That is an indication that your desktop runs in wayland mode. Proton games are running in xwayland mode when using wayland. Therefore, try switching to xorg.
Also the system information of neofetch are not enough, use this:
Was it a real xorg session or xwayland? I am pretty sure that I have never seen that in xorg. I could be wrong, but it looks like that.
From what I know is that Gnome for example always uses the wayland compositor, and when using nvidia, it will use the xwayland client entirely, not real xorg. On the other hand if a wayland client is active and apps need an X environment it will fall back to xwayland on demand. That is just my observation.
Ok, tested also a few games (they all were runing before); maybe there are some congruities or Abnormalities in between we can find…
Zusammenfassung
GAMES
the dark mod - WAYLAND->FLICKERING/STUTTERING?? | x11-> ok, happy sneaking*
beta steam-runtime↓
rise of the tomb raider (native) - ok - WAYLAND->FLICKERING/STUTTERING | x11-> expect to run - yes, ok, adventures ahoi*
alien: isolation (native) -ok WAYLAND->FLICKERING/STUTTERING | x11-> expect to run - yes, ok, i’m scared*
*(maybe also something to do with vlc and smplayer flickering?->opengl!? mpv works fine)
prey (GE8…) -ok (when it wants) then again → FREEZES SCREEN → REISUB
mad max (GE8…) -ok
detroit become human (GE8…) - ok (takes forever and & even more to build the shaders)
middle earth-shadow of mordor (GE8…) - ok happy ork slaughtering
hellblade: senuas’s sacrifice (GE8…) - ok
the beginners guide (native) - ok
beneath a steel sky - ok
narcosis (GE8…) - ok
soma (native) - ok
the stanley parable (GE8…) - ok
elder scrolls v (GE8…) - ok
the solus project (GE8…) - DOESN’T START +++UPDATE+++ starts with regular proton 8
the talos principle (native) - WARNING OF WRONG DRIVER AND CLOSING (abort) +++UPDATE+++ after pushing ok it starts on second time!? ; WAYLAND->FLICKERING/STUTTERING?? | with (GE8…) starts and runs into philosophical questions
no man’s sky (GE8…) - …not tested yet
shadow of the tomb raider (native) - not tested yet
…runs not anymore↓
the witcher 3 (most time smooth ride; also after big update) (GE8…) - DOESN’T START anymore (proton experimental->REISUB) +++UPDATE+++ starts with regular proton 8 @ X11 but Plötze throws me from her back and speaks to me like mr. ed… freezes (desktop ok; NO reisub) @ wayland with p8 screen freezes; don’t touch! it’s cold…
mass effect (2007) (GE8…) - DOESN’T START anymore
call of cthulhu (GE8…) - SHORT BLACK SCREEN - NOT STARTING anymore
I had that, ended up being my drive was no longer letting me execute files so I had to edit how my drive was mounted. But your problem seems unrelated to that since you CAN run games.
I have had that on xorg, unrelated error from this, but it CAN show even on xorg.
I had that error yesterday out of the blue. I have disabled manguhud globally since long and use “mangohud %command%” as start variable per game in steam instead.
Yesterday valheim crashed in load screen, I had to remove the command and it started perfectly, so there might be something going on with mangohud/steam.
I already did that. It kind of worked in ETS2, but ATS and Dirt 3 still with problems. ATS don’t appear any graphic, only sound. Dirt 3 don’t even open…
Hello!
Today I installed Steam Flatpak. It didn’t work on ATS, same problem. I already repaired ATS files. It seems to be a problem with x11 or Gnome.
I really need help, guys!!!
2 weeks and I can’t play until now, and no clue of the problem.
And, in CSGO Steam overlay completely crash the game and Steam. Please help me!
@GaaSantAna Maybe it is the wine prefix? Take a look in ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/ There are all wine prefixes of each game. Delete the one which matches the game ID and start again (it will recreate it).
Take a look at https://www.protondb.com/. Commonly there you get hints. No Idea what mean by ATS, Angry Troll Simulator?
Maybe downgrade the NVIDIA driver or enable KMS, maybe that helps (works when only Nvidia is involved)?
American Truck Simulator LOL
Well, I already looked into protondb, but I play this game on Linux for more than a 1 year without any problem. Everything started after the last stable update.
I am kind of a noob on commands. How to downgrade? And how to enable KMS?
Using here a NVIDIA only system
I really can’t see why use a newer driver would affect the functionality of some games. Specially because they run for more than 14 months without problems. Maybe the latest update have some bug, yes. But I don’t believe that 53x is the problem here.
FYI: for example, Euro Truck 2 and American Truck are VERY similar games. Same developer, similar base… The game itself didn’t update.
And, GTA has the same problem, but when I alt-tab, it come back.
For me, something in Wine, x11 or gnome updated and broke some games for me.
I need help for that, because I am new to Linux world (1 year using it), and I can’t deal with everything.
Yes, isn’t hard to search, but I didn’t know of the existence of this Nvidia package.
So, I gently ask to help me finding something that lead me to a clue or even the solution.
Is anymore info that I can provide? Some log or journal…
Disable that until you have everything working, the more things involved, the more that can fail.
Still no reason to not try. I have read posts where things has been clonky with the current nvidia driver you have access to via Manjaro. Just try it, the only way to come to the correct conclusion is to eliminate all other possibilities.
I see nothing but the icon of the game, like in the screenshot. It is like the game is “transparent”.
I tried launch the game with the option -windowed -noborder but nothing.
But, I made a test using OBS. I started capturing the game with OBS and it recorded the game screen on OBS preview. When I change of window, sometimes it shows on preview, sometimes not. Very strange!
A video showing it: https://youtu.be/tE1PUkHMOmU
And, I restarted Gnome with the game open (alt-f2 and inserting “r”) and it worked! The game worked perfectly!
I also tried activating Caffeine-ng (which had some problems on last update, and I done that for test purposes only) and when I closed it, the Gnome Shell restarted itself and same effect: game working.
So, the problem seems to be in Xorg or Mutter.
The game itself it is running, the drivers seems to be ok, Proton is working. Or, maybe it’s something on Steam, but I don’t know…