I did something kind of weird. I was bouncing between distro’s, and I tried Manjaro. Straight out of the box, I played several Dota2 games, and they played flawlessly.
I then uninstalled Manjaro, tried a few other ones, decided on Manjaro, and re-installed Manjaro. Now nothing on Steam works.
The only difference is the first time, when I installed Manjaro there was this “getting started” prompt that walked me through some settings. The only setting I remember being important (other than color scheme) was Proprietary vs Open-Source Drivers. I chose Proprietary then, and it was excellent.
Well, now I’m running the Hardware Configuration application, and selecting Proprietary Driver, and it’s still terrible. Dota 2 opens in windowed mode, and if I change the resolution to automatic, it fills up the screen but lags so terribly that it’s impossible to play.
I would just re-install and see what I did, but I’ve done a lot of configuration now, and I’m interested in how to fix this. Any obvious answers other than drivers? I’ve tried open source and proprietary, neither work.
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I tried just reinstalling Manjaro. I don’t know how it’s possible but this time there was no configuration at start. Maybe I’m going crazy. I have tinkered with it and it’s super slow in fullscreen mode no matter how I get there. However, I did play a bit with it in window mode, and it played smoothly. So, normally I would think drivers would fix this, but nothing has worked so far.
Information as requested:
System:
Kernel: 5.13.19-2-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.13-x86_64
root=UUID=02fcd93b-a896-4b13-a4e7-72405c374848 rw quiet apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.29 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.16.1 vt: 7
dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: MAXIMUS VIII HERO v: Rev 1.xx
serial: <filter> UEFI-[Legacy]: American Megatrends v: 2202 date: 09/19/2016
Battery:
Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
RAM: total: 31.28 GiB used: 3.2 GiB (10.2%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-6700K bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Skylake-S family: 6 model-id: 5E (94) stepping: 3 microcode: EA cache:
L2: 8 MiB bogomips: 64026
Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/4200 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800
4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon art
avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cpuid
cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est
f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr hle ht hwp hwp_act_window
hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ida intel_pt invpcid invpcid_single lahf_lm lm
mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat
pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts
rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good rtm sdbg sep smap smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1
sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust
tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt
xsaves xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf
mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
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 generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional,
IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP104 [GeForce GTX 1080] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nouveau
v: kernel alternate: nvidia_drm,nvidia bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1b80
class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.16.1 driver:
loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1016x285mm (40.0x11.2")
s-diag: 1055mm (41.5")
Monitor-1: DP-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 82 size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.2")
diag: 685mm (27")
Monitor-2: DP-2 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 82 size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.2")
diag: 685mm (27")
OpenGL: renderer: NV134 v: 4.3 Mesa 21.2.2 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a170
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GP104 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 02:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f0
class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.13.19-2-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.37 running: no
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: e1000e v: kernel
port: f000 bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15b8 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 13.21 TiB used: 3.31 TiB (25.1%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 960 EVO 500GB
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 3B7QCXE7 temp: 32.9 C scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 PRO 1TB
size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1B6Q scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD1001FALS-42J7B0 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 1.5 Gb/s type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 0K05
scheme: MBR
ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Seagate model: ST2000DX001-1CM164
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: CC43 scheme: MBR
ID-5: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD4003FZEX-00Z4SA0 size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT
ID-6: /dev/sde maj-min: 8:64 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD3001FFSX-68JNUN0 size: 2.73 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
rev: 0A81 scheme: GPT
ID-7: /dev/sdf maj-min: 8:80 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD3001FFSX-68JNUN0 size: 2.73 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
rev: 0A81 scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 465.76 GiB size: 457.38 GiB (98.20%) used: 9.96 GiB (2.2%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: N/A
uuid: 02fcd93b-a896-4b13-a4e7-72405c374848
ID-2: /home/<filter>/mnt/850Pro raw-size: 953.87 GiB
size: 937.9 GiB (98.33%) used: 337.08 GiB (35.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
maj-min: 8:1 label: 850Pro uuid: 5dff6f31-d3d8-4cc6-bae5-21949956a29f
ID-3: /home/<filter>/mnt/red0 raw-size: 2.73 TiB size: 2.69 TiB (98.40%)
used: 512.79 GiB (18.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdf1 maj-min: 8:81 label: Red0
uuid: 76a80a3c-7332-4e0f-a8a8-9452ba054458
ID-4: /home/<filter>/mnt/red1 raw-size: 2.73 TiB size: 2.69 TiB (98.40%)
used: 2.47 TiB (92.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sde1 maj-min: 8:65 label: Red1
uuid: be38f164-e944-4f8c-9509-36b37af4c57c
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 931.51 GiB fs: ntfs label: WDBlack_1TB
uuid: 07554E672A198B3F
ID-2: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33 size: 1.82 TiB fs: ntfs label: SSHD
uuid: CCF673BDF673A67C
ID-3: /dev/sdd1 maj-min: 8:49 size: 128 MiB fs: <superuser required>
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-4: /dev/sdd2 maj-min: 8:50 size: 3.64 TiB fs: ntfs label: LargeStorage
uuid: E68874158873E28B
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 16 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-4:2 info: Corsair Vengeance K70R keyboard type: Keyboard,HID
driver: corsair,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 500mA
chip-ID: 1b1c:1b09 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: 1-7:3
info: Razer USA RC30-0305 Gaming Mouse Dongle [Viper Ultimate (Wireless)]
type: Mouse,Keyboard driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 1532:007b class-ID: 0300
Device-3: 1-8:4 info: Razer USA Razer BlackWidow V3 Pro type: Keyboard,Mouse
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 5 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
power: 100mA chip-ID: 1532:025c class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Hub-2: 1-9:5 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
chip-ID: 05e3:0610 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-9.2:7 info: Razer USA RC30-030502 Mouse Dock
type: Mouse,Keyboard driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 1532:007e class-ID: 0300
Device-2: 1-10:6 info: Razer USA Viper (wired) type: Mouse,Keyboard
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
power: 100mA chip-ID: 1532:0078 class-ID: 0301
Device-3: 1-11:8 info: Corsair H110iGTX Cooler type: <vendor specific>
driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 50mA
chip-ID: 1b1c:0c07 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
Device-4: 1-14:9 info: Microchip MCP2200 USB Serial Port Emulator
type: Abstract (modem),CDC-Data,HID driver: cdc_acm,hid-generic,usbhid
interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 04d8:00df
class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 10 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 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
Hub-5: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8 C mobo: 27.8 C gpu: nouveau temp: 44.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nouveau fan: 0
Info:
Processes: 262 Uptime: 22m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 249 tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: N/A Packages: pacman: 1058 lib: 306 flatpak: 0 Shell: Bash
v: 5.1.8 running-in: terminator inxi: 3.3.06
nouveau is the open source driver which is no good for gaming. Install the proprietary NVIDIA driver from Manjaro Settings Manager and reboot. inxi will then show nvidia .
Also make sure you’re up to date via Add/Remove Software.
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That solved the issue. I am wondering though. When I installed the first time, I got a setup screen that was really neat that allowed me to customize things very easily. I was wondering if I can run that again. This is not an issue, so feel free to ignore, but I was confused when I didn’t get it on the second install. I understand it’s 100% human error that I didn’t get it. I probably started it somehow. I can’t give more data than it asked me at the start which drivers I wanted to use, and allowed me to change color theme, which changed the color of the desktop folder, and the manjaro image at the bottom left.
W1sE
5 October 2021 06:10
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That is Manjaro Hello, you can search it in applications or type it in Krunner.
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system
7 October 2021 20:10
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I didn’t restart after switching drivers. Thanks…