Looks like I'm gonna get some use out of this account.

I'm running Ubuntu (not Kubuntu) and I was using GNOME until my incorrigible twink friend convinced me to try KDE Plasma, which I'm liking so far. Except now, none of my games use my GPU, even when I log back into GNOME. From what I can tell, everything is using llvmpipe via Mesa which is a software renderer. I know my nvidia drivers work because the Plasma desktop and Wayland compositor are using them, and I can use the full 144hz refresh rate of my monitor. Through all of my googling I can't seem to find someone else who's had this same issue.

My system configuration:

Operating System: Ubuntu 24.04 KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.12 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.115.0 Qt Version: 5.15.13 Kernel Version: 6.14.0-27-generic (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 6-Core Processor Memory: 30.5 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: zink Vulkan 1.4 Manufacturer: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Product Name: MS-7E10 System Version: 1.0

My GeForce RTX 5070 is not recognized in the system info, even though Plasma is using it!

What I've tried so far:

• Sidegrade/downgrade my nvidia driver package
  • nvidia-driver-575, -570, -575-server, and -570-server all cause my system to hang on the Ubuntu splash screen. Right now I'm using -575-open which at least boots successfully. I'm not sure if the other drivers crashing my system has anything to do with this issue, though.
• Deleting /etc/X11/xorg.conf, xorg.conf.d, /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf and the xorg.conf.d in that directory as well.
• Regenerating /etc/X11/xorg.conf with nvidia-xconfig, though I'm not sure what effect this has as I'm using Wayland.
• (Stupidly) uninstalling libllvm-18 which bricked my X11 sessions without fixing my issue.
• Setting the MESA_VK_DEVICE_SELECT and KWIN_DRM_DEVICES environment variables, which did nothing.

Some additional info:

nvidia-smi output:

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NVIDIA-SMI 575.64.03 Driver Version: 575.64.03 CUDA Version: 12.9 | |-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+ | GPU Name Persistence-M | Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC | | Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap | Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. | | | | MIG M. | |=========================================+========================+======================| | 0 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Off | 00000000:01:00.0 On | N/A | | 0% 39C P8 10W / 250W | 871MiB / 12227MiB | 1% Default | | | | N/A | +-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+

(cutting for brevity but then the process monitor shows the Plasma shell, Kate, Konsole etc. using the gpu, but not any of the games or non-kde apps I start)

nvidia-xconfig generated /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig # nvidia-xconfig: version 575.64.03 Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Layout0" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" EndSection Section "Files" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # generated from default Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # generated from default Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName "Unknown" Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Device0" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Device0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection

If anyone actually reads to the end here, thank you. I know this is a strange issue, but that's why I had to go and post about it.

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Hello, I haven't played Starfield in a while and now it seems it does not run anymore at all. PC specs:

System:
Kernel: 6.8.0-65-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A Desktop: Cinnamon 6.0.4 tk: GTK 3.24.33
wm: muffin vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy

Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: B550 AORUS ELITE V2 v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Gigabyte model: B550 AORUS ELITE V2 v: x.x serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: FD date: 06/08/2023

CPU:
Info: 6-core model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP smt: enabled arch: Zen 3 rev: 0
cache: L1: 384 KiB L2: 3 MiB L3: 32 MiB
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3

Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Navi 22 [Radeon RX 6700/6700 XT / 6800M] vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: amdgpu
v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-3
empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, Writeback-1 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:73df class-ID: 0300

Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu,ati
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,radeon,vesa gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2") s-diag: 582mm (22.9")
Monitor-1: DisplayPort-2 mapped: DP-3 model: Dell P2417H serial: <filter> res: 1920x1080
hz: 60 dpi: 93 size: 527x296mm (20.7x11.7") diag: 604mm (23.8") modes: max: 1920x1080
min: 720x400

OpenGL:
renderer: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (radeonsi navi22 LLVM 17.0.6 DRM 3.57 6.8.0-65-generic)
v: 4.6 Mesa 24.1.0-devel direct render: Yes

I keep getting errors like this (tried switching proton version, does not help);

https://preview.redd.it/shs4tk9tkmjf1.png?width=593&format=png&auto=webp&s=4f706febd0678980e780e62e880c5d400f17ae3e

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I was about to spend some big money on an admittedly fancy 2.4Ghz dongle controller, when I decided to throw a hail mary and see if there were other bluetooth managers out there. Yep. And it just works and I don't have to keep reconnecting all my stuff each time I turn it off. Figured I'd pass it along. Remember you matter, and have an AMAZING day!

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Hi, I am trying to get Microsoft Flight Simulator to run in Linux, but so far I had not much success despite it being Gold on ProtonDB. I have a Ryzen 7 9800X3D, Nvidia 5080 with Version 575-Drivers. Tried it with Linux Mint and CachyOS, both got the same Problem. It loads initially, I can log in to my Microsoft-Account. After that you can see the loading bar move a bit and then it just stops. Background-Pictures continue to cycle for another 2 minutes or so, then Linux asks, if you want to wait or force the game to quit. Tried Proton 9.0-4, lates Proton GE, and on CachyOS the current native Proton, same Behavior. Anyone got any Idea?

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I have a PC that I share with my brother and a laptop for myself. The specs are rx 6600xt + r5 5600x for the PC, and i5 12th gen + mx 450 (not sure of the laptop's gpu). The main question is this: Would linux make my laptop just a bit capable of handling games? I mainly play valorant, lol & minecraft. I read before that riot's anticheat doesn't work on linux, and I have no problem with droping val & lol. I also play the witcher 3 sometimes and sekiro too.

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Hello.

Just installed Fedora 42 with Gnome and then Sunshine.

When I connect to Sunshine using Moonlight on my Shield TV, the games are not scaling properly.

Any hints as to what I can do to fix this?

My specs are:

AMD 5600X

Pulse 7900 XTX

Dell 27" 4K@60hz monitor.

2019 Shield TV connected to a LG C9 via Ethernet (1GB)

Xbox One controller, hardwired to the Shield.

Fedora 42 Workstation with Gnome.

Latest Sunshine and Moonlight apps.

Thanks in advance.

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Guys, I've been using dual boot for some good years now. Linux was mainly used for work and Windows for gaming.

Yesterday, I was doing nothing, and I decided to give Wine a try (I've never used it before tbh). It's pretty straightforward to use, but upon making a quick performance test on a Wine CinebenchR23, it delivered like ~21000 points, while I get some ~34000 on Windows.

Is this performance drop normal??

Arch + Intel CPU and NVIDIA GPU

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Hello everyone. i am trying to install San Andreas Multiplayer, however, I am not able to go past this screen. I have tried to use lutris to launch it through wine-ge and protonge but it just doesnt work. I am on latest OpenSuse Tumbleweed. What can I do to fix it? GTA:SA works well, i just need to install the online mod. Thank you in advance!

https://preview.redd.it/x84pux2r2mjf1.png?width=1605&format=png&auto=webp&s=5af4534ec6c61b0199cdf1f7ba9b192998b22766

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I've had this issue for a while now and its pretty annoying, whenever i join in the main game its all alright, but when i join pro servers of the same game the chat just stops working, i cant see the bubbles of people above their head altough if the chat is "closed", altough there is no difference, you can see numbers of messages go up, untill 99, and then it stops

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Hey everyone,

I recently switched to CachyOS and wanted to share my experience so far. My specs are: Ryzen 9 9950X3D + RTX 4090, paired with an HDR G-SYNC–enabled monitor. Overall, I’m really happy with the results, but I’m running into some issues with gaming stability.

My main question is whether there’s anything I can do right now, or if I basically just need to wait for better NVIDIA driver support.

HDR issues

I tried Cyberpunk 2077 and Silent Hill 2, but I couldn’t get HDR to work in either game. HDR is enabled under “Display Configuration,” but it doesn’t seem to apply. I’m running the games through Steam with “Force GE-Proton10-12”.

Performance / smoothness

FPS is decent (a noticeable hit compared to Windows, but about what I expected). The issue is smoothness—it feels like something is off with G-SYNC / V-Sync / VRR. I couldn’t find the right options in the NVIDIA control panel on Linux. It’s like the games run, but without proper frame pacing.

I’ve attached screenshots of my current settings. If something looks misconfigured, or if there are tweaks I can try to improve this, I’d really appreciate the help.

Thanks a lot!

Nvidia settings

steam settings 1

steam settings 2

no hdr option in cyberpunk

no hdr option in silent hill 2

display configuration

cyberpunk benchmark results

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Recently tried running Black Ops 3 with the CleanOps patch via steamtinkerlaunch.

The problem I have now is that I can "open" the patch UI but I can't really do anything in it as I can't see it on screen. Does anyone really know a fix for this?

Window session is XWayland and Proton Version is GE Proton 10-10

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I have a optiplex 9020 micro pc and was wondering if I need to change the proton version or another setting to get games to run.

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I did all the install packages but it says this after doing everything

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I've been playing all of Rockstar Games titles through their launcher flawlessly for over two years. Now it suddenly fails to load and shows this error:

https://preview.redd.it/xy8a6oeccljf1.png?width=987&format=png&auto=webp&s=d2d451c965b497dc8caaff2c29e508395c193417

https://reddit.com/link/1mst183/video/5in25onkcljf1/player

Sometimes it makes it to the login prompt but then also fails randomly:

Offline Mode also doesn't work because the DRM forces me to log in to verify my purchase.

I have also attached a log of me launching the app, it failing, me clicking retry, it failing again and then me clicking close: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jaeoqJ767Kf2VMBz-zH5O7pqDiLuWi7c/view?usp=sharing (Google Drive because the Log is too long)

I have already tried different Proton and GE-Proton versions Experimental, most recent, and GE 10-4 through 10-12 (GE 10-4 was working perfectly only a few weeks ago). I also ran it as a non Steam app and through Lutris. I have also tried installing with a freshly downloaded installer into a freshly created prefix, but it resulted in the same error (in this case a good thing because it should be easily reproducible). If you can't reproduce it, this may be a result of a bit too much of tinkering on my side. Then I'll have a good excuse for distro hopping.

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The combo dock/kvm is pretty niche and even worse when you require dual DisplayPort or DisplayPort MST.

Av access has dock/kvm: iDock B10.I asked on their forum if is does support DisplayPort MST.

Are there any other recomendations instead?

This is a Linux+AMD-GPU specific requirement because the HDMI Forum does not allow AMD to make open source drivers that support HDMI 2.1 (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/hdmi-forum-to-amd-no-you-cant-make-an-open-source-hdmi-2-1-driver/)

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How to launch SSEEdit though Mod Organizer 2 and have SSEEdit run in Windows xp.

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As the title suggests, I would like to have an unfocussed window listen to keystrokes, so that if I press certain hotkeys, the unfocussed window responds. As I understand this has become more difficult under Wayland, but besides that, I am having trouble finding actionable info on the topic.

I have a pretty basic install of Ubuntu 24.04, using GNOME. The main programme I want to set this up for (VNyan) is ran through Proton, since it's Windows software, and consequently I don't expect portals to work. The main results I can find when trying to look for this are keyboard shortcuts and ydotool, but since I am not trying to run commands or do things programmatically, these also don't seem particularly helpful.

I believe Hyprland binds may be able what I want to do, but before trying to install that, I was wondering if anyone has any ideas that could work on my setup as is. Thanks for any help!

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Game has been working flawlessly out of the box since I switched to linux. but 3 days ago I finally got Phantom LIberty, and the game started freezing, seemingly at random, between 2 minutes and an hour into gameplay. Video freezes and audio continues to play (although there is no 'new audio'. If there is dialogue, the current sentence ends and then its just the same background music)

I have tried multiple versions of proton, including experimental, GE, and Hotfix.

Anyone have ideas?

OS: Linux Mint 22.1 x86_64
Host: 82WS (Legion Pro 7 16ARX8H)
Kernel: Linux 6.8.0-71-generic
DE: Cinnamon 6.4.8
WM: Muffin (X11)
GPU 1: AMD Radeon 610M [Integrated]
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Max-]
Memory: 7.23 GiB / 30.53 GiB (24%)
Driver Version: 575.64.03

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