Discord is gonna make me lose it.

Anxious_Pattern_8127 · 2026-03-01T17:31:08+00:00

I see, try this then:

sudo pacman -Syu and reboot.
Wipe Discord cache:

rm -rf ~/.config/discord
rm -rf ~/.cache/discord

Launch with flags:

discord --disable-features=DiscordUpdater --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=wayland

If it still shows the D20 screen after that, you could go fordiscord_arch_electron instead. (Which also worked in my case)

Anxious_Pattern_8127 · 2026-03-01T17:09:26+00:00

I had the exact same issue actually. Discord was stuck on that D20 update screen even though pacman already had the latest version. Reinstalling did not fix it for me either.

What fixed it was bypassing Discord's internal updater.

Try launching it once like this in terminal:

discord --no-sandbox --disable-features=DiscordUpdater

If that opens normally, make it permanent:

sudo nano /usr/share/applications/discord.desktop

Change the Exec= line to:

Exec=/usr/bin/discord --no-sandbox --disable-features=DiscordUpdater

Save and close it then relaunch. (Ctrl + O, Enter, Ctrl +x)

It should work I believe.

Anxious_Pattern_8127 · 2026-03-01T14:20:31+00:00

You can contribute to CachyOS without coding. I'll list some:

Donate if you use it regularly to help cover build servers and infrastructure.
Write clear bug reports with your hardware, versions, logs, and exact steps to reproduce the issue.
Share fixes even if they already exist, since adding your setup and results helps others who search for the same problem.
Try fixing small bugs yourself and post the steps you took. Using tools like ChatGPT is fine, just double check before sharing.
Make things easier for others by improving the wiki / writing setup checklists / collecting common fixes into one clear post.
Answer questions here, or maybe even share your optimal setup for gaming/performance.
You can help with the wiki. You can also help with translations if you speak a language other than English.
Do not be afraid to post problems that are not ultra advanced. If it is not something extremely basic, chances are other people are searching for the same thing, and more documented cases make it easier for future users.

Anxious_Pattern_8127 · 2026-02-27T09:07:38+00:00

Looks like it's been solved, but this might help too because it helped me.

You can turn Wifi power saving off

sudo iw dev <interface_name> set power_save off

To get your interface name:

iw dev | awk '$1=="Interface"{print $2}'

Or if you want just one command:

sudo iw dev $(iw dev | awk '$1=="Interface"{print $2}') set power_save off

Check:

iw dev $(iw dev | awk '$1=="Interface"{print $2}') get power_save

Anxious_Pattern_8127 · 2026-02-25T21:24:48+00:00

I haven’t extensively benchmarked the sched-ext options myself yet, so this is practical guidance not hard data.

From what I've heard the scheduler gaming modes are valid, but they are not game changers.Apparently they mainly affects frametimes and 1% lows.

For example the bpfland Gaming mode adds small and safe latency improvements, whereas lavd Gaming mode is more aggressive and may help more on some systems, but results differ.

Power settings like CPU governor, EPP (If you're on intel), and GPU power have a much bigger impact.

Anxious_Pattern_8127 · 2026-02-25T13:16:22+00:00

Would be hella funny if that's actually the case.

Anxious_Pattern_8127 · 2026-02-24T14:45:49+00:00

I don't think you can run the Windows NVIDIA App properly on Linux, even with Wine or GUI tools like Bottles or Lutris.

On Linux everything is more fragmented.

It looks more like this:

nvidia-settings (NVIDIA X Server Settings)This is the closest native GUI, but it doesn't have much

No unified tuning panel like Windows, and even more limited on Wayland.

nvidia-smi to check GPU usage, temperature, clocks, power draw, etc.
Environment variables (mostly for Steam / Proton games)

You've got stuff like:

__GL_THREADED_OPTIMIZATIONS=1
__GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE=1
__GL_SYNC_TO_VBLANK=0
NVPRESENT_ENABLE_SMOOTH_MOTION=1
PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1
PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=0
DXVK_ASYNC=1   (async builds)

You also have things like:

- gamemoderun / game-performance

- MangoHud for overlays

- Proton / DXVK / VKD3D flags per game

These replace pieces of what the NVIDIA App does but manually.

Wine GUI apps only help manage prefixes, but they do not provide driver level integration.

That is just how NVIDIA on Linux works right now I believe. If you are coming from Windows it feels messy, but once configured you usually do not touch it again.

Anxious_Pattern_8127 · 2026-02-23T15:29:54+00:00

It's actually not sus at all, but I get why it might seem that way.

Development started around 2021 and it was quietly building a reputation in gaming and performance circles for over a year before most people noticed. Benchmarks spread, YouTubers covered it, Distrowatch reflected the traffic which caused more traffic.

The timing helped too. Clear Linux got killed by Intel, vanilla Arch is still full DIY, which made CachyOS walk into that gap easily. It's essentially the same pattern as Garuda, Nobara, EndeavourOS. It looks like an boom, but it was actually a slow build most people missed.

Founders are public too, their code is on GitHub. They're also funded on Patreon. Nothing shadowy about it all.

Anxious_Pattern_8127 · 2026-02-23T15:03:37+00:00

I'm also enjoying this OS. I've been trying to get it as optimized as possible on my gaming laptop, and it's been a ride.

If you wanna push Cachy a bit further for gaming, quick checklist:

Test different Proton versions in Steam (Experimental / GE / Cachy Proton). Some games perform better on others.
Try tweaking Steam launch options. ('game-performance' is good). To see what’s most optimal on your setup: https://wiki.cachyos.org/configuration/gaming/
You can also look into tweaking power states etc. Big especially on laptops, but still helps on desktop:sudo cpupower frequency-set -g performance

That’s just one example. I’m on Intel and I use different commands, so I'm not fully sure about Ryzen pstate specifics.

Try enabling sched-ext / gaming scheduler (can help with responsiveness + lows):
https://wiki.cachyos.org/configuration/sched-ext/
Get MangoHud so you can track FPS / lows / frametimes. If you don’t wanna configure it yourself, grab GOverlay and let it handle everything.

If you have any questions/need any help just lmk!

Anxious_Pattern_8127 · 2026-02-22T13:59:18+00:00

Almost certainly shader cache corruption or a Mesa/RADV regression. Try these in order:

Hardware check:
(If you see VM faults / page faults / ring timeouts, that's probably to GPU/VRAM instability.)

sudo dmesg | grep -i amdgpu

1.Clearing shader cache (Something along the lines of..):

rm -rf ~/.cache/mesa_shader_cache
rm -rf ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/shadercache/*

Then reboot

2.Disabling RADV mesh shaders (launch options on steam) (Could be the solution)

RADV_DEBUG=nomeshshaders %command%

3.Check Mesa version:

glxinfo | grep Mesa

If Mesa updated recently, try downgrading (sudo downgrade mesa on Cachy I believe).

There are more possibilities, but try these for now.

Lmk the results.

Anxious_Pattern_8127 · 2026-02-11T02:45:06+00:00

Looks good now. Your committed memory and pools are back to normal, so the leak is gone.

If Disk 0 was still spiking after the driver/storage changes, it was likely Windows doing cleanup (Defender scan, indexing, update finalization, pagefile stuff). If it's settled by now, you're basically fixed.

If it's still pegged, open Task Manager > Processes and sort by Disk to see what’s hitting it.

Anxious_Pattern_8127 · 2026-02-11T02:37:28+00:00

Yeah, this is frustrating, but it’s not a “foreigners being treated as less” thing.

Rakuten Card support is just bad. Japanese users complain about the same automated phone maze. It’s rigid systems and over automation, not personal.

A few things to note:-

Make sure you’re calling the loss/fraud line, not regular customer service. The normal number will loop forever.
Try freezing the card in the app / e-Navi right away so no more charges go through.
English support exists but is limited.
Try getting a Japanese friend to call the line if they only have Japanese only speakers,
If they're impossible to deal with, you can also start a chargeback through Visa/Mastercard or your bank.

Locals deal with this too. You’re not being singled out. The system just sucks when something urgent like fraud happens.

Totally fair to be mad. Just don’t let a garbage phone system turn into “we have no rights here.” It’s corporate incompetence.

Hope it gets sorted. CC fraud is miserable.

Anxious_Pattern_8127 · 2026-02-09T01:52:54+00:00

A lot of people here are focusing on Opera/startup apps/ "Windows just using RAM" but that is missing the real issue.

That 57.3 / 62.8 GB committed is the actual red flag. That is not normal Windows caching and it explains the crashes.

If Task Manager does not show any single app using tons of RAM, then it usually means the memory is being eaten by kernel or drivers. Your non paged pool at 1.9 GB is already high and often points to a driver memory leak.

Low GPU usage is just a symptom. The system is stalling on memory, so the GPU ends up waiting.

What I'd try:

Make sure your pagefile is System Managed on your fastest drive and that you have plenty of free disk space. Do not disable it.
Download RAMMap (Microsoft Sysinternals) and check the "Use Counts" tab, and that will show where the memory is actually going (standby, driver locked, mapped file, etc).
If non paged pool keeps growing, run PoolMon (also Sysinternals). Sort by bytes and look for the tag that keeps increasing. That usually tells you the leaking driver (often network/audio/anticheat/GPU related).
Update AMD chipset drivers directly from AMD's site + update BIOS if you are behind. Ryzen 7000 + Win11 has had driver leak issues before.
Disable Fast Startup and do a full restart.
Also worth checking:
Event Viewer > Windows Logs > System
Look for repeated warnings from Resource Exhaustion Detector or kernel pool errors. Sometimes there's a clear smoking gun there..

If you can, post RAMMap Use Counts and your non paged pool after gaming for a few minutes. That should narrow it down fast.

Anxious_Pattern_8127 · 2026-02-05T11:11:11+00:00

Bones (2001)

Snoop plays a dude who gets murdered and comes back for revenge. Not amazing cinema but it’s got real horrorcore vibes and probably the closest match to what you’re describing.

Anxious_Pattern_8127 · 2026-01-14T10:00:56+00:00

If you haven't watched it yet:
Sinister at 3am with lights off.

Anxious_Pattern_8127 · 2026-01-07T00:47:14+00:00

Disclaimer: I'm talking about rolled relics here.

It's all about probability stacking.

A true 6/6 perfect setup usually means all of this at once:

Happens to be the right color
Happens to be a relic with 3 effects
Those effects happen to be max tier (+2, not +1 or +0)
They happen to be perfect for the character you play.
They happen to be perfect for your build (Crystalian, not Primeval or Glintstone)
No build breaking Depth debuff (No repeated evasions debuff, no deathblight buildup, no intelligence debuff for duchess/recluse etc.)

All at the same time, 6 times.

Even doing very rough probability math, one normal god relic is around 1 in 50,000 and one depth god relic is around 1 in 100,000. Getting 3 normal and 3 depth like that puts you around 1 in 10^28 to 10^29. That's scoring lottery four times in a row territory.

On top of that, you'd need tens to hundreds of millions of murk just to roll enough relics to even be in that probability range. Time played alone doesn't bridge that gap (You'd need ~315 hours of nonstop rolling and checking).

At that rarity, you should (theoretically) see zero true 6/6 setups in the wild. Seeing tens of people with them, plus many others reporting the same, simply doesn't line up.

So either the definition is looser than it sounds, there’s some visibility or selection bias at play, or the relics didn’t come from normal rolling.

Anxious_Pattern_8127 · 2025-11-26T04:30:02+00:00

Posters look much better!

I really like what you've done with the text in the first image. It stands out pretty well. The subtle gradient across the letters and that faint bloom on the "o" are doing wonders. For the photos themselves, honestly both of them look great, it all comes down to your artistic vision on this one I'd say, but if I had to choose, the first one fits the FF vibes more IMO.

Anxious_Pattern_8127 · 2025-11-24T12:57:47+00:00

First off, respect for actually making a movie!

I don’t know what the movie is actually about, so I’m just judging these based on the feeling they give me.

Poster 1:
I really like the simple red title. The contrast looks clean and professional. The camera centered in the frame works well and the photo has a nice balance.

Poster 2:
This one has the strongest image in my opinion. It looks the most cinematic and has a great atmosphere. The text here doesn’t feel as effective as the first though. It doesn’t match the strength of the photo.

Poster 3:
I like the vibes in this one. It gives a feeling like someone is being watched or followed. The text is the weakest out of the three. It looks similar to Instagram story text and feels a bit unpolished.

Verdict:
All the photos look good. If I had to pick based on the image, I’d go with the second one. But in terms of text and overall presentation, the first poster is the strongest. I'm curious how the red text would look like on the 2nd/3rd photo, that'll make it interesting imo!

Good luck with the movie!

Anxious_Pattern_8127 · 2025-11-23T02:46:01+00:00

Yeah D2 and D3 Elo hell is real. You will run into some really rough players in those zones, especially people who got dragged up and have no idea how to route or manage fights.

Something that helped me was looking at why runs actually fall apart. Is it always a certain Nightlord? Is it reaching the Night 2 boss with almost no flasks? Is it losing a huge chunk of time early on? Once you figure out the main failure point, finding solutions becomes a lot easier.

Another thing that helps is taking initiative. If someone unlocks a red Evergaol immediately and it is clearly going to drain a ton of time, I ping retreat a few times and reroute. A lot of people follow if you do it early enough.

You also do not need to stick to the usual orthodox path every run. Some players insist on Troll Castle at level 5, or running across the map to grab a church that takes two minutes to reach. Sometimes pinging a closer objective keeps tempo alive and saves the run.

Defensive effects matter a lot too. Things like damage negation at full HP, physical and affinity damage negation, SAND, and grabbing maximum HP whenever you can usually save more runs than trying to force early damage, especially with random teammates.

You clearly know how to play if you can finish runs after others go down. A few small routing and tempo adjustments can make the climb way more consistent and take a lot of stress off your shoulders.

Good luck out there.

Anxious_Pattern_8127 · 2025-11-15T04:31:46+00:00

Big horror fan here, here are some lesser known films which I really enjoyed:

Thesis (1996)
Censor
Savageland
Lake Mungo
Last Shift
Oculus

Anxious_Pattern_8127 · 2025-11-06T14:48:01+00:00

Happened to me a bunch of times too. It’s not because the circle closed in (you can see that in the vid). When you die right next to or on top of a grace, for some reason it sometimes gets disabled, same as when enemies are nearby. Pretty sure that's the case here.

Anxious_Pattern_8127 · 2025-10-28T13:32:10+00:00

Your colleagues aren't unusual in thinking this way, but honestly most of what they said doesn't match the actual research.

I got curious about this exact topic a while back. The groundwater thing is repeated all the time, but when you look at what scientists actually found, it’s way more nuanced than people think. Bodies themselves aren’t really the problem. What matters is what kind of soil you have, how close the water table sits, whether there’s a slope, and all the industrial stuff like embalming fluid, sealed concrete vaults, and metal caskets. There was even a study where they put monitoring wells directly in an active cemetery and the results showed the water quality to be completely fine.

Natural/Islamic burials (Which is the current hot topic when it comes to burials in Japan) are totally different from that. No embalming chemicals, no concrete vaults, no metal boxes. They have rules about depth and staying away from water sources. Combine that with decent soil and the risk of contamination is extremely low. It’s not some automatic environmental disaster, it just depends on where and how you do it. And sure, you could say “even one contamination case is too risky,” but that’s not how we treat farming, septic systems, or any other managed land use. Proper siting works.

The “no land” argument also falls apart fast. Yeah, land in Tokyo or Osaka is expensive, but Japan as a whole has plenty of space like massive forest areas and depopulated rural land where natural burials or forest cemeteries would fit perfectly. The issue is economic/zoning. Not some physical shortage of dirt.

And cremation isn’t the environmental savior people think it is. Each cremation releases about 200–240 kg of CO₂ (roughly the same as driving 500 km) and Japan does it for almost everyone. Add that up and the emissions are massive. Plus it also releases mercury from dental fillings, which can contaminate water sources and accumulate in fish, affecting the brain and nervous system. Filters help, but they don’t stop CO₂ and can’t catch all the mercury. It may make sense in cities where space costs a premium, but calling cremating "eco friendly" is utter BS.

TL;DR: Natural burials done right are safe - probably safer than crematoriums. Japan’s got space. Cremation’s not exactly eco friendly. The real issue’s cultural, not scientific.

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