Since GOverlay was removed from Bazzite, how do you enable Mangohud to work globally for Steam?

Is there a way to enable MangoHud for Steam instead of enabling it for every game I play?

Solution

That explains it then. Native openGL games need per-game settings:

mangohud --dlsym %command%

mangohud --dlsym %command%

mangohud --dlsym %command%

mangohud --dlsym %command%

The environment variable for that was once provided, but it hasn’t worked in a long time

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termdisc•5/8/24, 8:02 PM

in ~/.bashrc~/.bashrc add

export MANGOHUD=1
export MANGOHUD_DLSYM=1

export MANGOHUD=1
export MANGOHUD_DLSYM=1

termdisc•5/8/24, 8:02 PM

then either run source ~/.bashrcsource ~/.bashrc, restart Steam or restart the PC entirely

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𝙍𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙦𝙪𝙚OP•5/8/24, 8:21 PM

I've never used that file before, just to confirm, is it in the /home/username/home/username folder? I also saw you can edit the bash_profile as well, does it matter which is used? @termdisc (Deck+PC)

missalexis•5/8/24, 8:32 PM

Yes it's the user home folder. Use .bashrc.

"The main difference lies in when each file is executed. The bashrc file is executed for non-interactive, command-line shell sessions, while the bash_profile file is executed for login shell sessions, such as when you log into your system or remotely via SSH."

Mmissalexis Yes it's the user home folder. Use .bashrc. "The main difference lies in when ...

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𝙍𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙦𝙪𝙚OP•5/8/24, 8:35 PM

Thanks. Do you know where in the file I place those entries exactly?

.bashrc

Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
. /etc/bashrc
fi

User specific environment
if ! [[ "$PATH" =~ "$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/bin:" ]]; then
PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/bin:$PATH"
fi
export PATH

Uncomment the following line if you don't like systemctl's auto-paging feature:
export SYSTEMD_PAGER=

User specific aliases and functions
if [ -d ~/.bashrc.d ]; then
for rc in ~/.bashrc.d/*; do
if [ -f "$rc" ]; then
. "$rc"
fi
done
fi
unset rc

termdisc•5/8/24, 9:18 PM

anywhere before unset rcunset rc is fine

Ttermdisc anywhere before `unset rc` is fine

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𝙍𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙦𝙪𝙚OP•5/8/24, 9:43 PM

Hmm, I placed it above unset rc unset rc and it doesn't seem to work

termdisc•5/8/24, 9:55 PM

actually put it after. I misunderstood that function. I thought it closed the entire file but it is for that forfor loop

Ttermdisc actually put it after. I misunderstood that function. I thought it closed the en...

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𝙍𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙦𝙪𝙚OP•5/8/24, 11:27 PM

doesn't seem to work still

termdisc•5/9/24, 12:31 AM

Did you restart?

termdisc•5/9/24, 12:33 AM

run in a terminal echo $MANGOHUDecho $MANGOHUD

Ttermdisc run in a terminal `echo $MANGOHUD`

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𝙍𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙦𝙪𝙚OP•5/9/24, 1:04 AM

is terminal supposed to output a

?
And still nothing

termdisc•5/9/24, 2:03 AM

Yes it is

termdisc•5/9/24, 2:04 AM

What game are you trying to run? Native?

Ttermdisc What game are you trying to run? Native?

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𝙍𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙦𝙪𝙚OP•5/9/24, 2:05 AM

Vampire Survivors. I think it's native? I just clicked install, says it's Verified but it doesn't show that it is running Proton.

Solution

termdisc•5/9/24, 3:43 AM

That explains it then. Native openGL games need per-game settings:

mangohud --dlsym %command%

mangohud --dlsym %command%

The environment variable for that was once provided, but it hasn’t worked in a long time

Ttermdisc That explains it then. Native openGL games need per-game settings: `mangohud --d...

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𝙍𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙦𝙪𝙚OP•5/9/24, 5:32 AM

Ahh that makes sense. Thank you!

Ttermdisc in `~/.bashrc` add ```export MANGOHUD=1 export MANGOHUD_DLSYM=1```

Kid•5/12/24, 5:05 AM

This is great, thx!
But why does this work?

And is there a way to force mangohud on openGL apps? Most of the time (on steam) I just added Proton, even on native games or I just added mangohud %command%mangohud %command% or gamemoderun mangohud %command%gamemoderun mangohud %command% as launch option.

Kid•5/12/24, 5:07 AM

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And is the "old method" with goverlay and global enableglobal enable really that bad?

I just use Goverlay in a Distrobox now as a configurator and I just installed flatpak install mangohudflatpak install mangohud option 2, 3 and 4.