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Unable to get programs to use eGPU when using DXVK

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 18. März 2024 - 00:34

When I have DXVK enabled in Bottles (what I'm using to run Wine) I'm unable to get Vulkan to use my eGPU. And unfortunately some games, like The Sims 2, require DXVK to run (though I haven't tested this with newer games that also use Vulkan but not DXVK, so I'm not sure if it's a DXVK issue or a general Vulkan issue).

Running vulkaninfo shows my eGPU - an AMD Radeon RX 6600 - as GPU id 0, but neither setting environmental variables (ENABLE_DEVICE_CHOOSER_LAYER=1 VULKAN_DEVICE_INDEX=0) nor setting the renderer to use Vulkan are able to get any application I run to use the eGPU.

I'm using Hyprland on Arch Linux on a Framework 13 laptop, and have installed all-ways-gpu, the vulkan-radeon driver (I also tried the proprietary AMD one), and vkdevicechooser. According to amdgpu_top, Hyprland and other desktop applications are seeing and using the eGPU just fine. Even other Wine applications use it... as long as the Bottle isn't set to use DXVK. (I'm using DXVK-2.3-9.)

Any ideas of what I'm doing wrong, and what I could try next? Thanks!

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Tf2 borked on arch

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 17. März 2024 - 23:38

Hesitated on making a post.

Running tf2 natively without enabling proton didn't work, I enabled proton just for multiplayer do be broken. I later discovered many others had this issue and had to put this in the launch options

LD_PRELOAD="/usr/lib32/libtcmalloc_minimal.so:$LD_PRELOAD" %command%

However, anytime I restart steam tf2 forcefully updates, so I have to enable proton experimental, then disable it. Are there any work arounds this where I can delete the proton instance completely?

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SPECULATIVE PSA: Helldivers 2 MIGHT stop working on Linux in the future.

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 17. März 2024 - 23:13

This is something I've rarely seen people talk about. Sure, I've seen people be surprised and thankful that Helldivers 2 DOES work on Linux (And it works pretty well, in my testing. I have about 18 hours in the game at the time of writing this, all on Linux, and I think I've only crashed once or twice.) But I've yet to see anybody really offer any theories as to WHY it works. From what I've heard, GameGuard (The Anti-Cheat Helldivers 2 uses) is kernel level, which I THOUGHT was entirely dependent on the Windows kernel, and couldn't run through Wine.

Now, I know the saying "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth" but I can't say I'm not concerned about the game's continued compatibility with Linux. I probably wouldn't think much of it if Roblox didn't do something extremely similar to that just a few weeks ago (Look it up if you're curious. It's a whole can of worms I don't really want to get into)

If I'm being honest, I didn't even realize the game had anti-cheat until I had been playing the game for 8+ hours (I didn't think to check because it's PVE only and I figured anti-cheat wasn't necessary). If I had known, I might have held off on buying it until an official statement from the devs, which they've never given. But I just wanted to make this post for anybody who is interested in buying the game.

Now, I need to make this very clear: There is NO EVIDENCE to suggest that the devs are going to intentionally block Linux in the future, but I felt the need to post this just to try and make some people aware of it.

That is all. Just wanted people to be aware.

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Poor performance compared to Win 10 in GTA Online

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 17. März 2024 - 22:34

CPU: Ryzen 7 4800H GPU:Nvidia RTX 3060 Mobile(6GB, GDDR6)(optimus) Ram : 16 GB DDR4 OS: Garuda Linux Kernel: 6.7.9-zen DE: Cinnamon-X11 Launcher: Heroic Launcher Proton-GE-9 Driver:550(latest nvidia proprietary)

On windows 10 I get around 85-120 FPS but in linux I get 45-55, sometimes 60,65 , at most 70 on same settings. I tried keeping gamemode on/off, using different proton version(ge gives the best). Even tried Wayland (worse).

I'm not understanding the reason. Can anyone help?

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How to get r2modman working on Flatpak steam

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 17. März 2024 - 22:19

I was unable to find any good instructions on this other than the classic "just don't use flatpak", which in my case of using silverblue does not solve the issue, so I figured I would write my steps down in case they will help someone else with this niche usecase in the future as they are googling.

1) Install flatseal - we need flatseal to allow the flatpak steam to access the files that r2modman create.

2) Under steam in r2modman, in other files, add "~/.config/r2modmanPlus-local/" (the folder used for r2modman stuff), in my case I found this from the arguments r2modman provided for launching the modded version manually.

3) Go into r2modman, select your profile and stuff, get to the screen where you see start modded and start vanilla on the sidebar, and then click "Help" > "General", and scroll down to "Launching the game from outside the mod manager". Mine looks like `--doorstop-enable true --doorstop-target "Z:/var/home/{myusername}/.config/r2modmanPlus-local/LethalCompany/profiles/Lethal Company Plus/BepInEx/core/BepInEx.Preloader.dll" --r2profile "Lethal Company Plus"`. Note that the path from the prior step is represented in this command.

4) Paste the launch args into the launch arguments for the game you are modding on steam. In my case this was lethal company.

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Vinegar not working

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 17. März 2024 - 22:13

I used vinegar for a while to play roblox but for some reason now whenever I try to use it, it says "wine is not supported" and I uninstalled and reinstalled it but it still gave me the same error, what do I do.

Btw I use linux mint 21.3 Virginia

Base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy

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Ryzen 7840HS APU with M780 iGPU is pretty nice

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 17. März 2024 - 21:47

Just posted my notes on this over on my site (note that I earn nothing from this, as referenced in my policy):
https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2024/03/17/1900

Besides the power envelope, one thing I still can't quite get over is that I can stream some of the lighter games (like Hades) in an almost indistinguishable level of quality to my Logitech G Cloud, which I've been doing using a 3060 (https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2024/02/03/2000).
Oh, and this is all Bazzite. Pretty seamless install, I am going to start recommending it to non-techies instead of Chimera and the like.

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No Dialogue Audio in Skyrim

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 17. März 2024 - 21:31

Recently when I started up Skyrim, there has been no audio for any dialogue. All other audio (music, environment, etc.) works fine. There's just no audio when NPCs speak.

I am running the game with Steam on Ubuntu 22.04.4. I have no mods installed.

What I've tried so far:

  • Made sure the dialogue was on in the settings menu.
  • Verified the integrity of game files.
  • Restarted PC.
  • Uninstalled and reinstalled the game.
  • Ran with a different version of Proton.
  • Uninstalled and reinstalled Proton and Steam Linux Runtime
  • Followed this YouTube tutorial https://youtu.be/F4F6mZqt2SY?si=KDDJfPj_B_Hj0DFd.
  • Also this tutorial https://youtu.be/6VLxsLebB0M?si=_UKFpWq8cM4x8Lw7.
  • Deleted the ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/72850/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/Documents/My Games/Skyrim/ directory and launched the game again

None of the things I've tried have had any effect.

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Trouble with camera tracking in Sims 4 running with gamescope

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 17. März 2024 - 20:34

I am running The Sims 4 using Gamescope and having a bit more stability performance wise as I made the game resolution 720p and upscaled to 1080p. It is also running on borderless, not fullscreen. The problem is, whenever I enter first person mode, free camera mode or just want to pan the camera either in CAS or in game, the cursor tracking seem to be having issues, so there are times the camera would go too slow or exceedingly fast, making it unreliable, or even go the wrong direction altogether if I decide to change direction. This happens when I use my laptop's touchpad and an external USB mouse.

My OS is OpenSUSE MicroOS. The game is running through Bottles Flatpak.

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ds3 crashing

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 17. März 2024 - 17:55

so ds3 keeps crashing after a few minutes of playtime, after looking at the log i found 3 lines within that were red

in order of appearance in the log file: 14618.521:012c:0130:err:kerberos:kerberos_LsaApInitializePackage no Kerberos support, expect problems
14618.524:012c:0130:err:ntlm:ntlm_LsaApInitializePackage no NTLM support, expect problems

ELF 7a4846d62000- 7a4846d88000 Deferred libgpg-error.so.0

ive tried installing libgpg-error-dev but that had no effect and i cant seem to find anthing on the other 2 but ill keep looking while i wait

log file and neofetch are n this github:
https://github.com/HyrumB/temp-

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HSR with nouveau from mesa-tkg-git + X11 ... maybe?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 17. März 2024 - 17:31

I'm surprised I'm playing HSR with a nouveau driver.

can play with 60 FPS but I'm confused I use wayland running unstable. only my laptop monitor can 60 FPS and I change to X11 playing on the monitor can be stable 60 FPS

and I am confused again this game runs with nvidia or intel I remove DRI_PRIME=1 and use env DRI_PRIME=1 same 60 FPS

there is a way to see if I am running the game with nvidia or not. like nvidia-smi?

spec:
OS: Arch Linux x86_64
Kernel: 6.8.1-zen1-1-zen
CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-10750H
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU

How i run this game.... Just search on google

vulkaninfo:

GPU id = 0 (Intel(R) UHD Graphics (CML GT2)) Layer-Device Extensions: count = 0 GPU id = 1 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU) Layer-Device Extensions: count = 0 GPU id = 2 (llvmpipe (LLVM 17.0.6, 256 bits)) Layer-Device Extensions: count = 0

https://preview.redd.it/1kv3h4nt8xoc1.png?width=355&format=png&auto=webp&s=ccc183b2fac7e46d7491c2251a338dd1e49785bd

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Usb-c to hdmi 2.1 adapter support in linux

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 17. März 2024 - 17:29

Hello everyone,

I recently bought a usb-c to hdmi adapter (cable matters) for my Intel nuc i5-1240p and Samsung S95b to stream moonlight at 4k 120hz but it doesn't to work on Linux. The 120hz option is only available with Wayland but whenever I switch to it I get a black screen. I tried with multiple distro but without success.

I know this is not an hardware/adapter/cable issue cause this was working on Windows 11. I was able to get 4k 120hz with VRR as well.

Was anybody able to make it work on Linux ?

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what's the recommended setup for minecraft java performance mods?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 17. März 2024 - 16:54

Haven't played in 2-3 years, and usually stuck with optifine due to certain features that are now in the game (namely the zoom feature). I don't care about gameplay mods whatsoever, just want something that'll run well at 16+ chunks and still lets me play the most recent update

i use a AMD gpu, so no nvidia exclusive stuff

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jedi survivor, mangohud, frame limits and loading times

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 17. März 2024 - 16:28

hello! i found this unusual behavior where if i make the frame limit via mangohud, the loading times become very long

loading via save takes 3-5 mins respawning from death load time is anywhere from 50 seconds to 90 seconds

i have set the frame limit via the config file in "/home/<user account>/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/1774580/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/AppData/Local/SwGame/Saved/Config/WindowsNoEditor/" (there's a line there with FrameRateLimit=60.000000 under [/Script/SwGame.SWGameUserSettings]) and the loading times improved to loading a save within like 30 seconds and respawning is around 10-15 seconds

i was wondering if i am doing something wrong via mangohud? (i make a conf file in the .config/mangohud folder: wine-JediSurvivor.conf)

i use GE-Proton-9-1 os: arch linux 6.8.1-arch1-1 cpu: amd ryzen 7 3700x gpu/driver: nvidia rtx 3070/550.54.14 ssd: samsung 860 evo 2.5"

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