KDE completely crashes while gaming, maybe sound is the issue?

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Hey people!

First off: Sorry for not posting in the “right” category, but I am not sure where to exactly post this.

I’ve got a problem that (sometimes) crashes my whole installation of Linux. I can’t do anything anymore except restart via reset button.

What happens: When playing games I encounter some heavy stutter, followed by a complete crash after about 5 seconds after the stutter. This happens to both games played via proton (Hades in this case) and native games (Metro: Exodus). After writing down the time when a crash occurred, I saw a flood of pipewire messages in journalctl. This crash seems to happen faster with Metro than with Hades (or any other game).

I’ve always had issues with my sound devices under Linux and never really found a solution to it. To describe it in short: I’ve got a YAMAHA MG 12 XU (external sound mixer) connected via USB. When not keeping pavucontrol open, opening other applications may cause my whole sound to not work anymore (except I start pavucontrol again or exit and wait 5 sec).

So I recently tried pipewire instead of only PulseAudio, just to get the same issues. I do have other issues now however - the one described above with the crash. When checking journalctl --user --unit pipewire, I see the following (snippet of when I played Metro: Exodus):

Apr 17 17:42:49 foregone-PC systemd[1488]: Started Multimedia Service.
Apr 17 18:37:09 foregone-PC pipewire[1498]: (PulseAudio Volume Control-55) client too slow! rate:512/48000 pos:156341504 status:awake
Apr 17 18:37:09 foregone-PC pipewire[1498]: (PulseAudio Volume Control-75) client too slow! rate:512/48000 pos:156341504 status:triggered
Apr 17 18:37:09 foregone-PC pipewire[1498]: (alsa_input.usb-Yamaha_Corporation_MG-XU-00.pro-input-0-47) XRun! rate:1024/48000 count:1 time:0 delay:0 max:0
Apr 17 18:37:10 foregone-PC pipewire[1498]: (alsa_input.usb-Yamaha_Corporation_MG-XU-00.pro-input-0-47) client missed 1 wakeups
Apr 17 18:37:10 foregone-PC pipewire[1498]: (alsa_input.usb-Yamaha_Corporation_MG-XU-00.pro-input-0-47) client missed 1 wakeups
Apr 17 18:37:10 foregone-PC pipewire[1498]: (alsa_input.usb-Yamaha_Corporation_MG-XU-00.pro-input-0-47) client missed 1 wakeups
Apr 17 18:37:11 foregone-PC pipewire[1498]: (alsa_input.usb-Yamaha_Corporation_MG-XU-00.pro-input-0-47) client missed 1 wakeups
Apr 17 18:37:13 foregone-PC pipewire[1498]: (alsa_input.usb-Yamaha_Corporation_MG-XU-00.pro-input-0-47) client missed 1 wakeups
Apr 17 18:37:13 foregone-PC pipewire[1498]: 31 events suppressed
Apr 17 18:37:13 foregone-PC pipewire[1498]: (alsa_output.usb-Yamaha_Corporation_MG-XU-00.pro-output-0-46) XRun! rate:512/48000 count:22 time:3279932984 delay:202449 max:207523
Apr 17 18:37:13 foregone-PC pipewire[1498]: (PulseAudio Volume Control-75) client missed 1 wakeups
Apr 17 18:37:13 foregone-PC pipewire[1498]: 7 events suppressed
Apr 17 18:37:13 foregone-PC pipewire[1498]: (alsa_input.usb-Yamaha_Corporation_MG-XU-00.pro-input-0-47) client too slow! rate:1024/48000 pos:156441600 status:triggered
Apr 17 18:37:13 foregone-PC pipewire[1498]: (alsa_input.usb-Yamaha_Corporation_MG-XU-00.pro-input-0-47) client too slow! rate:1024/48000 pos:156441600 status:triggered
Apr 17 18:37:13 foregone-PC pipewire[1498]: (alsa_input.usb-Yamaha_Corporation_MG-XU-00.pro-input-0-47) client missed 1 wakeups
Apr 17 18:37:14 foregone-PC pipewire[1498]: (alsa_input.usb-Yamaha_Corporation_MG-XU-00.pro-input-0-47) client missed 1 wakeups
Apr 17 18:37:14 foregone-PC pipewire[1498]: (alsa_input.usb-Yamaha_Corporation_MG-XU-00.pro-input-0-47) client missed 1 wakeups
Apr 17 18:37:14 foregone-PC pipewire[1498]: (alsa_input.usb-Yamaha_Corporation_MG-XU-00.pro-input-0-47) client missed 1 wakeups
Apr 17 18:37:16 foregone-PC pipewire[1498]: (alsa_input.usb-Yamaha_Corporation_MG-XU-00.pro-input-0-47) client missed 1 wakeups
Apr 17 18:37:16 foregone-PC pipewire[1498]: 19 events suppressed
Apr 17 18:37:16 foregone-PC pipewire[1498]: (alsa_output.usb-Yamaha_Corporation_MG-XU-00.pro-output-0-46) XRun! rate:512/48000 count:42 time:3283163610 delay:217229 max:260163
Apr 17 18:37:16 foregone-PC pipewire[1498]: 2 events suppressed
Apr 17 18:37:16 foregone-PC pipewire[1498]: (alsa_input.usb-Yamaha_Corporation_MG-XU-00.pro-input-0-47) client too slow! rate:1024/48000 pos:156463104 status:triggered
Apr 17 18:37:16 foregone-PC pipewire[1498]: (alsa_input.usb-Yamaha_Corporation_MG-XU-00.pro-input-0-47) client too slow! rate:1024/48000 pos:156463104 status:triggered

This is also the exact time my computer crashed. I suppose the flood of errors is causing my OS to not react anymore.

Here’s my inxi:

System:
  Kernel: 5.12.0-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.0 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.12-x86_64 
  root=UUID=75febefa-d34b-4c54-bae0-3719f8650a7c rw quiet apparmor=1 
  security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3 amdgpu.ppfeaturemask=0xffffffff 
  Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.21.3 tk: Qt 5.15.2 info: latte-dock wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 
  dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: B550 AORUS ELITE V2 v: x.x 
  serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: F13f date: 03/23/2021 
Memory:
  RAM: total: 31.36 GiB used: 5.6 GiB (17.8%) 
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
CPU:
  Info: 8-Core model: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3 
  family: 19 (25) model-id: 21 (33) stepping: N/A microcode: A201009 cache: 
  L2: 4 MiB bogomips: 121412 
  Speed: 2259 MHz min/max: 2200/3800 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 
  1: 2259 2: 2225 3: 2230 4: 2372 5: 2242 6: 2230 7: 2363 8: 2319 9: 2231 
  10: 2423 11: 2234 12: 2235 13: 2313 14: 2283 15: 2278 16: 2231 
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1 
  bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy 
  constant_tsc cpb cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total cqm_occup_llc 
  cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists erms extapic extd_apicid f16c 
  flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb ibrs ibs 
  invpcid irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mba mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor 
  movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx ospke osvw 
  overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core 
  perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pku pni popcnt pse pse36 rdpid rdpru 
  rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sep sha_ni skinit smap smca smep ssbd 
  sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 stibp succor svm svm_lock syscall tce 
  topoext tsc tsc_scale umip v_vmsave_vmload vaes vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall 
  vpclmulqdq wbnoinvd wdt xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
  Type: mds status: Not affected 
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
  Type: spec_store_bypass 
  mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
  Type: spectre_v1 
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, 
  STIBP: always-on, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds status: Not affected 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Navi 21 [Radeon RX 6800/6800 XT / 6900 XT] driver: amdgpu 
  v: kernel bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:73bf class-ID: 0300 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.10 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: 
  loaded: amdgpu,ati unloaded: modesetting,radeon alternate: fbdev,vesa 
  display-ID: :0 screens: 1 
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 5120x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1354x381mm (53.3x15.0") 
  s-diag: 1407mm (55.4") 
  Monitor-1: DisplayPort-0 res: 5120x1440 hz: 120 dpi: 109 
  size: 1190x340mm (46.9x13.4") diag: 1238mm (48.7") 
  OpenGL: 
  renderer: AMD SIENNA_CICHLID (DRM 3.40.0 5.12.0-1-MANJARO LLVM 11.1.0) 
  v: 4.6 Mesa 21.0.1 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 07:00.1 
  chip-ID: 1002:ab28 class-ID: 0403 
  Device-2: Yamaha MG-XU type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio bus-ID: 5-1.1:4 
  chip-ID: 0499:1703 class-ID: 0102 
  Device-3: Logitech HD Webcam B910 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo 
  bus-ID: 5-3.2.3:8 chip-ID: 046d:0823 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter> 
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.12.0-1-MANJARO running: yes 
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.17 running: no 
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: no 
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.24 running: yes 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel 
  port: f000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200 
  IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global 
  broadcast: <filter> 
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global 
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link 
  WAN IP: <filter> 
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) type: USB 
  driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 5-3.2.2:7 chip-ID: 0a12:0001 class-ID: e001 
  Report: This feature requires one of these tools: hciconfig/bt-adapter 
Logical:
  Message: No LVM data was found. 
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data was found. 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 3.43 TiB used: 728.88 GiB (20.8%) 
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO 1TB 
  size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s 
  lanes: 4 rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2B2QEXE7 scheme: GPT 
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 PRO 512GB 
  size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 4B6Q scheme: GPT 
  ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 840 PRO Series 
  size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 5B0Q scheme: GPT 
  ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Seagate model: ST32000641AS 
  size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  rotation: 7200 rpm serial: <filter> rev: CC13 scheme: MBR 
  Message: No Optical or Floppy data was found. 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 476.45 GiB size: 467.9 GiB (98.21%) used: 18.62 GiB (4.0%) 
  fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A 
  uuid: 75febefa-d34b-4c54-bae0-3719f8650a7c 
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 500 MiB size: 499 MiB (99.80%) 
  used: 296 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: NO_LABEL 
  uuid: 4E1D-CB33 
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 238.47 GiB size: 233.67 GiB (97.99%) 
  used: 32.65 GiB (14.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 label: N/A 
  uuid: 02e5e808-a29f-43a3-80c9-815afd43cf7a 
  ID-4: /media/Datengrab raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (98.38%) 
  used: 424.23 GiB (23.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33 
  label: Datengrab uuid: 06843bf8-8e9c-42ae-a9a7-e7e8fbfaa7b4 
  ID-5: /media/M2_Games raw-size: 931.51 GiB size: 915.82 GiB (98.31%) 
  used: 253.38 GiB (27.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 
  label: M2_Games uuid: c800bb2f-8ab2-4fcb-a634-650bf0703fb6 
  ID-6: /run/timeshift/backup raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: <superuser required> 
  used: <superuser required> fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33 
  label: Datengrab uuid: 06843bf8-8e9c-42ae-a9a7-e7e8fbfaa7b4 
Swap:
  Alert: No Swap data was found. 
Unmounted:
  Message: No Unmounted partitions found. 
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 10 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-2: 1-6:2 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s 
  power: 100mA chip-ID: 05e3:0608 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 1-6.3:4 info: NZXT USB Device type: HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid 
  interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 1e71:2007 
  class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter> 
  Device-2: 1-7:3 info: Integrated Express ITE Device type: HID 
  driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s 
  power: 100mA chip-ID: 048d:5702 class-ID: 0300 
  Device-3: 1-9:5 info: Corsair Gaming K70 RAPIDFIRE Keyboard 
  type: Keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 12 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 1b1c:1b3a class-ID: 0300 
  serial: <filter> 
  Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s 
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-4: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 3-2:2 info: Cooler Master ARES type: Keyboard,HID 
  driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s 
  power: 100mA chip-ID: 2516:014d class-ID: 0300 
  Hub-5: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 1 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s 
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-6: 5-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-7: 5-1:2 info: Microchip (formerly SMSC) ports: 1 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s power: 2mA chip-ID: 0424:2422 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 5-1.1:4 info: Yamaha MG-XU type: Audio driver: snd-usb-audio 
  interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 6mA chip-ID: 0499:1703 
  class-ID: 0102 
  Hub-8: 5-3:3 info: Realtek RTS5411 Hub ports: 5 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s 
  chip-ID: 0bda:5411 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-9: 5-3.2:5 info: VIA Labs VL813 Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s 
  chip-ID: 2109:2813 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 5-3.2.1:6 info: Microsoft XBOX ACC type: <vendor specific> 
  driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA 
  chip-ID: 045e:02fe class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter> 
  Device-2: 5-3.2.2:7 
  info: Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) type: Bluetooth 
  driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA 
  chip-ID: 0a12:0001 class-ID: e001 
  Device-3: 5-3.2.3:8 info: Logitech HD Webcam B910 type: Audio,Video 
  driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s 
  power: 500mA chip-ID: 046d:0823 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter> 
  Device-4: 5-3.2.4:9 info: Logitech G502 SE HERO Gaming Mouse type: Mouse,HID 
  driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s 
  power: 300mA chip-ID: 046d:c08b class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter> 
  Hub-10: 6-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 
  speed: 10 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-11: 6-3:2 info: Realtek Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 5 Gb/s 
  chip-ID: 0bda:0411 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-12: 6-3.2:3 info: VIA Labs VL813 Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s 
  chip-ID: 2109:0813 class-ID: 0900 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 47.4 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 55.0 C 
  mem: 54.0 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 0 
Info:
  Processes: 374 Uptime: 29m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 247 tool: systemctl 
  Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 Packages: pacman: 1460 lib: 439 flatpak: 0 Shell: Zsh 
  v: 5.8 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.03

Also, as a sidenote: Does anyone know a good guide for pipewire / pulseaudio / alsa combos (except Arch Wiki).

Thanks!

Regards

ForeGone

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Just an update: Seemingly it’s not pipewire. I stopped all the daemons for it now and went PA again.

Got the same problem. Here’s the journalctl:

journalctl | grep "Apr 18 22:54"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             INT ✘ 
Apr 18 22:54:24 foregone-PC kwin_x11[1540]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 26827, resource id: 88080398, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
Apr 18 22:54:24 foregone-PC kwin_x11[1540]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 26828, resource id: 88080398, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
Apr 18 22:54:24 foregone-PC kwin_x11[1540]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 26829, resource id: 88080398, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
Apr 18 22:54:24 foregone-PC kwin_x11[1540]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 26831, resource id: 88080398, major code: 12 (ConfigureWindow), minor code: 0
Apr 18 22:54:24 foregone-PC kwin_x11[1540]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 26832, resource id: 88080398, major code: 25 (SendEvent), minor code: 0
Apr 18 22:54:24 foregone-PC kwin_x11[1540]: kwin_core: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 26835, resource id: 88080398, major code: 129 (SHAPE), minor code: 3 (Combine)
Apr 18 22:54:24 foregone-PC kwin_x11[1540]: kwin_core: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 26836, resource id: 88080398, major code: 129 (SHAPE), minor code: 3 (Combine)
Apr 18 22:54:24 foregone-PC kwin_x11[1540]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 26906, resource id: 88080398, major code: 15 (QueryTree), minor code: 0
Apr 18 22:54:24 foregone-PC xembedsniproxy[1623]: Container window visible, stack below
Apr 18 22:54:24 foregone-PC kwin_x11[1540]: kwin_core: XCB error: 10 (BadAccess), sequence: 27049, resource id: 1743, major code: 142 (Composite), minor code: 2 (RedirectSubwindows)
Apr 18 22:54:24 foregone-PC kwin_x11[1540]: BlurConfig::instance called after the first use - ignoring
Apr 18 22:54:24 foregone-PC kwin_x11[1540]: DesktopGridConfig::instance called after the first use - ignoring
Apr 18 22:54:24 foregone-PC kwin_x11[1540]: KscreenConfig::instance called after the first use - ignoring
Apr 18 22:54:24 foregone-PC kwin_x11[1540]: PresentWindowsConfig::instance called after the first use - ignoring
Apr 18 22:54:24 foregone-PC kwin_x11[1540]: SlideConfig::instance called after the first use - ignoring
Apr 18 22:54:24 foregone-PC kwin_x11[1540]: SlidingPopupsConfig::instance called after the first use - ignoring
Apr 18 22:54:24 foregone-PC kwin_x11[1540]: ZoomConfig::instance called after the first use - ignoring
Apr 18 22:54:25 foregone-PC plasmashell[1626]: trying to show an empty dialog
Apr 18 22:54:25 foregone-PC plasmashell[1626]: file:///usr/share/plasma/shells/org.kde.plasma.desktop/contents/views/Desktop.qml:146:19: QML Loader: Binding loop detected for property "height"
Apr 18 22:54:25 foregone-PC plasmashell[1626]: file:///usr/share/plasma/shells/org.kde.plasma.desktop/contents/views/Desktop.qml:146:19: QML Loader: Binding loop detected for property "height"
Apr 18 22:54:26 foregone-PC pkexec[16333]: pam_unix(polkit-1:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by (uid=1000)
Apr 18 22:54:26 foregone-PC kernel: audit: type=1105 audit(1618779266.056:95): pid=16333 uid=1000 auid=1000 ses=3 subj==unconfined msg='op=PAM:session_open grantors=pam_limits,pam_unix,pam_permit acct="root" exe="/usr/bin/pkexec" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Apr 18 22:54:26 foregone-PC audit[16333]: USER_START pid=16333 uid=1000 auid=1000 ses=3 subj==unconfined msg='op=PAM:session_open grantors=pam_limits,pam_unix,pam_permit acct="root" exe="/usr/bin/pkexec" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Apr 18 22:54:26 foregone-PC gamemoded[5354]: ERROR: Could not inspect tasks for client [10718]! Skipping ioprio optimisation.
Apr 18 22:54:26 foregone-PC pkexec[16333]: foregone: Executing command [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/home/foregone] [COMMAND=/usr/lib/gamemode/cpugovctl set schedutil]
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I had some issues with kwin as well. I ended up adding all my steam games to lutris, then using lutris to launch games with desktop effects disabled in the lutris settings.

How are you launching the games? Maybe your issue is also the compositor.

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Hey, thanks for your reply.

I disable the compositor before starting that game. Also: Since a couple of days Metro: Exodus has a native Linux Client.

I’m only starting it with mangohud.

Regads

ForeGone

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