Linux Kernel keeps killing my games :( (and other applications)

General system Gaming, sound and video
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Not a single issue here, i did format my nvme drives to btrfs (endeavour os) and ext4 (gaming drive)

In the past i had alot of issues with ntfs and steam, not going to that trouble again.

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32 GB with 16 GB ZRAM seems to be the sweet spot for me.

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I do have the same issue. In my case, it’s more on the rare side than constant side. It’s not a bother, but I thought I’ll mention it. Like I said, it only happens when Steam is stuck on “Finalizing” the download, but not all the time, which is why I haven’t raised the issue before :thinking:

I’ve got 32GB 6000MHz DDR5 memory and ~33GB on swap. I didn’t adjust the swap myself, the installer picked the size for me. I thought I better not mess with it.

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increased the swap file to 4gb which actually worked but in general my laptop doesnt seem to meet the requirements of cs2 xD (i have like 3 fps)

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Is it running from the dgpu ?

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i couldnt really find a way to figure that out. i found things like nvidia-smi or mangohud but i didn’t understand how to use it. do you have a better option how to find that?

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If you are using PRIME then you need to call the dGPU (nvidia) somehow.

Otherwise everything is on the iGPU by default.

First the test for regular;

glxinfo | grep 'renderer string'

With the closed drivers and the prime-run script;

prime-run glxinfo | grep 'renderer string'

With open drivers;

DRI_PRIME=1 glxinfo | grep 'renderer string'

For a steam game you edit the launch options and use the %command% variable, ex;

DRI_PRIME=1 %command%