Hi, I've been using an 8Bitdo Pro2 controller for a while now, without issues, on Manjaro using Steam.

Until today the Windows mode on the controller was recognized as an Xbox controller on Steam and on the system controller settings, but now both of them stopped recognizing it unless I use the Switch mode.

When using the Switch mode it is recognized as a Switch Pro controller by both the system and steam, but the steam input option doesn't seem to do anything for compatibility.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

Hi

So I could play this on Fedora, but there were other problems.

Now I installed OpenSUSE and Diablo 4 refuse to open even

Does anybody have this problem and maybe a solution ?

Have looked on proton DB, but not much help there either

Thanks

What would you buy if you want driver stability?

Is 560 the stable version right now for Ubuntu? Or 555 or even older?

Hey, I am on arch trying to play enter the gungeon, but the progress I already had isnt on heroic and instead is a fresh save, is there a way for me to get my cloud saves back for games I have?

I'm new to Linux(mint) and are trying to update a pogram. I'm runing in wine but no matter what I do the update won't apply to the pogram. the update has to be installed whit an instaler I point at the pogram but won't let me select the folder holding the.exe

Hi all,

I am using Fedora 41, and more or less happy with the system. However, I have the problem that some games crash with older Nvidia drivers, some games crash with newer drivers, and I cannot fix this by switching around with WINE runtimes, it really needs the drivers.

Now if I have a "known good" combination of kernel and drivers, can I somehow keep that on the boot menu? Currently I have older kernels on the boot menu, but they immediately start compiling the latest nvidia driver version when I select them, which sometimes works, sometimes doesnt (because some drivers need 5.13+). Any way the end result is my game does not work.

So I would like to use latest kernel+latest driver by default, but be able to switch back to older kernel AND older driver in boot menu. Is there any boot option etc. that would accomplish this?

Thank you for your help...

Hi, just of pure curiosity I ran Dune:Awakening benchmark available on Steam, scores will be put in photo below, left is TAA no FSR and FG, right is just FSR. I was curious because of the permanent RT in UE5 games, which turned out to be not a big problem on mine RDNA3.

My specs:

- CPU: R5 7600,
- RAM: 32 GB 6000 MHz CL30,

- GPU: Sapphire PULSE 7800 XT,

- kernel: 6.13.5-102.bazzite.fc41.x86_64

- installed on NVME SSD SN580 WD 1 TB gen 4.

I upgraded my PC not long time ago, I read about FSR and FG, but as I've never had to use them (turns out likely tweaking settings a little will allow me not to use it much in the nearest future as well), but my question is:
What should I use first, having the Radeon GPU, TAA turned out to result in higher FPS, image quality seemed similiar to FSR. So is it the FSR I should opt 1st when I will have to, or at first I should turn on the Frame Gen, and then FSR? Or maybe they should go together. It might sound stupid, but I've never bothered using it, and I'm just now figuring it out as I'm about to upgrade to 1440P monitor soon.

Also, if someone has similiar specs and is willing to share his results maybe on different kernels, it would be nice to compare.

Game ran on Proton 9.0.4.

https://preview.redd.it/jbub3pd5yspe1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=a1d0c45dcdf3a79c54278fabeab7167f99991b96

Hello,

I Am thinking of Dual booting Arch with Windows but I still want to be able to play Valorant but As you know I have to disable secure boot to dual boot and to play valorant it should be enabled. So is there any solution for this ???

Alright, just so we are clear, no other game was having an issue but, I noticed then when I plugged my keyboard in (gmmk 3 HE wired) steam would show that there is a controller connected. When I unplugged it for a different keyboard Steam would stop showing that a controller was connected. Turns out the rbg controller for the keyboard. was being detected as a controller.

https://preview.redd.it/ara4ect24spe1.png?width=801&format=png&auto=webp&s=1b82f00b8e7fba014c1713b99de47fc77682717b

So what I ended up having to do was add a rule in the rule.d folder that just doesnt authorize it to do anything.

https://preview.redd.it/o017spfl4spe1.png?width=876&format=png&auto=webp&s=52891153958678f647cf8b6fac2d71d7c83e54e0

after adding that and restarting it seems to have fixed the issue, the rgb on my keyboard still works as intended.

Anyone having problems with the latest warframe patch? Out of town and trying to login on my laptop but I just have a black screen.

Haven't launched it on my laptop for a month or 2 so I'm trying to figure out if it's the new patch or something else

Edit: GE-proton seems to work

Good day, im relatively new to Linux (running LinuxMint 22.1) and i found a few emulators online for a console that i want to try out.

The first emulator has a lot of files in it and im able to run the emulator no problem by enabling the "Allow executing the file as program"

Now, the second emulator only has a few files in it (around 4) from the tar.gz file and im unable to run it even though i have enabled the "Allow executing the file as program" option. Is there a terminal command that i need to execute or am i missing files for it to run it?

Hey just wanted to share my experience gaming on debian.

After hearing that windows 10 stops getting updates in october I decided to try out gaming on linux. Afterall I keep hearing about how much its improved. I picked debian because many years ago when I was a teen with no money I used debian to torrent games and play on wine, this was 2008ish. I figured I might remember a thing or two.

When looking at then best distro for gaming I found 1 of 2 responses. 1 <insert random distro> or 2 they are all the same, you can make them all good. So I went with option 2. I installed debian testing, figuring it would have more uptodate drivers etc.

On reflection I think that if I just wanted to see how linux gaming was going, I should have picked a specialised distro. There is a learning curve to installing debian and I assume any distro. I ran into a bunch of issues, and confusing documentation. I had to search a low of threads to find answers for issues ranging from the login screen breaking and having to use startx to turn on the gui, to being able to selected a paired set of bluetooth headphones... why did it pair so easily, then never be an option for audio output?.. idk. On and installing Nvidia drivers is a hassle.

/rant

oh Also numlock, My bios turns numlock on. Debian login screen turns it off, ctrl+alt+f4 to go to the terminal turns numlock off, then startx and going to the gui turns numlock off. Tiliting...

/endrant
Anyway I got lutris installed, and had to do a bunch of workaround for steam to use a different drive to share games with my windows install. (Do not install steam flatpak) So once all that's done.

Yes gaming is better on linux than it used to be. Not having to play with wine directly, using lutris I was able to run a bunch of games which just worked.

The only issues I haven't figured out yet.

• Steam overlay doesn't work. No idea why, so far all debugging has not solved it.
• Mangohud doesn't work in steam, some threads suggest fixing steam overlay first. In goverly I can get it setup and working in the demo screen it opens but never in a steam game.

I did notice some other things that have me worried.

• First thing I noticed with VRR on goverly seemed to think the max fps was 120, I read briefly this is a thing sometimes, but maybe can be fixed? I have a 170hz monitor.

Typically in windows I do the ncp- vsync on, gsync on, low latency on, max fps 165 globally as per blur busters recommendation. I have not tried to get this working on linux yet, seems like mangohud can set global max fps and vsync? Ill need to look into it.

• No undervolting

My gpu has some heat issues, I probably need to repaste it at some point but with a undervolt I can knock 10-15 degrees off the temps, which makes it quieter and boosts the clock freq higher than without.

I know people say the workaround is to apply a - offset, but I want to undervolt and get MORE mhz, not less. Please correct me if I am misunderstanding that solution.

• strangle didnt work for me, so idk how to limit fps for certain games

Maybe counter to the point above but I couldnt get strangle working for me, after a hour or two of trying solutions I gave up. I didnt really look at other ways.

The other things I haven't gotten too is stuff like setting up macros for my keyboard, I assume this is pretty chill. and setting up my logitech mouses extra buttons and the dps reducer button, logitech g hub doesnt seem to be on linux so I am worried about the little button I hold to limit dps for snipping then release for normal. I assume there might be a workout but it seems niche enough that I suspect there isnt.

TLDR:

I think for gamers without my hang-ups, linux is a lot better for gaming. If I was just a plug and play sort of person, assuming linux is setup for me, or other distros do all the work for you then its pretty viable. KDE Plasma is a really nice desktop environment and mozilla is great especially with ublock.

Ill try and solve some of those little issues on the weekend but if I cant fix them, ill go back to windows until october and try again then.

At some point this year Ill probably switch from a nvidia gpu to a amd one, which might solve some issues, and I think for my next attempt Ill try a gaming distro so I can get into the gaming quicker and maybe have more stamina for fixing the little bugs. I am sure Ill make another rant about it then too :)