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funkykongdon

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Registered: 2022-06-26

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[SOLVED] Issues with Steam Proton flatpak and native

Hello Arch Forums. I've recently switched from Endeavour OS to pure Arch and am having issues with running games through Steam Proton. The steam package in the arch repositories can run native linux games, but all games running through proton will fail to launch (doesn't show any graphics or menus and stops running after ~10 seconds).
I've also tried the flatpak version of steam, which has been more successful, but it seems to have an issue with DX11 and works inconsistently. I've been able to get Satisfactory running through proton a few times, but it displays the message "a d3d11 compatible gpu is required to run the engine" and closes. Using the option PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1, the game launches past the menu, but performance is atrocious and unplayable. Additionally, I've only been able to actually launch the game a few times. Around half of the time, it performs the same as the arch steam package, closing itself after 10 seconds and displaying no menus.
On my old endeavour OS install, I was able to get proton games to run on the native package, and Satisfactory was able to launch without the d3d11 compatible gpu error message.

I have an Intel i7-9750H with UHD Graphics 630 and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q running the proprietary nvidia driver package. I apologize for not posting logs or config files, but I am unsure which are relevant to this issue. If you think any of these could help, please request them.

Last edited by funkykongdon (2022-06-27 01:24:51)

funkykongdon

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Registered: 2022-06-26

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Re: [SOLVED] Issues with Steam Proton flatpak and native

After trying to create a bottle through the flatpak version of Bottles, I've discovered that it fails when installing DXVK. The terminal outputs

002c:err:wineboot:process_run_key Error running cmd L"C:\\windows\\system32\\winemenubuilder.exe -r" (2).
wine: Unhandled page fault on execute access to 00007FEE0B25F160 at address 00007FEE0B25F160 (thread 00b4), starting debugger...
0024:err:environ:run_wineboot boot event wait timed out

and then hangs.
In other cases where wine outputs this error, I've found through forum posts that people's nvidia optimus xorg config was to blame. I believe that my xorg configs are also at fault, but I don't know how I should fix it.

funkykongdon

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Registered: 2022-06-26

Posts: 5

Re: [SOLVED] Issues with Steam Proton flatpak and native

I have solved my issue. Like I assumed, my xorg configurations weren't properly generated. In order to fix this, I ran

nvidia-xconfig

Satisfactory on steam flatpak now launches, and DXVK was successfully installed in Bottles.