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Chop1n

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Registered: 2020-10-20

Posts: 22

[SOLVED]Native games won't use GPU but games running in Wine/Proton do

I can't get native linux games to run using my nvidia 970 GPU it instead just uses the CPU, but I not had this problem when running games in proton, every game I've tried that runs in proton/wine has run with the GPU working. I have tried installing different nvidia drivers including the beta drivers but nothing works.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Kernel: 5.10.10-arch1-1
Kernel driver in use: nvidia

This shows up in dmesg:

               NVRM: API mismatch: the client has the version 460.39, but
               NVRM: this kernel module has the version 460.32.03.  Please
               NVRM: make sure that this kernel module and all NVIDIA driver
               NVRM: components have the same version.

My system is all up to date

"journalctl -b" : http://sprunge.us/bfA3Rb

Last edited by Chop1n (2021-01-27 00:03:46)

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Chop1n

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Registered: 2020-10-20

Posts: 22

Re: [SOLVED]Native games won't use GPU but games running in Wine/Proton do

Fixed it, I removed my xorg.conf, it was borked, sorry!

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seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 77,603

Re: [SOLVED]Native games won't use GPU but games running in Wine/Proton do

Since the original error was abotu the nvidia kernel module and X11 driver bein out of sync, removing the xorg.conf (while generally a good idea - certainly if it was autogenerated) can not have fixed *that* problem, but you likely also rebooted (loading the new kernel w/ the new nvdia module matching the installed X11 driver)

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