ive been trying to make this work for days, but the experience has been horrible as soon as I start

ive been trying to make this work for days, but the experience has been horrible as soon as I start up a game. the display is constantly freezing, crashing, or bugging out. i thought id try disabling the laptop display and using only the monitor, and it was horrific. Is there any way to have a good external monitor experience with an optimus laptop on Linux?

DajixOP•12/28/23, 7:52 AM

or do I need to switch back to windows

DDajix ive been trying to make this work for days, but the experience has been horrible...

Kyle Gospo•12/28/23, 7:52 AM

have you gotten a displayport adapter?

DajixOP•12/28/23, 7:52 AM

no, but I dont know how many of those issues it will fix

Kyle Gospo•12/28/23, 7:52 AM

tbh, all

Kyle Gospo•12/28/23, 7:52 AM

you are using a monitor that frankly shouldn't have an HDMI port on it

DajixOP•12/28/23, 7:53 AM

really? when switching to only external display and the experience becoming unbearably horrific, I assumed the issue was more to do with optimus

Kyle Gospo•12/28/23, 7:54 AM

your issue has nothing to do with displays or settings and everything to do with HDMI bandwidth

Kyle Gospo•12/28/23, 7:54 AM

HDMI cannot drive that resolution at that framerate, you will have all sorts of random issues trying to

DajixOP•12/28/23, 7:55 AM

the issues still persist if I reduce it to 1080p@60hz in gnome display settings

DajixOP•12/28/23, 7:56 AM

will displayport completely fix it?

DajixOP•12/28/23, 8:01 AM

ill get a displayport cable, but I have my doubts about this magically fixing all the issues

Lopen•12/28/23, 11:03 AM

Can't install

Lopen•12/28/23, 11:04 AM

Fails halfway

Lopen•12/28/23, 11:04 AM

Iso gnome-nvidia

LLopen Can't install

EyeCantCU•12/28/23, 1:03 PM

Try installing Fedora Silverblue and rebasing

Lopen•12/28/23, 1:03 PM

I have no idea how to do that

LLopen I have no idea how to do that

dreamyuki•12/28/23, 1:06 PM

https://fedoraproject.org/silverblue/
click download

Fedora Silverblue

An immutable variant looks, feels, and behaves just like a regular desktop operating system, but your updates are delivered as full images of a working system. This makes every installation identical to every other, and it will never change while in use. What's more, Silverblue will always keep an older version of the system around for you to bo...

LLopen I have no idea how to do that

EyeCantCU•12/28/23, 1:16 PM

After installing, you just need to run:

rpm-ostree rebase ostree-unverified-registry:ghcr.io/ublue-os/bazzite-gnome-nvidia:latestrpm-ostree rebase ostree-unverified-registry:ghcr.io/ublue-os/bazzite-gnome-nvidia:latest

And you'll be good

Lopen•12/28/23, 2:35 PM

Any particular reason lvm is being used?

Zelaf•12/28/23, 3:26 PM

Anyone else having problems playing youtube videos after being in sleep mode?

LLopen Any particular reason lvm is being used?

EyeCantCU•12/28/23, 3:36 PM

If I had to imagine, it's because it allows for more flexibility post install. Some of the time, people want to be able to resize volumes after installation and LVM makes that a lot easier at a very low performance cost. The one thing to watch out for is you probably don't want a logical volume spanning multiple disks so I'd double check to make sure that's not the case. If one fails, you lose everything

ZZelaf Anyone else having problems playing youtube videos after being in sleep mode?

EyeCantCU•12/28/23, 3:36 PM

I can't say I do. What hardware and browser are you using?

Zelaf•12/28/23, 3:44 PM

Firefox on Steam Deck LCD

Zelaf•12/28/23, 3:45 PM

Gotta restart to fix it :C

Zelaf•12/28/23, 3:49 PM

I am getting this in the log, maybe related but can't point my finger to how:

1703778420696    addons.xpi    ERROR    Failed to install distribution add-on /app/lib/firefox/distribution/extensions/langpack-zh-TW@firefox.mozilla.org.xpi: Error: File /app/lib/firefox/distribution/extensions/langpack-zh-TW@firefox.mozilla.org.xpi does not contain a valid manifest(resource://gre/modules/addons/XPIInstall.jsm:685:11) JS Stack trace: loadManifest@XPIInstall.jsm:685:11
awaitPromise@XPIProvider.jsm:227:15
installDistributionAddons@XPIProvider.jsm:2971:35
checkForChanges@XPIProvider.jsm:3084:22
startup@XPIProvider.jsm:2532:12
callProvider@AddonManager.sys.mjs:229:31
_startProvider@AddonManager.sys.mjs:538:17
startup@AddonManager.sys.mjs:749:14
startup@AddonManager.sys.mjs:3690:26
observe@amManager.sys.mjs:73:29

1703778420696    addons.xpi    ERROR    Failed to install distribution add-on /app/lib/firefox/distribution/extensions/langpack-zh-TW@firefox.mozilla.org.xpi: Error: File /app/lib/firefox/distribution/extensions/langpack-zh-TW@firefox.mozilla.org.xpi does not contain a valid manifest(resource://gre/modules/addons/XPIInstall.jsm:685:11) JS Stack trace: loadManifest@XPIInstall.jsm:685:11
awaitPromise@XPIProvider.jsm:227:15
installDistributionAddons@XPIProvider.jsm:2971:35
checkForChanges@XPIProvider.jsm:3084:22
startup@XPIProvider.jsm:2532:12
callProvider@AddonManager.sys.mjs:229:31
_startProvider@AddonManager.sys.mjs:538:17
startup@AddonManager.sys.mjs:749:14
startup@AddonManager.sys.mjs:3690:26
observe@amManager.sys.mjs:73:29

Gonna restart and see if that still pops up

abron•12/28/23, 4:30 PM

Seems like a lot of yall are spending time in desktop mode on your Decks ... Do you hook up a Bluetooth keyboard? I can't see how to use desktop mode on mine without endless frustration.

termdisc•12/28/23, 4:32 PM

I either use remote desktop software like AnyDesk to type on my desktop keyboard or I use KDE Connect on my phone

termdisc•12/28/23, 4:32 PM

it depends on where I am and why I need to type

matt_schwartz•12/28/23, 4:32 PM

I got a 65% size keyboard that can do Bluetooth and also usb input for using it without BT drivers

matt_schwartz•12/28/23, 4:32 PM

about the same size as my deck

Aabron Seems like a lot of yall are spending time in desktop mode on your Decks ... Do ...

Zelaf•12/28/23, 4:33 PM

I have a Keychron keyboard with bluetooth but currently broken due to bluetooth on Linux D; and then a bluetooth mouse that I use in the adapter mode instead

Zelaf•12/28/23, 4:34 PM

Plan is when bluetooth is fixed to only use bluetooth

Zelaf•12/28/23, 4:35 PM

But I use my Deck as my primary computer which is why I spend so much time in desktop. Whenever I want to play a game with friends I launch into gamemode and run Discord through Steam

Zelaf•12/28/23, 4:35 PM

I get terrible performance on the Deck and a lot of game crashes when I'm not in game mode

abron•12/28/23, 4:36 PM

Nice, thanks everyone. Looks like it's time for me to buy some input hardware.

ZZelaf I am getting this in the log, maybe related but can't point my finger to how: ``...

Zelaf•12/28/23, 4:36 PM

Still getting the errors but works after rebooting. Strange

abron•12/28/23, 4:37 PM

oh, and KDE Connect is an interesting idea. I'll have to play with it.

ZZelaf But I use my Deck as my primary computer which is why I spend so much time in de...

abron•12/28/23, 4:38 PM

do you dock it to a bigger screen?

Zelaf•12/28/23, 4:39 PM

I have a portable monitor that I plug it into. If I need something even bigger I plug it into my TV

Zelaf•12/28/23, 4:39 PM

And I use a 3D printed stand ontop of a USB Hub with a HDMI out

Zelaf•12/28/23, 4:40 PM

Gonna see if I can get my hands on something with a USB-C DP Alt. out tho

Darahaas•12/28/23, 4:40 PM

IDK why but dolphin keeps on crashing

Zelaf•12/28/23, 4:41 PM

For the longest while when I was out and about and did my school work and IT projects I only had the Deck screen. It was horrible to work on as a sole display

Zelaf•12/28/23, 4:41 PM

But using it as a secondary monitor is great

matt_schwartz•12/28/23, 4:42 PM

I tried using my deck screen for one rpmbuild and that was about as far as I ever got trying to do dev work on there lol

Zelaf•12/28/23, 4:43 PM

I basically built my entire ALSA UCM conf package through the Deck screen D;

Zelaf•12/28/23, 4:43 PM

Constantly had to zoom in on web pages and things were just too uncomfortable. Since I don't have a desk anywhere I'm setting either I had to lean in all the time too

matt_schwartz•12/28/23, 4:44 PM

I was testing MangoHud builds so I figured it would end up being easier to do it all from the Deck

matt_schwartz•12/28/23, 4:44 PM

Then my laptop built it in like 30 seconds compared to the 5 minutes it was taking on the Deck lol

Zelaf•12/28/23, 4:45 PM

Oh yeah I just used copr to build mine

1703778420696 addons.xpi ERROR Failed to install distribution add-on /app/lib/firefox/distribution/extensions/langpack-zh-TW@firefox.mozilla.org.xpi: Error: File /app/lib/firefox/distribution/extensions/langpack-zh-TW@firefox.mozilla.org.xpi does not contain a valid manifest(resource://gre/modules/addons/XPIInstall.jsm:685:11) JS Stack trace: loadManifest@XPIInstall.jsm:685:11 awaitPromise@XPIProvider.jsm:227:15 installDistributionAddons@XPIProvider.jsm:2971:35 checkForChanges@XPIProvider.jsm:3084:22 startup@XPIProvider.jsm:2532:12 callProvider@AddonManager.sys.mjs:229:31 _startProvider@AddonManager.sys.mjs:538:17 startup@AddonManager.sys.mjs:749:14 startup@AddonManager.sys.mjs:3690:26 observe@amManager.sys.mjs:73:29

ive been trying to make this work for days, but the experience has been horrible as soon as I start

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