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Cannot get a single game working on Linux (feddit.nu)
submitted 10 months ago by MrKurteous@feddit.nu to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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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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[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Sounds like a driver Nvidia driver issue. Have you tried running a natively supported game like Counter Strike?

See if you can update/install the nvidia proprietary drivers and see if anything works.

See also if there's a recommended diagnostics program to see if you can get more clues if the above doesn't work.

[–] MrKurteous@feddit.nu 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I haven't tried a natively supported game, I'll go ahead and see if I can do that.

I have tried updating the Nvidia drivers. I'm not sure I understand what you mean by recommended diagnostics problem? Thank you for the tips!

[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Diagnostic program *

Sorry, autocorrect.