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Warframe crashes on CachyOS
So I'm trying to run Warframe from steam on CachyOS (arch Linux) and I get these random crashes happening. I could be having a 2-3 hours session one day and get a crash within 3 minutes on the next day. Running on 5800x and rx6800 so I doubt specs are the issue.
Crashes are happening everywhere - free roam, missions and orbiter. Sometime it crashed from the launcher before I even start the game.
I've tried most of the solutions mentioned online:
- Different proton versions (Valve, Experimental, CachyOS and GE) with a clean prefix (deleting the compdata\warframe folder)
- Changing to DirectX12
- Verifying and optimizing game files
- Disabling shader cache
- As per GE's notes, set vsync on (180hz)
I can't run DE's diagnostic log (I guess because of linux) and I've tried looking at the proton log but I can't make anything of it (and chatgpt wasn't very helpful either)
Sometimes I get the "An Error has Occurred" with changing error codes, latest being WAR-4877400, other times it just freezes or crash to desktop.
Anything I can do\check?
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Rust Developer comments about anticheat on Linux/Proton.
help syncing rockstar launcher with steam
Hay, soo i recently installed linux.
I downloaded gta 5 to play and i could run the launcher, so i installed it through litrus and the launcher runds, the only problem is i bought gta 5 on steam and my account synced up inmediatly, i dont know password nor email, so i cant log into my account.
Anyone got any idea? im really pissed because it really would be so easy for rockstar to just do a linux launcher
thx
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What if Steam announce HL3 exclusive on Steam Machine launchin early 2026?
3 HW devices = HL3
Announcement made on Dec 24 ( its time )
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Anti-cheat will still be one of the biggest problems for the new Steam Machine
Given my portable/handheld history, please tell me good reasons to buy Steam Machine (if price is right)
Well, the conversation topic right now is the new Steam Machine. Gotta admit, I find it rather cute (and cube XD) and, after a long time playing mostly in handheld devices, I'm considering getting a Steam Machine (I mean, if it isn't excessively expensive, that will be a determining point). So please, bear with me for a while to check if this thing is good for me or not.
Back in the day in highschool, I played on my PS2 and in PC (both PC games and emulation). Slowly, I got more used to handhelds like DS and 3DS. I bought a Wii U and enjoyed it, but I mostly played it on the Gamepad only.
On 2017, I got a gaming laptop, Asus ROG... whatever XD. I got fun with it, played games for quite a while, but I also played a lot on Switch. At one point, my focus was mostly my Switch. 95 % of played time in handheld mode. Just saying. My laptop turned outdated, never found a reason for years to play a PC game on it unless it was something really simple (like this Pokémon Card fangame which name can't remember right now, Crystal League?).
Then Steam Deck came. I loved it, I alternated a lot between Deck and Switch. That helped me get more in touch with Linux, resulting in making me install Fedora in my recent Framework 12. I needed a new, lighter laptop after so many years with that heavy ROG beast and I enjoy Linux a lot. However, recently I barely touched my Steam Deck. Too heavy to carry around, being focusing more on my Switch 2.
For me, handheld gaming is all about adaptability. I can take the console with me and play anywhere. And with that I don't mean the bus or so. I mean when I go back to my parents' home on the weekend, I can take a console and play there as well. I can play in any room, stop and go back any time. Truth is, I barely play in front of a TV.
And still, this new Steam Machine sounds appealing. Maybe because of my experience with SteamOS and Linux, not sure. I wouldn't think about buying a PS5 or Xbox, but I'm considering the Steam Machine as a potential purchase. Just don't know if I will actually enjoy it given my gaming habits are more inclined on portable devices, even when I'm at home.
So I would like some outside feedback from people here, given you may have more experience with PC gaming. Do you think Steam Machine would be a good purchase for me? In what ways would I benefit from it? Sorry for the long post, wanted to give as much information as possible. Thanks!
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Clair Obscure Expedition 33 cut scenes black or flashing white.
I recently downloaded E33 and everything runs very well. However at first SOME cut scenes were black. I found a post talking about missing codecs and downloaded those. It seemed at first to fix it because scenes don't go black. However now SOME flash white. As soon as i skip the cut scene everything is back to normal. I'm using Optiscaler for FSR4 but i tried without and had the same issues. I'm on Cachy os and was recommended to:
sudo pacman -S gstreamer gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good gst-plugins-bad gst-plugins-ugly gst-libav
This is what was recommended and fixed from being black but now it flashes.
Operating System: CachyOS Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.19.0
Qt Version: 6.10.0
Kernel Version: 6.17.7-4-cachyos (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor
Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (30.9 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Manufacturer: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
Product Name: MS-7D78
System Version: 1.0
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AMD 9070 - Frame drops while gaming and watching Youtube videos at the same time
Hello. I have a 9070 GPU running on CachyOS on my desktop. From the last couple of weeks, I have observed that watching a Youtube video on Firefox and running any game at the same time in Steam, is causing framedrops in both.
This did not happen earlier. Not sure if this is due to a Mesa or Kernel update. I know Firefox uses GPU Decoding on Youtube, but using GPU Decode on FF and playing a game never had this issue a few weeks ago. Anyone else facing the same issue?
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does my drive format matter?
hello fine people or r/linux_gaming
today i am reaching out to hopefully solve a problem i am having, so i recently move from windows to linux(pop! os) and have brought over a bunch of my pirated games from it. i also downloaded this "heroic game launcher(which has wine/proton built in)" and gave it all of the .exe files for the games.
now when i click to play the games, if from unity. i will get a quick unity crash handler/reporter thingy screen and the game will shut, i think this is because i have yet to re-format the drive these games are on from ntfs/nfts or whatever to whatever linux uses. now i can't really do that because all the data on it will get deleted i cant find my external hard drive, dont have space on my other drive so im asking just to be sure before thinking of a way to do this, is this certainly the problem? or could it be something/ and something else?
please dont flame me if its a obvious problem, i dont know how linux works
follow up(even tho i havent posted this yet) : i tried moving said game files from the ntfs drive to the drive i installed linux on, did absolutely nothing.
this is really the only log i could find to share :
(20:45:00) [INFO]: Launching "Core Keeper" (sideload) (20:45:00) [INFO]: Native? false (20:45:00) [INFO]: Installed in: /run/user/1000/doc/25f5bee5 (20:45:00) [INFO]: System Info: CPU: 8x Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-10100F CPU @ 3.60GHz Memory: 16.65 GB (used: 5.78 GB) GPUs: GPU 0: Name: NVIDIA Corporation TU116 [GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER] IDs: D=21c4 V=10de SD=5527 SV=19da Driver: nvidia OS: Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS (linux) The current system is not a Steam Deck We are running inside a Flatpak container Software Versions: Heroic: 2.18.1 "Waterfall Beard" Jorul Legendary: 0.20.37 Exit 17 (Heroic) gogdl: 1.1.2 comet: comet 0.2.0 Nile: 1.1.2 Will A. Zeppeli (20:45:00) [INFO]: Game Settings: { "autoInstallDxvkNvapi": true, "preferSystemLibs": false, "enableEsync": true, "enableFsync": true, "enableWineWayland": false, "enableHDR": false, "enableWoW64": false, "nvidiaPrime": false, "enviromentOptions": [], "wrapperOptions": [], "showFps": false, "useGameMode": true, "battlEyeRuntime": true, "eacRuntime": true, "language": "", "beforeLaunchScriptPath": "", "afterLaunchScriptPath": "", "verboseLogs": true, "wineVersion": { "bin": "/home/user/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/tools/proton/GE-Proton-latest/proton", "name": "Proton - GE-Proton-latest", "type": "proton" }, "winePrefix": "/home/user/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/Core Keeper" } (20:45:00) [INFO]: Winetricks packages: vcrun2022 Wine Command: /app/bin/gamemoderun /home/user/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/tools/runtimes/umu/umu_run.py /run/user/1000/doc/25f5bee5/CoreKeeper.exe Game Log: gamemodeauto: gamemodeauto: gamemodeauto: INFO: umu-launcher version 1.2.9 (3.13.9 (main, Nov 10 2011, 15:00:00) [GCC 15.2.0]) INFO: steamrt3 is up to date ERROR: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/user/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/tools/runtimes/umu/umu_run.py/__main__.py", line 95, in <module> sys.exit(main()) ~~~~^^ File "/home/user/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/tools/runtimes/umu/umu_run.py/__main__.py", line 90, in main return umu_run(args) File "/home/user/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/tools/runtimes/umu/umu_run.py/umu/umu_run.py", line 890, in umu_run return run_command(command) File "/home/user/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/tools/runtimes/umu/umu_run.py/umu/umu_run.py", line 652, in run_command cwd = Path.cwd() File "/usr/lib/python3.13/pathlib/_abc.py", line 746, in cwd return cls('').absolute() ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^ File "/usr/lib/python3.13/pathlib/_local.py", line 649, in absolute cwd = os.getcwd() FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory gamemodeauto: ============= End of log =============
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Immortals Fenyx Rising is now free on the Ubisoft Store - rated Gold on ProtonDB
Link: https://store.ubisoft.com/us/immortals-fenyx-rising/5cec227839798c0870c07685.html?lang=en_US.
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FSR Redstone will apear tommorow in Call of Duty Black Ops 7
https://x.com/AMDGaming/status/1989007091890004337
Tomorrow we will se first implementation of AMD Redstone i Cod for RDNA 4
Interesting if modders can do this in linux next..
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New Steam Hardware: Steam Frame, Steam Machine and Steam Controller for 2026: Some Questions Remain
Developing a game in Linux! It's called FOREHEAD CHIP ... made with Godot and first-class Linux support
Interesting tidbit I released an early access game on Steam exclusively on Linux at first.... was the first person crazy enough to do that... not sure if anyone else has since
Working on a new game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2171910/Forehead_Chip/ Be sure to wishlist it, please! Really helps it from being drowned out.
I use all opensource tools within Linux to make it. No AI. Ask anything if you're curious!
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Steam not using 9070 XT when launching Hogwarts Legacy (Fedora 43)
Here is some context:
OS: Fedora Linux 43 (KDE Plasma Desktop Edition) x86_64
Kernel: Linux 6.17.1-300.fc43.x86_64
DE: KDE Plasma 6.5.2
WM: KWin (Wayland)
CPU: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700K (20) @ 5.00 GHz
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT [Discrete]
GPU 2: Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.50 GHz [Integrated]
Some commands and their outputs:
DRI_PRIME=1 glxinfo | grep "OpenGL renderer" OpenGL renderer string: Mesa Intel(R) UHD Graphics 770 (ADL-S GT1) DRI_PRIME=0 glxinfo | grep "OpenGL renderer" OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT (radeonsi, gfx1201, LLVM 21.1.4, DRM 3.64, 6.17.1-300.fc43.x86_6 4)I tried launching steam with DRI_PRIME=0 but in the logs I can see errors about an invalid DRI_PRIME value:
steam.sh[62977]: Running Steam on fedora 43 64-bit steam.sh[62977]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically setup.sh[63031]: Steam runtime environment up-to-date! steam.sh[62977]: Log already open steam.sh[62977]: Steam client's requirements are satisfied CProcessEnvironmentManager is ready, 6 preallocated environment variables. [2025-11-13 16:18:49] Startup - updater built Oct 3 2025 02:26:15 [2025-11-13 16:18:49] Startup - Steam Client launched with: '/home/cniekirk/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/ste am' '-srt-logger-opened' 11/13 16:18:49 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps 11/13 16:18:49 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1759461205)/tid(63080) CProcessEnvironmentManager is ready, 6 preallocated environment variables. [2025-11-13 16:18:49] Process started with command-line: '/home/cniekirk/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam' '-child-update-ui' '-child-update-ui-socket' '8' '-srt-logger-opened' 11/13 16:18:49 [2025-11-13 16:18:49] Using update UI: console minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps 11/13 16:18:49 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(0)/tid(63081) [2025-11-13 16:18:49] Create window [2025-11-13 16:18:49] Loading cached metrics from disk (/home/cniekirk/.local/share/Steam/package/steam_client _metrics.bin) [2025-11-13 16:18:49] Using the following download hosts for Public, Realm steamglobal [2025-11-13 16:18:49] 1. https://client-update.fastly.steamstatic.com, /, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 900, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf' [2025-11-13 16:18:49] 2. https://client-update.akamai.steamstatic.com, /, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 400, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf' [2025-11-13 16:18:49] 3. https://client-update.steamstatic.com, /, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'baked in' [2025-11-13 16:18:49] Verifying installation... [2025-11-13 16:18:49] Verifying file sizes only [2025-11-13 16:18:49] Set percent complete: 0 [2025-11-13 16:18:49] Set percent complete: -1 [2025-11-13 16:18:49] Set status message: Verifying installation... [----] Verifying installation... [2025-11-13 16:18:49] Verification complete UpdateUI: skip show logo [2025-11-13 16:18:49] Destroy window Steam logging initialized: directory: /home/cniekirk/.local/share/Steam/logs [2025-11-13 16:18:49] ProcessNextMessage: socket disconnected [2025-11-13 16:18:49] No more messages are expected - exiting XRRGetOutputInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xf5ee7090 XRRGetCrtcInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xf5ee5800 Invalid value (0) for DRI_PRIME. Should be > 0 11/13 16:18:49 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps 11/13 16:18:49 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steamsysinfo)/version(1759461205)/tid(630 99) Running query: 1 - GpuTopology WARNING: radv is not a conformant Vulkan implementation, testing use only. Response: gpu_topology { gpus { id: 1 name: "AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT (RADV GFX1201)" vram_size_bytes: 17095983104 driver_id: k_EGpuDriverId_MesaRadv driver_version_major: 25 driver_version_minor: 2 driver_version_patch: 6 luid: 0 } gpus { id: 2 name: "Intel(R) UHD Graphics 770 (ADL-S GT1)" vram_size_bytes: 25060964352 driver_id: k_EGpuDriverId_MesaIntel driver_version_major: 25 driver_version_minor: 2 driver_version_patch: 6 luid: 0 } gpus { id: 3 name: "llvmpipe (LLVM 21.1.4, 256 bits)" vram_size_bytes: 3221225472 driver_id: k_EGpuDriverId_MesaLLVMPipe driver_version_major: 25 driver_version_minor: 2 driver_version_patch: 6 luid: 0 } default_gpu_id: 1 } Exit code: 0 Saving response to: /tmp/steameiEjbh - 176 bytes Invalid value (0) for DRI_PRIME. Should be > 0 Invalid value (0) for DRI_PRIME. Should be > 0 steamwebhelper.sh[63115]: Starting steamwebhelper under bootstrap steamrt steam runtime via: /home/cniekirk/.l ocal/share/Steam/steamrt64/steam-runtime-steamrt/_v2-entry-point steamwebhelper.sh[63115]: Starting steamwebhelper with steamrt steam runtime at /home/cniekirk/.local/share/St eam/steamrt64/steam-runtime-steamrt/_v2-entry-point Invalid value (0) for DRI_PRIME. Should be > 0 Steam Runtime Launch Service: starting steam-runtime-launcher-service Steam Runtime Launch Service: steam-runtime-launcher-service is running pid 63325 bus_name=com.steampowered.PressureVessel.LaunchAlongsideSteam exec ./steamwebhelper -nocrashdialog -lang=en_US -cachedir=/home/cniekirk/.local/share/Steam/config/htmlcache -steampid=63080 -buildid=1759461205 -steamid=0 -logdir=/home/cniekirk/.local/share/Steam/logs -uimode=7 -start count=0 -steamuniverse=Public -realm=Global -clientui=/home/cniekirk/.local/share/Steam/clientui -steampath=/h ome/cniekirk/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam -launcher=0 --valve-initial-threadpool-size=8 --valve-enable -site-isolation --enable-smooth-scrolling --disable-gpu-compositing --disable-gpu --password-store=basic --log -file=/home/cniekirk/.local/share/Steam/logs/cef_log.txt --disable-quick-menu --disable-component-update --dis able-features=SpareRendererForSitePerProcess,DcheckIsFatal,BlockPromptsIfIgnoredOften,ValveFFmpegAllowLowDelay HEVC Invalid value (0) for DRI_PRIME. Should be > 0 /usr/share/themes/Breeze-Dark/gtk-2.0/widgets/entry:70: error: unexpected identifier 'direction', expected cha racter '}' /usr/share/themes/Breeze-Dark/gtk-2.0/widgets/styles:36: error: invalid string constant "combobox_entry", expe cted valid string constant WARNING: radv is not a conformant Vulkan implementation, testing use only. WARNING: radv is not a conformant Vulkan implementation, testing use only. Desktop state changed: desktop: { pos: 0, 0 size: 3840,2160 } primary: { pos: 0, 0 size: 3840,2160 } Caching cursor image for , size 48x48, serial 69, cache size = 0 reaping pid: 63081 -- steamWhenever I launch Hogwarts legacy from steam, it processes the Vulkan Shaders, launches and then after the epilepsy warning it shows a black screen with high GPU usage, then once the menu loads it's a laggy mess and is using around 1% of the GPU, the same in game with like 3 FPS.
I'm not really sure what I'm doing wrong here.
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I'm now finally in.
Yesterday I finally switched from Win 11 to Kubuntu and have straight 25-30 more fps in Borderlands 4. Today I try Monster Hunter Wilds.
Still unsure to change later to SteamOS but for now I have much to learn.
Ryzen 7 7800x3d
RX 7900xtx
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Help an old fart finally make the switch to Linux ^^
Hello, friends
I'm an old gamer that has been playing mostly on Windows all my life. And with age Congress wisdom: I am definitely ready for switching my gaming into Linux.
For this goal, I'm currently building an AMD desktop, with these specs:
7800X3D 9070XT 64GB 6400 DDR5 RAM Asrock B850 Livemixer WiFi 2TB nvme, 4TB SATA SSD, 8TB HD
So, I need your guidance in making sure this transition is as smooth as possible. Some things are also relevant:
I tried gaming on Linux some 8 years ago, and it didn't work well (mostly myself to blame, since I had just moved abroad and I didn't have a lot of time and mental bandwidth to invest in learning).
I have a Steam Deck and holy crap I love the thing. Fiddling with it made me more confident to make the move.
I play mostly single player games, so I don't need to worry about anti-cheat kernel shenanigans.
I love emulation, and I need it to work well in this new setup.
This will be mainly a gaming/media rig plugged into my family's TV, but having some productivity capabilities is definitely a plus.
My questions:
Q1 - Distro. I know this is a hot topic, but please share with me what you are using and/or what you think would be a good fit for me. I'm currently thinking about Nobara or Bazzite, but open and willing to experiment.
Q2 - AMD hardware. I know Nvidia drivers can be finicky in Linux. What about AMD ones? Anything in my specs above can cause me some issues?
Q3 - Dual Boot. Should I even bother?
Q4 - Any transition traps I should avoid, or newbie mistakes I should consider?
Appreciate any input and experiences you are willing to share!
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