Hello!

I recently switched from Windows to Linux (Using Linux Mint 21.3) and it's been a pretty awesome experience/change overall but there's an annoying issue that I'm running into that I can't seem to find a solution to. So far, to my knowledge, this hard-crash does not happen while just using the desktop, only when playing games.

Specs:

Intel Core i7 14900k

AMD 7900XTX Red Devil

64 GB DDR5 RAM

Linux Mint 21.3

Kernel: 6.5.0-27-generic

Mesa version: 24.0.8 from Kisak-mesa PPA

X11 Display Server (Wayland currently unstable/testing for Mint)

For whatever reason I'm running into issues with certain games in which my system 100% completely locks up while playing. I checked logs and I did see wine64 do a core dump around 7:56 PM yesterday which is around the time where Diablo IV completely locked up my system. Here's a snippet of the error:

Process 3421 (wine64) of user 1000 dumped core.

Found module ~/.local/share/lutris/runners/wine/wine-ge-8-26-x86_64/bin/wine64 with build-id: b06896eced74105a2ee515c66a1e7d9346ad33fb

Found module /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 with build-id: 246ac0d8deba5a40c63e9a1a87d4d779d8eb589f

Found module linux-vdso.so.1 with build-id: 24544dfc4a0fd9fa84a623515c92f78febfb440b

Stack trace of thread 3421:

0 0x00006ffffe8cca8b __brk (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 + 0x25a8b) 1 0x00006ffffe8c67ee frob_brk (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 + 0x1f7ee) 2 0x00006ffffe8c8598 _dl_start_final (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 + 0x21598) 3 0x00006ffffe8c7298 _start (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 + 0x20298)

Games that have currently crashed/have crashed:
Diablo IV - Only recently started hard-locking my system

XDefiant (this one i'm not that worried about cause it literally came out so understandable)

Borderlands 3 Steam (System package Steam, not flatpack Steam) So far no crashes on lowest settings but disappointing because I can run this game no problem with max settings except for the annoying lock-ups.

Changes I've done to /etc/sysctl.conf:

vm.max_map_count = 2147483642

kernel.split_lock_mitigate=0 (I tried re-enabling this to see if it's causing the crashing but issue persists whether it's on or off)

Troubleshooting steps i've taken:

Roll-back from Kernel 6.5.0-35 to 6.5.0-27 (I noticed this crashing way more when I updated kernel versions so I rolled back, but I'm still locking up)

Try different proton version (GE, lutris default ones, default steam ones for steam games,etc...)

I noticed that lutris likes to default enable DXVK-NPAPI/DLSS which is not needed since i'm on AMD so I disable it.

Applications I typically have open while gaming (may help identify an issue):

Discord Flatpack version

Firefox Flatpack version

Steam and/or lutris depending on which app I use to run the game

Any help and/or questions regarding additional information for diagnosing is welcomed. Thank you so much!

PS: "Just install x distro" is not something I'm willing to do. To me that would be an absolute last ditch effort and I'm honestly liking Linux Mint a lot.

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Hello everyone! I'm trying to run a game that seems to get detected that is being ran on Wine. Game is called S4League (Now Xero, S4 used to work) so when you try to open the launcher xero.exe it says "contact the developer", since ik there are some techie people here, maybe anyone can find a workaround for this? https://xero.gg

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https://youtu.be/fntVSUCFAwY?si=XlgM4H0EP5QmEBcX

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Between recent driver updates and firmware all of my hardware seems to be working properly together on Linux so I decided to pull the trigger and wipe windows to move over to Linux on desktop since I've already done that on my laptop. While I was installing OpenSUSE I decided to use LVM so I could just increase my storage pool by adding drives as I move my Windows data over rather than having them appear separately and managing mount points. All appeared fine until I booted up Helldivers 2 and tried to drop in. The game crashed and the disk was reporting read-write errors and wasn't letting me run any commands successfully. No big deal, probably just something corrupt when I transferred over my configs, so I did a fresh install and tried Helldivers again before transferring everything over with the same result. I decided to try an install on a spare drive with everything identical except traditional partitions instead of LVM and everything worked fine. Never seen anything like that happen before, and I figured LVM is mature enough that problems like that would have been worked out already.

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I was looking at maybe making a budget gaming Linux PC, when a couple of mini PC options popped up, and for value they seem pretty awesome.

Contemplating perhaps the Beelink Ser5?

Here's what I would like to be able to do for around the $300-500 price range: -potentially dual boot (windows+Kubuntu?) I like to play League of Legends hence the windows. - On Linux I'd like to play relatively simple or old games - nothing too recent. - I'd like to be able to use waydroid to play some Google play games. Seems Wayland plays well with KDE? Hence Kubuntu. Am I getting that right? - Just have a relatively decent work horse that I may use for video editing/ office work etc.

A lot of the mini PCs I'm looking at are pure AMD (CPU Ryzens with built in AMD GPUs). Any driver or kernel issues I should know about?

Anyone using any mini PC brands they recommend for a Linux - gaming -PC?

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Hey! It's that time of year where I try my hand at Linux again! This time I'm gonna give Kubuntu or Bazzite a try, but one of the things that always trips me up is getting my keyboard and mouse working properly. I play games quite a bit and I've been using a Logitech G915 tlk and a Logitech Pro X Superlight on a powerplay mat. If these are known to work now, then I've got no questions, just here to say you guys rock. Otherwise:

At this point I'm comfortable changing to something different, but with the following caveats:
keyboard: Low profile, tactile feel (Thinking browns, or milky yellows), wired is fine, no preference there.
Mouse: Ultra-light, wireless.

I was hoping to come here and see what people recommend. Budget is no issue (I mean, nothing above 4 digits for the pair, let's be reasonable).

Thanks for your replies!

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I love this game, but after I installed Linux Mint I suffer from stattering (but my fps is about 40-60 on high). Does anyone know how to beat this problem? I use protonGE 9-5, xanmod kernel and mesa from kisak.

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Hi guys! Recently have been thinking about switching from windows to Linux but need to find out of I will lose out on game performance. Most of the stuff I do on my pc is gaming related so is Linux still lagging behind Windows and, if so, is the gap closing? Linux would be perfect for everything else I use and this is the final "piece of the puzzle" for me.

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the compose yml file contents are

version: "3"
services:
minecraft:
image: itzg/minecraft-server
volumes:
- minecraftdata:/data
- /home/Minecraft/plugins:/plugins
ports:
- 25565:25565
environment:
EULA: "TRUE"
TYPE: "BUKKIT"
OPS: "SwissCheeseFan"
ENABLE_WHITELIST: "TRUE"
ENFORCE_WHITELIST: "TRUE"
tty: true
stdin_open: true
restart: unless-stopped
volumes:
minecraftdata:
external: true

would I just add another directory made for mods like

- /home/Minecraft/mods:mods or change the "TYPE:" to auto curse forge or just keep bukkit for plugins and put the mods somewhere else or can I add another "TYPE:" for mods?

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Valve appreciation post. Thank you valvo.

And Mods, I can assure you this post does not contain "Memes, image macros, rage comics, trolling, shitposting, or baiting", but if you want to continue the tradition of removing my posts for no reason I wouldn't put it past you.

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Greetings Folks!

Well, I decided to finally take the plunge and go for AMD graphics, due to their better compatibility in general with Linux, and their good price-performance ratio.

So I jumped from an RTX 3080 from Nvidia to this new Radeon 7900 GRE that I bought from Amazon at a good price catch.

So, I got it today and started to mount it on my desktop computer with care, when my surprise is that on the two DP monitors, no image or signal is shown, when I put the normal HDMI cable to the motherboard's integrated graphics, it shows image and I can enter the BIOS.

I've read some stuff on the Internet, especially from people who change graphics from Nvidia to AMD, I don't know if you have to do some kind of Flash in the BIOS, to put it in AMGVGPU and something like that.

https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-fix-gpu-no-display/

My motherboard is a Gigabyte Aorus Master Z390 LGA 1151 with an Intel i9 9900K processor.

I think it's not too old yet and it can take it, but let's know.... Hopefully it will be compatible with this graphics card yet.

I also tried to change it from Slot PCiE 1 to Slot PCiE 2, but it was still the same.

Thank you!!!

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I'm specifically trying to play Euro Truck Simulator 2 with dual monitors but can't for the life of my figure out how. I read somewhere that using Gamescope to set the resolution to 3840x1080 would work but it just gave me a very wide window that wouldn't fullscreen across the two monitors. Is there a specific method I should be using?

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Without this protocol you won't have application icons in Wine applications, SDL games, Gamescope, Chrome PWA and other applications which can't have .desktop entry. This is very important for DE which use application icons a lot like KDE.

https://preview.redd.it/c5rhkgj4bf3d1.png?width=1037&format=png&auto=webp&s=b477dcd377a1d9a49a69c4e63779eef130b7e6b0

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Exciting, even more improvements to SteamVR support are coming with the latest Beta release fixing up more issues.

Hi, sorry I'm a bit newbie and well I have been using Opensuse Tumbleweed Kde on Wayland with Steam Families Beta and sometimes the friends chat freezes for no reason, is there a way to fix this?

Thank you all <3

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Take a look at my post history. The last 2 weeks have been absolute hell trying to get Linux to work on anything. First I had an all AMD laptop, and it had a weird display issue specific to that model of laptop, so I returned it and now I have an all AMD pre-built gaming PC and I still can't get things to work properly.

I have a 43" 4k 144 hz display that goes black randomly unless every time I boot up the system I force my GPU to use more power using CoreCtrl because by default it doesn't take enough power to drive the monitor (even then my screen goes black every few minutes), my system resolution is set to 4k but everything looks blurry, almost 2k or 1080p outside of system apps (dock, top bar, etc.), and I assume that has something to do with fractional scaling, 100% was too tiny and 200% was way too big. HDMI 2.1 doesn't work, and even with DisplayPort, Linux is unable to work properly with this monitor.

I have purchased 2 gaming PCs, nearly $100 worth of cables, all in hopes to use Linux, and it just won't let me. I had a better experience on my Intel/NVIDIA system with X11, but X11 also sucks in pretty much every way possible.

All I want to do is use Fedora with GNOME on Wayland. I bought all of the hardware I thought I needed for this to work well but all I did was waste my time and money because clearly this won't work. I am beyond frustrated that I have gone through all of this trouble, used up all of that gas going to Micro Center twice a day, just to come to the conclusion that Linux isn't ready yet. I know for a fact none of this is hardware related, Micro Center tested it and even put in a new GPU, and it works 100% fine on Windows.

If someone in the comments knows how to fix this, I am willing to try, but I have 2 days to return everything and if I can't get this working then I'm going to have to return this or just install Windows cause this is ridiculous. This should be working out of the box by default and I seem to be the only soul on Earth that has any of these issues

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This is just a question, not a tech support thread. I noticed when playing Fallout 76 on Windows that it was capped to 60 FPS with no way to change it in the settings. Didn't think much of it and assumed it was because of the creation engine jank. Skip a week later, I've installed Linux (Pop OS) for the first time and am trying new games out, and Fallout 76 runs at 150+ FPS without a cap. No bugs or anything - everything works as expected (physics, combat), stuff that's usually broken if you pass 60 FPS in vanilla Skyrim, for example.

What's the cause of this, out of curiosity? Such a weird thing to have different between the two systems.

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From Spitfire Interactive, former members of Defiant Development who made Hand of Fate, comes the superhero strategy game Capes. It's out now with Native Linux support and it's Steam Deck Verified.

Finally some good news from an Electronic Arts published title, as developer Hazelight just upgraded It Takes Two to get it Steam Deck Verified.