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Control fan en Acer Nitro 5

1 May 2026 - 11:46pm

Fan control Acer nitro 5 help

submitted by /u/Aydhan01
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Emulated RT vs "normal" RT, there's any real difference?

1 May 2026 - 11:31pm

I don't know if it's the right flair, but okay.

I'm just curious. Despite the massive fps drop when emulating Ray Tracing on amd gpu, is there any real graphical difference when compared to Ray tracing itself?

I don't have a RT capable GPU, and I was wondering if you lose too much quality with it

P.S : sorry for my bad English, it's not my first language :p

submitted by /u/Ok-Olive466
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Game gets mouse input while in Steam overlay

1 May 2026 - 11:27pm

While using Steam's ingame overlay, game is still getting my mouse inputs ingame. I saw a few bug reports on Linux Steam's github page but couldn't find a solution. Any fixes?

submitted by /u/megasovalye
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Can somebody help me with this

1 May 2026 - 11:25pm

This is the Sonic Racing Crossworlds I obtained for the free weekend. It doesn't wanna start, which I find strange because on ProtonDB it says that it can run it just fine.

I tried a lot of commands to get it working, all also from the ProtonDB website.
mangohud %command%

PROTON_USE_NTSYNC=1 game-performance %command%

gamemoderun %command% -d3d11

None of these worked. Did the others have any luck? Is there some dependancies I need to install? Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

Specs:

Ryzen 5 3600x

GTX 1650

Kernel Version 6.8

Driver version 580

submitted by /u/Jibixy
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What should i do ?

1 May 2026 - 9:58pm

I switched to cachyos directly without thinking much for gaming, i was using windows 11 earlier and had used linux mint/xfce lil bit. Now I'm satisfied with os switch and normal use case but in a werid position for gaming( especially steam). Le me explain- i use my clg lan and they blocked steam and many other things (deep packet inspection) so vpn,Cloudflare etc anything won't work.(nor on windows or any os) . The only things working on windows was vpn named (Hotspot sheild) it's free and really good but there is no way i can use it on cachyos . Now options i have is use ,vg2ray or simila other alter . which need fast vps (i just need to download game only ) hence money 💰. And as a complete broke i can't afford. If anyone know what else i can do except vps method or have solution for vps then I'd appreciate your help.

Btw i don't regret my os switch , 100x better , on windows my laptop fans just always used to explode for no reason and now getting way better performance and latency.

And why is brave using so much Ram comparison to other like vivadi and firefox?

Rolling back to Windows- never

submitted by /u/Big_Yesterday1724
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Rocket League works on CachyOS (Heroic Launcher, Epic games store), areweanticheatyet says it’s broken?

1 May 2026 - 9:44pm

Rocket League works on CachyOS with Heroic Launcher (v 2.21.0), Epic games.

Solution

Launch game in Heroic launcher with anti-cheat enabled (default) and wine version: proton-cachyos-slr. If it pop-out epic games in web to sign-in, confirm it.

What I did before it made it work?

And before that I run Easy Anti-level cheat setup .exe just with launch (if it impacts on anything, not necessary step). Unlocked new item as newcomer, played online (when I used default wine-10.0-20260407 (CachyOS) it was all locked, because of disabled easy anti-cheat (2v2, 3v3,…) and earned item. On areweanticheatyet.com it says it’s broken… Try it out, didn’t expect it to work, but it does work this way if you use Rocket League on Epic Games.

PS: Didn’t tried Steam version, but this way I didn’t experience lags or any problems. Feels normal, snappy and responsive. Must admit I enjoyed it playing, but I’m NOT Rocket League player, but I game alot and all kind of genres.

Screenshots

https://preview.redd.it/lfpl958z3lyg1.png?width=885&format=png&auto=webp&s=6f41d38706feb02ff79e75899aa15e64d5a3e08b

https://preview.redd.it/08v6tnvb1lyg1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=e03b51ebd3cb1ea2bb39ab0b1a8668698dc0c284

Thanks for reading, and thank you for replies.

submitted by /u/Mr_Nastykilla
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First issue I've had I'm completely stumped by, input (keyboard/mouse) issues whenever Steam is open.

1 May 2026 - 8:57pm

I've had this issue for a few days after an update.

System information

System: Kernel: 7.0.2-2-cachyos arch: x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: niri 26.04 (8ed0da4) Distro: CachyOS Graphics: Device-1: Intel Arrow Lake-S [Intel Graphics] driver: i915 v: kernel Device-2: NVIDIA GB203M / GN22-X9 [GeForce RTX 5080 Max-Q Mobile] driver: nvidia v: 595.71.05 Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.22 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.11 Compositor: niri driver: N/A resolution: 2560x1600~240Hz

I have updated one more time since then, everything is up to date.

Description of the issue:

  • Open steam, not necessary to have a game launched.

  • Attempt to use the keyboard, or click. It appears as if it's freezing, but the system is fine, maybe every third keystroke doesn't register, and I have to press it multiple times. Release events are the same, as in, I press a key, release it, but it never sees the release so it's as if I'm still holding it down. If I run evtest while this is happening, I can see that it indeed does not see certain keystrokes and key releases.

For instanceeeeee re's me tryni to type while having steam open, as you can see somekys done regier and some get flooded.

  • Closing steam causes everything to go back to normal.

Interestingly, if I simply close the window itself, but leave steam running in the background, this also fixes it. I would be content doing that until some future update fixes things for me, but the problem is that if I launch a game, even with steam only open in the background, the issue manifests again, and in certain games I Alt-Tab a lot because I'm reading a wiki or looking up how to do X or Y, and it makes it pretty dang frustrating.

Another workaround is using the LTS kernel, the latest one I'm currently using being 6.18.25-2-cachyos-lts. There are no issues there.

My instinct, or more like the obvious thing here would be that there's some display server fuckery, steam being open leads to input being lost somewhere along the chain? I'm not really sure where to even start to diagnose this issue. Would really appreciate any help. I googled for a long time, and found a couple threads on the Linux Mint forums talking about what sounds like a very similar issue, but they weren't helpful, it seemed like no one really had any ideas.

Side note, the first thing I suspected was Niri, as it had updated for the first time since February right before this happened. I downgraded it to the previous version. That didn't fix it, so I don't think it's to blame. Aside from that, I haven't tried anything else, it's the first issue I've had where I don't even know what to try, to be honest.

Thanks a bunch.

submitted by /u/IchBinMalade
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GeoGuessr Steam Edition - Small scaling / UI problems on a 4k display

1 May 2026 - 8:47pm

I’m running into some UI scaling issues on a 4k display and wanted to share what I’ve tried so far in case anyone has ideas how to fix it.

So if i run the game without any arguments, the UI is tiny and it makes it difficult to play.

First workaround, launch at 1920x1080: gamescope -w 1920 -h 1080 -W 3840 -H 2160 -f -- %command%

Result: UI scaled properly, but the game is blurry.

Second workaround, set device scale factor to 2: --force-device-scale-factor=2

Result: works, UI scales properly and high resolution, but now the UI flickers (not while playing, only in menus) and some UI elements are not working properly, for example i can't see anything when i expand dropdown menus so i have to navigate them with the keyboard.

Not really huge issues and the game is still playable, but would appreciate if someone has any suggestions.

  • Proton: CachyOS Latest (tried experimental to no avail)
  • OS: CachyOS (Arch-based), Kernel 7.0.2-2-cachyos
  • DE/WM: KDE Plasma 6 (Wayland)
submitted by /u/Pstrnil
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AMD Radeon RX 9070 huge coil whine only on Linux. Solutions?

1 May 2026 - 8:24pm

I have a Radeon RX 9070 on a dual boot machine:

  • Windows: Very mild coil whine. Even if I run FurMark 2 to max out the card!
  • Linux: Screaming, whistling, and buzzing like a bee. It is audible in the whole apartment. On Fedora with default open-source AMD driver. The screaming changes rapidly based on camera angle in the games.

Theories about why they differ:

  • Linux and Windows default GPU power limits and boost algorithms are different.
  • Windows uses DirectX while Linux has to translate to Vulkan which changes the GPU load.

I have tried:

  • Installed LACT and set lower Power Limit. Instead of 250 watts I went all the way down to the lowest 170 watts. It reduced some of the high pitched bee buzzing but didn't do anything about the coil screaming/whistling.
  • I use FPS cap of 60fps on both Windows and Linux.

I am at my wit's end. I can't get it replaced under warranty because the noise is acceptable on Windows, and the store sold it as a Windows machine.

I am out of ideas.

submitted by /u/pilkyton
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Plasma shell crashing after playing modded Minecraft for a short amount of time

1 May 2026 - 7:50pm

I'm on fedora KDE plasma 43 and ive been getting this very strange issue where if I play my modded Minecraft world plasma shell will crash and freeze the game (not to mention both monitors turning off, everything freezing for a little bit before it all comes back) and I have to alt-f4 the game to close it. I had my system monitor up while testing and there was no significant usage, obviously my GPU was being used to 100% but my RAM sat around 40% usage total (64gb ddr4) so I'm really not sure what's causing it. I can get a crash log if needed

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[HELP] Running into Out of video memory in Black Myth Wukong

1 May 2026 - 7:50pm

As the title suggests, I’m trying to run Black Myth: Wukong, but it keeps crashing. The game starts and gets to the shader compilation screen, but then it crashes with an error afterward.

System (laptop)-
cachyos
Kernel: 7.0.2-2
CPU- i7-9750H
GTX 1660 Ti Mobile

I tried lowering the VKD3D_MEMORY_LIMIT, but it didn’t help—the game still crashes.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

error log and further system info - https://pastebin.com/BNizzn32

https://preview.redd.it/vubq7xshbkyg1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=118d50e698167f1d4a04b3ef61735698828d6a73

submitted by /u/ArnabMactavish
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Death Stranding 2 cutscene freezes?

1 May 2026 - 7:48pm

Playing death stranding 2 on fedora 43, using proton 10.3, the game itself runs fine, however during cut scenes they can freeze while audio still plays and I have to force quit the game and restart it.

my specs

fedora 43

rx 9060xt

ryzen 5600

16gb ram

1tb m.2 ssd

submitted by /u/joe1up
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what games can I play? (Core2Duo t6600)

1 May 2026 - 6:55pm

I finally finished “setting up” an old laptop (making it work) and I was wondering if I could play something on it, the easier it is to “set up” the game and play the better. Thanks. Specs: 4RAM ddr2, HDD.

submitted by /u/Fer-Satelight
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Does the Valve Hardware survey only detects one GPU?

1 May 2026 - 6:47pm

Today the survey poped out on my laptop and I realized it only shows the integrated GPU but not the dedicated one. Made me curious why.

https://imgur.com/a/CKYBO4U

submitted by /u/Lucas_0014
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How to install Linux on the PS5 and run PC games, emulators and more!

1 May 2026 - 6:42pm

Modded Warfare made a great video that shows the process of setting up Linux on PS5 and also explains the benefits of doing it.

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[Help] Age of Empires 4 consistently freezing exactly at 16-18 min mark - Nvidia Xid 109 Error (Exclusive to AoE4, persists across drivers)

1 May 2026 - 6:00pm

Hi everyone,

I’m experiencing a very weird, rigid, and consistent freezing issue with Age of Empires IV on CachyOS. The game completely freezes exactly around the 16 to 18-minute mark, hangs the desktop for a few seconds, and then crashes.

Here is my system specs and the error log, followed by all the crucial context and troubleshooting steps I've already taken.

System Specs:

  • OS: CachyOS (KDE Wayland)
  • GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
  • Drivers Tested: 595.58.03 (Nvidia Open Kernel Module) AND previously on 580 series.
  • Motherboard: MSI B550 Gaming Edge WiFi

The Error Log: When the crash happens, sudo dmesg | grep NVRM gives me this exact error: NVRM: Xid (PCI:0000:2b:00): 109, pid=16456, name=Game/Main Threa, channel 0x00000039, errorString CTX SWITCH TIMEOUT, Info 0x34c046

Crucial Context & What I've Tried:

  1. Strict 16-18 Min Mark (NOT Age 3 Transition): I initially thought it was tied to the Castle Age transition effects. However, even if I do a "Fast Castle" build and reach Age 3 at the 7-8 minute mark, the game STILL waits and crashes strictly around the 16-18 minute mark. It behaves like a timed memory leak or a buffer filling up.
  2. Persists Across Updates (and lack thereof): The issue has been haunting me since the 580 driver series. Sometimes a tweak makes it look like it's temporarily fixed, but the exact same crash randomly returns later, even without running any system updates (pacman -Syu).
  3. Exclusive to AoE4: This Xid 109 timeout issue ONLY happens in Age of Empires 4. I can play other demanding games for hours without a single hiccup, GPU hang, or crash.
  4. VRAM & Temps: Lowered texture settings to Medium. MangoHud shows VRAM usage at only 2.9 / 8.0 GB during the crash. It is definitely not an OOM issue. GPU temps are completely fine (43°C - 50°C).
  5. Proton Versions: Tested proton-cachyos-10.0-v3, the latest GE-Proton 10-34, and even older versions like GE-Proton 9. No difference.
  6. Hardware / BIOS Tweaks: Suspecting a PCIe timeout issue with the proprietary drivers, I forced the PCIe slot speed to Gen 3 (down from Gen 4) and disabled Re-Size BAR. Shaders cleared. Steam launch options cleared. The crash still persists.

Since I have ruled out VRAM limits, specific in-game events, PCIe Gen4 instability, and Proton versions, I am completely out of ideas. Could this be a specific VKD3D translation bug or a chronic kernel timeout trigger deeply rooted in how AoE4 interacts with Nvidia drivers on Linux?

Has anyone conquered this specific 16-18 min Xid 109 issue? Any insights would be heavily appreciated!

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Gaming features

1 May 2026 - 5:47pm

Hi I've recently moved to linux and noticed that in games like overwatch I can't join chat or in neverness to everness I can't really see people to add to friends, is there a fix for this or it's how supposed to be on linux?

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