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Issue with connecting my controller to linux

11 May 2026 - 12:18pm

My laptop is HP 15s, 16GB RAM, amd ryzen 3 5300u. I have switched from windows to linux after some time, my issue is that my cosmic byte ares wired controller is not been detected as xbox controller in my linux os (Pop!_OS), its showing as Game-sir controller and taking as Dinput mode, But I wanted it as Xinput mode, Give me any solutions for this

submitted by /u/Inevitable-Month4718
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How to enable AMD FSR on FFXIV

11 May 2026 - 12:16pm

I recently installed FFXIV on cachy os. I used the non flat pak version, AUR I think, of the xivlauncher. I noticed that the AMD FSR option in the graphics menu is greyed out. I am running a 9070xt, newly installed on a fresh cachy install and made sure everything was up to date. I have some experience with Linux but can't figure out how to get this enabled.

submitted by /u/Baaron1688
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how do i downgrade bottles to version 61?

11 May 2026 - 11:28am

i need fsr to play even old games since my laptop is weak. please dont suggest using gamescope, i wish to only use fsr via bottles, if its possible. i use gnome bazzite. thanks in advance

submitted by /u/Spirited_End9038
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Minecraft Bedrock on Linux mint.

11 May 2026 - 10:57am

I'm rather new to Linux and would like to know how I could play Bedrock with friends. I've heard something about being able to run the android version? I've found some tutorials online but I feel Minecraft is one of those things that will have a lot of sketchy/scamy tutorials to steel your Google log in or something? If you know anything please LMK, kinda need badly.

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DXVK Windows - Linux Problem

11 May 2026 - 10:50am

Due to the complete incompetence of NVIDIA , for the mobile 16xx series , a game I love , Dying Light 1, has a few issues on Windows
-Really weird loading times and a WHOPPING 35% usage on GPU. Permanently. The game is literally unplayable averaging 20 fps.

Now the fun fact: The game runs , at 4k 60fps on Proton-GE. But due to some work problems I had, I ditched my Linux Distro to go back to Windows.
Some old forums recommended DXVK, but it runs even worse on it. Is there some sort of emulation I can do on my windows machine to simulate or even use a translation layer?

submitted by /u/nguyenscottcs
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How to install Rockstar Launcher on Linux (CachyOS)?

11 May 2026 - 6:22am

I own GTA V via the Rockstar Launcher. I wanna play it now that I'm switched to Linux (I'm aware online obviously doesn't work, but the Singleplayer does). I tried the Lutris method, the search Lutris for Community launchers option. I found the rockstar games launcher, set it up with where the prefix would be, what to call it, etc, clicked install (made sure to select the old standalone launcher from the options so it should install fine), it brings up a console screen where it shows everything it's doing, and in the video I watched (which was a year old but showed the same launcher download options in Lutris), where his brought up the installer screen, he went through it, it installed, and he could launch it after. Mine doesn't, the console eventually stops outputting text, says it's "done," but no installer screen ever came up, so nothing actually installed, but Lutris GUI comes up and says it's installed, so I tried clicking launch, obviously, it fails to launch because it can't find the launcher files. Because the installer never actually ran, and I tried making a new prefix folder and tried completely from scratch again too, did the same stuff, same result. The installer screen never shows, Lutris thinks it installed but can't launch the launcher because the files aren't actually there obviously.

Does anyone know any other actually working way to get the rockstar launcher installed, so I can then download and install GTA v and play it?

I don't know, this method should work but isn't.

submitted by /u/Big_E_Bigz
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Got the EOS overlay working on Linux by running the installer that ships with the game, might work for other EOS titles too.

11 May 2026 - 5:50am

Not sure how widely known this is, but running the EpicOnlineServicesInstaller.exe that ships with Ready or Not directly in its Steam Proton prefix got the EOS overlay working. Shift+F3 and everything.

WINEPREFIX=~/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/1144200/pfx wine ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Ready\ Or\ Not/EpicOnlineServicesInstaller.exe

Adjust paths to match your Steam library and location of the game.

Figured i might as well share for the next person trying to get EOS working in proton/wine.

submitted by /u/cperryoh
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Dead Space (2023) save data location?

11 May 2026 - 5:44am

I'm on Fedora and I need to wipe my save completely (please don't ask why). I've tried reinstalling the the game without steam cloud on and it still comes back to where it was. How do I reset this game?

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Games Feeling Choppy

11 May 2026 - 5:33am

I recently switched to Linux, but some games I run have a "choppy" feeling to them, even though I'm getting high fps. Using gamescope fixes the issue, but the overhead is killer. Is there any way to fix this?

I believe my current compositor is KWin, and I'm running Wayland. I have an Nvidia gpu, and I'm running Fedora as my distro. This affects all games I'm running, but I'm primarily noticing issues in Deadlock.

submitted by /u/Ok_Hawk5008
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How to more easily launch games using wine windows program loader?

11 May 2026 - 4:10am

I have a non-steam game that I have to launch by navigating to the directory in the file explorer, right click, open with "wine windows program loader". If I try to use the terminal by typing 'wine /path/to/executable', it will not work.

I am using sway with waybar, so is there a way to launch the game using "wine windows program loader" through a terminal command, so that I can make a waybar button that will execute that terminal command?

submitted by /u/Shindiggidy
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Very New Linux User: Found a fix for my audio issues, but I have to reimplement it after every reboot

11 May 2026 - 3:44am

https://forums.opensuse.org/t/audio-in-games-cuts-out-after-several-seconds/185139/12

(I'm running Mint Cinnamon) I have been experiencing game audio stuttering or cutting out and found a solution that works, linked above. By entering pw-metadata -n settings 0 clock.force-quantum 512 into the terminal, my problem is solved, but it's not permanent and I have to do it every time I turn on my computer to play.

The user in the forum suggests the following:

I created a file in /etc/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d called 15-clock-quantum.conf. The contents are:

context.properties = { default.clock.quantum = 512 }

That sets the clock buffer size to 512 by default. I double-checked it, after rebooting, by running:
“pw-metadata -n settings”.

I thought it was solved. Then I tested it, and it hadn’t fixed it. I’ll have to do more reading of the pipewire docs. I think that somehow, even though I set the default to 512, something is overriding that when the system boots, or when a game launches, or something. So I need to figure out how to lock that value. But like I said, I’m sure it’s in the docs somewhere. I have a few hours tomorrow to look into it. I will update when I have the solution. I created a file in /etc/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d called 15-clock-quantum.conf. The contents are:
context.properties = {
default.clock.quantum = 512
}

That sets the clock buffer size to 512 by default. I double-checked it, after rebooting, by running:

“pw-metadata -n settings”.
I thought it was solved. Then I tested it, and it hadn’t fixed it.
I’ll have to do more reading of the pipewire docs. I think that
somehow, even though I set the default to 512, something is overriding
that when the system boots, or when a game launches, or something. So I
need to figure out how to lock that value. But like I said, I’m sure
it’s in the docs somewhere. I have a few hours tomorrow to look into
it. I will update when I have the solution.

To which another user replies:

Maybe default.clock.min-quantum ? See man pipewire.conf.

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My understanding is that he edited his original line to read:

context.properties = {
default.clock.min-quantum = 512
}

This appears to have worked for the original user but I've only been using Linux for about 48 hours and I don't understand how they are implementing this fix. I think they're creating a new .conf file in pipewire? I tried to do just that but it appears I don't have the correct permissions. Do I just need to give myself permission somehow or am I off base? If so, any help would be great.

Thanks!

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Does anyone know why, when I downloaded Sober on Linux, I experienced a loss of FPS compared to Windows?

11 May 2026 - 3:28am

I downloaded Linux Mint to see if the problem wasn't Arch Linux, because I was losing FPS in Roblox/Sober compared to Windows.

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