Hello everyone, I've started noticing texture flickering in some games, as shown in the video. This happens in Ghostrunner and Stray, but for example, it wasn't present in Yakuza 0, where everything was fine. I've tried both on X11 (with compositor enabled and disabled) and on Wayland. The example in the video is from launching through Steam, but it's the same in Lutris. The game was purchased on GOG.

Specifications:

• GPU: RX 6500 XT 4GB
• CPU: Ryzen 5 5500
• RAM: 16GB
• OS: Endeavour OS (up to date)

Has anyone encountered something similar or knows a solution? Thank you.

https://reddit.com/link/1mjeapv/video/s3b3cxfuaghf1/player

Okay, so I'm running Genshin on Ubuntu 24.04 via a flatpak install of AAGL. Laptop has an AMD Ryzen 7 7840U CPU and an AMD Phoenix1 GPU.

I got a system prompt about updating packages, which I foolishly accepted, and since I've been done, Genshin has been crashing out roughly a minute after login each time with the message

'You have disconnected

Data Error, please log in again
Error code: 10010-4001'

This happens after Genshin starts up fine, logging in goes fine, I manage to wander around with everything looking and functioning fine for like 30 seconds, and then the above error.

Any idea how I can fix it? I'm computer literate but not particularly well-versed in Linux.

For the record, here's a log of what got changed.

Start-Date: 2025-08-05 20:38:23

Commandline: aptdaemon role='role-commit-packages' sender=':1.2898'

Upgrade:

openssh-client:amd64 (1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13.12, 1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13.13),

libglx-mesa0:amd64 (25.1.6~kisak1~n, 25.1.7~kisak1~n),

libglx-mesa0:i386 (25.1.6~kisak1~n, 25.1.7~kisak1~n),

mutter-common-bin:amd64 (46.2-1ubuntu0.24.04.9, 46.2-1ubuntu0.24.04.10),

libgbm1:amd64 (25.1.6~kisak1~n, 25.1.7~kisak1~n),

libgbm1:i386 (25.1.6~kisak1~n, 25.1.7~kisak1~n),

firmware-sof-signed:amd64 (2023.12.1-1ubuntu1.6, 2023.12.1-1ubuntu1.7),

libmutter-14-0:amd64 (46.2-1ubuntu0.24.04.9, 46.2-1ubuntu0.24.04.10),

mesa-libgallium:amd64 (25.1.6~kisak1~n, 25.1.7~kisak1~n),

mesa-libgallium:i386 (25.1.6~kisak1~n, 25.1.7~kisak1~n),

openssh-server:amd64 (1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13.12, 1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13.13),

libxatracker2:amd64 (25.1.6~kisak1~n, 25.1.7~kisak1~n),

mutter-common:amd64 (46.2-1ubuntu0.24.04.9, 46.2-1ubuntu0.24.04.10),

mesa-va-drivers:amd64 (25.1.6~kisak1~n, 25.1.7~kisak1~n),

mesa-va-drivers:i386 (25.1.6~kisak1~n, 25.1.7~kisak1~n),

libgl1-mesa-dri:amd64 (25.1.6~kisak1~n, 25.1.7~kisak1~n),

libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 (25.1.6~kisak1~n, 25.1.7~kisak1~n),

gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng:amd64 (46+really47.0.9-1ubuntu1, 46+really47.0.9-1ubuntu2),

gir1.2-mutter-14:amd64 (46.2-1ubuntu0.24.04.9, 46.2-1ubuntu0.24.04.10),

mesa-vulkan-drivers:amd64 (25.1.6~kisak1~n, 25.1.7~kisak1~n),

mesa-vulkan-drivers:i386 (25.1.6~kisak1~n, 25.1.7~kisak1~n),

openssh-sftp-server:amd64 (1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13.12, 1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13.13),

libegl-mesa0:amd64 (25.1.6~kisak1~n, 25.1.7~kisak1~n),

libegl-mesa0:i386 (25.1.6~kisak1~n, 25.1.7~kisak1~n),

mesa-vdpau-drivers:amd64 (25.1.6~kisak1~n, 25.1.7~kisak1~n),

mesa-vdpau-drivers:i386 (25.1.6~kisak1~n, 25.1.7~kisak1~n),

iproute2:amd64 (6.1.0-1ubuntu6, 6.1.0-1ubuntu6.2)

End-Date: 2025-08-05 20:38:29

This is a feature release and includes a bunch of bugfixes as well: https://docs.mesa3d.org/relnotes/25.2.0.html

So I am one of the many people who is affected by the windows 10 eos coming up soon. It sucks because I just built a new gaming PC last year with a motherboard that SHOULD have supported W11. All research I did said that it would. It's a fairly up to date system and I splurged on the motherboard specifically to avoid this issue. But my bitching aside, suffice to say I'm not spending the money on yet another PC this soon so I am looking into my options with Linux gaming. I guess I'm wondering where it's at in 2025, if there are any good distros someone can suggest that I can set up with minimal headache, what to know about security concerns, and what kinds of popular games are unsupported completely without any workarounds. I know wine and especially proton has brought Linux gaming a long way but I understand there are still many games that won't run. Particularly multiplayer ones that utilize kernal level rootkits--I mean anticheat. Any help, advice, or guides anyone can offer would be welcome because I am very lost to say the least. Sorry that I don't have any one specific question i'm just not totally sure where to start lol.

I switched to linux mint from windows 10 and have been running into brick wall after brick wall.
I tried Half Life 2, ol reliable, it takes its damn time to load and when I hit a loading trigger it is either freezing or taking too long to load that I have closed it before it has had time to finish.
other games are taking minutes to boot in the first place.
Ive updated my kernal, changed drivers and theyre either not doing anything or the difference is so minuscule I cant tell the difference.
Can someone please help? Is bad performance and bad loading times common?

I have issues with Civilization VI from Epic Games Store running via Heroic Launcher (flatpak). At first game installs and runs without any problems. This continiues until driver update. When I install update I run flatpak update. All the games works as always, but Civ VI returns a DX11 error: Display Device Has Failed. Please Ensure Your Display Drivers Are Up To Date. Exiting.

Nothing I try to do helps and in the end all I can do is delete everything, including configuration and saved games and then install the game. Fresh installation works untill I update drivers again - then the issue comes back.

System information:

System: Arch Linux
Kernel Version: 6.15.9-arch1-1 (64-bit)
Desktop Environment: KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.4 (Wayland)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D 12-Core Processor
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti (nvidia-open 575.64.05-4)
Memory: 64 GB
Proton version: GE-Proton10-10 (Proton Latest), I've tested GE-Proton9 and GE=Proton8 as well

Last 1000 lines of log from Heroic:
https://pastebin.com/zNWDnc0B

Maybe someone had similar issue or can point me in the right direction. Thanks!

Hello everyone!

I am recently using CachyOS as my daily driver for a month or so, and I use Airpods, pro and normal versions as headphones.

I generally play, watch videos and do my daily stuff without issues, but as soon as I enter into a teams or discord call, the audio quality of the whole system drops down. Using wired phones do not provoke the issue.

I have not installed any audio packages or program, so I assume I am using the base CachyOS ones. Am I missing something? Is there a configuration I could change?

I'm still learning the ropes of the system, so if you need any more information about the system, I can look for it.

Whenever I play Terraria, Some Weird Stuff Happens. I see no noticeable dip in performance, but for some reason my CPU temperatures rise to 65-80 degrees. If it helps, I am Running Fedora KDE, the first time playing SELinux Gave me an Alert about a system process (though this might be coincidental), and whenever i switch to another window (without closing Terraria), CPU Temperatures go back to Normal

I've tried it with bottles, works in 4:3 without stretching and with black bars on the side. It's impossible to get uniws patcher running. The game also crashes after I hop in on escape pod with carth after the ender spire.

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i recently reinstalled kubuntu because of some partition problems. i dual boot, so i installed windows and then booted into kubuntu and took some space away from the windows partition. everything is working fine except for steam games. im pretty sure its a driver issue because 2d games work fine.

counter strike 2 with no forced proton selected runs at less than 10 fps, same thing when i select latest proton version (not beta). portal with rtx tells me my gpu isnt compatible with rtx, even though i have an rtx card. brawlhalla (2d platformer) works perfectly

how can i fix this?

edit: got an error message trying to launch the screen recorder i use: "failed to get opengl information make sure your gpu drivers are properly installed." heres the flatpak link: https://flathub.org/apps/com.dec05eba.gpu_screen_recorder

https://www.change.org/p/urge-hoyoverse-for-linux-support

I'm playing on Arch linux budgie and i have 2 keyboard layouts(US, RU)

When playing 1.7.10, minecraft doesn't react to keys with letters, but reacts to other keys like shift etc. When changing controls in settings all keys with letters shows 'NONE' key. Manipulations with keyboard layout doesn't help.

When playing 1.12.2 it's same as 1.7.10 but if i change controls in US they are shown different to which were by default(Walk forwards and Walk backwards)

https://preview.redd.it/39j0xcnab8hf1.png?width=1473&format=png&auto=webp&s=25aef1ad3b2f112fe5c838898e69754d6c42d883

And when changing controls in RU it works in RU keyboard layout(Strafe right control), but they're latching

How do i fix this?

P.s 1.12.2 is last version which has this problem, i checked 1.13 and everything works not depending on keyboard layout and all letter keys in controls replaced by russian letters by default

https://preview.redd.it/ucf65nlyp8hf1.png?width=764&format=png&auto=webp&s=26ede708ceb0fca2efe7dcc20255a6ef1407ed80

hi everyone, i’m trying to upscale Zelda BOTW in Cemu using gamescope but i can’t find how to, i’m on CachyOS , and i downloaded Cemu through flatpak

if anyone knows how to do this please lmk, thank you.

Looking for anyone that understands how to run Otis_Inf Photomode Mod.

I can currently run the mod with Lutris-GE-Proton7 or Proton 7.

Only in Lutris because in Heroic Game Launcher it fails to launch. I was able to boot with Proton8, but I had to disable my Nvidia GPU and ultimately I couldn't get any of my games to boot with Proton8.

Wine-ge8-26 also doesn't work or wine-10.8-staging.

I get error "Unhandler exception Oxe0434352" which is .NET related.

Does anyone know what is required to run Otis_Inf?

I wanna start by saying pls don't be that person "you gotta try for yourself and see what you like" cus that more often than not, ends up with the user wasting time and frustrated, and never touching it again. I've seen it happen so many times..... and i experienced it for myself with other stuff.... I also don't have that much time as im a long haul trucker, so i cant sink in 100h fumbling around....

I've been a windows user all my life and i wanna switch to Linux, preferably completely if possible. For the moment tho, dual booting it's probably the sensible option.

Hardware. 7800xt B550 carbon wifi 5900x 2 x1tb 3.0 nvme drives + 2 hard drives (not connected at the moment) 4x8gb 32 RAM at 3600mhz

Setup. Test bench hanged up on a wall. Right now it's serving 2 rooms. I have connected to it: Competitive shooter side/desktop: 1 x 1080p 144hz vertical monitor (used occasionally only) 1 x 1440p 240hz main monitor 1 x headset via 3.5mm out/mic rear IO 1 x homecinema 5.1 via optical rear IO Single player side/HTPC: 1 x 1080p 60hz plasma TV 1 x headphone with dac/amp via USB rear IO 1 x 2.1 via optical to the back of the TV

What i like. I like having simplicity out of the box, but room to grow, and a lot of extra functionality for when i need it. For example on Android I'm using Nova Launcher and fair email. On first install i just installed them and was done with them, but overtime i did make a lot of use of the extra functionality. On the other hand, i have been running the same nova launcher layout for the past 7 years. Once I'm setup and locked in, i don't really care about novelties and what i like most is reliability and stability.

What i dislike. Over time I've been incredibly aggravated by updates that break what is already working well, adding stuff I don't need, and removing stuff I do need. I've been running my smartphones with auto update locked up for the past 10 years. My windows is usually sterile. The only thing i install from manufacturers, are chipset, audio, internet and GPU drivers. Everything else are third party tools. Occasionally i install the GPU suite from AMD or Nvidia, because they have features i need, but I'm not a fan of doing it. I skipped windows 8, and right now im on win10 with TPM disabled to prevent auto update to 11.

Software that I'm really attached too: Monitoring tools like hwinfo64+riva tuner. Fancontrol. Uninstalled it lately, but i miss it. I usually do the case fan mod on any GPU i have, and i run the fans from the motherboard, based on the GPU sensor. Right now i sort of indirectly set them up, based on CPU temps from bios. It works well enough, because i have the CPU tweaked and the temp behaviour on both components it's predictible and i have the ranges indentified very well, but it would work better based on GPU temps.

I'm slowly drifting away from competitive shooters, and trying to enjoy single player, especially older games. Competitive it's plagued with sbmm, eomm and you're being farmed. You're not playing the game, you're being played by the game.

New single player titles are hollow, they run bad and they play bad, and I can't stand UE5 blurry mess. My brother has a 4k monitor and 4080super and i still can't stand them even on the best settings....... Probably it's more obvious and jarrying to me, since I've being playing Apex, cs go, bf 1 and battlefront 1 for the past 5-6 years at 150-240fps. No problem playing bf 1 on the plasma at 1080p 60fps tho. It looks just as crisp and detailed like on the 240hz display. On the other hand control on 1080p native TAA and with no upscaling looks like dog.....