Hi ! I’m having an issue with my laptop’s GPU (NVIDIA MX110). When I unplug the charger, the GPU frequency drops from 1006 MHz to 251 MHz and stays locked at this low speed. The only way to restore normal performance is to reboot the system with the charger plugged in this happen in every linux distro i tried.

In Windows, simply plugging the charger back in would fix the issue without a reboot, but now I have to restart every time. Is there a way to prevent this behavior or fix it without rebooting?

Sorry for my English, and thanks in advance for any help!

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I recently switched to Arch and after a bit of trial by fire I have most of my games working properly. (cyberpunk and snowrunner mainly) Both have worked 180 fps+ no issues

The last few I am having issues with i have not been able to get them working regardless of what fixes i try.
My issue in the finals is when i am in a game i am getting 70-80 fps (very spikey though and feels sluggish). When i am in the practice range i can get 180-200 no problem but as soon as i get into a actual game it drops.

FYI I am fairly new to Linux but i am willing to learn and do what needs to be done to get it fixed. If there is a obvious fix somewhere that i just missed any direction would be hugely appreciated. I am pretty commited to making this work because if i cant play all my games on Linux id rather just use windows for everything (i currently have dual boot setup so i can test in both)

I have tried some basic things with Gamemode and Gamescope and they seemed to help but i dont really understand them enough to know how to use them further.

Setup:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
GFX: NVIDIA 4070 TI SUPER 16Gb
Ram: 64Gb 3600mhz Corsair Vengance
Boot Drive: Samsung 990 Pro 1TB

If you need any additional info i am happy to provide but might need some guidance on how to get it(crash report kind of things)

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I'm using kde plasma and I'm having a lot of trouble on steam. I have 2 drives: one for the OS and another one to store games. But I can't install games in this second drive, it is formatted in ext4, every one can modify and read it, and it does works like a normal drive when you aren't trying to install games on steam. I've tried a lot of tutorials but when I try to download a game I always get after some time the "Disk write error". Any thoughts?

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I tried resetting all flatpak settings to default using flatseal. It runs but on x11 (which makes everything upscaled/blurry and of course less performant), and after that this is what I got disabling x11 on flatseal a running from terminal:

Disabling updates already done

Discord 0.0.94

[5:0510/213840.311058:ERROR:ozone_platform_x11.cc(246)] Missing X server or $DISPLAY

[5:0510/213840.311102:ERROR:env.cc(257)] The platform failed to initialize. Exiting.

/app/bin/com.discordapp.Discord: line 36: 5 Segmentation fault (core dumped) env TMPDIR="${XDG_CACHE_HOME}" zypak-wrapper /app/discord/Discord --enable-speech-dispatcher "${FLAGS[@]}" "$@"

2025/05/10 21:38:40 socat[3] W exiting on signal 15

Running from Flatpak in Arch Linux

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I'm using Fedora with KDE Plasma.

On Windows, the "Retro Scaling" option can be enabled in the Intel Graphics Command Centre, and this ensures that all games ran at lower than the native resolution will be integer scaled.

However, I can't figure out how to enable this on Linux? There's practically no information about this online at all. It can't be impossible, since Nvidia and AMD have the option, and Nvidia is known for terrible Linux support.

How can I enable this option to have integer scaling on Linux through Intel Iris Xe igpu?

I have a higher than 10th gen CPU - 13th gen i7, so Retro scaling is supported.

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after updating my nvidia graphics in pop everything went down, anything that i update or move fuck everything and i am tired, so i am thinking in leaving POP_OS, so i am here asking if anybody knows how to save my games inside the same SSD.

Update my nvidia drivers recently, didnt work and nothing worked, some games are laggy as hell even being easy to run.

is there anything that i need to know before changing to steam OS?

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I downloaded it from the zorin store. I have already entered my Google and Microsoft account, Do I change my passwords?

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Componente Especificação CPU Intel Core i5-12450H (12 threads) GPU Intel UHD Graphics (Alder Lake-P GT1) Memória RAM 15,7 GB (3,5 GB em uso no momento) Armazenamento 233 GB total (53 GB usados) — raiz (/) Bateria 28% — DescarregandoComponente EspecificaçãoCPU Intel Core i5-12450H (12 threads)GPU Intel UHD Graphics (Alder Lake-P GT1)Memória RAM 15,7 GB (3,5 GB em uso no momento)Armazenamento 233 GB total (53 GB usados) — raiz (/)Bateria 28% — Descarregando submitted by /u/Nearby_Arachnid_9393
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Hi!

I installed Linux today on my main notebook. I first installed Fedora, but Dota 2 was lagging very much. I then tried Zorin OS to see if it would work properly (I chose Zorin because it is Ubuntu based). It didn't. I dont know why it is not working. My no5ebook previously had Windows 11 installed and I could play my Dota runing at 120 FPS on low. Now, on Linux, I can barely open. I tried to start a match and the program kept closing because of high memory consume.

Do you know what it is the problem and how I fix it?

Some key infos: - My GPU is Intel Iris (on Zorin it appears as Mesa Intel) as well as my CPU (Inter Core i5 13rd gen); - 8GB RAM; - It is running Wayland; - I installed Steam from Software Store, via Flatpak package. .deb from Steam's site didnt work; - I waited for the Vulkan shaders to be installed.

Thanks!

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I have tried all I could and have gotten terrible results: Lag spikes, crashes, freezes, and terrible gameplay in general.

Specs:
Intel Core i5 10400F
NVIDIA RTX 2060
16GB RAM
EndeavourOS
Wayland

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Gostaria de saber se existe algum vídeo de benchmark que mostre a quantidade de FPS ao rodar jogos como CS2 e outros títulos nativos.

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I am currently using waterfox, I use a 27inch 1440p display, and I'm tired of 1080p youtube videos looking like garbage. How hard would it be to launch waterfox with gamescope to achieve AI upscaling? I have done a decent amount of research and it doesn't seem like window upscaling is really a thing on Linux. There is lossless scaling but unfortunately its a windows only application, and I haven't really seen any Linux alternative, so this is my best guess to getting live upscaling on youtube videos.

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Hey hi! Im Running a 4070 super with nvidia‘s open-dkms drivers on my arch-hyprland desktop. I have loved my time on Linux so far but just have a really really bad time with Framgen in Cyberpunk 2077. Frames are insanely stuttery and feel slightly delayed (wasn’t really able to record it since all recordings ended up becoming deepfried) I tried using different versions of proton using the proprietary drivers instead but it still is just completely unplayable with framgen enabled. I’m really stuck and have no real clue how to get his fixed and would be happy to provide any of my configs for video/ drivers that I am using on hyprland if that would be of any help. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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OS: Pop_OS! 24.04 COSMIC

I am having a brand new problem with specifically Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3, the latter of which I have been playing successfully for a good 2 weeks now on this computer. Suddenly, today, when I tried to play it, this game decided to stop responding to all input from my device, and so did Cyberpunk 2077. I updated through the COSMIC store, as I do normally, and I am not sure if an update broke it. I have tested many other games in my steam library, and none other than these 2 seem to be having any issue whatsoever. I have no idea what is going wrong, I cannot really find any relevant information online, and I am too much of a noob to deduce the exact cause. Please help.

Here is my proton/steam log for the witcher 3 when I try to launch it: https://pastebin.com/XDZ9hYkq

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Hi All! I had enough of Windows.

To be clear, I only use my Windows PC for gaming, I do all my work on MacOS as I'm working in a creative field.

I have an Nvidia card (rtx 4070 Ti) with an intel cpu, I have heard these perform worse under Linux. But I wonder, how much?

Really I would just like to know what can I expect if I make the switch or should I even make the switch? Do I lose a significant amount of performance? Do I have to make adjustments every time Im trying to play a game? I dont mind tinkering with the system while I set it up to work, I love doing that type of stuff, this is the reason I got interested in Linux. But at the same time. Most of the games I play should work on Linux based on what protondb says, the ones that won't, I can play on my Mac.

I really need some advice if I should even put effort into this. I really admire Linux but Im so afraid of making the change. 😭

I also want to add Im not afraid of using the terminal or troubleshooting as I grew up with a Linux-dad and started doing that at a very young age. Im not like smart, I literally have 2 braincells, but enthusiastic and love a challenge.

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Thanks!

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A friend who recently made the switch to Linux was trying to install Vortex mod manager for Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered. Many of the guides he was coming across seemed overly convoluted and perhaps a little out of date. I don't own the game myself but I was quite easily able to talk him through a few steps to get it installed. So because of this I decided to write a fairly generalised guide on how to install mod programs inside wine/proton prefixes.

This is specifically about programs. Simpler mods that just change .dll files or configs are very simple so will not be covered.

A quick disclaimer that this isn't guaranteed to work, since we are in the world of compatibility layers, but I'll leave some troubleshooting direction in the end for you.

1. Background and software

Wine and Proton are compatibility layers. I will assume you have these since... you wouldn't even be able to play without them... There are plenty of resources here and other places you can look to understand them better, but I want to draw your attention to file structure within a "prefix". Essentially it creates a fake registry and windows install within the prefix you are trying to use. Steam, Lutris, Heroic or whatever game manager you are using will set these prefixes up for you.

The other tools you will want are https://github.com/Winetricks/winetricks and https://github.com/Matoking/protontricks which are available on flatpak as well as various repos so you should have no issues getting a hold of them.

Finally, you'll just need the installer .exe for the mod manager/launcher you're trying to use. I'm also assuming it doesn't have a native Linux version.

Also, general good practice is to make sure your saves are backed up. That's just modding 101 but I thought I'd include it explicitly.

2. Finding your prefixes

You can navigate to the path of the prefix which the software you are using will have defined. You are looking for the folder marked "pfx" within the appropriate directory for the game.

Steam stores them in ...Steam/steamapps/compatdata/ where the starting folder is where you have installed your games. The default path for this may vary depending on how you installed Steam (e.g. native package or flatpak). You will find a folder here for each of your installed games but they will be using the steam ids for the game which are entirely numerical. If you launch protontricks, you can quickly see all the ids at a glance. Or you can check the url for the steam store page for the game and the id will be there. Clicking inside one of those folders you will find another folder labelled "pfx" which is the prefix folder. Steam is arguably the hardest to get used to finding because of the way it's organised but it's still very straightforward.

Heroic is pretty straightforward. The prefixes are stored in the Heroic/Prefixes folder which is located in the default location set by Heroic. This usually defaults to ~/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/ where you will find a folder called default, which is the default set of prefixes your Heroic launcher is using. You may add additional prefixes here for individual games here too, and within the respective folders you will find folders for your installed games, each with a "pfx" folder in there.

Lutris is the same deal as Heroic and it will default to ~/Games/Lutris/ so you should have no issues finding the prefixes.

There are more options for installing games, such as Bottles, and it will generally be straightforward finding the pfx folder. Bottles, for example, will ask you where you want it. For this guide I will stick to Steam, Heroic and Lutris (mostly because I'm currently using Steam and Heroic, and previously used Lutris for a long time, and have only ever used Bottles once to test it).

3. Using winetricks/protontricks

Winetricks and Protontricks let you mess around within the Wine or Proton prefix that you have selected. Essentially what you are doing is manipulating a fake Windows environment within your Linux system. There are a range of things you can do including installing various .dlls, going into regedit, or installing applications within the prefix. This last part is what we're most interested in.

Steam Users should just open Protontricks. It is an app with a qt based gui. Just launch it and select the game that you are trying to add the mod manager for.

Heroic users can click on the settings icon for the game they're looking for in their library and then scroll down to the "WINETRICKS" button. There is then another button that says "OPEN WINETRICKS GUI". There is also an easy shortcut on Heroic that simplifies the process which I will mention later.

Lutris users just need to click the game in their library, click the wine glass logo on the bottom and click the option to run Winetricks.

Note: You may get some errors here about architecture and 64bit prefixes. You can just click ok and continue. There are issue reports about these and you can look those up separately. For the purposes of this guide, they shouldn't be a problem.

Once you are inside the appropriate "tricks" software, you will have to option to create an additional prefix. For the sake of simplicity, let's assume you will not be doing that and will just be sticking with one prefix for the game. So select the option "Select the default wineprefix". From here you will have a bunch of options.

Throughout this guide we will reference C:// which is the folder labeled "drive_c" inside the pfx folder we are working on.

4. Installing the mod, mod manager or other .exe

If you haven't already, download the installer for the software you are trying to install. Then, in your "tricks" software, select the option "Run an arbitrary executable (.exe/.msi/.msu)". This will open your file manager and allow you to install a program using a .exe within the prefix. This will be exactly the same as Windows. For ease, stick with the default path that the installer .exe suggests. This will make it easier to find your program later.

Heroic has an extra button in the per game settings called "RUN EXE ON PREFIX" which lets your click on it to open your file manager or drag and drop a .exe file (the installer) onto it. This achieves the same thing as outlined above, it's just a bit faster than having to go through tricks.

5. Running the program

To run the program you can go back to tricks, and click "Run explorer" then navigate to the installed program's .exe. You could also add the program as a game to make launching it easier. Steam, Heroic and Lutris all allow this. Just make sure you are staying on the same prefix.

Heroic, Lutris and most others can be done here because the game installation is within the drive_c under the prefix. Configure your mod settings and follow the instructions. If you need to launch through a mod launcher, I recommend adding it as a game. If you don't, then just configure it and run the game as normal. Pretty much everything from here on is how you would do it on Windows. That doesn't guarantee it will work, but most of the time it should.

Steam users will need to do one extra step below.

6. Linking the game install folder to the prefix (Steam)

Steam does not install its games inside a prefix and will instead use a different path ...Steam/steamapps/common/ so you may find that your mod/launcher is unable to detect your game. This has a really easy fix. Linux has a cool feature called "symbolic links" (symlink) which points a directory or file towards another directory or file. Functionally, they exist in two places at once as far as programs are concerned. So that's what we're going to do.

Step 1: Navigate to the prefix for the game and enter "drive_c". We are now in a Windows file structure so we will call this C:// for the purposes of these instructions.

Step 2: Navigate to the preexisting Steam folder in C://Program Files (x86)/Steam/.

Step 3: Create or navigate to the folder "steamapps" (this may or may not exist) and within that create the folder "common". So you should now have C://Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/.

Step 4: Create a symlink here that leads to installation folder of your game. The target is in ...Steam/steamapps/common/<game name>. You can create a link with your file manager or the CLI.

With Dolphin you just right click>"Create New">"Link to file or directory..." then select directory and navigate to the folder you need then press ok. Consult your file manager to see how to perform the action, I can't capture

On the CLI you use the ln -s function. (Important note: Do not copy and paste the commands in this section because THEY ARE NOT correct paths. You will need to determine the correct paths using the information I have provided in the guide thus far. Also, don't copy and paste commands without knowing what they do...) If you want to do it in one command it will look like: ln -s .../Steam/steamapps/common/<game folder> ...Steam/steamapps/compatdata/<game id>/pfx/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/<game folder>. Note that the name of the game folder needs to be an exact match with the name of the game folder.

After that, you're good to go! Remember that the files will only exist as long as the target exists. So if you uninstall your game, they will be uninstalled within the prefix as far as any programs are concerned.

7. Some troubleshooting direction

When running a program within a wine prefix, it think it's running on Windows. So it will only be able to see things within the C:// directory as defined earlier. What that means is you will need to have all files within that root directory. If for some reason you need to access something that's stored elsewhere (for example an image file) for whatever reason, create a symlink using the steps outlined in section 6 but adapted to your use case.

I would recommend adding mod launchers as games to ease accessing them. You could always boot up tricks to access them but that's a little tedious.

You may not be able to run some mods because some core Windows files are missing. Text to speech mods come to mind, for example. You may be able to install various programs, frameworks etc within the prefix as described earlier to solve some of these issues but sometimes you will hit a brick wall with some mods. Seek more focused help in those instances from people familiar with the specific mods.

8. Conclusion

Hopefully this is all pretty straightforward. If anything is unclear, please do point it out and I'll try to update.

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I've been debating switching to Linux for a while now. While I don't hate Windows, I've always craved the freedom and speed that comes with Linux. I used to use it as my OS like 10 years ago (fuck...) but then I went back to Windows.

I've been looking at a lot of Linux vs Windows benchmarks online like this one. Do my eyes deceive me or is performance generally almost always identical or better? And even when they are identical, 1 percent lows are often better, which is something I actually value more than a better FPS because hitches bother me so much more than a low FPS. I would gladly take a 15 percent reduction in FPS for better 1 percent lows and frametime stability.

For context I have a 10700f CPU, 6700XT so I should be good with AMD.

Is it common to get better CPU performance on Linux to the point where gaming there would be a smoother experience? Or

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I like to know how hot things get in a gaming session and on Windows I use HWinfo for this. Switching to Linux now, but I still want the functionality of being able to see my max gpu and cpu temps for the time the PC was on. Max value is really all I care about, but I can’t find it in the list. Am I missing something or is it not offered?

EDIT: Found the option, but it fluctuates up and down instead of showing the max value for some reason

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Easy peasy obviously Ryzenadj or lact

The problem is lact allows for me to clock the GPU at a fixed clock and change the power limits

Ryzenadj only offers me power limits

Best course of action figure out how to change them in lact with a script (lact is gui so no bloody idea)

Ryzen adj yeah would work but I'm not liking having 2 similar software as I'm not sure what would take over, if power limits on lact was 15 and adj was 20 which one would it picked

My brain tells me the most recently applied one but my brain is smol

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