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Docking No Signal issues: Any way to tell the kernel to reinitialize all connectors

Just like with Vanilla SteamOS on the official dock, occasionally the system will not detect that it's connected to the dock / external monitor. I have ssh already set up but outside of a reboot or getting off my ass to unplug and reconnect the dock, could I manually simulate a disconnect & reconnect of the monitor connection or usbc connection to the dock?...

modrinth not starting properly

Modrinth does not start up properly. I have normal minecraft installed and reinstalled modrinth multiple times (uninstall with warehouse). When starting up, it opens a new process in the taskbar, shortly opens a new process with a black window which has a white W on yellow ground as an image, works for 1 or 2 seconds in the background and then ends. Idk how to get at an error code (quick google search didn't help, as i haven't found the executable) but I have no popup or smth like that....

removal not allowed despite sudo

As the title suggests, I tried removing a folder and it didn't let me, despite being Admin and using sudo. I am trying to remove everything from a program from my system after uninstalling, because I want a completely fresh reinstall with no leftovers being used. But it doesn't allow me to delete a folder. Looking into it, I only have permissions to look at it, not change it. Changing that permission with Dolphin or chmod didn't work, no permission. How do i delete this folder?...
Solution:
well, theoretically speaking you should be able to use the Warehouse app to fully clear leftovers

Kodi 21.2-Omega not working in Bazzite 43

Today I updated Kodi to the latest version due to a prompt in Flatpack. Recently I also upgraded to the latest Bazzite update, and I didn't check if the already installed Kodi was working after this, so I'm not sure whether it could be the Bazzite update or the Kodi one. The issue: When launching Kodi, the app attempts to open (visible in taskbar) but never launches (no front-end), and it closes (at least visually in the taskbar). What I've noticed, is that if I run Kodi through the App Launcher, it attempts to open but doesn't show on the System Monitor under "Applications", while opening it from Flatpack does make it show there, even if it doesn't launch either....
Solution:
this fixed it for me sudo flatpak update tv.kodi.Kodi --commit=00bf84dd49d2ddcbf18b73e9dcc1b471d0d70ba6d832eae4d595aa524a514a0d this fixed it for me

Gear Lever Failing To Launch

Gear lever doesnt launch on my system since I installed Bazzite. I am on a framework 13 Intel Ultra w/ dual boot. attempting to launch again after 5 minutes results in (Picture 1) Ive tried updating and restarting my laptop many times....

Trouble and clarification with nvidia driver support.

Hello! I recently tried to upgrade to Fedore 43 using <ujust update>. It gave me a whitescreen after reboot and im currently on the previous version. ...

Major graphical artifacting (?) in SteamOS after boot.

Hi everyone! I have had this issue for a few months now. I have a bazzite-nvidia-gnome-deck, or whatever it’s called. Essentially the gnome version of Bazzite with SteamOS, using an Nvidia GPU. I’ve noticed some terrible graphical artifacts when booting into SteamOS. I don’t know if this is a common issue or if I need to record some kind of log? If you could help out, I’d be very grateful....

Question about new gpu

Hey guys, so it's been around 3 months since I'm on Bazzite (loving it!), I've decided to change my 3080 10gb to a 9070 XT and I should get it tomorrow hopefully. Is there anything I should do when switching from nvidia to amd or is it just plug and play? I'm currently dual booting with W11, this one I know I will have to DDU to remove nvidia drivers. But no clue on linux side....

Poor performance on native steam vs flatpak

Cs2 is unplayable on native steam i cant make it work, Water disapearing, heres the proof from benchmark, why flatpak gives me more performance and working game
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My OS storage is full. I'm a noob so please help.

My games are on a seperate 500Gb drive. I had kept my OS separate on a 64Gb drive. Which now shows less than 1Gb of free space as a result i have dificulty in installing flatpak or updates. During installation i remember that i did not touch the drives section and kept it on default. Chatgpt says to sym link the home folder and move to another drive(is it safe, will i lose my games data?) What should i do, i'm a beginner so I don't know much about linux. Help will be appreciated. df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on composefs 32M 32M 0 100% /...

Balena Etcher on Bazzite fails + windows programs?

Hi, I am really liking Bazzite and I want to put it on more of my PCs. But now that windows is off my computer I can't use Rufus like I did on windows. I've tried 4 different USB sticks and formated them too. I have also tried re downloading the iso twice and the program etcher. I have found I can download the zip and double clock to run the program. I get to the point where I enter my password and a few seconds after that I the the message something went wrong. Can I run Rufus on Bazzite Linux? ...

Help with Skyrim Modded

I'll be trying to install bazzite, since I'm trying to see if some bugs on Community Shaders mod on Skyrim are gone when running it on linux. I already have it installed on my windows pc, and I'll be installing bazzite in a different drive, so no problem with dual booting since I'll only select it via my bios menu. But I'm here to request help with runnning skyrim without having to install it all over again and running it modded via Vortex. ...

Mangohud and heroic reset after 43 ?

I just noticed this message when trying to launch a game about mangohud and it's path. It's still there with in bazzitte I use mangojuice to tweak gui. Do I need to get an updated version though of mangohud for Bazzitte 43 ? Last used was on the 24th and then I just saw the update version to 43....
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Steam Issue.

Hello, fairly new to Bazzite. it has been working well for the most part. Today Steam cannot see games that are installed. I have checked my HDD and they are on it but it is asking for password to mount drive (it is my second HDD). I am assuming as it requires password on bootup (which it didn't) that this is causing the issue with steam. Is there a fix to make this drive mount normally on bootup?...
Solution:
not sure if this is a permanent fix Gnome Disks clicked on my games SSD...
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need help downloading Bazzite

I'm very new to Bazzite and to be honest Reading the way to set it up confuses me. If a program does not have install button I'm lost. you could almost say I need my hand held. the computer I'd like to run Bazzite on is a HP Z600 workstation... dual CPU X5675 3.06 Mhz, 48gigs ram AMD XFX570 8Gig video card. A 512Gig SSD for the OS and a 750Gig HDD for storage. the machine is currenly running a fresh install of Linux mint 21. I do not want to run this machine with a dual boot sys. Bazzite is the only OS I want on it as it will be used to play older games from the late 80's thru the mid 90's maybe a few newer ones. I will just need to see what it can run. The HP Z600 CPU's are LGA1366 (westmereEP) so I'm not sure what issues I may run into. I have run Win10 Pro on it with no issues. I have watched a videos on downloading Bazzite and I'm still a bit lost. I really want to use Bazzite on this machine if possible. any help would be greatly appreaciated...

display un/plugged message pops up during gaming

I have two monitors and a 4K TV plugged into my desktop. The TV has a soundbar connected by HDMI. The TV and soundbar are switched off while I'm gaming, but I keep getting pop ups about a screen being plugged in or unplugged during gaming, which messes with the game window. This is particularly bad during The Division 2. Specs are: AMD Ryzen 5 3600, 16GB RAM, RX9060XT. Game is installed on 2TB nvme SSD Please help, or let me know what further information to provide...

'libunrar' Not Found for Python Executable, for Installing Stalker GAMMA

I am attempting to install STALKER GAMMA using a python based launcher/patcher. The python launcher requires the 'libunrar' library which cannot be found. The launcher's author suggests installing the library via RPM Fusion. Is this library already installed, and just not found? Should I use RPM Fusion to install it? Would it be possible/preferable to install the library for the GAMMA launcher specifically, rather than system wide? Am I asking the right questions? https://github.com/Mord3rca/gamma-launcher?tab=readme-ov-file#lookuperror-couldnt-find-path-to-unrar-library...
Solution:
I assembled an (ubuntu) distrobox and installed the libunrar library. Needed to update the apt package list first. The python app is now running happily inside the distrobox.

Asus ROG Flow z13 - ujust update broke my install

Hi, new Bazzite user coming from Asahi Linux Fedora. - Bought the Asus ROG Flow z13 (2025 version) on Oct. 25. Installed Bazzite fresh. - Saw the Fedora 43 announcement today, ran ujust update - Rebooted. Got back into KDE, confirmed update was successful with uname -a - output showed ...fc43......

error: Running %posttrans for openrazer-kernel-modules-dkms: bwrap(/bin/sh): Child process exited wi

error: Running %posttrans for openrazer-kernel-modules-dkms: bwrap(/bin/sh): Child process exited with code 4; run journalctl -t 'rpm-ostree(openrazer-kernel-modules-dkms.posttrans)' for more information System update failed: 0: Command failed: /usr/bin/rpm-ostree upgrade 1: /usr/bin/rpm-ostree failed: exit status: 1 ...