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just_another_person , in Counter Strike 2 update - Configured SDL to prefer X11 over Wayland on Linux

I guess it’s kind of useful for some very specific configurations? Maybe geared towards stock Ubuntu users. Wayland shouldn’t be having issues with this in the first place.

woelkchen , (edited )
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Maybe geared towards stock Ubuntu users.

My guess: Since Steam Deck’s Plasma desktop mode uses X11 and Gamescope uses Wayland, the two environments may cause different behaviors in games and this is a quick way to align both.

EccTM , (edited ) in Mildly infuriating: Can't install the Talos Principal 2 demo - "invalid platform"

Go into Steam Settings > Compatibility, and turn on “Enable Steam Play for all other titles”, Steam will then ask to restart. Install your game (which should now not complain because it’s getting the Windows version for proton) then go change the setting back.

Edit: Added the correct settings section and proper option name, because I was originally winging it, writing this comment on mobile.

theshatterstone54 ,

This should be the solution to your problem

perishthethought OP ,

Awesome, thank you! That worked.

vividspecter ,

Valve should consider making it the default at this point, and just give the user a warning the first time they launch a non-supported game. Because these issues happen often enough that people may be left with a bad impression of Linux (and Steam) game support.

EccTM ,

I’ve only ever had to deal with this issue when it comes to installing a demo of something. Generally Steam already knows if there is only a Windows build of a game or not and acts accordingly. If this is the thing that causes a bad impression of gaming on Linux, then you’ve probably already overlooked (or been blind to) other annoying situations.

vividspecter ,

You must already have the setting enabled (as do I). But on a new install of Steam, only games that have been approved by Valve will run. And that’s using the old system, and not the new system that the Deck uses. So there’s is only a small amount of games supported.

BloodSlut ,

Also the games work flawlessly or nearly-flawlessly over half the time anyways

Puzzle_Sluts_4Ever ,

Will never happen

Because can you imagine the outrage if GTA6 or the latest Call of Duty is called “an unsupported game”?

I can see the youtube titles now: “SHOTS FIRED!!! Gabe Newell attacks Ubisoft by warning gamers about buggy games” with a nice video of someone launching the latest tom clancy wankfest and showing the pop-up.

Same with all the fun “quirks” that make sites like protondb so useful. You don’t want someone to accidentally play Dragon’s Dgoma with no cutscene audio or Kingdoms of Amalur with busted ass shaders.

vividspecter ,

I can see the youtube titles now: “SHOTS FIRED!!! Gabe Newell attacks Ubisoft by warning gamers about buggy games” with a nice video of someone launching the latest tom clancy wankfest and showing the pop-up.

They already do this with the deck verified system. I’m not sure how it would be more of a problem on desktop.

Neil , in can't run wine games on lutris (linux mint)
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    TheCheddarCheese OP ,
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    nope, didn’t fix it. running the launcher exe directly works, but launching the game just freezes the whole screen

    Lotsen , in can't run wine games on lutris (linux mint)
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    As far as I know genshin impact doesn’t work under wine becouse of its root kit of anticheat. Qemu with gpu passthrough is probebly your best bet

    sleepmode , in Terra Nil is now available on Linux

    Could have done without the reclaiming stuff. It feels tacked-on and awkward. But it’s still fun.

    onelikeandidie , in PresentOptionAsyncMayTear is merged on Mesa. What needs to be done for us to have the ability to disable Wayland's vsync?

    I mean, reading the comments it seems like it can be disabled through environment variables. For vulkan at least.

    proton_lynx OP ,

    I couldn’t find any information about usage in the comments. How did you find?

    onelikeandidie ,

    this comment implies there’s is an environment variable to toggle vsync.

    Franzia , in Fwupd 1.9.6 Brings Linux Firmware Updating For AMD Graphics Cards

    Seriously what does any of this lingo even mean?

    wiki.archlinux.org/title/Fwupd

    Sounds like FW Updater here is adding support for NAVI 3x which is the 5nm / RDNA 3 chips, AKA Ryzen RX 7000 series (for example RX 7600). Does this mean you can now update the firmware for the chip? Does it mean FWUpd will automatically handle firmware updates for you?

    Bonus challenge if you wanna talk to me about what some of the linux firmware lingo means.

    NegativeInf ,

    It’s exciting that with Fwupd 1.9.6+ it’s now possible to update AMD discrete graphics card firmware under Linux rather than having to resort to Windows or other environments. This new Fwupd plug-in works with Navi 3x on recent versions of the Linux kernel where the AMDGPU driver has the necessary interfaces to make the firmware updating happen. Specifically this firmware updating is focused on flashing the graphics card’s Integrated Firmware Image (IFWI).

    Quoted from the article.

    Franzia ,

    So you could not update the firmware on Navi 3x before this update arrived to Fwupd? Err you could update the card outside of Linux by booting up windows?

    NegativeInf ,

    You could do it in Windows before. With this update, now you can do it in Linux.

    Franzia ,

    Okay got it. Thank you! I just started using desktop linux, I’m on Nobara so I have some expectation that things will be handled for me and I’m not always sure about when I need to tweak things. The extent of my troubleshooting so far is using ProtonDB.

    vividspecter ,

    I’ll add that firmware updates for GPUs are pretty uncommon (my current card has had zero in the 3 years since it was launched). And an AMD driver dev confirmed as much, that it is just there in case it’s needed.

    And fwupd is a standard way to update firmware etc on a variety of hardware that doesn’t require DOS boot drives or using Windows, more commonly used on laptops and some servers and prebuilt clients. Which is obviously quite nice from a Linux user’s perspective.

    Chewy7324 ,

    Adding to other comments, fwupd is integrated into Gnome Software and probably other software centers. There’s also a systemd servivce or fwupd can be run from the terminal.

    So as far as I know it’s not necessarily run automatically on all distros.

    c10l , in Fwupd 1.9.6 Brings Linux Firmware Updating For AMD Graphics Cards

    Can someone ELI5 what that means for me as an AMD GPU Linux user?

    Is this in any way related to the firmware files that I get with the kernel which get direct-loaded on boot when the amdgpu module is loaded?

    Still ,
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    fwupd is an easy way for firmware updates to be distributed and applied, this is for flashing the chips on the card not drivers loaded in the kernel

    I use fwupd to update the bios on my Dell laptop for example

    Hawke , in Terra Nil is now available on Linux

    Pretty sure it’s been available for Linux for a long time. I played it on Linux back when it was a prototype on itch.io

    Quazatron , in Fwupd 1.9.6 Brings Linux Firmware Updating For AMD Graphics Cards
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    Nice. This is why I only buy AMD gear. Support those who support you, people!

    Dave , in Terra Nil is now available on Linux
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    It’s the first I’ve heard of this game. Is it fun?

    Nachorella ,

    it’s a pretty fun little city builder type game, except you’re terraforming. it’s very pretty but some of the mechanics can get a bit tedious.

    Dave ,
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    Thanks! I’ll put it on my wishlist and give it a go sometime.

    falsem ,

    I was kind of disappointed by the demo because it seemed more puzzle-like than simulationy.

    Dave ,
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    Demo? I can’t find a demo

    falsem ,

    This was during Steam Nextfest in like 2022, so it's probably gone.

    DarkThoughts ,

    That's the impression I got from the early videos too, which is why I didn't got any interest in the game.

    KuudereEnthusiast , in FEX-Emu: Sonic Mania showcase

    Can anyone tell me why literally every time a new emulator drops, sonic mania is one of the first games that runs on it?

    Is it easy to emulate?

    vividspecter ,

    Is it easy to emulate?

    Yes, it uses a simple 2D engine that was originally used for enhanced ports of the original genesis/mega-drive games.

    quantumantics , in Will these headphones work when connecting over a 2.4ghz dongle?

    I have the Nova Pro Wireless, not the 7’s, but they have the 2.4GHz dongle as well and I’ve had no trouble getting them to work in Linux. The Steelseries GG software I have not had luck getting to work through wine.

    newthrowaway20 , in FEX-Emu: Sonic Mania showcase

    TIL about FEX-Emu. This looks absolutely incredible! x86 emulation on Arm64 with this level of performance so early on seems like an absolute game changer.

    simple , in FEX-Emu: Sonic Mania showcase

    Awesome stuff. I hope we see some more viable ARM laptops next year.

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