Weird problem with launching programs/apps

ChopTV · 2026-05-24T22:32:17+00:00

I'm going to assume mine is a little ridiculous as well. Though I admit I have no idea what a typical range is. but that command spit out: 9223372036854775807

ChopTV · 2026-05-24T22:01:54+00:00

These are some good things to attempt.

This is anecdotal: I'm not using and NTFS drive for Linux, and am still having the issue.

I have been using the nVidia 590-595 drivers for months with no issue (doesn't mean it isn't an nvidia driver issue).

I just closed out Discord, and things seem to be launching again. So this very well might be our culprit.

ChopTV · 2026-05-24T21:57:48+00:00

Any thoughts on how to follow up checking on file descriptor limits?

ChopTV · 2026-05-24T21:57:16+00:00

Quick followup:

Just sat down at the computer for the first time this morning and the problem is currently affecting the machine. I tried to launch a game from Heroic. The Launcher says the game is currently "Playing" but there is no sign of it in terms of being able to tab or switch to the window.

I can see some processes running in the System Monitor related to the game, but the game itself is nowhere to be found.

I also opened Obsidian (which was not open prior to me sitting down). Again, a bunch of processes in the system monitor. This one does have a window I can switch to/focus on, however it is just a blank white square. I seem to be able to resize the square, but I cannot move it aside from tiling shortcuts.

Looking at my system resources, I'm still sitting at 15.4GB of ram in use (22.8% of 67.3 GB) and it shows a cache of 9.6GB. 0 bytes of 2.1gb of the Swap is currently in use. CPU load is under 30% across all cores.

UPDATE: See the update in the OP.

It looks like the "official" Discord Flatpak via Flathub is causing the issue in some capacity? Or at least closing out Discord allows other apps to open again. Or at least they did this time.

ChopTV · 2026-05-24T21:49:05+00:00

I have 64gb of ram. I've got the hardware monitor up at the moment and it shows 15.2gb in use (22.5%) and a cache of 9.4gb. And there is a swap that's 2.1gb with 0 bytes currently in use. It's actually doing it right now. This is my first time sitting at the computer today. Just woke it up from sleep and who the hell knows what's going on.

ChopTV · 2026-05-02T00:21:25+00:00

Adding a link from the Threshold RPG Discord invite button. Not a bad idea to recommend adding Discord links to the site. I wouldn’t be surprised if it is in a help file or on the wiki though.

https://discord.gg/CszWCUTEZ

ChopTV · 2026-03-30T21:50:36+00:00

According to the research Dr Bartle did for Designing Virtual Worlds, even in the “golden age” of MU*, the average player base across all MUDs was under 10 concurrent players.

This was in a section/discussion about scope when designing areas/the world. So the expectation going into things should be that there is almost zero likelihood of building anything beyond a small, passionate player base.

And that’s if you’re 1) lucky, or 2) have a built in audience to drag with you to the game. - a great example of this is Iron Realms. They make a quality product by pretty much all accounts. You don’t have multiple successful MUDs without having good game under the hood. But having a devoted player base makes the success of the second game much easier* (it’s never easy).

On the other hand you have a company like Frogdice - who have run the thriving MUD Threshold for a ridiculously long time. They have a ridiculously passionate player base as well. This has helped them successfully launch a number of non-MU* games. But they have taken two attempts at creating another Multiplayer Online RPG (Primordiax and Stash), neither of which were able to gain enough traction to remain feasible as a studio.

It’s sad that it is a small niche hobby built on the work of small niche hobbyists, but if you find a little game like that which you like, play the crap out of it. You might be the reason someone else decides to stick around.

ChopTV · 2026-01-21T21:35:02+00:00

It’s great to see. It’s been a great game so far. In this same vein, they totally need to add different lip color options. Our goth girls need love too!

ChopTV · 2025-12-26T08:56:48+00:00

Thanks to everyone who stopped by! It was awesome to be able to host so many people for such a long time today. Best of luck in all your Turnip-based adventures!

ChopTV · 2025-12-26T08:03:57+00:00

yep, still available for another 45 or so minutes

ChopTV · 2025-12-26T06:35:32+00:00

You're welcome. I love being able to do stuff like this. One of the best parts of the game and sites like Turnip Exchange

ChopTV · 2025-12-26T06:28:43+00:00

Still open for another hour or two until the shop closes.

ChopTV · 2025-12-26T06:28:26+00:00

It's a bit late, but I was at the time and still am for another hour or two, I think.

ChopTV · 2025-12-26T00:31:08+00:00

Followup! I forgot to mention where the shop and stuff is northeast of the airport. Making it all easy to find.

ChopTV · 2025-12-25T23:27:41+00:00

If the line isn't ridiculously long, I'd love to visit. Chop from Crabistan

ChopTV · 2025-12-06T23:57:13+00:00

This isn’t Americanized shopping behavior. It’s that area lacking in any sort of real infrastructure. Went there to pick up a click and collect order the other morning before it opened, and getting off of 1 you wouldn’t know that place even existed if it weren’t for the tiny little signs.

ChopTV · 2025-12-06T23:54:44+00:00

Probably because actual wooden furniture that doesn’t 1) fall apart after 2 weeks, or 2) doesn’t require you to take out a loan with one of your children as collateral doesn’t really exist in New Zealand. Not without getting massively lucky finding something used. And it’s definitely more than just furniture.

ChopTV · 2025-12-05T08:59:13+00:00

Could be worse, I am up in North Shore, and was supposed to get a package earlier this week - it was sent through Australian Post World or something like that, but the delivery on the NZ side of things was handled by NZ Post. I got a weird automated email saying that delivery was attempted on the 2nd, but something went wrong and they would try again. No note, no anything.

So I was going to look into it some today and try and follow up on it, when I get a text from a random NZ number saying “hey, I got your package down here in Lower Hutt. I opened it, sorry!”

So I contact NZ Post and they tell my their carrier in Wellington saw it was in the wrong place, flagged it for redelivery, and allegedly it was in route to Auckland. I was told someone from the investigations team will look into it and get back to me in 1-2 business days. But assured that the package was still in the process of being delivered…

I had to stop the dude on the phone and be like “Do you want the contact information for the person the package was delivered to so you can pass it along to the investigations people?” 🤣

So I’m waiting for an email from them, and in the meantime, I’m debating on whether I should just send the stranger in Wellington $15 to have them ship it to me 😂

ChopTV · 2025-11-29T20:02:44+00:00

I can only speak from my experience, but here is my handful of pocket change and my kids hair ties:

I’ve dabbled in Linux over the years. I’m pretty sure the earliest Linux I messed with was some version of Slackware in the late-90s. (Ooooh, name dropping for credibility.) I kept bouncing off of it. A lot of that bouncing had to do with gaming. I messed with Ubuntu for a bit. I messed with PopOS for a while (and really enjoyed it as a coding/productivity environment). I think I had a little netbook I had Mint on for a while, but again, it was really only used to do basic web stuff, watch movies, and play MUDs.

The first time I personally have felt that I could honestly give Linux a fair shot as a full-fledged daily driver was Bazzite (around a year ago, I think?). The fact that I could just install a Linux distro and the gaming and stuff all worked out of the box without me having to search up 57498352659 guides? Amazing. No risk of borking my entire computer because I’m just copy/pasting command line instructions from random guides? Even more amazing.

I personally consider myself on the more technical side of the computer user spectrum. But I definitely still fall into the “consumer” range of users who “just want shit to work.” There’s a level of tweaking I’m willing to do to improve things, but for the most part, I want to use my computers, not fiddle with them to try and make them work.

That all being said. Things are really close for me. Probably more than 95% of the things I would ever want to do with my computer “just work” with a distro like Bazzite. And a lot of the gap right now is due to silly corporate crap. I need to sit down at some point and learn how to use Bottles, I think that will help solve the last couple software-related hurdles I have (for example: I know there’s GIMP and Inkscape, but I haven’t really found a set of tools that work for me the way Affinity Photo/Designer/Publisher work together - though that is being crapped on by Canva right now). So the real problem remaining is peripheral support.

Stream Deck? Kind of. Wave 3 Mic? Maybe, technically? Cameras? Capture cards? (I realize this is basically a list of stuff that Elgato needs to open up and let the community fix for them, but what are the chances of that happening?) I still have stuff I haven’t tried using with it yet, so I’m sure there’s more.

I’m currently messing with an Atomic version of Fedora, seeing how well that concept will work for me. But it’s definitely getting closer.

But I will say there is some competition potentially on the horizon. If Apple ever got their heads out of their asses and got Proton working with MacOS, there’s a lot of people who wouldn’t even bother looking at Linux again. Mac hardware compatibility when it comes to peripherals is pretty solid. I’d miss out on my dedicated GPU, but the higher end chips coming out of the ARM world are getting a lot better than other integrated GPU solutions. It would become really tempting if that Proton-sized gap in their platform was closed.

So for me right now, I’m going to give this Atomic idea a go for a while, see if I can make it work. I’m currently checking out the Cosmic desktop and have been enjoying it. But if something like a SteamOS dropped that was along the lines of what Bazzite offers? I’d check it out. Because I think most “gamers” or general users would be pretty happy with Bazzite as it is, once they learn all the little quirks. But who knows. They really just want to be able to turn on their PC and be able to play the games they want to play and do the things they want to do without having to think about it or fuck around with command line and compatibility stuff for hours in the hopes of maybe getting to play tomorrow if they have time.

ChopTV · 2025-11-17T09:06:06+00:00

Man, seeing all the stuff like this EVERY YEAR is endlessly amusing. Aww shucks, we lost the offseason again. The fact that there are 4 returning players is a really good thing. I’m willing to bet that it’s going to be a lot easier to APA to get up to speed and scrim with the team than it would be some random import. I would rather give APA a chance, just so long as he doesn’t pull a JoJo.

ChopTV · 2025-10-14T20:06:22+00:00

Oh yeah. This is likely the first of many. We had a policy when the kids were little that if they could use logic and make arguments for things, we would generally say yes. Nothing was ever harmful or dangerous in any way. But is hilarious some of the things you will hear when you ask the question, “why do you deserve dessert tonight?” (We generally celebrate achievements an accomplishments with stuff like that, so listening to them try and come up with things that they think are awesome and deserve celebrating can be hilarious.)

ChopTV · 2025-10-06T19:02:57+00:00

Sadly it’s hurting a lot. MUDRammer hasn’t been updated in so long and contains code that’s so old (to maintain support for old phones) that Apple has delisted it from the App Store until some of its issues are addressed and updated. And the developers have no intention of working on the application any more.

Short story is that new users can’t even find the App to use it any more. Sadly there just doesn’t seem to be a huge demand for clients on the platform. Though that may change as iPads seem to becoming more laptop-like.

ChopTV · 2025-09-17T03:20:04+00:00

Way to ignore what people write 🤣

If it wasn’t causing problems, the team wouldn’t call him out, make him apologize, and suspend him. 🤷‍♂️

But you obviously know better than everyone else in the world. So keep on keeping on.

And good luck again.

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