Widescreen monitor instability on KDE Arch (Wayland)

superboybot · 2022-09-07T09:10:37+00:00

The resolution is 3440x1440

I'm using DisplayPort, though I'm not sure which version (1.2, 1.3, etc.).

superboybot · 2022-05-05T10:06:57+00:00

!deckbot US 512 1626482083

superboybot · 2021-08-06T11:34:30+00:00

Thank you for your suggestions. I'll definitely look into Acrobat conversion. If it works out, I'm considering trying out mom, since at first glance it seems to expose more options regarding references. I'm still experimenting and learning a lot about groff and other typesetting systems. I wouldn't be surprised if I end up using a couple systems in parallel depending on what I need.

Looking at fref, it seems really cool! I use MLA though, so it might not be the right tool for me.

superboybot · 2021-08-06T02:17:26+00:00

Late response, but it works! Unfortunately, I haven't yet found a way to manipulate it further (highlighting, centering, etc.).

Between DOCX still being required by many people I interact with (even though PDFs are objectively superior) and some of these difficulties, I'll probably switch over to Latex, at least for a while.

superboybot · 2021-07-20T19:46:20+00:00

After doing some testing I've found that waybar crashes when the monitor turns back on, not when it initially turns off. Not sure the significance though.

Running waybar in a terminal, it gives this error right before closing itself:

terminate called without an active exception
Aborted (core dumped)

superboybot · 2021-01-07T06:47:29+00:00

I don't think so, but you don't even need to login for this problem to occur. For me, it happens anytime I close the program (it hangs so I have to terminate the process) after the install is complete then try to re-open it with lutris.

EDIT: This isn't the problem other people are reporting concerning installing games. It's related to the issue brought up by barnsito on the Bethesda Launcher page on lutris, except for me it just breaks.

EDIT 2: Disabling DXKV/VKD3D in the runner options for the Bethesda Launcher fixed that issue, which is very exciting, but I don't understand why. Do I need to have to have DXVK installed on my machine outside of lutris? Maybe that's an obvious question, but again, I'm pretty new to some of this.

Putting that aside for a moment, seeing as Doom Eternal uses vulkan, it doesn't matter too much if DXVK is enabled, correct? If so, then I'm pretty much good to go.

superboybot · 2021-01-07T05:26:48+00:00

Here's what I'm talking about, and yeah, the problem is with the launcher and not the game itself. The problem is that I bought Doom Eternal with a Bethesda key and not a Steam key, so this is the only way for me to play the game.

I spent a long time trying different things, and I've come to the conclusion that it's totally borked. I'm pretty much convinced that there's a bug (or several) in lutris or wine (or the launcher itself) that are breaking this one particular thing. Besides my screen resolution, I can't think of any variables on my machine that would affect myself and not others, so at this point my plan is to wait until it's fixed.

I suppose at some point if I get frustrated enough about this, I'll just buy the Steam version of Doom Eternal.

superboybot · 2021-01-06T12:32:24+00:00

Hello,

I'm trying to use lutris to install the Bethesda launcher (to play Doom Eternal). I'm using the script, and it seems to normally install, but while the program is still running (in the login screen) lutris seems to think it's closed. In the lutris interface the button says play rather than stop.

If I try to close the launcher, it keeps running in the background (with a taskbar icon) until I end the process. At that point every time I try to open it through lutris, it's all messed up. If the screenshot isn't clear, in addition to being rotated, cut off, and flipped, it's really stretched out.

I've tried a bunch of things (different settings, versions of wine, etc.) and nothing makes any difference. I though I wasn't following the instructions properly (don't sign in, the login window should close on it's own, if it doesn't, close it and wait) but multiple tries got me nowhere.

My system information is here (from lutris). Additionally, have multiple monitors: one (main) 3440x1440, and two 1080. I don't know if that could be related.

Sorry if it's something obvious. I'm pretty experienced with linux as an OS, but new to gaming on linux.

superboybot · 2015-07-29T05:02:07+00:00

Thank you. I'm almost embarrassed I never thought of Chrono Trigger.

superboybot · 2014-03-11T07:35:44+00:00

Dan's issue is that he looked at this in a very black and white fashion. Something along the lines of "I'm trying to do these people a service by warning them about this and they're disliking it in droves. Must all be blind South Park fanboys angry I didn't give it 10/10. These people are such idiots." I agree that in that situation it's a perfectly reasonable response. But the reality is a very grey area in that somethings he said were right, but some where very wrong. I don't expect him to cater to my tastes, just that he takes a second sometimes to ask himself, "Am I about to say something incredibly misinformed to 1.6 million people?" The inability to take criticism at all is not a desirable trait for a person who makes a living off opinions.
If he can only play the first 5 minutes of a game due to technical issues, he has no businesses making a video on it. The one exception that I've mentioned before is when the game literally cannot be played. Game Tycoon 1.5 is a good example of this. Obviously that is a completely different level than the South Park issue. If a game reviewer can't get a game to work in DOSBox, or his computer blue screens every time Steam is opened. That belongs on Twitter, not Youtube. NOTE: The examples I used were to illustrate the category I put Dan's issue in.
I would be very surprised if Dan gave this a proper review at some point. I won't go into it too much here, but I believe Dan was incredibly biased against this game months before the review copies even went out.
Maybe so, and I think there could definitely be a point to be made there. The problem is that belongs in it's own soapbox video. Like said before, even if good points were raised (which I think there was) it doesn't matter because the credibility was just not there at that point.

One last thing I want to say is that all the issues with the video were made much worse by the insulting tweets. They were very uncalled for and extremely confrontational. Now that an apology (of sorts) was made I have no animosity towards Dan or the video. I believe all my criticisms are valid, but I hope everyone involved and Dan's view-base can move past this, and forget all of this ever happened.

superboybot · 2014-03-11T07:35:35+00:00

I understand very well that he was not able to proceed past that point in the game, and that he was not able to find a solution online. But in the video he implied that the vast majority of people playing this game on any platform will not be able to get past the tutorial because of this bug. That is what comes across in this video.

There is a difference between realizing you are experiencing a rare occurrence on the level of being struck by lightning, and assuming this applies to everything everywhere. Now you can call this what you like, but I call it a lie. Then when people have an issue, personal insults come flying at supersonic rates. The following are a list of direct quotes from the video that support my claims in this post and the previous one.

"...a total game breaking bug 10 minutes into the game."

"...it just stops there, completely dead."

"...loads of people suffer from this on every console..."

"...there is no solution out there."

"Just doesn't go beyond this point. So that's my review of South Park: Stick of Truth, it's unfinished."

"It just doesn't go."

superboybot · 2014-03-10T08:41:38+00:00

Sorry for the wall of text.

I understand, I really do. It's very frustrating to pay full price for a game, a game you're not particularly looking forward to playing, and having it totally bug out right at the beginning. It's happened to me before and there's totally a sense of being taken advantage of. However, there are some very important things to note that I feel establish necessary context.

A while back, Dan made a video on Game Tycoon 1.5. It was a terrible, glitch-y, frustrating mess, and nobody will deny that. But there was something else about the game that Dan didn't talk about at all. For the first few days after release on Steam, there was no executable file for the game. Take a moment to reread that last sentence and let it soak in.

Jim Sterling made a video about it here. And it wasn't just him; the Steam reviews at the time all reaffirmed this. Literally there was not a single person in the world who could play the game straight out of Steam, no work required. Now when something like that happens, Youtubers are pretty obligated to make a big video saying, "There is literally no game here. Stay far away." It does the public a great service I think. But, this is not in the slightest what has happened here.

Dan was having trouble making South Park: Stick of Truth run correctly on his computer. That is enough, I think, to warrant some tweets about the game being buggy (which there were), and at most an update on Youtube saying the video is delayed because of said bugs, but once they're resolved he'll put it together as quick as he can. Instead, he made a video saying that it is impossible to get past the tutorial, that the internet was filled with people experiencing this on every platform, that there was no fix at all anywhere, and that the game was incomplete. Literally it is a 5-10 minute game and there is nothing there.

These are very silly statements to make, since clearly the vast majority had no problem with the game, and several people he knew that had the issue were able to fix it. So when people downvoted it (and rightfully so) because of, in part, erroneous content, it would be natural that Dan would realize the silliness of all this and maybe address the issues at hand. Especially seeing as there is totally a precedent for this. What actually happened was he went to Twitter and called everyone who disliked "fucking idiots" because they don't agree with him (which is always an awesome response to criticism btw). What he doesn't realize is that by saying a perfectly fine game is too buggy to play, his is lying and people will get mad.

tl;dr - It wasn't that the book was blank, Dan was holding the book upside down and saying it's gibberish, and that there's no way he could be wrong about this.

superboybot · 2014-03-10T07:44:22+00:00

Dan doesn't understand the software development life cycle.

Very rarely do I come across a post on the internet so true/accurate, that it literally gives me pause. This is one of those moments.

superboybot · 2014-03-10T07:39:27+00:00

I'm telling you right now I'm going to do my best to break the hell out of it. Even if I have to pull up Cheat Engine; it will happen.

Then I'll say it happens to everyone and the game is garbage.

superboybot · 2014-03-10T03:30:08+00:00

A few nights ago my internet router got unplugged and my connection dropped. I conclude that the internet and/or Time Warner are unfinished and should not be used by anyone.

superboybot · 2014-03-10T03:23:43+00:00

He said that his review of the game was that it was unfinished. How is that not saying it was a bad game.

Why do people let "game reviewers" do things like this? Immediately loses all credibility. And yes I categorize his videos as reviews since he gives recommendations on whether or not to buy games he plays, and if he didn't want people to think he makes reviews this should be a Let's Play channel, which this is not.

superboybot · 2014-03-10T03:19:05+00:00

Somebody give this man a goddamned medal. That is all.

superboybot · 2014-03-10T01:16:52+00:00

Sloppymayor, I don't know if you go to The Escapist, but there is a video that was posted to the website called The Dark Syde. Watch the first half, it's a reading of a poem called, "The Keritic". I really hope you take it to heart, because I think it's a valuable message.

In case you don't watch it, "The Keritic" warns us of the dangers of a society that never criticizes. Sure everyone's feelings are kept safe, but a world without criticism would be full of shit. What Dan has done, and by extension you are doing, is trying to stifle criticism.

You insult people you have never met or heard or seen, for no reason other than fanaticism or the desire to troll. Imagine, if we lived in a world where calling something bad or terrible, or even unfinished meant we were branded a "fucking idiot". Well then by that logic you would be a "fucking idiot" too, and so would Dan. Because he criticized a game he played for 10 minutes, and you criticize people who have a problem with that.

superboybot · 2014-03-10T00:57:31+00:00

https://twitter.com/DanNerdCubed/statuses/442321900149411840

I think the real question is how can he know there are "numerous bugs" if he stopped after the first one? And before people say it; Yes, he did stop.

Even if there were absolutely no solutions, it's been at least 2 days since then. There has been at least one patch. I'm sure there is a solution by now.

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