When starting up stream and along side a game, it will sometimes make every application crash and unresponsive then the OS will lock up, any reason why this happens? Specs OS Ubuntu 23.04 Gnome 44.2 AMD rx6700xt Ryzen 5 5600xt 16GIB Kernal 6.2 Generic Wayland 64-bit ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING II Firmware 5003

  • drolex@sopuli.xyz
    2·
    11 months ago

    Can’t comment on the cause, but I’ve found a workaround for this by launching steam from the terminal. I suppose that the gnome launcher calls a different version or uses some specific parameters.

    I’ll check it when I’m less lazy (hmmm)

    • Simplesyrup@lemmy.mlOP
      41·
      11 months ago

      Would like not to use the terminal, I try my best to stay away from it at all cost

      • NateSwift@beehaw.org
        2·
        11 months ago

        if you’re willing to give it a shot, it should be as easy as opening a terminal app, typing “steam” and pressing enter. The normal steam UI will pop up then

      • Gadg3tm@lemmy.world
        1·
        11 months ago

        You can set up a keyboard shortcut, which runs off the terminal commands, then you’re always using it but not using it, also

  • weiln12@lemmy.world
    2·
    11 months ago

    I’ve had better luck using the Flatpak version of Steam than either the repo version or downloaded from Steam. On 22.04 I could not get the Gnome launcher to work at all for either and had to use the terminal. No issues using the Flatpak version. It also works with Proton-Up, which is also available as a Flatpak.

    As for your issue specifically, you could look at the logs, but the only way I know to do that is via the Terminal, and you mentioned you don’t want to do that.

    • Simplesyrup@lemmy.mlOP
      1·
      11 months ago

      Idk if it logs it as the system would just hard crash and i had to do a full restart either by pulling the plug out or holding down the button

      • weiln12@lemmy.world
        1·
        11 months ago

        It will most definitely be logged if it’s Gnome crashing. If the entire system is crashing that’s a very different story, and if you’re hard resetting it sounds like a system crash, not Gnome specifically. Depending on how it crashes, there may be logs.

  • Haijo@snac.haijo.eu
    1·
    11 months ago

    doubt this will do anything, but have you tried turning this on?
    (posted again because the edit didn’t federate and i forgot the attachment)

  • Haijo@snac.haijo.eu
    1·
    11 months ago

    Looks like lemmy doesn’t accept posts with attachments.
    I tried to send a screenshot of a settings for accelerated rendering in steam. I don’t think i’ll make a difference, but turning it on is worth a try