[Solved] Tumbleweed update killed my gaming (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by Murdoc@sh.itjust.works to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml

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Has anyone else had this problem? I updated my openSuse Tumbleweed today (restart required), and now none of my games work. Most are through Steam, so at first I thought it was that. But I have Cyberpunk through GOG launched with Heroic. And even more, Alien Arena has the same problem, so it's not even a proton issue (I did try changing proton versions before the other games too).

What happens is that either they freeze entirely, crash to desktop (after a short time), or freeze then crash. It seems like the bigger the game, the more quickly it crashes, which makes me think memory issue. This seemed moreso since ARK didn't even get to the launch menu screen, just played some music while my desktop froze, and I could see my memory widget maxed out. Then the music fizzled and then CTD.

I've never run into a problem like this and have no idea where even to look.

Edit: Another update today and now half of my games work. Even weirder.

Edit: Solved: Was a bug in kernel 6.8.9. Rebooted into 6.8.8 and all is well. Guess We'll see how the next one goes.

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[-] toothbrush@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 6 months ago

Do you have btrfs? It might be time to rollback until an update fixes the issue.

[-] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 7 points 6 months ago

Snapper for the rescue! Again. I still don't get how everyone else ignores this awesome piece of software?!

[-] prole@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

Any reason to use it over Timeshift? Or same basic concept?

[-] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

It comes preconfigured in openSUSE and requires 0 skill.

[-] visor841@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Yep, this is what I had to do.

[-] Murdoc@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

I do, although I've never had to deal with that before (just started a month or two ago) so I'll have to look it up. Does it work on the whole drive, or can I do it by partition/logical volume?

[-] toothbrush@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 months ago

It works by partition I think.

[-] Turun@feddit.de 4 points 6 months ago

It works by subvolume, which are not equivalent to partitions.

[-] Murdoc@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

Thankfully I didn't have to use it, but in looking it up at least I know how to now. Opensuse makes it pretty easy!

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