I was very happy that HDR games were finally working in Gnome (Fedora 43, Gnome 49, screen settings HDR on, Steam, Gamescope with special start command) – but when I wanted to start a game today -> no HDR. Some update between three weeks ago and today broke HDR.

The launch command that has worked so far:
LD_PRELOAD="" DXVK_HDR=1 gamescope -w 3840 -h 2160 -W 3840 -H 2160 -b -f -r 120.0 --hdr-enabled --force-grab-cursor -- %command%

Gamescope version:

gamescope --version

[gamescope] [Info] console: gamescope version (gcc 15.2.1)

As far as I can see under --help, nothing has changed in the Gamescope-commands – but I suspect that an update has been installed here. Unfortunately, I don't have the version number from when it was still working. But it could also be that Gnome or something else has broken Gamescope here.

Does anyone have any ideas?

UPDATE:
Solved with downgrading gamescope from 3.16.17-2.fc43 back to 3.16.15-1.fc43
sudo dnf downgrade gamescope
So the problem is gamescope.
I think this would not be a permanent fix, but maybe that helps and maybe they will fix this...

I gave up Windows and now 100% Linux using Bazzite. So far every game I want to play works with very little issue except Fortnite.

So, I was wondering if there is a popular battle royale game that works decent on Linux with a solid player base that could fill the BR void I now have.

Hello! I'm 3 months into CachyOS, and genuinely could not wrap my head around why this is happening. I'm running WuWa on Steam, and all my other games run on dGPU just fine but for some reason WuWa just does not want to use it recently.

Even by forcing the use of dGPU through both the launch options and the AsusMuxDgpu profile on supergfxctl, it just black screens and nvidia-smi does not show the game using the dGPU. It was working perfectly the last time I opened it (which was two weeks ago). For the AsusMuxDgpu method specifically, I can hear audio and can click on the login screen, there is just no rendering from my graphics card and neither does nvidia-smi say the process is using it.

I rolled back my NVIDIA drivers to 580.76.05, and switched to the LTS kernel and still couldn't get it to work. I've tested different Proton versions too (Experimental, CachyOS SLR, CachyOS Native, GE Proton versions, and rolled back CachyOS Proton versions from when it was still working) and none of it work too.

Specs (laptop):

Distro: CachyOS 6.17.8-2 (have tested 6.12.58-2 from LTS kernel)

CPU: Intel Core i5 12500H

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile

Did someone manage to use downloaded graphics in FM26 on Ubuntu? I have steam installed using snap, and FM path is ~/snap/steam/common/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Football Manager 26. So my full path for graphics is following ~/snap/steam/common/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Football Manager 26/shared/data

And inside I have kits and logos subfolders, none of that loaded when I enter the game after restart.

I made a recent post about sitting on the fence between waiting on a steam machine or building a dedicated rig for couch gaming on my 4k 120hz OLED TV.

Well, somebody suggested streaming from my current PC (Windows) to my TV instead. It was a good idea, I got Moonlight on my TV, Sunshine on my PC, and I managed to get 4k 60hz or 1440p 120hz without it shitting the bed. It felt good, almost native! The caveat was that I had to trail an Ethernet cable down the stairs into the living room.

So I thought well.. if I’m trailing an Ethernet cable, I may as well trail a HDMI cable instead. And after ALOT of settings tweaking on the TV, on Windows, on NVIDIA panel, I finally got it going at 4k 120hz, hoorah!

However, it didn’t last long. Whilst I was tweaking my tv sound settings to see if I can get my surround system working with the PC, I lost the display completely! What followed was a couple of hours of pain disabling and enabling different combinations of the settings..

Eventually I found that I had to delete 3 registry keys in:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\GraphicsDrivers\

Apparently windows caches a bunch of display stuff and so it was clashing with what I had.

So.. I thought I’d fixed it again, but then the display kept jittering, and fell back to 60hz. Changing to 120hz lost the display again. And that’s where I gave up and thought this is far too much hassle. It’s just not sustainable with all the settings changing, and then trying to keep my monitors connected and working too. And then if I wanted to move the hdmi to my partners PC to connect hers up there’d be issues again.

But the streaming was really nice, if I could get an Ethernet cable downstairs it would definitely be doable.

But honestly a dedicated Linux machine right next to my TV is appealing more than anything. Maybe I’ll stream until the steam machine releases and then reassess then.

Just a question, how is it achieving 4k 120hz on Linux, is Bazzite the best option (or SteamOS?). What about things like HDR and Dolby Atmos surround sound? Is all this possible?

Thanks!

My hope is that the Steam Machine will cost between $449 and $499 and that the bundle will include the Steam controller and the most anticipated game of all time: Half-Life 3!

https://preview.redd.it/h48a3u2b6f2g1.jpg?width=2070&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2472aab36bcab6ddfee14c3820a7c2a38982c78f

Another thing Valve could do is send the customizable front cover of the Steam Machine as a collectible and numbered item, which would be from Half-Life 3, for those who pre-order the pack (Steam Machine + Steam Controller + Half-Life 3).

That would be absurd, it would be explosive!

According to the channel Moores l is dead, which specializes in assembling hardware for companies, he added up the factory values ​​of each part and got $425. His calculation wasn't based on guesswork; he did the best study on the most likely value of the device!

Another detail was that, according to him, Valve got the GPU very cheaply, making a very good deal with AMD, which needed to get rid of a large stock of the part!

Everything points to that!

For the Steam Frame, I thought it was very cool, and since I saw that it's not a high-end product, I believe it will come at a good price! But I don't have sources on the price of the parts!

The transition to Linux has been going great, I've worked out almost all the bugs with PC and games run perfectly. One small nuisance has persisted however - whenever I boot my PC and launch Steam, I have to unmount and remount my Games disk to launch any games. Any pointers?

For context, my Games disk is a separate nvme m.2 disk from my OS disk, formatted in NTFS and using a Symlink for the Compatdata folder. It's >1TB and a carryover from my Windows install. Once I remount that partition, everything works 100%.

I'm getting tired of windows and its AI bullshit. I've got rtx 4070 super and i5 13600kf. Which linux distribution do you recommend?

Hey guys (new linux user here) I ask you please be patient. I am still learning LOL. I recently made the switch to linux because well windows is absolutely retarded. My one question is for gaming. Regarding games that require Anti-Cheat. Do most of you guys Run a VM or do you Dual boot? Realistic issues i may run into would be helpful too

hello everyone, tried to make my controller work with xone but it did not work, the contoller is recognized by my pc tho so i don't know why it did not work

any advice ?

Bonjour,

Je suis actuellement à la recherche d'une distribution Linux sur le quel il serait possible de jouer à tout les jeux confondus, Que se soit des jeux Steam, Epic games, Ubisoft, etc. et de pouvoir jouer sur une config-full AMD. Quels sont les distributions que vous auriez à me recommandez pour la compatibilités avec une config-full AMD, et de préférence sous le kernel Debian.

okay so ive been searching and i cant find anything
so i use a Bluetooth switch gamecube controller, and ive used it for a while
on windows i never had this issue (which i understand the OS's are different) anyways
so i use cachyOS (but ive had this issue on endeavouros as well)
firstly my analog stick struggles to input at certain angles, which makes basically most 3d games unplayable
secondly my triggers arent recognized
and third on steam the inputs are all messed up, A is the left trigger, B is the a button, x and y arent recognized. point is, not remappable
any help would be much appreciated. thank you for your time

Many probably don't know but doitsujin (DXVK dev) decided to eliminate the DXVK_FRAME_RATE env after an issue from a user complaining about something very specific that doesn't apply to most people who use it.

Result of this? VKD3D-Proton also removing the env that made it easier to limit the fps with just one env in DXVK/VKD3D.

Their suggestion is to simply use MangoHUD (which at least I think works worse and doesn't get along very well with LSFG-VK for example)

Sources:
1. https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/issues/5330

1. https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/pull/5331

2. https://github.com/HansKristian-Work/vkd3d-proton/pull/2708

What do you guys think about this?

So these are pc specs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA RTX 4060 OC (8GB 32GB DDR4 3600 MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk Max WiFi Psu gold 650 acter quad hd 2k 1440 p gaming monitor 180hz Os - cachyos

So i want to update my card for 2k gaming for better performance, which will be best and compatible with system and psu

I am looking for pre owned Amd grafics card like 6800xt 12gb , i want vram more than 8gb

I am using Steam on Arch (with Hyprland) and recently found I could get a much better experience by running steam within gamescope to stop hyprland from managing game windows incorrectly, and fix a random cursor bug I was having when I was using Niri.

This has worked well for all my games but not for Titanfall 2. For some reason, the game seems to instantly close without any messages in the terminal when it does so.

Command I am using to run steam inside gamescope:

gamescope -W 2880 -H 1800 -r 120 --prefer-vk-device 1002:1900 -e --mangoapp --force-grab-cursor --cursor-scale-height 1600 -- prime-run steam -bigpicture

(prefer-vk-device set to iGPU and prime-run are there to make it work on my Optimus laptop)

Launching Titanfall from Steam normally works perfectly fine, through the same EA launcher popup.

What logs can I look at to troubleshoot this?