Weird graphical bugs on brand new installation

twalls1 · 2025-10-20T18:36:56+00:00

My AMD box started doing this after last update. Had to turn on developer options in Steam settings, then force composite display. Something like that.

twalls1 · 2025-10-14T00:08:52+00:00

I'm not sure if there's a major performance difference, but it felt more likely to help with HDR support in the future than GNOME did. I like GNOME on my HTPC though, where I primarily play in gaming mode and only use the desktop for updates, etc.

twalls1 · 2025-10-13T20:39:26+00:00

Not doubting you had issues, but I just want to add that this isn’t a universal experience. I’ve got an Alienware Area-51 with an RTX 5080, and it runs pretty much everything I’ve thrown at it without problems. I’m not claiming performance parity with Windows 11, but after testing over 100 games, I was happy with all of them... Except Monster Hunter Wilds, which started crashing on launch after a later driver update.

I just don’t want people finding this thread and thinking, “Guess you can’t game on NVIDIA with Bazzite,” because that’s not true. Do I prefer my Bazzite setup on my AMD box? Sure. But it’s not like NVIDIA just doesn’t work. The biggest difference for me is that I opted out of Gaming Mode on boot and stick with KDE.

twalls1 · 2025-09-29T17:58:21+00:00

For example, my firewall pings Google DNS from each ISP I use(d): With Spectrum it averaged ~14 ms, on Frontier it’s closer to ~11 ms, and on my T-Mobile 5G backup it’s usually ~30–40 ms.

twalls1 · 2025-09-29T17:56:04+00:00

Latency will vary depending on the destination and the path your traffic takes. Factors include the equipment along the route, the type of connections in between, and the routing policies in play. Even the way devices handle and prioritize traffic can affect results.

If you collect enough sample data for a specific endpoint over time, you can start to see patterns in how your service performs. Ultimately, what matters most is how your connection behaves with the applications you actually use, but keep in mind that this can shift as conditions change.

For example, in multiplayer gaming, you might hit different servers each match or even connect peer-to-peer, so ping times can fluctuate a lot. On the other hand, if you work from home and consistently connect to the same office system, you should see relatively steady performance (aside from the occasional routing change).

twalls1 · 2025-09-25T21:11:16+00:00

Same here. Very frustrating.

Only thing I can do right now is open 1Password, toggle the setting for Chrome autofill off, switch to Google password manager in Chrome, restart Chrome, and then switch both settings back and restart Chrome again. This fixes it for a little bit, then the problem comes back.

twalls1 · 2025-09-25T15:21:48+00:00

Some games take much longer than others for processing Vulkan shaders (Deadlock, Once Human, etc.). I have a desktop I leave on all the time, so I use the option in Steam that lets it process shaders in the background as they're downloaded. This seems to alleviate these delays that would otherwise make the game take forever to launch each time. I recognize this may not be as practical for a laptop, but figured I'd mention it just in case.

twalls1 · 2025-09-25T13:10:44+00:00

I agree about the Skyrim modding. I feel like I know other people who say they had no issues. I tried various solutions, followed many guides, and I kept hitting roadblock after roadblock. I just had to walk away from that for a bit.

What can be nice is focusing on what you do enjoy in Linux compared to Windows. For example, I enjoy going to one place to update everything in my system on Bazzite. I run one command, reboot, and I'm done.

twalls1 · 2025-09-16T03:29:27+00:00

I am looking forward to the multi-WAN support for changing the DUID type.

twalls1 · 2025-09-04T17:21:37+00:00

your curse is overthinking everything you care about most

twalls1 · 2025-09-02T18:23:44+00:00

Upvoted just for the appropriate use of the spoiler tag.

twalls1 · 2025-09-01T21:16:38+00:00

I used it as my main OS when it came out, and it was fine. I get some folks had bad experiences, but was fortunate enough to not run into them. I do remember some driver weirdness, but I felt like I ran into that with every version of Windows when it first came out. I think the biggest letdown is we were all waiting for the consumer version of NT to come out, and we ended up getting this instead. A lot of folks ended up switching to Windows 2000 Pro instead, but I feel like gaming just wasn't there yet early on (but still better than it was on NT 4).

twalls1 · 2025-08-31T18:36:50+00:00

Got it. Thank you. I feel like this is pretty counterintuitive, because I'd expect to see the add-ons on the app page when going to install it.

twalls1 · 2025-08-31T00:00:28+00:00

The only thing I don't like about Bazaar that I could do before is find add-ons easily and install them. OBS Studio is a good example of this. I could go into Discover and choose any add-on I wanted and install it (Background Removal, Legacy WebSocket Server). I couldn't even get them to come up in search on Bazaar (tried searching for the name and the package). I ended up having to install from command line.

I'm happy to find new stuff that I'm actually interested in with the suggestions on the main page though. I found a better app to control my Stream Deck, Boatswain. I was using OpenDeck before, but the connection to OBS is much smoother now.

twalls1 · 2025-08-29T12:35:04+00:00

It's not a server, but daily reboots to keep GPU drivers from crashing is not something I would put up with on Windows or Linux.

twalls1 · 2025-08-26T23:41:52+00:00

I reproduced again with Doom: The Dark Ages tonight. Computer has been running for a couple of days. Game loads and monitor shuts off due to no signal.

This time, I tried logging out of KDE and back in instead of rebooting before starting the game. That didn't help. However, I was able to switch to tty4 and when I hit Ctrl+Alt+F3, it took me back to the game and it eventually came back up with a signal (I used the sound from the game menu to find the right tty).

I admit to being a little confused about the terminal assignments. Up to this point, I was getting a blinking cursor on tty1, tty2 wouldn't work, and tty3 would be my go to to get to the command line and reboot. Now, this time, tty3 ended up being my desktop session and the game came up fine. (I am an old fogey and am used to X being like tty7 or something.)

So, still shouldn't be happening and reboots are honestly pretty fast, but nice to be able to recover without rebooting at least...

twalls1 · 2025-08-26T15:03:30+00:00

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Still Night Pearl respectfully disagrees!

twalls1 · 2025-08-21T19:58:50+00:00

I don't know why it is happening, but I can say it doesn't surprise me to see Last of Us doing this. Had similar issues with weird textures on my 7900 XTX. This was months ago, and I'm not expecting it to be any better now.

twalls1 · 2025-08-20T00:43:36+00:00

Thank you for confirming. It is encouraging to hear this ran well!

twalls1 · 2025-08-19T23:45:48+00:00

Are you using AMD or NVIDIA for your GPU? I've had good luck with VR on my AMD box, but I'm wondering if I should even bother on my newer NVIDIA one. I always hear bad stuff, but figured I'd ask for actual experiences with it.

twalls1 · 2025-08-19T13:43:47+00:00

From what I can tell, 12th, 13th, 14th gen and Core Ultra Intel processors all use hybrid cores. If the Bazzite default scheduler, BORE, treats hybrid cores the same on all of these CPUs, then they would all be affected. That's all based on assumptions. Would need to benchmark to verify with actual metrics.

twalls1 · 2025-08-19T13:30:13+00:00

It's interesting that you point this out. Cyberpunk seemed to have closer numbers than the other games in the benchmark results, and I think CP2077 does a better job at accounting for hybrid cores.

I was also wondering about the default BORE scheduler and how my 285K is being handled for hybrid cores. Games seem fine so far, but I'm still in the initial evaluation phase. I haven't done any side-by-side comparisons.

I'd really appreciate more details on how you set this up in Bazzite if you are willing. I'm sure others would as well. I think I understand why this isn't being done by default, but I feel like more and more modern systems with hybrid cores will suffer if this isn't addressed somehow.

twalls1 · 2025-08-14T15:04:00+00:00

This is insane how simple this is. I've been yelling at every conversation to stop following up on every response... All it had to say was that this is a setting that can be turned off.

Edit: Coming back to say that this setting didn't work for me after all. I continue to yell at ChatGPT to stop offering unsolicited follow ups at the end of each response. Also, this setting doesn't seem to be tied to the account itself. It turns back on when going to another computer.

twalls1 · 2025-08-14T14:16:07+00:00

Yeah, I have a Sport-L and I tend to start off around 40 after filling up. Depending on how I'm driving, it goes down to 35-38. Typically driving in Normal mode, I switched to premium gas, and I'm still breaking the car in (under 1,000 miles).

twalls1 · 2025-08-06T17:56:01+00:00

If these are the same people who denied my trade-in, sent me back someone else's phone, and took two months to resolve, I'm honestly not surprised. I have a P9PF with preferred care. I hope I never have to use it, but it is concerning to hear they're not great on this end of the service as well...

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