I'm new to gaming on Linux. All my machines were Linux with the exception of my gaming PC. I recently installed POP OS 24.04 LTS with Cosmic DE on my gaming PC and installed a few games. Counter Strike 2 via Steam works just fine and doesn't seem to have any issues. For a couple Epic games I installed the Heroic Launcher and installed 2 games, Hogwarts Legacy and Jedi Survivor. Both games had no issues installing or getting started and when playing game play and graphics are great. Then about 15-20 minutes into playing my PC shuts off to the point I have to flip the switch on my power supply off and on to get the PC to power back on. I didn't have this type of issue no the same PC with Windows. Can someone tell me how I can troubleshoot this and what logs would be relevant (and where to find them)?

PC Specs:

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

32GB Memory

NVIDIA RTX-3090

Using a Xbox Wireless Controller via USB cable.

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you!

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I recently installed CachyOS on my PC and I have this strange bug when playing rome 2.
The game mouse is there but is invisible. So I can hover above things and see the animation, I can click, but I won't see the mouse.
If I move it rapidly I will see the KDE Plasma mouse rendering (as it makes the cursor bigger the more I move it) but when I stop moving it, it will disappear again.
Also, I noticed that after clicking the mouse will render again by rapid movement only after switching windows.

I tried using previous versions of Proton, I tried deleting the launcher file and renaming the game launching file to be the launcher file name (so that instead of launching the total war launcher, steam would launch the game directly).
Not sure what to do next...
Anyone encountered that problem?

https://reddit.com/link/1stkkja/video/k2zlbox9aywg1/player

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so i installed the heroic game launcher and ran the official installer exe in that which installed the hoyoverse launcher or something then i again create as a game and ran that launcher and download the whole game then when i am clicking play it closes the launcher and opens a very small white window it shows nothing i tried maximizing it nothing how to fix this?

im in arch

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Hello everyone,

I am playing Grounded fully Yoked edition, from Steam client, on Bazzite, I have a freeze from time to time. If i am solo i doesn't last long and i can continue to play, but when i am in multi with a friend, it's completely frozen and i have to go outside of the game to the desktop and restart the computer. I don't know how to stop a app from running like we do in Windows with Ctrl Alt Del. How to do that with Bazzite ?

my PC : CPU 12700F, GPU 5060Ti 16Go, RAM : 2x16 Go.

Someone know how i can find a log that tell me what happen ?

TY.

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I could use some help. I am new to Linux so please forgive my ignorance. I have tried three distros, CachyOS, Bazzite, and SteamOS and get the same issue with all three. I will be playing a graphics intensive game and the system will green screen and reboot. I am thinking it is an FSR4 issue but I am not sure. What leads me to believe it is this is that the reboots happen in Cuberpunk when I try to force FSR4 and Pragmata when I use FSR because even though it says it uses FSR3, the description of the FSR implemented is for FSR4. The crashes are random, could be 3 minutes could be several hours into a play session.

I have updated the bios on my MB and did fresh installs on everything. I do not have these issues in Windows so I think it isn’t a hardware issue.

Any help or advice would greatly be appreciated, I would like to get away from Microsoft.

My specs are:

CPU: Ryzen 7 5800X3D

GPU: ASRock Challenger 9070XT

MB: ASRock X570 Pro4

RAM: DDR4-3200

NVME: 2x 1TB Gen 4 drives (1 Samsung, 1 Inland)

PSU: Seasonic Prime 750watt

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Following up on my previous posts here

Since the last release I have put a lot of effort into improving the UI, performance and other background things and of course features such as the save editor!

What's new:

• Save Editor (For GTA SA Classic)
• Improved performance and a new UI
• MacOS support (Apple Silicon)
• A ton of fixes

The full changelog is available on the GitHub page, its noted in the release :)

Github | Codeberg | Download

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Hey r/linux_gaming —

I saw a post from about six months ago where someone tried to get an ASUS laptop running on Linux, had a rough time, and gave up. I wanted to share what actually worked for me because I couldn't find anything specific to the GA503QS and had to piece this together myself.

https://preview.redd.it/j0pyva22uxwg1.jpg?width=5712&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b51a5493989b5d09daa3c09c047199fd4468d07e

Why I did this: I was completely done with Windows. Every single time I went to use this laptop I had to sit through Windows updating, ASUS updating, NVIDIA updating, AMD updating, Armoury Crate updating, literally everything on the system had its own update cycle. Anytime I wanted to actually use the machine I was looking at an hour or two of updates first. On a gaming laptop. It was insane. That's what pushed me over the edge.

I also basically wanted a Steam box, there isn't a great dedicated one on the market right now and this thing connected to my TV does exactly that.

The hardware:

• ASUS ROG Zephyrus G15 GA503QS
• AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
• NVIDIA RTX 3080 (laptop, 100W)
• 15.6" QHD 165Hz IPS display

Step 1: Turn off BitLocker

Windows 11 enables BitLocker by default and it locks the entire drive even if you're not using all of it. You cannot shrink your partition or let Bazzite modify the partition table with BitLocker on. Turn it off in Windows before you do anything else and let it fully decrypt. If you want to duel boot, you'll have to do that and shrink the partition. Duelboot might be smart to test it out, I just jumped in the deep end personally.

Note: I did NOT have to turn off secure boot. Bazzite took care of that for me in their documentation and ended up writing its own keys.

Step 2: Flash Bazzite

Download the bazzite-nvidia-open ISO from bazzite.gg, flash it with Fedora Media Writer, plug it into the laptop.

Step 3: Get into BIOS

Spam F2 repeatedly at the ASUS logo. Set your USB drive as the first boot device. Disable Secure Boot. Save and exit.

Step 4: Install normally

Installer is straightforward. I wiped Windows entirely because I didn't have games I cared about keeping. (Eventually Xbox will have to make a Linux client and then we will have won!). I wiped the whole drive.

Step 5 (IMPORTANT FOR LED BACKLIGHTING AND FAN CONTROL): Rebase to the ASUS-specific image

bazzite-nvidia-open works but it's missing the entire ASUS hardware stack. No asusd, no asusctl, no keyboard backlight on cold boot, no performance profiles, no proper GPU switching. The keyboard backlight sysfs interface exists and you can write values to it all day and nothing happens because without asusd, the embedded controller never gets initialized at boot.

I spent two hours trying to fix this with ChatGPT. Kernel module reloads, kernel arguments, direct sysfs writes, nothing worked. ChatGPT helped me write a detailed prompt which I took to Claude, and Claude had me sorted in about 15 minutes.

The fix is one command:

bash

rpm-ostree rebase ostree-image-signed:docker://ghcr.io/ublue-os/bazzite-asus-nvidia-open:stable

Reboot. Done. asusd starts on boot, keyboard backlight works on cold boot, all the ROG stuff works.

Step 6: Enable GPU switching

bash

systemctl enable --now supergfxd supergfxctl -g # should show Hybrid

Hybrid mode = iGPU drives the display, RTX 3080 only spins up when needed. Battery life is significantly better.

Step 7: Set battery charge limit

bash

asusctl -c 80

80% is the sweet spot for battery longevity. This persists across reboots.

Step 8: Performance profiles

bash

asusctl profile --profile-set Performance # gaming asusctl profile --profile-set Balanced # everyday asusctl profile --profile-set Quiet # battery saver

ROG Control Center is also installed and gives you a GUI for all of this.

How does it actually run?

Genuinely faster than Windows. Not placebo, it is noticeably faster just getting around the system. Zero update interruptions. I open it and it's ready. Steam works great, Proton 11 handles everything I've thrown at it.

Happy to answer questions. If you've got a GA503QS or similar G15 variant and you're thinking about making the jump.

This video was very helpful in getting it going, but wasn't specific to this laptop: https://youtu.be/lBqbk6Z8HrQ?si=dWCs6A5S9I5QWa_a

TLDR; it works, it works well, just make sure you end up on bazzite-asus-nvidia-open and not the generic image.

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I like the lightweight and simple feel of faugus compared to both lutris and heroic. But one thing I'm missing is the ability to run pre/post launch scripts as I use this to dl/ul my game save files using my dropbox like a form of cloud saving.

I'm wondering if I'm just blind and can't find this option in faugus or is it just not possible? Might be putting in a feature request if needed.

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I saw multiple thread with weird freezes or unplayable fps - only with Intel CPU. And somehow turning off split lock fixes it.

If you on Intel CPU - maybe it is also the case for you.

To turn off split lock only for this boot - run in terminal:

sudo sysctl -w kernel.split_lock_mitigate=0

if it helped - permanent fix

echo "kernel.split_lock_mitigate=0" | sudo tee /etc/sysctl.d/50-split-lock.conf

sudo sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.d/50-split-lock.conf

fix from https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1sc5rlm/gaming_performance_split_lock_mitigate/

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Vintage Story is a deep survival game that just expanded to include even more features, it's really something impressive now.

Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

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So I got a redeem code for one month of xbox game pass Ultimate edition, and wanted to know if I can use it on my igpu laptop to play maybe 1-2 AAA games using cloud option.

I use EndeavourOS (with Cachy Os kernel) with hyprland. I also have a Gamesir G7 pro ZZZ edition controller.

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Hi I've always used windows 11 on my main pc for gaming/streaming and windows 10 on my laptop but I want to change to Linux because it's lighter and use less resources from my pc and most important no Telemetry and data collection (I've installed Linux before on my old laptop but I always return to windows cause of my Game pass PC subscription and Xbox app which offers cheaper prices than steam in Egypt)

currently I will install bazzite on my old laptop and tweak with it to try and run Xbox app based on your suggestions

I can't run cloud gaming cause of my internet monthly quota is 300GB/month and my internet speed won't give me a smooth experience so I'm looking for a more offline experience

I don't play games with kernel anti cheat so those games don't matter (for now)

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Is it worth it to go to CachyOS from Mint considering the recent optimization for low vram gpus?

Specs:

OS: Linux Mint 22.3 XFCE

CPU: AMD Fx-4100

RAM: 8gb (2x4) DDR3

GPU: TUF GTX 1650

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Cześć wczoraj próbowałem zainstalować na bazzite DJI studio i tak naprawdę się udało ale niestety po uruchomieniu widzę gui ale po jakiś 10 sekundach aplikacja się wyłącza. Czy macie może jakieś sugestie w jaki sposób mogę zobaczyć jaki jest powód crushowania się aplikacji?

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TerraTech Legion is releasing soon (April 30th) and now there's a refreshed up to date demo for you to try before you buy and I do suggest you give it a go!

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With some games you definitely don't want to sleep on, the Your Move Humble Bundle brings some tactical strategy titles for you.

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Hello! I am trying to set up Dragon Age Origins through Lutris and I am pulling my hair at a problem I can not solve. The game launches but I can hear no dialogue at all, all other sound works perfectly.

I have tried all the different runners, I have tried 32 and 64 bit. I have tried with and without xact, installing directx, removing libraries. It does not work through steam either. I have reset my wine prefix more times than I can count.

At this point I really do not know what to try. I have searched online but most people have either full audio or none, my problem is only with voices.

Any help is appreciated.

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Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri originally released back in 1996 has received a surprise update from Nightdive Studios to add a few upgrades.

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Inspired by the old Windows 95 theme and classic PowerPoint, Factory 95 is a fresh retro-styled automation sim out now with Linux support.

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