I have been able to run games whether it was Steam, GOG, or itch and now I can't get shit to run. I don't have the worst rig. I was playing Fo4, and now suddenly I can't. I switched from a shitty Windows to Garuda. That was working wonderful, until I suddenly couldn't get it to work no matter what Proton version. Then I switched to Ubuntu, same issue. Then Cachy, then back to Ubuntu, and now back at it again with Garuda. Still. The. Same. Fucking. Problem. I have scoured the net for answers and fixes to no avail and I feel like driving into traffic. I cannot get any Proton version to run ANY GAME at this point, not just the more intensive ones. What the fuck do I do? Here are some specs:
- Processor: 8 x Intel Core i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40Ghz
- Mem: 32 GiB RAM
- Graphics Processor: Quadro K620
- Dell Optiplex 990 (7010 housing)
- 245GB SSD, with additional 500GB HDD and 4TB external drive
I have been able to seamlessly play all kinds of games for months, and then it just up and doesn't let me anymore. I haven't done anything to tweak shit out of whack. No matter how many clean installs and following instructions otherwise, this shit feels BROKEN and I'm LOSING IT. Someone help me please.
-Little extra info, I always skip the Vulkan shaders bullshit and it was fine before. Sometimes it'd load with the "Downloading Windows (somethingsomething), but I don't get that anymore, and as soon as I skip the thing crashes before any launchers of sorts can load so I can mess with configuration with the little GUI bullshit before total launch.
- UPDATE:
I have switched to Bazzite and have set my external drive to ext4. Shit seems to work seamlessly now. Thank you all very much.
Don't worry dude, we'll get you sorted.
I could ask you a bunch of questions about your system, but it's easier if you just use inxi:
You may have to install it first with your package manager. It'll output your full system information (-F) with personal data removed (-z).
Also, close steam, open a terminal emulator and run:
Steam will launch and output debugging info into that terminal window. If you close the window it will exit steam.
When you run a game and it fails, look at the log and see if you see any errors or crashes being reported.
Note which version of Proton that you're using (if not default).
Here's what I got:
Nothing stands out as being wrong here.
It's detecting your graphics card, you're using the latest versions of the graphics driver, wayland and vulkan and your GPU architecture is supported.
That's good because these kinds of problems are much more annoying to deal with.
Not disk space exhaustion.
With the steam - d bit:
That's basically the normal thing Steam does with an application is closing.
What version of Proton are you using in Steam Settings -> Compatibility -> Default compatibility tool?
It's usually Experimental, but I've played around with others to set as default. Most recent was 8.0-4 since that's what Fo4 usually likes.
Ah.
Try using GE-Proton-10-11, it's a community build of Proton using the latest patches and fixes (it updates a lot more frequently than Valve's proton). Another big advantage here is that you can use Wayland directly, bypassing the xwayland layer which will eliminate one possible thing that can go wrong.
You can install it using 'ProtonUp-Qt', which should be available on your package manager. When you run it, just click the Add version, select GE-Proton10-11 and click install. It'll download it and put it in the proper directory, you'll have to restart Steam for it to show up in Steam's list. Set it to the default (either in Steam Settings, or in the settings of whatever game you're using).
Once you have GE-Proton10-11 selected for the game, go into the launch options for the game (Properties -> General) and put:
This will tell Proton to directly output to Wayland. If your monitor supports HDR and you have enabled HDR in Plasma's display configuration, you can enable HDR support by adding PROTON_ENABLE_HDR=1. So,
Wayland and HDR support only work after Proton10 so make sure you select the right version of Proton.