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Cannot get a single game working on Linux (feddit.nu)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/linux_gaming
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Hey all!

So I've been wanting to get into Linux gaming for a while thanks to inspiration from this community, but I've struggled to get it working, and after a final try today I'm starting to lose hope. I haven't gotten a single game working, most of them using Steam and Proton, but I also tried League of Legends through Lutris. I don't know what to try next, other than maybe installing a different Linux operating system and trying again. Anyone with some advice on what I can do, or where I can turn for help? I've searched online as best I can but didn't find anything that seemed relevant.

Some details of what I've tried if anyone is curious: on Steam I tried Trine 4 and Jusant today, previously also Baldur's Gate 3 a few months ago. The games simply don't launch, though for BG3 and LoL at least the launcher starts. Usually no error message, but Trine did for once tell me "GPU error detected" today. I've tried both Proton Experimental and whatever the newest version is at the time, today Proton GE-Proton8-14. Some system details:

Distro: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS RAM: 16GB CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 six-core GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 GPU Driver: Nvidia 545.29.06 (proprietary)

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[–] LoopDigger 27 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Try setting proton to version 7 in steam. I had a similar issue and it was down to having an older gpu that wasn't compatible with stuff the newer proton releases were doing.

[–] LoopDigger 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh yeah, I also had to change the nvidia driver to the legacy version. Yes, my computer is ancient.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Ah, Proton 7 didn't seem to help, but I haven't tried using older drivers yet, I should probably try that next! Thanks!

[–] fedev 3 points 11 months ago

Check the documentation to see which driver supports your hardware before trying.

Once you have the correct driver, test to see if it is working properly, there are a few commands to do this.

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