I have installed CachyOS in my main gaming machine and i want it to work like the steam deck: Boot into big picture mode and then you can exit to desktop mode. I went with the desktop image instead of the handheld one because i wanted to use GNOME. I've looked at the cachyos-handheld package but it seems its only for KDE systems.
I tried to make my own scripts to start the compositor using a one-shot system which i believe is what bazzite does, unfortunately i cant get the steam part to work, as the gnome part does work. If someone can take a look at it and give me a hand i would be extremely grateful.

Here is the script you run to switch the next boot:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

usage() {
  cat <<'EOF'
Usage: os-session-select <gamescope|gnome-wayland|gnome-xorg|plasma-wayland|plasma-xorg>

Writes ~/.config/steamos-session-select and logs you out so the one-shot wrapper
can launch the requested session exactly once on next login.
EOF
}

target="${1:-}"
case "$target" in
  gamescope|gnome) ;;
  -h|--help|"") usage; exit 1 ;;
  *) echo "Unknown target: $target"; usage; exit 1 ;;
esac

cfg="$HOME/.config"
sentinel="$cfg/steamos-session-select"
mkdir -p "$cfg"
printf '%s\n' "$target" > "$sentinel"

if command -v steam >/dev/null 2>&1; then
  steam -shutdown || true
fi

# End the current session (GDM should be set to autologin)
if [[ -n "${XDG_SESSION_ID:-}" ]]; then
  loginctl terminate-session "$XDG_SESSION_ID" || true
else
  systemctl --user exit || true
fi

It creates a file in the home directory to indicate to the boot script what to launch, then it kills the current session to restart the gdm manager.

And here is the script of the actual launcher:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

sentinel="${HOME}/.config/steamos-session-select"

xexec() {
  local cmd="$1"; shift
  if command -v "$cmd" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
    exec "$cmd" "$@"
  else
    echo "Error: required command '$cmd' not found." >&2
    exit 1
  fi
}

choice=""
if [[ -f "$sentinel" ]]; then
  choice="$(tr -d '\n\r' < "$sentinel")"
  rm -f "$sentinel" || true
fi

choice="${choice:-"gamescope"}"

case "$choice" in
  gamescope)
    if command -v gamescope-session-plus >/dev/null 2>&1; then
      unset WAYLAND_DISPLAY
      unset WAYLAND_SOCKET
      unset DISPLAY
      export XDG_SESSION_TYPE=tty
      export WLR_BACKENDS=drm
      export ENABLE_GAMESCOPE_WSI=0
      exec gamescope-session-plus steam
    else
      echo "gamescope-session(-steam) not found in PATH." >&2
      exit 1
    fi
    ;;

  gnome)
    exec gnome-session
    ;;

  *)
    echo "Unknown session choice '$choice' – falling back to GNOME Wayland." >&2
    exec gnome-session
    ;;
esac

When i look at the journalctl output for the error i see what causes the issue is:

xdg_backend: Failed to initialize input thread
Failed to load plugin 'libdecor-gtk.so': failed to init
SDL_Vulkan_CreateSurface failed: VK_KHR_wayland_surface extension is not enabled in the Vulkan instance

And then a core dump. Again, any help would be much appreciated, thanks!!

Hi all!

I've recently come across an issue with launching games from steam. For now I've seen it happen on two games (or rather demos): Crow Country and Sophonce. They launch fine but have some flickering black blocks on the screen that make them unplayable. Here are some images:

https://pasteboard.co/qXH4H5gm7sIS.jpg

https://pasteboard.co/7k9XM394Zlsi.jpg

https://pasteboard.co/6vPC8GYxhHu8.jpg

This only happens when they go full-screen and on wayland, on X11 works fine. I've tried many versions of proton including eggroll variants.

The games work fine when launched with wine without steam in the middle if i do wine <game.exe> . If i do it this way the games detect that I'm running on an ultra-wide screen and play as such but through steam they stay on 16:9 instead.

My system:

Os: Nobara 40
Kernel: 6.8.12-200.fsync.fc40.x86_64
DE: Gnome 46.2
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D (16) @ 5,05 GHz
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
RAM: 32GB

Any help is appreciated,

Thanks!

Hi all!

I have an RX 7900 xtx AMD graphics card and by default it is enabled. In windows it is easy enough to disable through the adrenaline software but there is no such thing on Linux.

So far I've tried with both corectrl (1.3.11) and lact (0.5.4) and with lact i have been able to edit the fan curve but that only takes effect after the threshold of the zero rpm, which is annoying.

If it's of any help, my model is the sapphire vapor-X.

Thanks in advanced!!

Hi all!

I’ve recently bought new components for my pc but i miss calculated what would fit in my current case (by about one or two millimeters). I have the arctix liquid freezer iii 280 which doesn’t fit in my current corsair crystal 570x. The problem was that the ram didn’t fit on the mb because it hit the fans below the radiator (top mounted).

I’ve looked into the fractal cases and the torrent seems the best bet but it also looks like it was designed for air cooling and putting the 280 radiator in the front defeats the purpose. I’ve also considered the North XL but im unsure if everything will fit with the top mount. I’m looking at Fractal cause i saw good reviews from GN but i’m open to everything!! (If it has a white variant even better:))

I previously researched and thought everything would fit so i kinda lost some faith in myself regarding this.

Any suggestions are welcome,

Thank you so muuch!!

I find myself trying to stream a heavy movie, on a local network but it transcodes it due to the original file exceeding maximum bitrate. I've checked the settings but the only one which seem to control this is set at 0 which is unlimited (i guess). Is there any way to bypass this limit if so? The overall bitrate of the movie in question is 65Mb/s Thanks.

Hi all, i'm having issues configuring prowlarr to use the qbit torrent downloader. I have everything setup in a docker container as such:

version: "3.2"
services:
  qbittorrent:
    container_name: qbittorrent
    image: linuxserver/qbittorrent
    logging:
      driver: json-file
    ports:
      - 4666:4666
      - 8082:6881
      - 8082:6881/udp
    environment:
      - WEBUI_PORT=4666
    volumes:
      - /docker/appdata/qbittorrent:/config
      - ./data:/data
  radarr:
    container_name: radarr
    image: cr.hotio.dev/hotio/radarr:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    logging:
      driver: json-file
    ports:
      - 7878:7878
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Europe/Amsterdam
    volumes:
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
      - /docker/appdata/radarr:/config
      - ./data:/data
  sonarr:
    container_name: sonarr
    image: cr.hotio.dev/hotio/sonarr:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    logging:
      driver: json-file
    ports:
      - 8989:8989
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Europe/Amsterdam
    volumes:
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
      - /docker/appdata/sonarr:/config
      - /data:/data
  bazarr:
    container_name: bazarr
    image: cr.hotio.dev/hotio/bazarr:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    logging:
      driver: json-file
    ports:
      - 6767:6767
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Europe/Amsterdam
    volumes:
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
      - /docker/appdata/bazarr:/config
      - ./data/media:/data/media
  prowlarr:
    image: cr.hotio.dev/hotio/prowlarr
    container_name: prowlarr
    ports:
      - 9696:9696
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Europe/Madrid
    volumes:
      - /docker/appdata/prowlarr:/config
    restart: unless-stopped
  sabnzbd:
    container_name: sabnzbd
    image: cr.hotio.dev/hotio/sabnzbd:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    logging:
      driver: json-file
    ports:
      - 8080:8080
      - 9090:9090
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Europe/Madrid
    volumes:
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
      - /docker/appdata/sabnzbd:/config
      - ./data/usenet:/data/usenet:rw
  jellyfin:
    container_name: jellyfin
    image: linuxserver/jellyfin
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Europe/Madrid
    volumes:
      - /docker/appdata/jellyfin:/config
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
      - ./data/media:/data/media
    ports:
      - 8096:8096
      - 8920:8290
    restart: unless-stopped

I can open localhost:4666 in firefox and see the qbit web interface. When i go to the prowlarr interface and try to connect to it the field for the adress goes red and says: unable eto connect tot qBittorrent. The logs say:

prowlarr     | [v1.7.4.3769] System.Net.Http.HttpRequestException: Connection refused (localhost:4666)
prowlarr     |  ---> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException (111): Connection refused
prowlarr     |    at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.ThrowException(SocketError error, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
prowlarr     |    at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.System.Threading.Tasks.Sources.IValueTaskSource.GetResult(Int16 token)
prowlarr     |    at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.g__WaitForConnectWithCancellation|277_0(AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs saea, ValueTask connectTask, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
prowlarr     |    at NzbDrone.Common.Http.Dispatchers.ManagedHttpDispatcher.attemptConnection(AddressFamily addressFamily, SocketsHttpConnectionContext context, CancellationToken cancellationToken) in ./Prowlarr.Common/Http/Dispatchers/ManagedHttpDispatcher.cs:line 331
prowlarr     |    at NzbDrone.Common.Http.Dispatchers.ManagedHttpDispatcher.onConnect(SocketsHttpConnectionContext context, CancellationToken cancellationToken) in ./Prowlarr.Common/Http/Dispatchers/ManagedHttpDispatcher.cs:line 307
prowlarr     |    at System.Net.Http.HttpConnectionPool.ConnectToTcpHostAsync(String host, Int32 port, HttpRequestMessage initialRequest, Boolean async, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
prowlarr     |   
***
End of inner exception stack trace
***
prowlarr     |    at System.Net.Http.HttpConnectionPool.ConnectToTcpHostAsync(String host, Int32 port, HttpRequestMessage initialRequest, Boolean async, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
prowlarr     |    at System.Net.Http.HttpConnectionPool.ConnectAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
prowlarr     |    at System.Net.Http.HttpConnectionPool.CreateHttp11ConnectionAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
prowlarr     |    at System.Net.Http.HttpConnectionPool.AddHttp11ConnectionAsync(HttpRequestMessage request)
prowlarr     |    at System.Threading.Tasks.TaskCompletionSourceWithCancellation`1.WaitWithCancellationAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
prowlarr     |    at System.Net.Http.HttpConnectionPool.GetHttp11ConnectionAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
prowlarr     |    at System.Net.Http.HttpConnectionPool.SendWithVersionDetectionAndRetryAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, Boolean doRequestAuth, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
prowlarr     |    at System.Net.Http.AuthenticationHelper.SendWithAuthAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, Uri authUri, Boolean async, ICredentials credentials, Boolean preAuthenticate, Boolean isProxyAuth, Boolean doRequestAuth, HttpConnectionPool pool, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
prowlarr     |    at System.Net.Http.DiagnosticsHandler.SendAsyncCore(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
prowlarr     |    at System.Net.Http.DecompressionHandler.SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
prowlarr     |    at System.Net.Http.HttpClient.g__Core|83_0(HttpRequestMessage request, HttpCompletionOption completionOption, CancellationTokenSource cts, Boolean disposeCts, CancellationTokenSource pendingRequestsCts, CancellationToken originalCancellationToken)
prowlarr     |    at NzbDrone.Common.Http.Dispatchers.ManagedHttpDispatcher.GetResponseAsync(HttpRequest request, CookieContainer cookies) in ./Prowlarr.Common/Http/Dispatchers/ManagedHttpDispatcher.cs:line 110
prowlarr     |    at NzbDrone.Common.Http.HttpClient.ExecuteRequestAsync(HttpRequest request, CookieContainer cookieContainer) in ./Prowlarr.Common/Http/HttpClient.cs:line 171
prowlarr     |    at NzbDrone.Common.Http.HttpClient.ExecuteAsync(HttpRequest request) in ./Prowlarr.Common/Http/HttpClient.cs:line 70
prowlarr     |    at NzbDrone.Common.Http.HttpClient.Execute(HttpRequest request) in ./Prowlarr.Common/Http/HttpClient.cs:line 137
prowlarr     |    at NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.QBittorrent.QBittorrentProxyV2.IsApiSupported(QBittorrentSettings settings) in ./Prowlarr.Core/Download/Clients/QBittorrent/QBittorrentProxyV2.cs:line 35
prowlarr     |    at NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.QBittorrent.QBittorrentProxySelector.FetchProxy(QBittorrentSettings settings) in ./Prowlarr.Core/Download/Clients/QBittorrent/QBittorrentProxySelector.cs:line 83
prowlarr     |    at NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.QBittorrent.QBittorrentProxySelector.<>c__DisplayClass7_0.b__0() in ./Prowlarr.Core/Download/Clients/QBittorrent/QBittorrentProxySelector.cs:line 78
prowlarr     | 
prowlarr     |    at NzbDrone.Common.Cache.Cached`1.Get(String key, Func`1 function, Nullable`1 lifeTime) in ./Prowlarr.Common/Cache/Cached.cs:line 99
prowlarr     |    at NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.QBittorrent.QBittorrentProxySelector.GetProxyCache(QBittorrentSettings settings, Boolean force) in ./Prowlarr.Core/Download/Clients/QBittorrent/QBittorrentProxySelector.cs:line 78
prowlarr     | 
prowlarr     |    at NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.QBittorrent.QBittorrentProxySelector.GetProxy(QBittorrentSettings settings, Boolean force) in ./Prowlarr.Core/Download/Clients/QBittorrent/QBittorrentProxySelector.cs:line 61
prowlarr     |    at NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.QBittorrent.QBittorrent.TestConnection() in ./Prowlarr.Core/Download/Clients/QBittorrent/QBittorrent.cs:line 209
prowlarr     | 
prowlarr     | 
prowlarr     | 
prowlarr     | [Warn] ProwlarrErrorPipeline: Invalid request Validation failed: 
prowlarr     |  -- Host: Unable to connect to qBittorrent 

I've tried looking for help online but i haven't found much so some help would be appreciated.

Thank you!

Hi,

I remember reading that lemmy.world defederated from the exploding heads instance (rightly so imo), but now i’m seeing their posts on my feed.

Did the hack from the other day affect the defederation? is this a bug or something i have to change the settings of?

Thanks.

With all this migration i’ve been inspired to start self hosting some services.

I am looking for a mini pc to ideally run linux and host a media server with radarr and sonarr, pihole and some other stuff as i start getting more into self hosting.

Any recommendations / experiences that you can give? Or some general guidelines on what i should look for or things to avoid.

Thank you!!