1422450 Removing process 17573 for gameID 1422450 Removing process 17570 for gameID 1422450 Removing process 17568 for gameID 1422450 Removing process 17565 for gameID 1422450 Removing process 17564 for gameID 1422450 Removing process 17563 for gameID 1422450 Removing process 17562 for gameID 1422450 Removing process 17476 for gameID 1422450 Removing process 17475 for gameID 1422450 Removing process 17474 for gameID 1422450 Removing process 17473 for gameID 1422450 submitted by /u/Papi-NoPapi6769
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World of Warcraft - launching with Wine now starts on dialog box

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 20. März 2026 - 15:18

I've been running WoW fine for weeks from the directory as wine wow.exe. I tried to create a desktop shortcut to launch with Wine and it launched normally but I hit escape to exit and a weird resolution dialog box popped up. I can't click on anything, escape, or tab to hit anything. I have to ctrl-alt-del and log out to get back to desktop. Now I always launch to this weirdly cropped dialog. Can I change the starting resolution or maybe delete any saved config to get back to normal?

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Tried to use Goverlay, now games don't start

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 20. März 2026 - 15:15

As the title say, I finally decided to use Optiscaler in my Bazzite installation through Goverlay: I downloaded and used the AppImage, dependencies were installed without problems, it detected my hardware correctly. I left all settings as they were, copied the command and added to launch options for The Last of Us and it didn't start.
I thought I'd give it a try some other time and went back to my previous launch command:
PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 PROTON_ENABLE_HDR=1 %command%

And now my game won't start. Here is a little video (sorry for the washed colors, I think is HDR option enabled?):

https://reddit.com/link/1ryxelq/video/2n57ot9ki7qg1/player

I see a little window opening and closing really fast while the game is trying to start, so I assume Goverlay or some of the dependencies is still trying to do something with my game even if the command is not triggering Goverlay.
I think I have to uninstall the dependencies installed when I launched the app for the first time but I don't know what it installed or how to uninstall them.

Any idea of what happened and how to solve it? As you probably already guessed, I'm Linux noob so, any help is appreciated.

For now, I've tried:
Rebooting
Disabling "Auto-enable" option in Goverlay
No launch command for the game
Changing compatibility layer

PS:
Here is a screenshot with my system's specs:

https://preview.redd.it/6qqydz3mk7qg1.png?width=671&format=png&auto=webp&s=c197516f0825bff812755f15482cfd38bd0b0524

Thanks for reading!

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MTG: Online - not working

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 20. März 2026 - 15:00

Can anyone advise me on what I should be using to run the magic the gathering: online exe?
Proton?

ATM Im using proton launcher (dont quote me on that but will confirm) and its not working, it will load a black splash screen which I cant really interact with.

Im running Bazzite BTW

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Environmental strategy game Terra Nil gets gamepad support and Steam Deck Verified

Gaming on Linux - 20. März 2026 - 14:52
Terra Nil is an absolute joy, an environmental strategy game about bringing the wastes back to life and now it's Steam Deck Verified with gamepad support.

Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

Pixelation, Graininess, and Ghosting in-game

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 20. März 2026 - 14:34

I have rx 6650xt

Ryzen 5 7500f

1080p 25inch monitor msi g255f

in some games like control I put everything on high and rt medium and I see ghosting and blurry image in game when I move like it's 720p resolution and the games look like crap I use proton ge

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I want to try linux in my gaming setup do you have some advices?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 20. März 2026 - 14:04

I have an i5 12400f with rtx 3050 im really tired of windows and i want to try something new. I play some souls game and also gow, resident evil, story games (i don’t like online games). Can i switch to linux with no issues? Do you recommand bazzite?

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Death Stranding 2: AMD GPU no Ray Tracing

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 20. März 2026 - 14:02

Hi there,

is there any way to fake a specific driver number for certain games via env-var?

13:52:24:948 (00000320) > [NxD3D] RAY TRACING ENABLED: Ray Tracing Tier 1.1 support detected

13:52:24:948 (00000320) > [NxApp] RAY TRACING DISABLED: Due to unsupported AMD driver. Please update your driver to be able to run ray tracing on your GPU

That is out of a log the game creates. RT should become active once the driver somehow mimics a approved driver version.

Any ideas?

9070XT

Mesa 26.1 Devel

CachyOS

Proton-GE latest

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Cellar - a self-hosted game library for Linux with one-click installs (early testing)

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 20. März 2026 - 13:55

I built Cellar because I wanted my family to be able to install games on Linux without calling on me for help every time. The idea: I set up a game once - whether it's a Windows game with a preconfigured WINEPREFIX or a native Linux title - package it, put it on a share, and they click "Install." No terminal, manual Wine config, or "which Proton version do I need."

It's a GNOME app (GTK4 + libadwaita) that looks and works like GNOME Software (_heavily_ inspired by) - browse a catalogue, click Install, play. Windows games are managed through umu-launcher and GE-Proton. Native Linux games are extracted and launched directly.

How it works

There is no server component. Your "game store" is just a directory — on a NAS, a VPS, wherever you like. It contains:

  • A catalogue.json index (generated automatically)
  • A folder per game with its metadata, icon, screenshots, and archive

Point Cellar at that directory via local path, SMB, SFTP, or HTTP(S), and it shows up as a browsable storefront. If you share over HTTP, you can lock it down with a bearer token. No custom API, no daemon, no server-side database. nginx serving a static directory is the entire "backend." A user with a read only account on your chosen share will not see the repo management bits of the software.
Multiple repos can be configured, if you want to age-gate certain software for example.

For Wine/Proton games, you need to first create a "Base Image", to which we tie a Runner (GE-Proton). That base image will then be used as a base for Windows game installs. When you upload an installed game to your repo, the base will be stripped away (only saved in repo once). When installing, if on btrfs/XFS, CoW will be used, saving you some space by not having the prefix installed separately for every game.
The default Base Image is somewhat opinionated and replicates the "Game" variant when you use Bottles to create a prefix. (dx9, gecko, mono, font smoothing, core fonts).
There's probably a ton of Wine tweaks that can be made going forward. You also have access to winecfg, and can add environment vars and launch arguments to your executables.

What it actually does

  • Browse, search, and filter your game catalogue
  • One-click install: stream directly from source → verify CRC32 → extract on the fly → ready to launch (no temp files, download and extraction happen in a single pass)
  • Safe updates via rsync overlay that preserves your saves and user config (data safety not guaranteed. It's worked fine in my testing, but ymmv, so be careful)
  • Delta base images so you're not re-downloading a full WINEPREFIX for every Windows game (not 100% happy with the workflow here, as it can get confusing at times even for me. I'll spend some more time with this at some point).
  • Supports local, SMB, SFTP, and HTTP(S) sources
  • Built-in package builder for creating and publishing games to your catalogue
  • Update calculated by package CRC32, so if you download a published package from the repo and install a DLC or an update, the new CRC will flag this as an available update in the Explore view of the application.
  • Save game backup/import (very early testing) available via detail view of installed games (Wine/DOS only at the moment).
  • DOSBox support is working somewhat but still in testing (imported GoG games that use DOSBox will have the Windows version of DOSBox swapped out for DOSBox Staging's native Linux version).

Who it's for

Primarily: me (or parents to Linux using children like me), setting up a game library for family members who shouldn't need to know what a WINEPREFIX is. Secondarily: anyone who wants a tidy way to maintain a personal collection of preconfigured games across Linux machines.

The vibe coding disclosure

I want to be upfront: a large portion of this project was built through AI-assisted development. I described what I wanted, iterated on the design, and used AI to generate a significant chunk of the code. I'm not a professional developer. I can read/write Python at a somewhat comfortable level, but using AI moved this project from an idea in my head to a workable software in weeks instead of years.

It works for me, but there are certainly bugs, rough edges, and probably some questionable decisions in there. I'm sharing it because the concept might be useful to others, not because the code is production-quality.

Status

Early testing. I use it day-to-day for my own library. It's packaged as a Flatpak - you can grab a release from GitHub or follow the install instructions at https://macaon.github.io/cellar/. If the idea interests you, try it out and let me know what breaks. It _should_ work on other DE:s but I have only tested extensively on GNOME, and a little bit on KDE.

Links

https://github.com/macaon/cellar
https://macaon.github.io/cellar/

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Get some quality chess games and female-fronted games across two Humble Bundles

Gaming on Linux - 20. März 2026 - 13:53
Another couple of chances to grab some good games here, as Humble Bundle recently launched another two stacked bundles filled with goodies.

Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

Qualcomm sabotages Linux gaming: Proprietary DSP headers remain locked

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 20. März 2026 - 13:39

​If you wanted to use the Snapdragon X2 "Extreme" for anything beyond a locked Windows environment, the dream is dead.

​Qualcomm just officially confirmed they have no plans to open source the DSP headers (see GitHub fastrpc issue 193).

​This is a massive middle finger to anyone trying to get the Hexagon NPU or advanced audio/video processing working on Linux. ​Internal devs in their Discord are calling the firmware "frozen" and admit that Linux support is a "no reward market" for them. ​One dev literally said Macs are more likely to get proper Linux support than Snapdragon machines.

​While Intel and AMD are providing the headers needed for the community to build drivers, Qualcomm is closing the door.

​Don't buy into the "Extreme" performance hype. Without open headers, this silicon is just a paperweight for the Linux community. ​I'm getting a Zenbook A16 in April, only to document how this lack of documentation kills real-world performance.

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Issues with VR on Linux

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 20. März 2026 - 13:29

I've been trying to setup WiVRn because I'm on Wayland with an Nvidia GPU (Thus SteamVR is really broken, for me it straight up does not launch the GUI window) but for some reason every time I try to launch a game it doesn't launch it in VR mode, only in Desktop mode.

For example, I tried to run Pavlov both from the headset and from the desktop with WiVRn connected and it does launch but it throws an error that reads "No VR headset detected"

I'm using both the flatpak versions of Steam and WiVRn, tried both xrizer and OpenComposite as well, I have also added all of the launch arguments and flatpak overrides.

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Fix for black lines in Crimson desert

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 20. März 2026 - 13:18

I have found a fix for the black lines that appear around objects on linux. You have to turn model quality to low, it seems to be thats the issue, anything higher like medium still causes it for me anyway.

I run cachyos using proton hotfix, with a 6700xt and ryzen 5 3600 for anyone wondering.

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Is there anyone who tried to apply FSR 4.1?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 20. März 2026 - 12:55

I'm using SteamOS with My custom PC build (9600x + 9060 XT 16GB) and have used FSR 4.0.2 with decky-framegen

Recently I tried to enforce FSR 4.1 with the leaked amdxcffx64.dll but failed.

Is there anyone who tried FSR 4.1?

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RTS fans absolutely need to check out D.O.R.F. Real-Time Strategic Conflict

Gaming on Linux - 20. März 2026 - 12:51
Am I in love? I think I am. D.O.R.F. Real-Time Strategic Conflict is an upcoming retro-infused RTS game that looks absolutely incredible.

Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

Crimson Desert graphics glitch on Nobara

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 20. März 2026 - 12:47

Hi everyone I am currently trying to play Crimson Desert but I am encountering this weird grapgics glitch around trees and foliage. Changing the upscaler or graphics options does not get rid of the problem, it gets even worse when I try to change upscaling from Native AA to Quality and it is even there when no Upscaler is active. Has anyone encountered this problem and solved it? I used Proton GE Latest as well as Proton Hotfix.

My System Specs are:

Betriebssystem: Nobara Linux 43

KDE-Plasma-Version: 6.6.2

KDE-Frameworks-Version: 6.24.0

Qt-Version: 6.10.2

Kernel-Version: 6.19.8-200.nobara.fc43.x86_64 (64-bit)

Grafik-Plattform: Wayland

Prozessoren: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor

Arbeitsspeicher: 32 GiB (30,5 GiB nutzbar)

Grafikprozessor 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti

Grafikprozessor 2: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor

Hersteller: ASUS

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AMD Vega graphics cards perform 7% better on Windows

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 20. März 2026 - 12:29

Some RDNA and Polaris GPUs may perform better on Linux. That’s why I was curious to see how a Vega GPU would perform, and the results were 7% better on Windows.

You might think that 3 FPS doesn’t make a difference. But this isn’t a gaming laptop, and it can barely run Resident Evil 2 at 1080p with FSR Quality. This means that if your FPS drops below 30, you’ll need to lower some key settings or use FSR’s balanced mode. In situations like this, where the FPS is barely sufficient, I recommend aiming for the best possible performance

Linux, 37FPS

Linux CachyOS, 37FPS in a DX11 game

Windows 40FPS

Windows 11 LTSC , 40FPS in the same game.

Linux, 33FPS

CachyOS, 33FPS in a DX12 game

Windows, 35FPS

Windows 11, 35FPS in the same game

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