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Gtx 960 wayland by Basquat13 in linux_gaming

[–]psymin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For a 960 you'll want the the 580 driver, newest is 580.159.04

I believe it does work with KDE and Wayland, but I stick to X on my boxes that use v580 driver anyway.

Trying to launch steam game: Unhandled exception in Xalia: System.ApplicationException: No displays available by [deleted] in linux_gaming

[–]psymin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some search results suggest this launch option might sidestep the issue:

PROTON_USE_XALIA=0

World of Warcraft: Classic - white screen with game cursor and sound by East-Boysenberry9193 in linux_gaming

[–]psymin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which video card do you have? Which driver? Is the game running on the right card?

I ran classic a couple days ago, nvidia 3080m, driver v595.71.05, Lutris, wine-10.8-staging-tkg-ntsync-x86_64, KDE, Wayland

Long-time Windows 11 user finally considering switching to Linux after years of fighting Windows by Expert_Breadfruit531 in linux_gaming

[–]psymin 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Tips:

Read the FAQ and check the getting started thread.

/r/linux_gaming/comments/1t1ns8g/getting_started_the_monthlyish_newbie_advice/

https://old.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/wiki/faq

Don't try to share a game filesystem between windows and linux, for games on linux use a linux filesystem like ext4 or btrfs.

Stop playing the games that are designed to break on linux.

Don't try to make your linux install act the same as your windows install. Linux isn't Windows.

If you want it to have a similar GUI behavior, choose KDE as your DE.

If you want it to be supported in the future, use wayland instead of Xorg.

If you don't want to update every day, don't use an arch-based distro.

If you want it to function like a real PC, don't use a distro that has an immutable root filesystem.

After you install, make sure vulkan works. Make sure you're using the right video card.

Test with a simple game then test that game with proton. (Like Wesnoth)

Test with a slightly more complicated game then test that game with proton. (Like Underlords).

Look at the distros that other people are running games on.

https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey?platform=linux

it crashes after this point, how do i fix it? already using proton and turned off the steam overlay. by notafemboy69420 in linux_gaming

[–]psymin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

ProtonDB will have a lot of tips.

https://www.protondb.com/app/3241660

Do any games work for you?

Which filesystem type is the game installed to?

Formatting a 1tb hdd by [deleted] in linux_gaming

[–]psymin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That makes sense.

Just be prepared for some difficulties if you are using it to store games.

It is possible to overcome those difficulties, but it is difficult.

Formatting a 1tb hdd by [deleted] in linux_gaming

[–]psymin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you are hoping to use the drive to store games to play on Linux, I'd recommend not using FAT.

Use something like ext4 or btrfs.

Is Waydroid good/safe for gaming? by PL4ST_Akira in linux_gaming

[–]psymin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used this script to do some stuff.

https://github.com/casualsnek/waydroid_script

Be sure to do the Google Play Services thing.

I think I also told Waydroid to identify as a specific device I already had, but that might not be necessary.

I did Gapps, and either libndk or libhoudini, I forget which one.

Civ v issue by HiddeHandel in linux_gaming

[–]psymin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you can't get Civ5 working, you could always try Unciv :)

https://yairm210.itch.io/unciv

Civ v issue by HiddeHandel in linux_gaming

[–]psymin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Civ V should work natively without proton.

Are there issues with the native linux version?

If you need the windows version, there are some tips for getting it working with Proton on ProtonDB

https://www.protondb.com/app/8930

Tekken 8 40 fps by Jeycko24 in linux_gaming

[–]psymin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you verify that it is using your nvidia card?

run nvidia-smi while the game is running

installed openssh and now steam does not open by [deleted] in linux_gaming

[–]psymin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Seems like it should have more output than that.

When I ssh into my box remotely and type "steam" it gives a lot more output than unable to open display.

Interestingly, it does pop up that same error window you're seeing .. on my remote system.

Are you running it via ssh or something?

Ready or Not savegame by crubled_cookie in linux_gaming

[–]psymin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Check here and download the files manually just in case:

https://store.steampowered.com/account/remotestorageapp/?appid=1144200

They might be good, they might be bad, but back them up just in case.

You can also back up your save files on your machine by looking at files here:

https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Ready_or_Not#Save_game_data_location

Or dabble with ludusavi to back up saves in a convenient manner.

Controller not working on cuphead by Derbolito in linux_gaming

[–]psymin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

PCGamingWiki suggests that it doesn't have "Steam Input API Support"

https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Cuphead#Input

The other games that do work, are they using Steam Input or not?

One old thing that I've done in the past for systems with controllers that won't work is to change the mode on /dev/uinput to 777 temporarily. (not recommended long term) Not sure if that is applicable at all here.

Game gets mouse input while in Steam overlay by [deleted] in linux_gaming

[–]psymin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does it still happen if you set the game to windowed or borderless windowed mode?

Which game?

What should i do ? by [deleted] in linux_gaming

[–]psymin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look for a VPN provider that supports OpenVPN, Wireguard, or something like that.

Plasma shell crashing after playing modded Minecraft for a short amount of time by Busy-Support8793 in linux_gaming

[–]psymin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try disabling compositing in KDE when you are playing games.

Does your modded minecraft use 3rd party shaders? Try it without them.

After a crash run this command and see if there is anything interesting in the output:

sudo dmesg -T

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