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submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by fleebleneeble@reddthat.com to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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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.

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[–] fleebleneeble@reddthat.com 12 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Here's what I got:

System:
Kernel: 6.15.9-zen1-1.1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.4.4 Distro: Garuda Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Dell product: OptiPlex 990 v: 01
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Dell model: 06D7TR v: A02 serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Dell
v: A24 date: 07/02/2018
CPU:
Info: quad core model: Intel Core i7-2600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP cache:
L2: 1024 KiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2072 min/max: 1600/3800 cores: 1: 2072 2: 2072 3: 2072
4: 2072 5: 2072 6: 2072 7: 2072 8: 2072
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GM107GL [Quadro K620] driver: nvidia v: 575.64.05
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: nvidia,swrast
platforms: gbm,wayland,x11,surfaceless,device
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 575.64.05
renderer: Quadro K620/PCIe/SSE2
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.321 drivers: nvidia,llvmpipe surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: corectrl, nvidia-settings,
nvidia-smi wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel
Device-2: NVIDIA GM107 High Definition Audio [GeForce 940MX]
driver: snd_hda_intel
API: ALSA v: k6.15.9-zen1-1.1-zen status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.7 status: active
Network:
Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network driver: e1000e
IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: wlp0s29u1u2i2 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-2: wlp0s29u1u6i2 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Realtek 802.11ac NIC driver: btusb,rtw_8821cu type: USB
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: N/A
Report: btmgmt ID: hci1 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: N/A
Device-2: Realtek 802.11ac NIC driver: btusb,rtw_8821cu type: USB
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 4.33 TiB used: 2.31 TiB (53.4%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: SK Hynix model: SH920 2.5 7MM 256GB
size: 238.47 GiB
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Western Digital model: WD5000AZLX-75K2TA1
size: 465.76 GiB
ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Western Digital model: WD40NDZW-11BCVS0
size: 3.64 TiB type: USB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 238.47 GiB used: 46.71 GiB (19.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1
ID-2: /home size: 238.47 GiB used: 46.71 GiB (19.6%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/sda1
ID-3: /var/log size: 238.47 GiB used: 46.71 GiB (19.6%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/sda1
ID-4: /var/tmp size: 238.47 GiB used: 46.71 GiB (19.6%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.29 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 36.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.29 GiB used: 3.69 GiB (11.8%)
Processes: 316 Uptime: 46m Shell: fish inxi: 3.3.38
[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago

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.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 5 points 4 days ago

Not disk space exhaustion.