EAC seemingly broken across entire system

levalithan · Yesterday 21:53:21

hey all. recently tried to play Elden Ring: Nightreign and Sea of Thieves. none of these games work. the EAC splash screen displays for a few frames before disappearing. no eac process runs in the background of my system and games will not let me connect. i've tried installing glibc-eac to no avail. set as many launch options as i could think of but i'm stumped. proton logs yield nothing, running steam through a terminal isn't useful either.

any and all help appreciated regardless. thanks for the work u guys do

seth · Today 06:57:00

Exact Audio Copy?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Steam# … Steam_Play

i've tried installing glibc-eac to no avail.

Apparently it's also susceptible to various hardening efforts - does it log anything to the journal or leave a https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Core_d … _core_dump behind?

killertofus · Today 07:36:40

Elden Ring: Nightreign and Sea of Thieves are both are supported on linux, are we anti cheat yet https://areweanticheatyet.com/ lists that they both run as shown by the community https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F2q9FnGO9s/ with sea of thieves supposedly not having a anti cheat https://www.seaofthieves.com/community/ … ticheat/16

Last edited by killertofus (Today 07:39:08)

levalithan · Today 11:42:58

killertofus wrote:

Elden Ring: Nightreign and Sea of Thieves are both are supported on linux, are we anti cheat yet https://areweanticheatyet.com/ lists that they both run as shown by the community https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F2q9FnGO9s/ with sea of thieves supposedly not having a anti cheat https://www.seaofthieves.com/community/ … ticheat/16

i'm aware both run, because they both HAVE run on my machine before. even base elden ring no longer works due to the anticheat somehow not loading properly. i get the same "connection error occured" that i get on nightreign. and SoT gives me a 'rumblebeard' anti-cheat violation error.

levalithan · Today 11:44:43

seth wrote:

Exact Audio Copy?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Steam# … Steam_Play
i've tried installing glibc-eac to no avail.
Apparently it's also susceptible to various hardening efforts - does it log anything to the journal or leave a https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Core_d … _core_dump behind?

i've been using steam play and proton experimental and the newest proton-ge versions on these games but both get very similar results. i've tried moving the proton easyanticheat runtime to the external drive where the games are installed, nothing. tried symlinking their compatdata folders to my local drive where steam is installed as a hail mary.. also nothing

seth · Today 12:13:32

also nothing

There're no errors in stdout/stderr or the journal nor any coredumps - the process just starts and then silently exits??

levalithan · Today 12:22:35

seth wrote:

also nothing
There're no errors in stdout/stderr or the journal nor any coredumps - the process just starts and then silently exits??

seems so. tried using PROTON_LOG=1 and it was similarly unhelpful to me. again just a couple frames of the splash screen before a game loads.. no progress bar or anything before it just quits and the game runs normally but with no anti-cheat attached. complete mystery to me lol

seth · Today 12:30:16

Are you sure you're using proton?
Please run steam from an interactive shell and post the entire output…

levalithan · Today 13:21:37

i'm sure.

here. in this example i run steam, open nightreign, proceed til i get the "connection error occurred, returning to main menu" error, then close steam.

[val@tower ~]$ steam
steam.sh[25562]: Running Steam on arch rolling 64-bit
steam.sh[25562]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
setup.sh[25614]: Steam runtime environment up-to-date!
steam.sh[25562]: Log already open
steam.sh[25562]: Steam client's requirements are satisfied
CProcessEnvironmentManager is ready, 5 preallocated environment variables.
WARNING: setlocale('en_US.UTF-8') failed, using locale: 'C'. International characters may not work.
[2026-09-22 14:14:31] Startup - updater built Sep 21 2026 23:56:49
[2026-09-22 14:14:31] Startup - Steam Client launched with: '/home/val/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam' '-srt-logger-opened'
[2026-09-22 14:14:31] Opted in to client beta 'publicbeta' via beta file
You are in the 'publicbeta' client beta.
09/22 14:14:31 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps
09/22 14:14:31 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1790036264)/tid(25672)
Looks like steam didn't shutdown cleanly, scheduling immediate update check
CProcessEnvironmentManager is ready, 5 preallocated environment variables.
WARNING: setlocale('en_US.UTF-8') failed, using locale: 'C'. International characters may not work.
[2026-09-22 14:14:31] Loading cached metrics from disk (/home/val/.local/share/Steam/package/steam_client_metrics.bin)
[2026-09-22 14:14:31] Using the following download hosts for Public, Realm steamglobal
[2026-09-22 14:14:31] 1. https://client-update.fastly.steamstatic.com, /, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 900, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf'
[2026-09-22 14:14:31] 2. https://client-update.akamai.steamstatic.com, /, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 400, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf'
[2026-09-22 14:14:31] 3. https://client-update.steamstatic.com, /, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'baked in'
[2026-09-22 14:14:31] Checking for update on startup
[2026-09-22 14:14:31] Checking for available updates...
[2026-09-22 14:14:31] Downloading manifest: https://client-update.fastly.steamstatic.com/steam_client_publicbeta_ubuntu12
[2026-09-22 14:14:31] Manifest download: send request
[2026-09-22 14:14:31] Process started with command-line: '/home/val/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam' '-child-update-ui' '-child-update-ui-socket' '8' '-srt-logger-opened'
09/22 14:14:31 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps
[2026-09-22 14:14:31] Using update UI: xwin
09/22 14:14:31 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(0)/tid(25674)
[2026-09-22 14:14:31] Create window
[2026-09-22 14:14:31] Set percent complete: 0
[2026-09-22 14:14:31] Set status message: Checking for available updates...
[2026-09-22 14:14:31] Set percent complete: -1
[2026-09-22 14:14:31] Manifest download: waiting for download to finish
[2026-09-22 14:14:32] Manifest download: finished
[2026-09-22 14:14:32] Download skipped: /steam_client_publicbeta_ubuntu12 version 1790036264, installed version 1790036264, existing pending version 0
[2026-09-22 14:14:32] Nothing to do
[2026-09-22 14:14:32] Verifying installation...
[2026-09-22 14:14:32] Verifying all executable checksums
[2026-09-22 14:14:32] Set percent complete: -1
[2026-09-22 14:14:32] Set status message: Verifying installation...
[2026-09-22 14:14:32] Show window
[2026-09-22 14:14:48] Verification complete
UpdateUI: skip show logo
[2026-09-22 14:14:48] Destroy window
[2026-09-22 14:14:48] Shutdown

Steam logging initialized: directory: /home/val/.local/share/Steam/logs

XOpenIM() failed, LANG = en_GB.UTF-8
XOpenIM() failed, LANG = en_GB.UTF-8XRRGetOutputInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xf64c6ec0
XRRGetCrtcInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xf64c5590
09/22 14:14:48 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps
09/22 14:14:48 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steamsysinfo)/version(1790036264)/tid(25814)
Running query: 1 - GpuTopology
Response: gpu_topology {
  gpus {
    id: 1
    name: "AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT (RADV NAVI32)"
    vram_size_bytes: 12868124672
    driver_id: k_EGpuDriverId_MesaRadv
    driver_version_major: 26
    driver_version_minor: 2
    driver_version_patch: 3
    luid: 0
  }
  gpus {
    id: 2
    name: "AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12-Core Processor (RADV RAPHAEL_MENDOCINO)"
    vram_size_bytes: 11239784448
    driver_id: k_EGpuDriverId_MesaRadv
    driver_version_major: 26
    driver_version_minor: 2
    driver_version_patch: 3
    luid: 0
  }
  default_gpu_id: 1
}

Exit code: 0
Saving response to: /tmp/steamoMNkKC - 144 bytes
steamwebhelper.sh[25830]: Starting steamwebhelper under bootstrap steamrt steam runtime via: /home/val/.local/share/Steam/steamrt64/pv-runtime/steam-runtime-steamrt/_v2-entry-point
steamwebhelper.sh[25830]: Starting steamwebhelper with steamrt steam runtime at /home/val/.local/share/Steam/steamrt64/pv-runtime/steam-runtime-steamrt/_v2-entry-point
Steam Runtime Launch Service: starting steam-runtime-launcher-service
Steam Runtime Launch Service: steam-runtime-launcher-service is running pid 26075
bus_name=com.steampowered.PressureVessel.LaunchAlongsideSteam
setlocale "en_GB.UTF-8": No such file or directory
pv-locale-gen: Missing locale en_GB.UTF-8 (found in $LANG)
pv-locale-gen: Generating locale en_GB.UTF-8...
pv-locale-gen: Generated locale en_GB.UTF-8 successfully
pv-locale-gen: Generating locale en_US.UTF-8...
pv-locale-gen: Generated locale en_US.UTF-8 successfully
pv-adverb[25920]: W: Container startup will be faster if missing locales are created at OS level
exec ./steamwebhelper -nocrashdialog -lang=en_US -cachedir=/home/val/.local/share/Steam/config/htmlcache -steampid=25672 -buildid=1790036264 -steamid=0 -logdir=/home/val/.local/share/Steam/logs -uimode=7 -startcount=0 -steamuniverse=Public -realm=Global -clientui=/home/val/.local/share/Steam/clientui -steampath=/home/val/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam -launcher=0 --valve-enable-site-isolation --enable-smooth-scrolling --disable-gpu-compositing --disable-gpu --password-store=basic --log-file=/home/val/.local/share/Steam/logs/cef_log.txt --disable-quick-menu --disable-component-update --gaia-url=http://disabled.invalid --disable-features=WinRetrieveSuggestionsOnlyOnDemand,SpareRendererForSitePerProcess,BlockPromptsIfIgnoredOften,WebUsbDeviceDetection,ValveFFmpegAllowLowDelayHEVC
Proton: Upgrading prefix from GE-Proton11-1 to NorthstarProton-8.1-1 (/home/val/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/0/)
Proton: Prefix has an invalid version?! You may want to back up user files and delete this prefix.
pressure-vessel-wrap[26268]: Internal error: _srt_architecture_read_elf: assertion 'error == NULL || *error == NULL' failed
pressure-vessel-wrap[26268]: W: Unable to determine architecture of runtime's ldconfig: Unable to acquire exclusive lock on .ref: file is busy
pressure-vessel-wrap[26266]: Internal error: _srt_architecture_read_elf: assertion 'error == NULL || *error == NULL' failed
pressure-vessel-wrap[26266]: W: Unable to determine architecture of runtime's ldconfig: Unable to acquire exclusive lock on .ref: file is busy
pressure-vessel-wrap[26264]: Internal error: _srt_architecture_read_elf: assertion 'error == NULL || *error == NULL' failed
pressure-vessel-wrap[26264]: W: Unable to determine architecture of runtime's ldconfig: Unable to acquire exclusive lock on .ref: file is busy
wine client error:0: version mismatch 864/760.
Your wine binary was not upgraded correctly,
or you have an older one somewhere in your PATH.
Or maybe the wrong wineserver is still running?
Desktop state changed: desktop: { pos:    0,   0 size: 5121,1600 } primary: { pos: 2561,   0 size: 2560,1440 }
Caching cursor image for , size 10x16, serial 2, cache size = 0
wine client error:0: version mismatch 864/760.
Your wine binary was not upgraded correctly,
or you have an older one somewhere in your PATH.
Or maybe the wrong wineserver is still running?
setlocale "en_GB.UTF-8": No such file or directory
pv-locale-gen: Missing locale en_GB.UTF-8 (found in $LANG)
pv-locale-gen: Generating locale en_GB.UTF-8...
pv-locale-gen: Generated locale en_GB.UTF-8 successfully
pv-locale-gen: Generating locale en_US.UTF-8...
pv-locale-gen: Generated locale en_US.UTF-8 successfully
pv-adverb[26725]: W: Container startup will be faster if missing locales are created at OS level
setlocale "en_GB.UTF-8": No such file or directory
pv-locale-gen: Missing locale en_GB.UTF-8 (found in $LANG)
pv-locale-gen: Generating locale en_GB.UTF-8...
pv-locale-gen: Generated locale en_GB.UTF-8 successfully
pv-locale-gen: Generating locale en_US.UTF-8...
pv-locale-gen: Generated locale en_US.UTF-8 successfully
pv-adverb[26794]: W: Container startup will be faster if missing locales are created at OS level
ProtonFixes[27123] WARN: Skipping fix execution. We are probably running a unit test.
ProtonFixes[27125] WARN: Skipping fix execution. We are probably running a unit test.
Proton: Upgrading prefix from NorthstarProton-8.1-1 to GE-Proton11-7 (/home/val/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/0/)
Proton: Prefix has an invalid version?! You may want to back up user files and delete this prefix.
setlocale "en_GB.UTF-8": No such file or directory
pv-locale-gen: Missing locale en_GB.UTF-8 (found in $LANG)
pv-locale-gen: Generating locale en_GB.UTF-8...
pv-locale-gen: Generated locale en_GB.UTF-8 successfully
pv-locale-gen: Generating locale en_US.UTF-8...
pv-locale-gen: Generated locale en_US.UTF-8 successfully
pv-adverb[26881]: W: Container startup will be faster if missing locales are created at OS level
pressure-vessel-wrap[26271]: Internal error: _srt_architecture_read_elf: assertion 'error == NULL || *error == NULL' failed
pressure-vessel-wrap[26271]: W: Unable to determine architecture of runtime's ldconfig: Unable to acquire exclusive lock on .ref: file is busy
pressure-vessel-wrap[26269]: Internal error: _srt_architecture_read_elf: assertion 'error == NULL || *error == NULL' failed
pressure-vessel-wrap[26269]: W: Unable to determine architecture of runtime's ldconfig: Unable to acquire exclusive lock on .ref: file is busy
ProtonFixes[27127] WARN: Skipping fix execution. We are probably running a unit test.
setlocale "en_GB.UTF-8": No such file or directory
pv-locale-gen: Missing locale en_GB.UTF-8 (found in $LANG)
pv-locale-gen: Generating locale en_GB.UTF-8...
pv-locale-gen: Generated locale en_GB.UTF-8 successfully
pv-locale-gen: Generating locale en_US.UTF-8...
pv-locale-gen: Generated locale en_US.UTF-8 successfully
pv-adverb[26796]: W: Container startup will be faster if missing locales are created at OS level
ProtonFixes[27136] WARN: Skipping fix execution. We are probably running a unit test.
pressure-vessel-wrap[26282]: Internal error: _srt_architecture_read_elf: assertion 'error == NULL || *error == NULL' failed
pressure-vessel-wrap[26282]: W: Unable to determine architecture of runtime's ldconfig: Unable to acquire exclusive lock on .ref: file is busy
pressure-vessel-wrap[26273]: Internal error: _srt_architecture_read_elf: assertion 'error == NULL || *error == NULL' failed
pressure-vessel-wrap[26273]: W: Unable to determine architecture of runtime's ldconfig: Unable to acquire exclusive lock on .ref: file is busy
pressure-vessel-wrap[26279]: Internal error: _srt_architecture_read_elf: assertion 'error == NULL || *error == NULL' failed
pressure-vessel-wrap[26279]: W: Unable to determine architecture of runtime's ldconfig: Unable to acquire exclusive lock on .ref: file is busy
setlocale "en_GB.UTF-8": No such file or directory
pv-locale-gen: Missing locale en_GB.UTF-8 (found in $LANG)
pv-locale-gen: Generating locale en_GB.UTF-8...
pv-locale-gen: Generated locale en_GB.UTF-8 successfully
pv-locale-gen: Generating locale en_US.UTF-8...
pv-locale-gen: Generated locale en_US.UTF-8 successfully
pv-adverb[27084]: W: Container startup will be faster if missing locales are created at OS level
setlocale "en_GB.UTF-8": No such file or directory
pv-locale-gen: Missing locale en_GB.UTF-8 (found in $LANG)
pv-locale-gen: Generating locale en_GB.UTF-8...
pv-locale-gen: Generated locale en_GB.UTF-8 successfully
pv-locale-gen: Generating locale en_US.UTF-8...
pv-locale-gen: Generated locale en_US.UTF-8 successfully
pv-adverb[27329]: W: Container startup will be faster if missing locales are created at OS level
setlocale "en_GB.UTF-8": No such file or directory
pv-locale-gen: Missing locale en_GB.UTF-8 (found in $LANG)
pv-locale-gen: Generating locale en_GB.UTF-8...
pv-locale-gen: Generated locale en_GB.UTF-8 successfully
pv-locale-gen: Generating locale en_US.UTF-8...
pv-locale-gen: Generated locale en_US.UTF-8 successfully
pv-adverb[27326]: W: Container startup will be faster if missing locales are created at OS level
setlocale "en_GB.UTF-8": No such file or directory
pv-locale-gen: Missing locale en_GB.UTF-8 (found in $LANG)
pv-locale-gen: Generating locale en_GB.UTF-8...
pv-locale-gen: Generated locale en_GB.UTF-8 successfully
pv-locale-gen: Generating locale en_US.UTF-8...
pv-locale-gen: Generated locale en_US.UTF-8 successfully
pv-adverb[27275]: W: Container startup will be faster if missing locales are created at OS level
ProtonFixes[27591] WARN: Skipping fix execution. We are probably running a unit test.
setlocale "en_GB.UTF-8": No such file or directory
pv-locale-gen: Missing locale en_GB.UTF-8 (found in $LANG)
pv-locale-gen: Generating locale en_GB.UTF-8...
pv-locale-gen: Generated locale en_GB.UTF-8 successfully
pv-locale-gen: Generating locale en_US.UTF-8...
pv-locale-gen: Generated locale en_US.UTF-8 successfully
pv-adverb[27388]: W: Container startup will be faster if missing locales are created at OS level
ProtonFixes[27597] WARN: Skipping fix execution. We are probably running a unit test.
setlocale "en_GB.UTF-8": No such file or directory
pv-locale-gen: Missing locale en_GB.UTF-8 (found in $LANG)
pv-locale-gen: Generating locale en_GB.UTF-8...
pv-locale-gen: Generated locale en_GB.UTF-8 successfully
pv-locale-gen: Generating locale en_US.UTF-8...
pv-locale-gen: Generated locale en_US.UTF-8 successfully
pv-adverb[27389]: W: Container startup will be faster if missing locales are created at OS level
ProtonFixes[27123] WARN: Skipping fix execution. We are probably running a unit test.
ntsync: up and running.
ProtonFixes[27136] WARN: Skipping fix execution. We are probably running a unit test.
Proton: Upgrading prefix from GE-Proton11-7 to GE-Proton11-1 (/home/val/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/0/)
Proton: Prefix has an invalid version?! You may want to back up user files and delete this prefix.
setlocale "en_GB.UTF-8": No such file or directory
pv-locale-gen: Missing locale en_GB.UTF-8 (found in $LANG)
pv-locale-gen: Generating locale en_GB.UTF-8...
pv-locale-gen: Generated locale en_GB.UTF-8 successfully
pv-locale-gen: Generating locale en_US.UTF-8...
pv-locale-gen: Generated locale en_US.UTF-8 successfully
pv-adverb[27768]: W: Container startup will be faster if missing locales are created at OS level
Proton: Upgrading prefix from 9.0-203 to 11.0-100 (/run/media/val/SLATE/SteamLibrary/steamapps/compatdata/2622380/)
Proton: Removing sharedgpures.sys service.
ProtonFixes[27127] WARN: Skipping fix execution. We are probably running a unit test.
wine client error:0: version mismatch 938/931.
Your wine binary was not upgraded correctly,
or you have an older one somewhere in your PATH.
Or maybe the wrong wineserver is still running?
Proton: Upgrading prefix from GE-Proton11-1 to GE-Proton10-5 (/home/val/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/0/)
Proton: Prefix has an invalid version?! You may want to back up user files and delete this prefix.
wine: Call from 7B60E578 to unimplemented function win32u.NtGdiDdDDIQueryFSEBlock, aborting
Proton: Removing stale vkd3d dll /run/media/val/SLATE/SteamLibrary/steamapps/compatdata/2622380/pfx//drive_c/windows/system32/libvkd3d-1.dll
Proton: Removing stale vkd3d dll /run/media/val/SLATE/SteamLibrary/steamapps/compatdata/2622380/pfx//drive_c/windows/syswow64/libvkd3d-1.dll
Proton: Removing stale vkd3d dll /run/media/val/SLATE/SteamLibrary/steamapps/compatdata/2622380/pfx//drive_c/windows/system32/libvkd3d-shader-1.dll
Proton: Removing stale vkd3d dll /run/media/val/SLATE/SteamLibrary/steamapps/compatdata/2622380/pfx//drive_c/windows/syswow64/libvkd3d-shader-1.dll
Fossilize INFO: Overriding serialization path: "/home/val/.local/share/Steam/shader_cache_temp_dir_d3d11_64/fozpipelinesv6/steamapprun_pipeline_cache".
Fossilize ERROR: Failed to create directory /home/val/.local/share/Steam/shader_cache_temp_dir_d3d11_64/fozpipelinesv6/steamapprun_pipeline_cache.923fa87291dfec1c.
Fossilize ERROR: Failed to prepare database, will not dump data to database.
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf", line 86: out of memory
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf", line 91: out of memory
Fontconfig error: Cannot load config file from /etc/fonts/fonts.conf
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf", line 86: out of memory
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf", line 91: out of memory
Fontconfig error: Cannot load config file from /etc/fonts/fonts.conf
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf", line 86: out of memory
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf", line 91: out of memory
Fontconfig error: Cannot load config file from /etc/fonts/fonts.conf
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf", line 86: out of memory
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf", line 91: out of memory
Fontconfig error: Cannot load config file from /etc/fonts/fonts.conf
Fossilize INFO: Overriding serialization path: "/home/val/.local/share/Steam/shader_cache_temp_dir_d3d12_64/fozpipelinesv6/steamapprun_pipeline_cache".
Fossilize ERROR: Failed to create directory /home/val/.local/share/Steam/shader_cache_temp_dir_d3d12_64/fozpipelinesv6/steamapprun_pipeline_cache.049c3679665037db.
Fossilize ERROR: Failed to prepare database, will not dump data to database.
ProtonFixes[27501] WARN: Skipping fix execution. We are probably running an unit test.
fsync: up and running.
Proton: Upgrading prefix from GE-Proton10-5 to GE-Proton11-1 (/home/val/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/0/)
Proton: Prefix has an invalid version?! You may want to back up user files and delete this prefix.
ProtonFixes[27125] WARN: Skipping fix execution. We are probably running a unit test.
wine client error:0: version mismatch 856/931.
Your wineserver binary was not upgraded correctly,
or you have an older one somewhere in your PATH.
Or maybe the wrong wineserver is still running?
Proton: Upgrading prefix from GE-Proton11-1 to GE-Proton8-16 (/home/val/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/0/)
Proton: Prefix has an invalid version?! You may want to back up user files and delete this prefix.
wine client error:0: version mismatch 856/759.
Your wine binary was not upgraded correctly,
or you have an older one somewhere in your PATH.
Or maybe the wrong wineserver is still running?
Proton: Upgrading prefix from GE-Proton8-16 to GE-Proton10-5 (/home/val/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/0/)
Proton: Prefix has an invalid version?! You may want to back up user files and delete this prefix.
ntsync: up and running.
Proton: Upgrading prefix from GE-Proton10-5 to GE-Proton8-16 (/home/val/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/0/)
Proton: Prefix has an invalid version?! You may want to back up user files and delete this prefix.
ProtonFixes[27599] WARN: Skipping fix execution. We are probably running an unit test.
wine client error:0: version mismatch 856/759.
Your wine binary was not upgraded correctly,
or you have an older one somewhere in your PATH.
Or maybe the wrong wineserver is still running?
Proton: Upgrading prefix from GE-Proton8-16 to GE-Proton10-33 (/home/val/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/0/)
Proton: Prefix has an invalid version?! You may want to back up user files and delete this prefix.
Proton: Upgrading prefix from GE-Proton8-16 to GE-Proton10-33 (/home/val/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/0/)
Proton: Prefix has an invalid version?! You may want to back up user files and delete this prefix.
regsvr32: Successfully unregistered DLL 'C:\windows\\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\diasymreader.dll'
regsvr32: Successfully unregistered DLL 'C:\windows\\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\diasymreader.dll'
reaping pid: 26273 -- srt-bwrap
chdir "/run/media/val/SLATE/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN/Game"
ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/val/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/val/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/val/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64): ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/val/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/val/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
Game Recording - would start recording game 2622380, but recording for this game is disabled
Adding process 28793 for gameID 2622380
Adding process 28794 for gameID 2622380
Adding process 28795 for gameID 2622380
setlocale "en_GB.UTF-8": No such file or directory
pv-locale-gen: Missing locale en_GB.UTF-8 (found in $LANG)
pv-locale-gen: Generating locale en_GB.UTF-8...
pv-locale-gen: Generated locale en_GB.UTF-8 successfully
pv-locale-gen: Generating locale en_US.UTF-8...
pv-locale-gen: Generated locale en_US.UTF-8 successfully
pv-adverb[28854]: W: Container startup will be faster if missing locales are created at OS level
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ntsync: up and running.
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[2026-09-22T14:16:11.811 INFO  xrizer ThreadId(1)] Initializing XRizer version v0.5-24-g0989a7f
[2026-09-22T14:16:11.812 INFO  xrizer::clientcore ThreadId(1)] Creating ClientCore version "IVRClientCore_003"
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Error [GENERAL | xrCreateInstance | OpenXR-Loader] : LoaderInstance::CreateInstance chained CreateInstance call failed
Error [GENERAL | xrCreateInstance | OpenXR-Loader] : xrCreateInstance failed
[2026-09-22T14:16:11.814 ERROR xrizer::clientcore ThreadId(1)] Creating OpenXR data failed: InstanceCreationFailed(ERROR_RUNTIME_FAILURE)
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reaping pid: 26282 -- srt-bwrap
reaping pid: 26275 -- srt-bwrap
reaping pid: 26279 -- srt-bwrap
[2026-09-22 14:16:48] Background update loop checking for update. . .
[2026-09-22 14:16:48] Checking for available updates...
[2026-09-22 14:16:48] Downloading manifest: https://client-update.fastly.steamstatic.com/steam_client_publicbeta_ubuntu12
[2026-09-22 14:16:48] Manifest download: send request
[2026-09-22 14:16:49] Manifest download: waiting for download to finish
[2026-09-22 14:16:50] Manifest download: finished
[2026-09-22 14:16:50] Download skipped by HTTP 304 Not Modified
[2026-09-22 14:16:50] Nothing to do
pid 28902 != 28901, skipping destruction (fork without exec?)
Game Recording - game stopped [gameid=2622380]
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seth · Today 14:12:37

Did you notice all the

Proton: Upgrading prefix from GE-Proton11-1 to NorthstarProton-8.1-1 (/home/val/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/0/)
Proton: Prefix has an invalid version?! You may want to back up user files and delete this prefix.
ProtonFixes[27127] WARN: Skipping fix execution. We are probably running a unit test.

and

pressure-vessel-wrap[26268]: Internal error: _srt_architecture_read_elf: assertion 'error == NULL || *error == NULL' failed
pressure-vessel-wrap[26268]: W: Unable to determine architecture of runtime's ldconfig: Unable to acquire exclusive lock on .ref: file is busy
pressure-vessel-wrap[26266]: Internal error: _srt_architecture_read_elf: assertion 'error == NULL || *error == NULL' failed
pressure-vessel-wrap[26266]: W: Unable to determine architecture of runtime's ldconfig: Unable to acquire exclusive lock on .ref: file is busy
pressure-vessel-wrap[26264]: Internal error: _srt_architecture_read_elf: assertion 'error == NULL || *error == NULL' failed
pressure-vessel-wrap[26264]: W: Unable to determine architecture of runtime's ldconfig: Unable to acquire exclusive lock on .ref: file is busy
wine client error:0: version mismatch 864/760.
Your wine binary was not upgraded correctly,
or you have an older one somewhere in your PATH.
Or maybe the wrong wineserver is still running?

levalithan · Today 14:23:49

huh. i guess i didnt. i was under the idea i read somewhere that everything that went on in the "0" folder wasnt super relevant to what was going on with the game i was running.

so ge-northstar is the culprit here? because its failing to update its hogging the process and not letting other proton versions work right?? i can try uninstalling it when i get back.. but im not using northstar proton for anything besides titanfall.

how would one "correctly" upgrade their WINE binary? ive had this error before but i dont remember how i got rid of it. i kinda just thought WINE got upgraded through pacman whenever i Syu. sorry for missing this, im genuinely curious

seth · Today 16:03:10

I have absolutely no idea but would assume that you need to keep the prefixes apart.
I can also just assume that EAC then gets caught up in the general compatibility issue, you'll have to confirm that by fixing the situation an see whether that implicitly fixes EAC for you.

All I can tell is that there's an obvious obstacle to get out of the way and the see where that gets you.

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