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Games flickering despite running fine on Windows

I’m trying to set up a Linux install for my mom (Ultramarine KDE on Wayland), and all her (2) Steam games are flickering. I thought it was from fractional scaling, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.

Her games don’t flicker on Windows, and I’ve already tried multiple versions of Proton. I’m not quite sure what’s happening, and any help would be appreciated.

Specs- OS: Ultramarine Linux KDE Edition - Host: Dell Inspiron 15 3511 - CPU: Intel Core i5-1035G1 - GPU: pretty sure it uses integrated graphics If you need any more information, please ask me

Edit: other than the flickering, her games run perfectly fine.

Zamundaaa ,

What kind of flickering? Does the display support adaptive sync? If so, try turning that off

Mrb2 ,

I had the same issue on fedora KDE, and I fixed it by setting my framerate to 60 instead of 144 or disabling adaptive sync.

Fecundpossum ,

What kind pf GPU does she have? What drivers are installed? Also, I get that ultramarine is supposed to be “easy fedora” but it’s certainly a lesser used distro, there might be some quirks at play. The ultimate mom dad or grandma distro is Linux Mint, might be worth trying it out to see if it has the same issue or not.

dabster291 OP ,
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What kind pf GPU does she have?

It’s a laptop, so no GPU installed.

What drivers are installed?

idk, how do you check?

The ultimate mom dad or grandma distro is Linux Mint, might be worth trying it out to see if it has the same issue or not.

I was considering installing Mint for her, but decided against it because of the recent unverified flatpak controversy (she unfortunately still uses chrome, and would rather have her distro manage all her updates for her); but I think I might install Mint on an external hard drive just to quickly see if any of her issues persist.

mrvictory1 ,

It’s a laptop, so no GPU installed.

Are you sure about that? Dell’s website says the laptop comes with Nvidia graphics. If that’s the case, GPU drivers should be updated to version 555 to resolve flickering.

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