Hello, I recently updated my computer and suddenly Doom Eternal would no longer launch from Steam. I tried all of the fixes I could find online: reinstalling, -opengl or -vulkan in launch options, disabling steam overlay, and the only thing that worked was changing the Proton version to Proton Experimental (Proton Hotfix, GE-Proton, and Proton 7.0 - 9.0 didn't work). This created a new problem though; now in-game, certain options like settings or weapon upgrades can't be selected at all, clicking on them will cause them to flicker with nothing changing, it almost looks like it's clicking and un-clicking really quickly twice? I could change settings using arrow keys and enter as a workaround, but I can't select weapon upgrades at all. It's very strange because it worked perfectly out of the box, and I can't figure out which update broke it. Has anyone encountered this and found a fix? Thanks!

System:

Kernel: 6.8.0-71-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc

Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.2.9 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.2.0 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0

Distro: Linux Mint 22 Wilma base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble

Machine:

Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: B650 AORUS ELITE AX ICE v: x.x serial: <superuser required>

uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: F30 date: 05/22/2024

CPU:

Info: 8-core model: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D bits: 64 type: MT MCP smt: enabled arch: Zen 4 rev: 2

cache: L1: 512 KiB L2: 8 MiB L3: 96 MiB

Speed (MHz): avg: 1890 high: 4833 min/max: 545/5050 cores: 1: 3668 2: 545 3: 4620 4: 545

5: 4833 6: 4152 7: 545 8: 545 9: 545 10: 545 11: 4000 12: 545 13: 545 14: 545 15: 3520 16: 545

bogomips: 134139

Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm

Graphics:

Device-1: AMD Navi 31 [Radeon RX 7900 XT/7900 XTX/7900M] vendor: ASRock driver: amdgpu v: kernel

arch: RDNA-3 pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3,

HDMI-A-1, Writeback-1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:744c class-ID: 0300

Device-2: AMD Raphael vendor: Gigabyte driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 pcie:

speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-5,HDMI-A-2 empty: DP-4,DP-6,Writeback-2

bus-ID: 12:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:164e class-ID: 0300 temp: 34.0 C

Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu

unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,radeon,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1

Screen-1: 0 s-res: 4880x2560 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1291x677mm (50.83x26.65")

s-diag: 1458mm (57.39")

Monitor-1: DP-5 mapped: DisplayPort-4 pos: left model: Dell AW3423DWF serial: <filter>

res: 3440x1440 dpi: 109 size: 800x337mm (31.5x13.27") diag: 868mm (34.2") modes: max: 3440x1440

min: 720x400

Monitor-2: HDMI-A-2 mapped: HDMI-A-1 pos: primary,right model: LG (GoldStar) ULTRAGEAR

serial: <filter> res: 1440x2560 dpi: 93 size: 392x697mm (15.43x27.44") diag: 690mm (27.2") modes:

max: 2560x1440 min: 640x480

API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi device: 1

drv: radeonsi device: 2 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi x11:

drv: radeonsi inactive: wayland

API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: PPA glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes

renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi raphael_mendocino LLVM 19.1.7 DRM 3.57 6.8.0-71-generic)

device-ID: 1002:164e

API: Vulkan v: 1.3.275 layers: 8 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 0 type: integrated-gpu driver: N/A

device-ID: 1002:164e device: 1 type: discrete-gpu driver: N/A device-ID: 1002:744c device: 2

type: cpu driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000

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Decided to try seeing if FSR4 could be made to work on Steam Deck (RDNA2) in some manner after people got it working on RDNA3. Seemingly got it working, according to Optiscaler, but it destroys the FPS (1/3 - 1/2 fps vs XESS 2) and the image quality gain, if any, probably isn't worth it. Still, this is rough instructions on the complicated process it took to get it working for me, and I hardly know anything about this stuff, so there is probably better ways to do it:

1. Download Proton-EM here: https://github.com/Etaash-mathamsetty/Proton/releases (manually place in /home/deck/.steam/steam/compatibilitytools.d)

2. Download Cooperative Matrix Vulkan layer Zip here: https://github.com/doitsujin/coopmat-layer

3. Compile that Coopmat-layer folder (somewhat complicated and involves downloading SPIRV-headers and Vulkan-headers from GitHub).

4. Place Vklayer_FROG_cooperative_matrix.so (from Build folder) into /home/deck/.local/lib, Place Vklayer_FROG_cooperative_matrix.json into ~/.steam/steam/compatibilitytools.d/proton-EM-10.0-2C/files/share/vulkan/explicit_layer.d/ (you may have to create the last few folders)

5. Edit .json file so that the library path is "~/.local/lib/Vklayer_FROG_cooperative_matrix.so" (to make it point to where the .so file is)

6. Install Optiscaler to a game's folder to be able to convert upscalers to FSR 3.1 > FSR 4: https://github.com/optiscaler/OptiScaler

7. Edit Optiscaler.ini to basically put true for all the FSR4-related stuff.

8. Add this series of launch options to a Steam game with DLSS2+ / FSR2+ support: WINEDLLOVERRIDES=dxgi=n,b PROTON_FSR4_UPGRADE=1 DXIL_SPIRV_config=wmma_rdna3_workaround VK_INSTANCE_LAYERS=VK_LAYER_FROG_cooperative_matrix %command%

Step 3, compiling, is probably the hardest step since SteamOS file-system is read-only and that just complicates things a bit. I ended up struggling through it by using a combination of built-in Distrobox with the konsole, ChatGPT, and this very helpful forum post: https://www.resetera.com/threads/linux-steamos-ot-its-a-linux-system%E2%80%A6-i-know-this.557173/page-97#post-143723760

They aren't perfect instructions, but it's enough info to get to something usable, which there didn't seem to be for the Deck / RDNA2 yet.

Is it actually worth using on a Steam Deck though? As it currently runs, probably not. Aside from the complicated work to actually get it running (and long load times it can cause, if it doesn't freeze while loading), the performance hit is huge and, strangely, potentially tied to the output resolution? For example, that picture location from Cyberpunk ran at 45 FPS with XESS 2, but ~15 FPS with FSR 4. Whether it was FSR4 Quality or Ultra Performance, it was still stuck at ~15 fps while at 1280x800 resolution. I also tried with Baldur's Gate and it was the same story: stuck at ~15fps regardless of upscaler quality, despite the internal resolution definitely changing properly. Not something that could be considered playable. It's a longer process than getting RDNA3 running FSR4, and for less payoff. I personally would not recommend going through the hassle of trying to set this up, unless you are just really curious or think maybe you could make it run better.

I don't know if performance could realistically be made better in the future, but for now, I'd probably just stick to using Optiscaler to add XESS 2 to games.

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I'm checking out most of my fav games on steam that I play but they only support windows (I wanna switch to Linux) the games are tf2 red dead redemption metal gear solid stuff like that

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Hi everyone! I am currently looking for a gaming distro that supports AMD integrated graphics for my laptop. My laptop currently has a Ryzen 5 5600h and a Radeon RX 5500m. The laptop is slow now, back then when I first i got this laptop for Christmas. It was working fine with Windows, however over the years it began to got slower and I knew it may be time to switch to a different operating system. Please let me know by replying!

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Hello all, in CachyOS, i have checked the kwin debug console, and, as you can see, Steam semms to run in x11 mode. So, for gaming, isn't better to use directly X11 instead of Wayland? Thanks

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It was arguably the worst experience of my life. The game was great! But the shit I had to go through to even install and use windows was wild. I am happily going back to arch now. The game is not worth using windows for.

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Updated my GPU from a 4060 Ti to a 5070. Now when I log in the screen goes black and the cursor turns to an "x". Tried both HDMI and DP with no avail. Fairly certain I have the GPU hooked into the PSU (850x) properly. I don't have a dedicated 12v 2x6 slot on my PSU so I have two PCIE slots going into the provided adapter. I tried plugging back into the mobo and purging the drivers, reinstalling the recommended drivers, and rebooting to no avail. I am assuming this is a driver-related issue and am trying to figure out how to circumvent. Please advise. Thank you in advance.

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Using mint 22.1. specs: I9 11900kf, RTX 4060. driver: nvidia-driver-575-open

when i load into cs after the season 3 update i start in 60hz, when i change it to 165hz my monitor goes black and doesn't detect an input source as long as cs2 is running. Also had some issues with graphical glitches like some skins not appearing and on nuke any metallic surface is just black.

already: verified the integrity of the game files, reinstalled drivers, tried other driver versions and tried using different types of compatibility modes on steam (some of which won't even let me load into the game)

anyone else been having this issue and/or knows a fix?

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Hey everyone I want to build a small form factor pc that I can bring around for family trips to do some local coop on. After setting bazzite on my ally x and loving the emulation experience on that, I'd like to build something a bit beefier. As I understand GPU isn't relevant for emulation?

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I tried to go full linux a couple years ago, ofc as always I like hardcore mode so I got arch, I didnt know half of what I was doing and followed a youtube bald dude's tutorial, after a year of being able to play half my games and having constant problems with everything I gave up and went back to windows.

Now I had problems with w11, it is utter shit, my gpu (rx6700xt) had some driver problems that caused my pc to shut down randomly when playing games with old directx. After trying many solutions and changing my motherboard, power source and cpu cooler (initially thought problem was due to overheating so I got a liquid refrigeration for my CPU (Ryzen 9 5900x). I ended up finding out that amd drivers are better in linux so I happily tried to get back and my god I am surprised, I installed cachyos, it was so easy, I just needed to remember the update and install commands for pacman and have not looked a single time for any archwiki article or anything, everyhting just works, out of the fucking box. I just installed steam and fuck has proton improved, all my games are gold or platinum compatibility, Im now playing mafia old coutry which lauched a couple days ago and it just works the same day it got out, this was unthinkable back then...

Oh and I have tried cyberpunk elden ring and many others that i played on windows and I get between 10-30 more fps on average depending on the game, fuck I'm so happy

Thanks to all the programmers who made this possible, you are the best boys.

I hate microsoft

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Limbus Company showing UI flickering, and the now nicknamed \"Slenderman Quixote\"

After installing Limbus Company, ProtonGE9-27 and switching to Xorg, Limbus has been flickering at all times, we've tried fixes, but nothing seems to work, he's using an Intel I3 with a integrated graphics card. Seems weird because I'm also using Ubuntu and he didn't have this issue on Windows.

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How do you do fellow Linux gamers?

Recently I have had problems running SCP: Containment Breach.

There were two problems. It would not launch without throwing a 'Memory Access Violation Error'. I tried every launch command that I could try. The second is that once I got it working, I could not set an FPS limit no matter what I did, the in-game limiter is wonky at best, and the the solutions to it, while easy, took a bit of time to find. So I thought I would share the knowledge and make an easy guide to 1, get the game working and 2, get the game's FPS properly capped. These steps are also possible to do on Windows. I recommend both fixes for both Linux and Windows.

Step 1: Fixing The Error

The first fix is really easy. First, find your options.ini file. In SCP: Containment Breach, it is inside the main game files, with the executable. In other editions, such as the Ultimate Edition and Multiplayer Reborn, it is stored inside the game's prefix.

For SCP: Ultimate Edition for example, it is here

<path-to-prefix>/drive_c/users/steamuser/AppData/Roaming/scpcb-ue/Data/options.ini

For Multiplayer Reborn:

<path-to-prefix>/drive_c/users/steamuser/AppData/Roaming/scpcb-mr/Data/options.ini

If you don't know where to find your prefix location, for Steam it is pretty easy to find. Install and run 'protontricks', then select the game, select default prefix, then 'Browse Files...' not to be confused with the 'run explorer' option. You can also find it by finding the store ID of your game via the URL (if it is on the store) and comparing it with the IDs located in

.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/

Open the options.ini file, and under Advanced, set Play Startup Videos= to 0. So it looks like this:

[Advanced] Play Startup Videos=0

Yes seriously, this is the fix.

dxwrapper

The second thing we need is dxwrapper.

SCP: CB runs using DirectX7 (specifically DirectDraw/Direct3D via ddraw.dll). For Linux this means we are stuck with WineD3D. If you care about stability, compatibility, and capping your fps, dxwrapper is what you need, most importantly because it will give us the ability to translate to Direct3D 9 via the Dd7to9 module, and hence give us the option to run DXVK, which is better, more supported and can properly cap your fps using DXVK_FRAME_RATE= among other options.

None of what I tried worked, short of intentionally starving the game of CPU, but as it turns out it is an imprecise, unsatisfying solution. Maybe it works for some, but it didn't for me. dxwrapper also serves to make the game more stable and compatible, so I highly recommend it.

Step 2: dxwrapper Installation

Download dxwrapper from here, on the bottom right under releases: https://github.com/elishacloud/dxwrapper

Then open the .zip file.

https://preview.redd.it/2bsw6urey8if1.png?width=1281&format=png&auto=webp&s=b3e158228604f9b691150240a4949bd5b2a49a10

From here, go into 'Stub', pick only ONE file called 'ddraw.dll', and place it in your game folder. Then, grab 'dxwrapper.dll' and 'dxwrapper.ini' from the main directory, put that into your game folder as well.

Then open 'dxwrapper.ini' in a text editor, such as Kate or nano, and under compatibility, set 'Dd7to9' to '1', so it looks like this:

[Compatibility] Dd7to9 = 1 D3d8to9 = 0 DDrawCompat = 0 Dinputto8 = 0 DisableGameUX = 0 EnableDdrawWrapper = 0 EnableD3d9Wrapper = 0 EnableDinput8Wrapper = 0 EnableDsoundWrapper = 0 EnableOpenDialogHook = 0 WinVersionLie = off WinVersionLieSP = 0 HandleExceptions = 0 SingleProcAffinity = 0

Save and exit.

Now we're going to add the ddraw file in winecfg, so it prefers the native version first and hence uses dxwrapper. You can also do this with a DLLOVERRIDE launch argument, but in this tutorial we're going to do it with the GUI.

Step 3: Adding ddraw.dll as a DLL override

First we need to go back into protontricks. Open protontricks, select the game's prefix again and this time open 'winecfg'. You will see a window open like this.

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Click on 'Libraries', then type ddraw.dll and click on Add. It will throw you a warning that changing the load order is not recommended. Click confirm, then apply. You will be able to see ddraw as a DLL override in the list.

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Final notes

You have successfully fixed the MAV error and are now using dxwrapper. Wiith that, you are almost set to launch the game. Finally, go into properties of the game and in the launch options, set variables you want, such as for frame capping: DXVK_FRAME_RATE=165 You are all set from there. Make sure to put %command% after your commands. For Windows, obviously these are not necessary.

These are my launch options for SCP: UE:

gamemoderun DXVK_FRAME_RATE=163 DXVK_ASYNC=1 %command%

Cheers! I hope this tutorial will help some people.

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I am having issues getting a Sunshine/Moonlight configuration working properly. It is incredibly slow. I have a 2.5GB connection between the client host. I have tried pretty much everything I could find online to get this working properly. Anyone here know what to do?

PS. This setup was working just fine on Windows. I just recently switched to CachyOS and gaming has been great locally. I need Sunshine to work properly since I stream from my TV quite often. Really dont want to go back to windows.

System:

OS: CachyOS x86_64

Kernel: Linux 6.16.0-5-cachyos

DE: KDE Plasma 6.4.3

WM: KWin (Wayland)

CPU: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-13600K (20) @ 5.10 GHz

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti [Discrete]

Memory: 8.51 GiB / 31.05 GiB (27%)

Swap: 0 B / 31.05 GiB (0%)

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For the NVENC preset I tried P1 and P4. Both run terribly.

Sunshine SystemD Settings:
[Unit]
Description=Sunshine self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight
After=graphical-session.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/sunshine
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5s
Environment="WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-0"
Environment="XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland"

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

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Hi

So I have tried to play with HDR and I cannot figure it out

Every time I put HDR ON the colors becomes "washed" out or or maybe just more bright.

Now I believe that there would be more color space with HDR but as it is now, it looks better without it

I am sure I am doing something wrong, because when I game on Windows (dualboot) it all looks better.... though it is not the same game I am running (BF1)

I have waited for some time to playing certain games, as I wanted to play them with HDR and without gamescope.

So I waited for all the tech to get aligned, like Proton, Wayland, Mesa, Radeon.

But now it seems there is something wrong.

Can anybody tell me, it is just the games Resident Evil 4 Remake and Diablo 4, That have bad HDR implementation or it is Proton or Linux, that is till not ready for it ?

or is it my settings or something in game or in system ?

so here my system specs:

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Fedora Linux (fully updated and newest version)

KDE

Wayland

Steam (flatpak)

Proton-GE 10-10

9800X3D

9070XT

HDR1000 screen connected through DisplayPort 2,1, that works fine with HDR in windows

I run this command in Steam Launch options:

PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 PROTON_ENABLE_HDR=1 %command%

Display configuration I set for "prefer efficiency " and after that "prefer color accuracy" tried both and nothing really changed

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Also another thing, when I set HDR on in Resident Evil4 remake, the mouse seems to have some latency all of a sudden... anybody knows what that's about ?

PS all the bright and washed out pictures is when HDR is on,

It is especially noticeable when you look at the Diablo 4 menu

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I use my computer with a TV and I tried the whole adapter thing with a 7000 series a while back and it did not go well. There would be flickering and other issues. Even when I thought it was finally working right I started seeing color banding on random scenes telling me it was still not quite right.

Is there any solution yet in 2025? It's one of the main reasons I still need Nvidia. I keep eyeballing the 9070 but I just know I'll be disappointed again when I plug it in and see color banding and flickering and everything else and I'm not about to lock myself to 60hz in 2025.

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Hello! I finally made the switch from Windows to Linux! I've been using Linux for years, but as a secondary system. I have EndeavourOS, which I've been using as my main system for 3 months. All the games I've played, no problems (I don't use the anticheat ones), games like Gow Ragnarok, RE4 Remake, GTA V, Spiderman, etc. I didn't even install games from any store ;) I even installed them using Steam. It's spectacular, really. I have a dual boot with Windows, just in case. I really like how everything works!

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