Steam games briefly show "Launching" but then revert back to the "Play" button without starting. I've tried two distros and it happened on both. Native linux games launch, but at 1 fps. I have the correct Nvidia drivers too, the 570 version.

I tried openSUSE leap and Pop os Cosmic... help me please

I would've helped you if I could, but I can't, as I simply do not have this problem on my Windows machine.

vulkaninfo | grep GPU
GPU id = 0 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060)
GPU id = 1 (llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.1, 256 bits))
GPU id = 0 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060)
GPU id = 1 (llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.1, 256 bits))
GPU id = 0 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060)
GPU id = 1 (llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.1, 256 bits))
GPU id = 0 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060)
GPU id = 1 (llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.1, 256 bits))
GPU id : 0 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060):
GPU id : 1 (llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.1, 256 bits)):
GPU id : 0 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060):
GPU id : 1 (llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.1, 256 bits)):
GPU0:
deviceType = PHYSICAL_DEVICE_TYPE_DISCRETE_GPU
GPU1:

wtf is this guys

have you used any of the options like proton in compatibility options?

>>105850211
Yep, experimental, hotfix and the 9. something

>>105850237
did you check protondb.com for specific game issues? sometimes you have to tinker

>>105849995 (OP)
sounds like something is wrong with your gpu config. try running glxgears

>>105849995 (OP)
>he fell for the troonix meme

>>105850244
i am trying games that have platinum ratings

>>105850257

honestly ive never had this issue
games on windows work perfectly, on linux the only issue wine has is audio tearing but its usually not noticable
only game with real issues was an obscure game, the physics simulation was bugged

>>105849995 (OP)
Start steam from the terminal, start game, post error here.

>>105850277
30 fps in glxgears is not okay

>>105850284
how do i do that

You silly Steamies are so insufferable!

I'm so glad that I'm a real (PC) Pirate Chad Gamer!

>>105849995 (OP)
has to be driver issues.
I loaded popos onto my legion at one point and it worked straight away (3080 GPU as well.

>>105850284
flatpak run com.valvesoftware.Steam
INFO:root:https://github.com/flathub/com.valvesoftware.Steam/wiki
INFO:root:Will set XDG dirs prefix to /home/eliaslinux/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam
DEBUG:root:Checking input devices permissions
WARNING:root:Missing permissions for input devices

>>105850257
glxgears doesn't do shit for steam, you need to run vkcube. Proton uses vulkan most of the time, not OpenGL.

>>105850261
>GaMeS wOrK oN StEaM pRotON i SwEAR
>Game doesn’t work
Clearly the Steam fanboys lied about proton working and once again the Valve Corporation has broken Proton.

>>105850336
fuck nvidia, if i had an amd card would i even encounter any of this trouble?

>>105850290
>>105850277
idk why your system shows 2 gpus with one being llvmpipe (do you have an integrated one?) but it's probably the cause

>>105849995 (OP)
Your dxvk is probably fucked
It happens to me on debian stable because nvidia drivers lag behind
Set launch options to PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 %command%

>>105850361
>idk why your system shows 2 gpus with one being llvmpipe (do you have an integrated one?) but it's probably the cause
i think llvmpipe is cpu taking over for the graphic card, but its not integrated graphics

>>105850376
so software rendering

>>105850370
Okay the game launched now, wtf is this sorcery lol?

I have to use this command for every game? weird, but works I guess. How do you know this are you a gigachad wizard

>>105850337
That isn’t an error, that just looks like startup information. You should see the clearing/killing of pids when you start the game (and it crashes)

well, its not my 3060 but its a step up from llvmpipe

>>105850405
It's just bypassing vulkan entirely and using the older directx to opengl instead
You will get a performance hit compared to using dxvk (probably like 20% slower than on windows) but it will work
If you want top performance, fix vulkan
>How do you know this
dunno

you probably want to get rid of that llvmpipe gpu device. did you install something you weren't supposed to? query your package manager for anything mesa, intel, libgl idk

>>105850426
so it's safe to assume its a vulkan problem?

>>105850439
If using PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 fixed the problem, yes it's 100% a vulkan problem, because proton uses dxvk by default now
My guess is your nvidia drivers are out of date, which might just be a problem with what your distro is packaging (unless you're using something like arch)

Since you sound new and you’re using flatpak - I’ll save you some time later on if you continue this route. When you update your nvidia drivers, you will also need to update your steam flatpak to the corresponding driver version number (it will be selected automatically) otherwise it will use cpu rendering or iGPU (whatever is available in the device list)

>>105850005
based

>>105850478
I didn't know this, thanks. Does this mean I should try to use the system version of Steam in the future instead of flatpaks?

>>105850520
NTA but yes, steam is self-updating, on debian for example if you install steam from apt it just pulls the steam installer and steam manages its own updates

>>105850568
Hmm, I thought deb files didnt update themselves but im a noob so what do i know lol

>>105850520
Yeah, no problem. I haven’t used the steam system version of Steam, but I personally like the flatpak version. It’s just one of those differences between using Steam on windows versus Linux that ya gotta learn

>>105850629
Also it’s a simple 1 line command to update. It isn’t much of a hassle, other than needing to know to do it.

>>105850594
They don't, Steam does.

>>105849995 (OP)
The fuck you trying to play with that ancient card? Unreal Tournament 2003?