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Please helppp trying to run wow (Video attached)

8 May 2026 - 4:18am

Hi everyone

I'm having this issue running World of Warcraft on Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS x86_64 (COSMIC). I'm launching Battle.net through Steam as a non-Steam game and using GE-Proton10-34.

The game runs fine overall, but whenever I try to change any graphics setting and click "Apply", the game window immediately closes but the audio keeps playing in the background and the process is still running, so I have to kill it manually from the terminal. When I launch the game again, none of the graphics changes were saved.

This only happens with graphics settings. Sound settings can be changed normally without any issues. The thing is when it have to restart the game

Any ideas?? I've tried everything :::::::::(

example here

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Is it possible to force VSYNC OFF (when no in-game option) with GSYNC ON with an FPS cap?

8 May 2026 - 3:36am

On Windows, in some of my older games (and a few newer ones), the game forces VSYNC ON with no option to disable it in-game. This causes noticeable input latency in some games with poor vsync implementations.

I was able to completely fix the input latency on Windows by disabling VSYNC through the NVIDIA Control Panel, setting an ASYNC/FRONTSYNC 60 fps cap in Rivatuner, and disabling full-screen optimizations (FSO). The results were near-zero input latency and no tearing at 60 FPS with my GSYNC monitor.

I was wondering if this fix would also be possible on something like SteamOS? I know Wayland has built-in VSYNC, but it operates differently from how Windows handles it. I also know MangoJuice might be an option for the FPS cap, but I am still trying to put it all together.

Thank you!

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Overclocking Monitors with AMD gpu

8 May 2026 - 2:47am

Hey guys, I picked up a acer SB240Y G0bi 23.8" 75hz monitor, and in the marketing it says that it can be overclocked to 120hz. Now I obviously want to do this (free frames are always awesome) buuuuuut I have no clue on how to overclock a monitor. I did research, and windows is super easy, you just need the custom GPU software and crank up the frames. But I can find NOTHING about Linux. Actually, I did find a single 9y old reddit thread with someone walking to someone else how to do it but they didn't speak very good English, and the info is probably outdated. I have KDE plasma on Debian. Any help appreciated!

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Minecraft wont run for the life of me

8 May 2026 - 2:05am

Hello yall, i recently (3 days ago) made the switch from windows to zorin os on my lenovo legion 5 pro (4070, i9-13900HX, 32gb 5600mhz ram). I have been troubleshooting ever since.

When i use nvidia on-demand mode (the nvidia x server app), minecraft runs, but the fps is garbage in most games (even tho they are utilizing the 4070, not the iGPU). When i use the performance mode every game that does run, runs flawlessly. Minecraft however - does not run.

The astounding minecraft window!

Whats shown in the image is all i get, although the game does load and is responsive (I can hear the GUI when clicking blindly). All i ever see is fragments of my screen. Im using the latest nvidia drivers - 595.58.03 on X11

I've been troubleshooting with gemini for hours - its now just going in circles with the same recommendations.

What i tried so far:

Resizing the window, going to fullscreen

in the nvidia app: sync to VBlank on/off, allow flipping on/off

in the prism launcher: GLFW on/off, Feral GameMode on/off, use discrete GPU on/off, use Zink on/off, custom wrapper command: env __NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD=1 __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia, java argument: -Dglfw.vulkan=false

I also tried using wayland but that was a straight up mess.

Another symptom of this issue might be that my text is flickering as im typing this (This happens system wide, not just in the browser). Maybe its unrelated idk.

Some combinations of prism options resulted in a crash but nothing i did made an actual difference. Im fine with either making all games run properly in on-demand (like spiderman remastered does for some reason) or make minecraft run in performance mode.

I really dont wanna come crawling back to microslop, but im so desperate at this point, i have not been able to use my laptop since i switched - just troubleshoot, cause 2 problems by fixing 1, sleep, repeat. Thanks for any replies!

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cannot get minecraft beta 1.7.3 to run on mint

8 May 2026 - 1:40am

i tried with multiple launchers and i always get this error:

--- BEGIN ERROR REPORT a1dce528 -------- Generated 5/7/26 8:38 PM Minecraft: Minecraft Beta 1.7.3 OS: Linux (amd64) version 6.17.0-23-generic Java: 1.8.0_202, Oracle Corporation VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation LWJGL: 2.9.4 [failed to get system properties (java.lang.RuntimeException: No OpenGL context found in the current thread.)] org.lwjgl.LWJGLException: X Error - disp: 0x7cd984029a10 serial: 111 error: BadPixmap (invalid Pixmap parameter) request_code: 54 minor_code: 0 at org.lwjgl.opengl.LinuxDisplay.globalErrorHandler(LinuxDisplay.java:320) at org.lwjgl.opengl.LinuxDisplay.nSetTitle(Native Method) at org.lwjgl.opengl.LinuxDisplay.setTitle(LinuxDisplay.java:786) at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.setTitle(Display.java:541) at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.createWindow(Display.java:312) at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:848) at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:757) at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:739) at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.a(SourceFile:294) at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(SourceFile:716) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) --- END ERROR REPORT 3eade549 ---------- submitted by /u/soggymutt
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My new game, ROOTKIT://死, Hyperfast cyberpunk runner built in Godot, runs flawlessly on Linux + Steam Deck via proton at 60fps

8 May 2026 - 1:29am

Been building this solo in Godot 4.6. It's a cyberpunk extraction runner where your speed determines whether enemies can hit you with a movement model straight from Half-Life games with my own sprinkle of bonus

Also had to make full controller support for Steam Deck and Controller 2

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3716110/ROOTKIT_ROOTKIT_PROTOCOL_DEATH/

Demo drops May 15. Early access November 6

Happy to answer any questions about the Godot pipeline, Linux performance, or Deck-specific stuff.

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No audio in CS2

8 May 2026 - 12:51am

Hello all,

I recently installed CS2 from Steam, launched it, some lag initially but then stabilized, one thing I noticed that my audio was gone, all other apps, my headphones work but not in CS. I am not using Proton and I am using the latest version of Steam and CS2

Specs:
Ryzen 5 5600H
Radeon Vega Cezanne (integrated, Mesa ver. 26.0.5)
GTX 1650 (driver: 591.75.05, CUDA version 13.2, proprietary, discrete)
32GB DDR4-3200

Fedora 44
KDE Plasma 6.6.4
Kernel: 6.19.14
Wayland

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Protontricks not showing Games

8 May 2026 - 12:40am

Okay so i know stuff like this has been posten a million times but no matter what i try i cant get it to work

things ive done:

-formatted drive to ext4

-automounted my drives

-used flatseal to give premissions

-given premissions over terminal

-changed the steamlibraries file.

no matter what i do protontricks will not show me any games on my secondary drive

checking the logs i get the error that there IS a library but protontricks might not have acess. which cant be since ive given it access to everything over flatseal

im literally at a loss here a short install turned into a 4h goosechase

i was trying to install the d3dcompiler_47.dll on reshade to get it to work properly and actually compile shaders.

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Sober not loading into games

7 May 2026 - 11:41pm

Roblox started showing an error today even though it was working previously. I’ve already tried updating my system and packages, but the issue is still happening

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How to correctly configurate my razer mouse for a laptop with double boot (windows 11+ Fedora 44)

7 May 2026 - 11:04pm

Hey, I have been recently moving slowly to Linux, and I am currently with a double boot with Windows 11 and Fedora 44. I have not too much experience at Linux and I am having problems with my mouse configuration (Razer Basilisk X Speed). First I installed Open Razer also I activated the Controller Mode dual as I was having problem with my bluetooth reading the mouse at all. Now the mouse works, but only at Linux. Polychromatic doesnt read it neither even when it supports my device and it should be read fine as, well, the mouse works. Also, at windows, the mouse doesnt work at all, it is constantly changing from disconnected to connected every second at my bluetooth and I am unable to even move it there. I know probably this is quite basic but thanks anyway.

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Proton games randomly start stuttering when pressing key on keyboard

7 May 2026 - 10:43pm

Recently almost all of my games start to stutter at some random point whenever I press a key on my keyboard. If I stand still or just move the mouse, my FPS are somewhat stable until I press another key. Only a game restart fixes the problem so far.

Launching the game with following parameters: gamescope -W 3440 -H 1440 -r 165 -f --force-grab-cursor -- mangohud %command%

Specs:

OS: EndeavourOS x86_64
Kernel: Linux 6.18.26-1-lts
DE: KDE Plasma 6.6.4
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X (16) @ 5.58 GHz
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT [Discrete]

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Puedo jugar en Linux?

7 May 2026 - 10:25pm

Muchachos, buenos días, tengo una Laptop MSI con una i3-11 generación y 16gb de Ram y gráficos integrados, me gusta jugar juegos offline y mientras vaya a 30 FPS me vale pero recientemente empecé a jugar Warzone y pues me va entre 35-40 FPS, si instalo Linux me va a más FPS? Si la respuesta es si q tanta es la diferencia??? Se que no va a hacer magia! Pero hey me encantaría que subiera a los 60fps tengo miedo de hacerlo porque según varias cosas son incompatibles y no soy muy entusiasta de poner 20 códigos para poder iniciar mi videojuego favorito...

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Any alternative for Radeon Image Sharpening and Adrenaline Custom Color?

7 May 2026 - 10:09pm

I want to use Linux on my main PC but not having RIS and a Custom Color option stops me.

Is there any alternative for these?

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Tales of Arise controller problem

7 May 2026 - 9:53pm

Hello, I've recently tried to play Tales of Arise on Mint 22.3 Cinnamon. Its a first time I've encountered a problem, where the game just doesn't register any inputs from controllers (I've tried 2, a 8bitdo pro 3 and a xbox with wired conection, both always worked in all games and are recognizable by steam). I've tried disabling and also tweaking with steam controller override (or whatever it is called) but I can't really rebind any buttons on them to a different layout, even though testing works fine. If anyone has any ideas for a fix I would be grateful because honestly I don't really want to play it if I have to use keyboard, might as well wait for a fix in a future (maybe from steam) If I can't fix it now (no ultrawide is also a bummer but probably easier to manage).

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Help with getting peak to work on steam

7 May 2026 - 8:39pm

Hello there everyone i am new here but how do i get peak running on stream on Linux mint because I’ve looked it up on YouTube and its not giving me answers

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