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Can't get steam overlay (and thus PS5 controller) to work on Jedi Fallen Order

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 10 May 2025 - 3:15pm

I have purchased the game on steam. I have the overlay enabled, it works on other games, yes, it is not disabled on this game either. I tried every piece of advice I could find on the internet, have been struggling with this for hours. The controller works in other games (Ghost of Tsushima, Balatro, etc, even worked with Jedi Survivor, when I was testing to see how it would run).

What I see:

The game starts and works, but I don't get controller input in it. I can't open steam overlay. When I open the game, the EA app pops up for a couple of seconds, saying "Preparing game" or something similar. When I see that, I can open steam overlay (in that tiny window). I believe that there may be an issue with the injection of steam's overlay into the game. Starting the game in big picture mode doesn't work either.

My main question is: how do I get the controller to work? I don't really care about the overlay.

Thank you in advance for any useful input you may have!

PS: Other info that might be useful:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
GPU: AMD Radeon RX7900XT
RAM: 32 gigs, 6000MHz
OS: Kubuntu 25.04 with Wayland
Steam: Installed via apt, steam-devices installed after.

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Switch distro for a gaming one

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 10 May 2025 - 2:57pm

I've been on Ubuntu for a very long time (around 15y I guess?). I've always managed to play and it's been getting easier and easier with a broader choice in the recent years. However my Ubuntu system (24.10, all AMD now) seems to be getting slower and slower (I probably should have installed it again at some point, I tend to copy from disk to disk over years). And I would probably enjoy a more up-to-date distro. I read quite a few posts here about Nobara or Bazzite, that seem most recommended.

I enjoy gaming but also do a lot of things on this computer (3d printing/modeling, developing, electronics, some AI stuff etc...). How would be the experience on gaming distros for these tasks ? Just as easy ? I don't really understand how being gaming-focused changes overall experience.

thanks for reading

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Looking for help choosing a distro.

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 10 May 2025 - 2:04pm

I have a mini pc (Minisforum UM870) and I want it to be my Linux gaming desktop. After much research I think I will go with either Bazzite or CachyOS.

What is the consensus for ease of use and performance? The iGPU is an AMD 780m.

Thanks!!

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Enabling GSYNC on fedora, need help

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 10 May 2025 - 1:48pm

Hi everyone!

I’ve been testing Linux (Fedora 42) for gaming, and honestly, I’m super impressed by how well most games work. But trying to enable G-SYNC has been a nightmare.

Here’s what’s happening:

✅ On Wayland, the nvidia-settings utility is missing most of the options (no G-SYNC toggle, no G-SYNC indicator). So I installed an X11 session instead.

✅ On X11, the nvidia-settings options finally appear. I enabled G-SYNC and turned on the indicator…
→ But when I launch games, the indicator always shows “Normal” (no G-SYNC active).

Sometimes G-SYNC kicks in after toggling between fullscreen and windowed multiple times, but only whenusing VRR testing tools (https://github.com/Nixola/VRRTest)— it works once in a while, but no reliable behavior.

I read that Wayland now supports G-SYNC, but since nvidia-settings has no G-SYNC options or indicator on Wayland, I can’t even tell if it’s working.

At this point, I just want any reliable way to make G-SYNC work (either Wayland or X11, doesn’t matter).

What I’ve tried so far:

Experimental features:

gsettings get org.gnome.mutter experimental-features
Result :

['scale-monitor-framebuffer', 'variable-refresh-rate', 'xwayland-native-scaling']

Kernel parameters:

cat /proc/cmdline

BOOT_IMAGE=(hd0,gpt4)/vmlinuz-6.14.5-300.fc42.x86_64 root=UUID=18dd1431-dd25-4851-8492-c85471e7a9da ro rootflags=subvol=root rd.luks.uuid=luks-c38ec1cb-0e59-43e8-a056-10e782b6553b rhgb quiet rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau modprobe.blacklist=nouveau nvidia-drm.modeset=1

Xorg config:

Here’s my /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

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# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings # nvidia-settings: version 570.144 Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Layout0" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" Option "Xinerama" "0" EndSection Section "Files" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # generated from default Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # generated from default Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" EndSection Section "Monitor" # HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName "Acer XB271HU" HorizSync 34.0 - 222.0 VertRefresh 30.0 - 144.0 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Device0" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090" Option "AllowGSYNC" "True" EndSection Section "Screen" # Removed Option "metamodes" "2560x1440_144 +0+0 {AllowGSYNCCompatible=On, AllowGSYNC=On}" # Removed Option "metamodes" "2560x1440_144 +0+0 {ForceCompositionPipeline=On, ForceFullCompositionPipeline=On, AllowGSYNCCompatible=On}" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Device0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 Option "Stereo" "0" Option "nvidiaXineramaInfoOrder" "DP-0" Option "metamodes" "2560x1440_144 +0+0 {AllowGSYNCCompatible=On}" Option "AllowFlipping" "true" Option "SLI" "Off" Option "MultiGPU" "Off" Option "BaseMosaic" "off" SubSection "Display" Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection My questions:
  • Is there any way to show G-SYNC indicator on Wayland?
  • What’s the **simplest reliable way to make G-SYNC work (I don’t mind using X11 or Wayland — I’ll use whatever works best)?**
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