If I start Battlefront II via Steam, it opens the EA App, runs the EA App installer and then proceeds to open the EA App and show a Windows saying "preparing game". That window then dissapears and the EA App minimizes. One or two minutes later the EA App shortly opens and then crashes.

I have already tried all Proton versions form 6 to 10, GE Proton 7-55, GE Proton 10-3, Hotfix and Experimental, some crash the game earlier, some later.

I also tried using Proton 7 while installing the EA App, then stopping the game and using Experimental to start the game. That actually worked once, but the game didnt detect my keyboard, only my controller and upon restarting the game/trying this again it didnt work anymore.

Running the game/EA App through Lutris isnt really an option as the play button in the EA App is just grayed out and there being no install option due to the game being managed by Steam.

I Also already tried switching from Wayland (Hyprland) to Gnome under XOrg with no effect.

Does anyone know how I can get the game to run consistently?

latest nvidia drivers 960m

has run on other distros but inconsistently, wanna figure out how to actually fix it instead of nuking my install

So I was thinking about buying Asus Rog Ally Z1 Extreme for 420€ and my question is how well is it supported to put linux on it i know that steamos isn't still out and I know some distros try to simulate it but my question is if somebody knows how well linux is supported on ally z1

I've been getting this warning here and there when playing L4D2 on my Fedora40 machine.

Is this indicative of an exploit attempt or just some "glitchiness" in the software stack?

BEGIN========= SELinux is preventing hl2_linux from using the execheap access on a process.

***** Plugin allow_execheap (53.1 confidence) suggests ********************

If you do not think hl2_linux should need to map heap memory that is both writable and executable. Then you need to report a bug. This is a potentially dangerous access. Do contact your security administrator and report this issue.

***** Plugin catchall_boolean (42.6 confidence) suggests ******************

If you want to allow selinuxuser to execheap Then you must tell SELinux about this by enabling the 'selinuxuser_execheap' boolean.

Do setsebool -P selinuxuser_execheap 1

***** Plugin catchall (5.76 confidence) suggests **************************

If you believe that hl2_linux should be allowed execheap access on processes labeled unconfined_t by default. Then you should report this as a bug. You can generate a local policy module to allow this access. Do allow this access for now by executing:

Additional Information: Source Context unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0- s0:c0.c1023 Target Context unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0- s0:c0.c1023 Target Objects Unknown [ process ] Source hl2_linux Source Path hl2_linux Port <Unknown> Host mypc Source RPM Packages
Target RPM Packages
SELinux Policy RPM selinux-policy-targeted-40.30-1.fc40.noarch Local Policy RPM selinux-policy-targeted-40.30-1.fc40.noarch Selinux Enabled True Policy Type targeted Enforcing Mode Enforcing Host Name mypc Platform Linux mypc 6.14.5-100.fc40.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri May 2 14:22:13 UTC 2025 x86_64 Alert Count 32 First Seen 2025-05-07 09:36:08 EDT Last Seen 2025-05-21 21:22:42 EDT Local ID 03b624be-fcdc-4bc4-871f-bae31a82853e

Raw Audit Messages type=AVC msg=audit(1747876962.21:321): avc: denied { execheap } for pid=15465 comm="hl2_linux" scontext=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tclass=process permissive=0

Hash: hl2_linux,unconfined_t,unconfined_t,process,execheap END==============================

I decided to just stick with windows for the first few days so I can test out some of the AAA games I missed out on from the last few years, but windows 11 is already pissing me off left and right and I'm really missing Linux. Im away from home so I don't have any of spare drive to swap in.

I just wanted to find out what the experience is like currently and any tips I should know. I'm making a post because most of the information I'm finding is like days after launch.

I'm partial to EndeavourOS / Arch in general

Xbox Gamepass was a really good option as a broke gamer, i usaully buy my games from Steam, but most day 1 games i couldn't buy it cuz i wouldn't spend 70$ on every game i wanna play, until say it's a year ago now it can have a good discount. So is Single passthrough VM a usable option? I mean for gaming, is even Xbox app detect if it's an VM or not?

If anyone has experienced with this please spread it.

I'm using Zorin OS and facing issues where games aren't recognising my dedicated Nvidia GPU. Even after reinstalling the Nvidia drivers and graphics mods, the problem still persists. My system has an Intel CPU and an Nvidia GPU. Has anyone faced this before or knows a fix? Would appreciate any help!

im currently installing to test, but everyone is saying it doesnt work so i dont get why chatgpt is saying it does. I know chatgpt isnt always right ofc, but just wondering if anyone has had it work.

neither do they fluctuate when changing in-game settings from low to maximum, nothing changes

I'm trying to play The Last of Us Part 2 on Nobara Linux running KDE Plasma 6.3.4.
My NVIDIA driver version: 575.51.02
Now I've enabled HDR in the KDE display settings and it's working fine.
I've also setup TLoU Part 2 to use GE-Proton 10-3 and configured the following launcher options:

PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 PROTON_ENABLE_HDR=1 ENABLE_HDR_WSI=1 gamemoderun %command%

NOTE: Users running NVIDIA drivers or MESA prior to 25.1 still require the "VK_hdr_layers" package to be installed and setting "ENABLE_HDR_WSI=1" to avoid getting washed out colors when enabling HDR.

The only problem I have when I run the game, a pop-up box will tell me that I don't have a graphics card installed ?
When pressing OK, the game will continue to work, with HDR working properly, however features such as DLSS are not available.
Is there a way to enable these in GE-Proton 10-3?

I just installed arch Linux last week, and run in to the controller issue, Try to play guilty gear ( tried street fight 6 not working too) with a controller and keyboard locally, but controller only work as keyboard or won’t work Game only work with controller with steam input turn off, but all button in game are keyboard and not controller. If turn on steam input, game won’t recognize controller but steam and Linux does.

Booted Fedora i3, loaded Elden Ring into a 70GB RAMDisk, Vulkan via VKD3D, 3600MT/s DDR4, locked 60FPS, frametime flatline. NVMe untouched. No stutter. Pure memory-speed gaming.

So basically, I'm just trying records games but when i get into the match(when the resources acc load) it goes from 60 to 20fps

OBS log: https://obsproject.com/logs/h4hD2BLp5jgZuPfv

System specs:

https://preview.redd.it/4886lj51r92f1.png?width=1003&format=png&auto=webp&s=5f1ae99ae5f77a4d5a94cf3ac32b474624738601

For reference I was using steel hunters for reference. i tried with a much weaker game(master duel) and it was a proper 60 fps, not sure if my pc is just trash(which it should not) or i messed something up

Using steam and proton, game itself runs fine at 60fps just recording is slowww

thx 4 help

Code and binaries are here.

Bad News. Apparently my dead uncle coded more than just video games. I was working with u/Nrezinorn to try to troublehsoot the segfaults, and on my end the troubleshooting tools were working properly for the most part.

I sent him the outputs I got. Well, screen caps of them since they were in a VM, and it seems to him that the game was coded with malware included. I mean, it doesn't make sense to me, since I was allowed to play this game as a kid, unattended at his machines. But at the same time, there was a ton I didnt know about him.

I'll append the images I sent just before Nrezinorn had alarm bells ringing. I have no clue if the malware was added before or after the upload, and I have no clue what it does. THAT SAID, I want to keep this piece of my family history alive no matter what, seeing as I have a promise to keep.

If anybody has an idea as to where I should look for the malicious code, how I should start my search, or wants to look themselves, let me know.

The Repo was reported as malicious to both Github and Sourceforge, and I am going to also message some security researchers, including my local defcon group to see if they would be interested in analyzing it themselves.

If the repo is taken down, I will re-publish it once the malicious code has been removed.

And for those of you who want to download this to check for malware yourself, it's still on github at time of writing.

https://preview.redd.it/r0189zwdp92f1.png?width=695&format=png&auto=webp&s=fa8fb6a3f5c06c60b3e8857bb2982843230825af

https://preview.redd.it/e8c5p8uep92f1.png?width=695&format=png&auto=webp&s=b4883fbdf87416bdb9660582a1c8b9fa1ec593d8

Hi all, I’m struggling to transfer my game save files for The Last of Us Part II from a Wine prefix to a Proton prefix on my Steam Deck. I installed the game via Heroic and completed the game using Wine but the controls stopped working after a few weeks( I think I might have updated my steamOS or/and wine has been deprecated to support proton GE now). Switching to Proton-GE fixes the controller issue, but I lose my saves and game wants me to start from 0. I need help transferring them without starting over.

We all see a bunch of recommended distro's to use for gaming (Bazzite, Nobara etc). But I was wondering what non recommended distro people game on. Personally I use RHEL 9 for my daily driver at the moment and game just fine on it with NVIDIA driver 575.51.03.