Multiple times now has Steam interrupted me while playing. It wants to close Steam and update my controller firmware but i have no controller plugged in? What gives?

I recently switched to Fedora 42 (KDE), never before have i had this issue. It also looks super sketchy so i've never updated. I have a controller but it's not plugged in and it's certainly not a Sony controller, i have a Logitech F310 that has never been used once since the Fedora install.

What can i do here? I don't want to update the firmware for something i don't use, in fact i barely use a controller, and i don't want to keep being interrupted in the middle of a play session... I'm really confused by this.

I'm unsure if i need to provide more info like it says in the guide on the sidebar but here goes:

Distro: Fedora Linux 42 (KDE Plasma Desktop Edition)
Kernel: 6.15.8-200.fc42.x86_64
GPU Driver: NVIDIA 575.64.05
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core

I installed Steam from RPM Fusion.

when i start the game it freeze like that

any solution please

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Hey everyone, I'm having a hard time getting games to run properly on my PC with Linux. Here's my setup:

• OS: Debian 12
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 (dedicated)
• Drivers: Latest proprietary drivers installed
• Platforms: Steam and Heroic Games Launcher

Most Windows games either:

• show a black screen and crash,
• or display messages like "DX12 is not supported" or "D3D11-compatible GPU required".

I've tried:

• Setting the correct GPU using environment variables (e.g., DXVK_FILTER_DEVICE),
• Using different Proton versions (including GE-Proton),
• Installing dependencies like Vulkan and Wine,
• Setting launch options on Steam and Heroic.

Some games work when forcing the GPU manually, but most still won't launch or crash after opening.

Has anyone with a similar setup made it work? Any help or suggestions would be really appreciated!

Hi reddit, I am thinking about dual booting windows and linux and am going to install pop os because im sick if windows spying on me. Before I install pop os I have a couple questons. 1. Does nvidia have good support for linux? 2. Can I run games that need some form of windows software like powershell to run certain games like stalker gamma? 3. Should I move all of my games that don't require windows t linux, (I ask this cuz my drive is only 512gb) 4. Does software id use on windows have a lot of open source alternatives such as msi afterburner, logitech ghub, etc? 5. I've seen all the cool customization and wonder if it's easy to do? If this is the wrong subreddit forgive me for I don't really post on reddit but am interested in at least giving linux a try.

Everyone is complaining about cheaters and for a good reason and everyone is calling for an AC, people are expecting kernel level anti cheat like those found in valorant, but I doubt that they know that their are people who exist that are using linux.

so... back on windows i used gpupv to make a vm with gpu acceleration, there is something like that on linux?? somthing like a conteiner with a virtual session would be perfect as it would be less resource intensive, i just need to run 2 instances of the same game while my friend play one of those instances remotely

Hey! I have tried to google and even run the exe (downloaded via browser, needed to change the user agent as it won't let you download if you are not on Windows) via Bottles but it just refuses to install. My question is, was anybody able to make it run on linux as this would finally make me free from dual-booting. And no, Waydroid is not an option, almost all games I play have VM detection. Thanks!

It’s a total victory for Linux in War Thunder-Windows doesn’t stand a chance.

Hi,

has anyone tried running UE5 games on AMDVLK? Is it worth it? What I saw is AMDVLK performs more smiliar in RT to Windows, rather than RADV, thus maybe it would be worth it to use it when playing UE5 games with permanent RT enabled? How could it be done?

A while back i made a football manager for linux terminal and called it cmd football manager , its still in development so if you think a new feature could be implemented go ahead and suggest.

Meanwhile i also made a Graphical User Interface for the game.

check it out at : https://themostimportantperson.itch.io/cmd-football-manager

Hi, i bought PS5 dualsense to play games on steam. The problem is that some games use touchpad push as an input: for example in dying light it opens crafting menu. However, as soon as i touch the touchpad it turns the input into keyboard and mouse -> not beeing able to use its intended function.

I am on fedora 42 gnome, and disabling touchpad in gnome settings also diasbles its push function. I have searched everywhere and i have not found a solution. This is making me not able to play any games which use touchpad push in any capacity, basically making all the purchases i did useless.. any help?

Hi everyone,

I am looking for a wireless keyboard and a mouse fully supported in Linux. Basic criterias are:

1. No RGB (or optional).
2. Any related software is optional, especially without Linux support (I don't really need all these programmable features).
3. Cable + Bluetooth + 2.4ghz for both pieces.
4. Plug and play with any modern distro without an additional set up or tweaking.
5. Full size mechanical keyboard.
6. (optional) Metal keyboard case material.

Keyboard and mouse can be from different vendors, it doesn't really matter.

Will appreciate any help and reviews, thank you!

From an NVIDIA moderator:

While looking at Horizon Zero Dawn Linux performance we identified a general optimization that benefits multiple titles with VKD3D. It is still in development.

NVIDIA Developer Forum

I'm on ubuntu. I'm trying to use lsfg-vk to get better performance in games. But for that the needs to be in vulkan. I'm trying it on Clair obscure: Expedition 33. But the game natively doesn't have vulkan option. I tried using the latest Ge proton but the DXVK still doesn't work. What am I doing wrong?

hey everyone, i recently switched from PopOS to CachyOS , gaming doesn't work, i game through heroic launcher, first off installing the games was a pain and the setup.exe don't really work (guessing it's a permissions issue) and as for the games i have, i installed all dll components necessary and yet nothing, they don't launch, i even downloaded cachy's version of proton and yet it doesn't work, if anyone has any experience with gaming in Arch, i would appreciate your help, and one more thing, PCSX2 and Cemu are working fine, so for now i can only emulate i guess.

also audio decides to stop working every now and then

I usually play Hunt Showdown, but unfortunately the developers have managed to mess up EAC for Linux. Now I have to find a suitable replacement. What FPS games do you play? If possible an extraction shooter, but it doesn't have to be. What do you recommend?

I currently play these games on my cell phone, I have a Lenovo Thinkpad T490 with i7 8665u with 24gb ram uhd620, I'm going to download BazziteOs on it, I'm going to dual boot it just to play Valorant on Windows and I'm going to leave Linux as the main one, as I recently got it I'm still using it in games, I know it's not very powerful, I have to change the cooler because it heats up a lot, but it should be enough to play something.