Take a look at my post history. The last 2 weeks have been absolute hell trying to get Linux to work on anything. First I had an all AMD laptop, and it had a weird display issue specific to that model of laptop, so I returned it and now I have an all AMD pre-built gaming PC and I still can't get things to work properly.

I have a 43" 4k 144 hz display that goes black randomly unless every time I boot up the system I force my GPU to use more power using CoreCtrl because by default it doesn't take enough power to drive the monitor (even then my screen goes black every few minutes), my system resolution is set to 4k but everything looks blurry, almost 2k or 1080p outside of system apps (dock, top bar, etc.), and I assume that has something to do with fractional scaling, 100% was too tiny and 200% was way too big. HDMI 2.1 doesn't work, and even with DisplayPort, Linux is unable to work properly with this monitor.

I have purchased 2 gaming PCs, nearly $100 worth of cables, all in hopes to use Linux, and it just won't let me. I had a better experience on my Intel/NVIDIA system with X11, but X11 also sucks in pretty much every way possible.

All I want to do is use Fedora with GNOME on Wayland. I bought all of the hardware I thought I needed for this to work well but all I did was waste my time and money because clearly this won't work. I am beyond frustrated that I have gone through all of this trouble, used up all of that gas going to Micro Center twice a day, just to come to the conclusion that Linux isn't ready yet. I know for a fact none of this is hardware related, Micro Center tested it and even put in a new GPU, and it works 100% fine on Windows.

If someone in the comments knows how to fix this, I am willing to try, but I have 2 days to return everything and if I can't get this working then I'm going to have to return this or just install Windows cause this is ridiculous. This should be working out of the box by default and I seem to be the only soul on Earth that has any of these issues

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This is just a question, not a tech support thread. I noticed when playing Fallout 76 on Windows that it was capped to 60 FPS with no way to change it in the settings. Didn't think much of it and assumed it was because of the creation engine jank. Skip a week later, I've installed Linux (Pop OS) for the first time and am trying new games out, and Fallout 76 runs at 150+ FPS without a cap. No bugs or anything - everything works as expected (physics, combat), stuff that's usually broken if you pass 60 FPS in vanilla Skyrim, for example.

What's the cause of this, out of curiosity? Such a weird thing to have different between the two systems.

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I have two questions:

How close in performance is Gaming on Linux compared to the same game on Windows? With all things being equal (Hardware/GPU/CPU) is performance better or worse on average for the same game. I know it might depend on the game.

Second question: MSI afterburner has been my go to program for overclocking my GPU for years - what would be the best GUI alternative for Afterburner (both Nvidia and AMD if that matters)

Thank you

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Demonstration of the problem in Dota 2

I have a strange problem in some games where I can't move my mouse below a certain point on my screen. This does occur in native Steam games (like Dota 2) or games running through Proton (BattleBit Remastered for example).

Thing is, I really can't find a common denominator because of that. I would have guessed it's a quirk of Proton or a single game, but it's happened in multiple different games so far.
I found a quick fix, which is pressing Super to get back to the GNOME menu and switching back to the game, however that only works until I click anything in the game. After that I can still only move down until the "invisible barrier".

I've tried searching for this problem but came up with nothing, simply because I'm not sure what's causing this. After this happens in game I can move my mouse just fine to the bottom of the screen in GNOME, it's just in-game that this doesn't work.

If anyone has any idea what could cause this and how I could go about fixing it, I'd be very grateful.

My system:
OS: NixOS 24.11
Kernel Version: 6.6.31
Desktop: GNOME
Driver: AMD AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (radeonsi, navi31, LLVM 17.0.6, DRM 3.54, 6.6.31)
Driver Version: 4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 24.0.7

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New to linux, I'm using Kubuntu.

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Hello everyone, Helldivers 2 crashes randomly (mostly in the lobby) and Steam crashes with it. I don't know where to start troubleshooting, does anyone have any ideas?

Proton Experimental (tried GE Proton 9-5 but no luck)

R7 5800x3D

Rx6800

32GB Ram

Archlinux with 6.9.2-arch1-1 kernel

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I used to be able to get Hat in Time to run on Arch but recently after doing a fresh resinstall of EndeavourOS I can't get it to work. Before it would work great with GE Proton 9.1 but now that and any other proton version I try can't get it to start up. It will either stay stuck on launching or say that the game is running but then end after about a couple minutes. Any other ideas of what I could do to get it work? I have both an AMD GPU and CPU.

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Heya, this one is really giving me headaches...

I recently installed Manjaro (before I had Nobara) and I'm trying to get World of Warcraft to run. Battle.net was a pain, too, but I got that managed. It finds the Blizzard-games and updates them. But when I click on "Start" on the WoW-tab, the button shortly changes to "Running...", then goes back to "Start" and the game doesn't come up.

I tried wine and wine-staging, as well as Lutris and Bottles. Sometimes, I can start the game, just to see a segmentation vault and the only option is to close the game. That's it.

I followed several guides, also found one here for Manjaro, but it is already 5 years old. Still gave it a shot, still nothing.

Please ask as many information as you need to get this answered, it's my wifes computer and if this doesn't run fast, I need to sleep on the couch :(

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So far I have tried Ubuntu and Garuda Linux.

Ubuntu seemed like it was lacking features that I craved and Garuda was not stable with Nvidia GPU and would crash into a black screen a lot.

What would this community recommend for a stable distro but works great with a Nvidia GPU?

I also would prefer to have KDE Plasma.

Might give POP OS a try tonight because I saw how they have a separate ISO for Nvidia GPU guys like myself.

P.S.

I have seen where Nobara has been recommended for gamers but I fear with it being a small development team that it would be dropped eventually. I need something long term.

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I'm about tojump back to Fedora 40 KDE. Some games I download refuse to disengage from gamepad, like Skyrim AE. I managed to get the game to use keybosrd, but mouse was very flaky. Plus, the game still showed gamepad buttons for the menus. I managed to ween Fallout 4 off the gamepad and did the exact same steps for Skyrim, but it refuses to change.

If anyone knows how to force steam to treat games like I'm on a desktop, that would keep me from jumping ship. TIA!

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Okay, so This is a video from Nick who runs the Linux Experiment YouTube channel.

Recently he was received a paid sponsorship to promote TuxedoOS as a gaming Distro alternative, in that video he claimed to essentially report that Gaming Distros are basically the same with preinstalled packages.

This in my opinion is a crazy statement from someone as intelligent as Nick, who knows how to obtain information from Documentation provided by all Distributions.

I really want to focus on NobaraOS Because I believe it is the best Gaming Distro even though use base Fedora' in my personal Gaming Rig.

So NobaraOS does a lot, and I mean a lot.

1. Kernel Patching.

Most people probably don't know this, but Nobara actually enables the DS4/Dualsense Controller(s) to function at 1ms response times by default.

[source]https://nobaraproject.org/docs/playstation-controllers/playstation-controller-polling-rate/)

It also includes another Kernel patch that unborks GlibC which can be the difference between your game working with some Anti-Cheats or not.

So whenever Linus Torvald decides to remove a dependency that people rely on because backwards compact is not his concern, its negated.

Device Specific patches that enable proper functionality of devices like the ROG Ally or Steam Deck via Kernel patched driver support.

I don't know about you guys, but I for one do not and will never have an interest in patching my Kernel, and I would bet many others would not put as much effort in anf would be lost without the features or support they want/need.

A lot of what's done in Nobara is why it's the best Gaming Distro imo.

1. Only talks about averages

There's not a single mention of .01% or 1% lows, and the video is super short and does not actually show you any data/video of the distros in action.

You basically get a low effort Average FPS at the end of the video that's basically "just trust me bro", Tuxedo is unrivaled.

Nick is not a gamer, he has games but even he has admitted that devices like his review unit Steam Deck collects dust & gaming news is always the last segment even if its huge news.

1. All of these Distros have a purpose

Bazite's focus is being a SteamOS alternative, an immutable stable base that is the only Distro to replicate SteamOS's Game Mode layer on Boot.

Nobara has great patch support for greater compatibility and improved responsiveness.

And above all, having preinstalled packages is not abad thing, it is a good 2-5hrs to fully setup a Linux system exactly how you want it and having a Distro that does 80-95% of the work is not something to scoff at.

1. I do not reccomend Debian/Ubuntu based distros.

Biggest flaws with Tuxedo besides his blantant sponsorship, is it's Ubuntu based.

While Tuxedo & Pop OS(Yes Linux Mint has " Edge" which gives you a more updated Kernel) offer updated Kernels, even in comparison to Tuxedo Pop_OS has a scheduler which will prioritize Gaming Windows for improved performance.

In the end Ubuntu packages are insanely outdated often and this can cause compatibility issues with

Proton: Games not loading, no error code, no indication on how to fix.

(I've had this happen with Lies of P Demo would not work on Pop_OS swapped to Fedora and it worked as intended)

The number of Linux Mint users I see leaving ProtonDB reports saying their games don't work with Kernel Version 5.15 is staggering.

It is a lot clearly people don't know that Core exists with an updated Kernel, but that won't 100% solve all Ubuntu/Debian based gaming issues,

Software Incompatibility: I cannot build Gamescope from Git on Pop_OS as it's missing core dependencies and once I patched perferences.d to find said depends they still could not be found or prioritized. Finding a Gamescope Maintainer for .deb means you're going to be running a version of Game scope from 1-2yrs ago and isn't actively maintained.

I could think of other examples but I just don't think Ubuntu is where it is for newly released games or overall gaming support.

If you're playing older games or games with fantastic Proton support then Ubuntu is fine, my home Distro is Pop_OS and I'm very excited for Cosmic's release.

But for games that are brand new and questionable support, or competitive video games I reccomend Arch/Fedora + KDE for improved FPS/Latency/Support.

Overall that video spreads a message that Gaming Distros really don't matter when that's not far from reality IMO. But it's a sponsored video maybe I just shouldnt take Nick's "Gaming" opinions seriously.

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hello people, i seem to have a problem with Monster Hunter World : Iceborne.

when i play it, i can get a stable 60+ fps in the more performance-intensive tasks like being inside of a hunt, but it usually lasts a minute or two before i then have about 5 to 10 minutes of lackluster performance, at about 30FPS or less.

i wanted to do a temperature benchmark using PSensor while playing on the Guiding Lands (which is the place that seems to run the worst, performance-wise) and noticed some things. i've written a .txt file that lists what modifications i brought to the game as well as my own observations, and i'll put its content just below.

"I'm on MHW with potato settings, probably as low as the game lets you go from its own settings. I did not modify any of the files using a text editor, but I have installed multiple mods into my MHWI copy.

Notably, Stracker's Loader, PBaPE, and a mod that nukes most particle effects.

I have saved two images of the same print screen of the graph. One is unlabelled, the other is labelled.

The graph portions under the green labels were when my game was at 60+ FPS and was very well playable.

For the red labels, my game would stutter a lot, going at about 30 FPS if not less. This made it hard to play.

For the hardware, I have tried to make the CPU go into performance mode using the terminal, and have put "Maximum Performance Mode" in Nvidia X Server.

As I analyze the graph, I see a few things.

First off, in the green labels portions, these things seem to shoot up to the top or higher than when in red labels :

...everything except CPU usage and the GPU PCIe

the "video" part of my GPU is at a constant 0 temperature the whole time. That's not normal, is it?"

i put the screenshots on imgur, here they are :

• temperature benchmark obtained with PSensor
• neofetch (i also add that i downloaded the 535.171.04 version of "nvidia-driver-535" and have not taken the time to play around with drivers, but this seems to be more of a problem with hardware behavior than drivers to me. still, i should take the time to try things)

would anybody know of how i can fix this? i tried changing the Nvidia X Server settings and changed the governor mode of my CPU from powersaving to performance using the terminal, but this doesn't seem to have changed a lot of things (nor does the CPU seem to be the main problem, even if it's not being used at 99%)

cheers everyone, have a great day :]

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I was wondering if there is way to use this on Linux Mint? I've downloaded the file but when I try to run it i get an unknown file type error. I know this works fine on the steam deck which is Linux based.

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hi how to launch enablesigatureoverride.reg (luke fsr3 mod) with heroic launcher? I dont have steam

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okay so - yeah - hi n stuff

first time caller, long listener. I've been a staunch linux/foss advocate for many a year, and while i'm knowledgeable to layman about certain things, i remain whimsically ignorant about other

I'm not a gamer, havent gotten into em since liike - nintendo 64 or SimCity2000
but - since this NEW ME is all about growth and development -

i saw something on the apple appstore that looked cool*! TOTAL WAR: PHARAOH

*i have a very "tailored" understanding

question : so - i'm a millenial, so piracy is all i know. how can i best play this game and/or games like it ?

here just cuz this is my first time posting anything I'll include the specs on this machine, which is my only non, mac machine, but dont worry- they all have ten distros on em too!

```text

System:

Kernel: 6.8.7-zen1-2-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1 clocksource: tsc

avail: acpi_pm parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen

root=UUID=0d585085-04fe-4075-9644-285ba4fb354d rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off

Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.0.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.2.0 wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1

dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux

Machine:

Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20V9 v: ThinkBook 13s G2 ITL serial: <superuser required>

Chassis: type: 10 v: ThinkBook 13s G2 ITL serial: <superuser required>

Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0J40697 WIN serial: <superuser required>

part-nu: LENOVO_MT_20V9_BU_idea_FM_ThinkBook 13s G2 ITL uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO

v: F9CN59WW date: 01/08/2024

Battery:

ID-1: BAT0 charge: 49.0 Wh (100.0%) condition: 49.0/56.0 Wh (87.4%) power: 4.2 W volts: 17.6

min: 15.4 model: SMP L19M4PDD type: Li-poly serial: <filter> status: charging cycles: 202

CPU:

Info: model: 11th Gen Intel Core i7-1165G7 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Tiger Lake gen: core 11

level: v4 note: check built: 2020 process: Intel 10nm family: 6 model-id: 0x8C (140) stepping: 1

microcode: 0xB6

Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache: L1: 320 KiB

desc: d-4x48 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 5 MiB desc: 4x1.2 MiB L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB

Speed (MHz): avg: 761 high: 1319 min/max: 400/4700 scaling: driver: intel_pstate

governor: powersave cores: 1: 400 2: 400 3: 1317 4: 442 5: 400 6: 1319 7: 593 8: 1223

bogomips: 44851

Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx

Vulnerabilities: <filter>

Graphics:

Device-1: Intel TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel

alternate: xe arch: Gen-12.1 process: Intel 10nm built: 2020-21 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,

DP-2, DP-3, DP-4, HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a49 class-ID: 0300

Device-2: Bison Integrated Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1

mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-5:3 chip-ID: 5986:212a class-ID: 0e02

Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.0 compositor: kwin_wayland

driver: X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,intel,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: 0

Monitor-1: eDP-1 res: 1463x914 size: N/A modes: N/A

API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris device: 1 drv: swrast

surfaceless: drv: iris wayland: drv: iris x11: drv: iris inactive: gbm

API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.0.8-arch1.1 glx-v: 1.4

direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel Xe Graphics (TGL GT2) device-ID: 8086:9a49

memory: 14.82 GiB unified: yes display-ID: :1.0

API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 3 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel Xe Graphics (TGL

GT2) driver: mesa intel v: 24.0.8-arch1.1 device-ID: 8086:9a49 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland

device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM 17.0.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe

v: 24.0.8-arch1.1 (LLVM 17.0.6) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland

Audio:

Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl

alternate: snd_hda_intel,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a0c8 class-ID: 0401

API: ALSA v: k6.8.7-zen1-2-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A

Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active

2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin

tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl

Network:

Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:a0f0

class-ID: 0280

IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>

Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant

Bluetooth:

Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1

mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-10:5 chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001

Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2 lmp-v: 11 status:

discoverabl

e: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c010c

Drives:

Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 12.51 GiB (0.7%)

SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.

ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD BLACK SN770 2TB

size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD

serial: <filter> fw-rev: 731120WD temp: 29.9 C scheme: GPT

Partition:

ID-1: / raw-size: 226.38 GiB size: 226.38 GiB (100.00%) used: 12.51 GiB (5.5%) fs: btrfs

dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4

ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%) used: 6.3 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat

dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3

ID-3: /home raw-size: 226.38 GiB size: 226.38 GiB (100.00%) used: 12.51 GiB (5.5%) fs: btrfs

dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4

ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 226.38 GiB size: 226.38 GiB (100.00%) used: 12.51 GiB (5.5%) fs: btrfs

dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4

ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 226.38 GiB size: 226.38 GiB (100.00%) used: 12.51 GiB (5.5%) fs: btrfs

dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4

Swap:

Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no

ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.18 GiB used: 275.8 MiB (1.8%) priority: 100 comp: zstd

avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 8 dev: /dev/zram0

Sensors:

System Temperatures: cpu: 46.0 C mobo: N/A

Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A

Info:

Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 15.18 GiB used: 4.88 GiB (32.1%)

Processes: 277 Power: uptime: 1h 35m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle avail: deep

wakeups: 1 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 6.06 GiB

services: org_kde_powerdevil, power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 255

default: graphical tool: systemctl

Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1378 libs: 396 tools: octopi,pamac,paru Compilers: gcc: 14.1.1

Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.26-release inxi: 3.3.34

Garuda (2.6.26-1):

System install date: 2024-05-29

Last full system update: 2024-05-29 ↻

Is partially upgraded: No

Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut

Windows dual boot: Probably (Run as root to verify)

Failed units:

```

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System: Pop_os, 3070ti, ryzen 5 5600X

I recently made a script to enable "undervolting" for my 3070ti that looks like this

#!/bin/bash nvidia-smi -pm 1 nvidia-smi -i 0 -lgc 210,1920 nvidia-settings -a "[gpu:0]/GPUGraphicsClockOffsetAllPerformanceLevels=200"

It works well when i launch it with sudo privileges. I made it executable.

I would like to auto launch it at every startup/user login. Simply adding the script to "startup applications" didn't work.

How can i auto launch it at startup?

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I am using Fedora 40 with X11 session as default because Wayland has some issues with my Nvidia card. Installed Heroic Launcher through flatpak and download Rocket League but when I play the game either using the latest Proton-GE or latest Wine-GE the game stucks at loading screen, but if I switch to Wayland the game opens normally. Is it missing some package for Xorg or what? I used to play like that in X11 on Debian 12 and it didnt happend.

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