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[Solved] Tumbleweed update killed my gaming (self.linux_gaming)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by Murdoc to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago (2 children)

There was a bug in a few recent linux kernel versions which might account for it if the one you've got is 6.8.9 for example. It was only recently patched and Suse might have had the bad luck to just miss the fix for it before sending you the update. If so I imagine they'll apply that patch soon.

[–] Murdoc 5 points 6 months ago

I have 6.8.9-1. I'll have to look into it, thanks!

[–] Murdoc 4 points 6 months ago

Yup, that was it. I rebooted using 6.8.8 and everything works fine now. I guess I have to do that until the next kernel update. Thanks!