I’d been using linux for work for a couple years and it was going fine. I had a pretty crappy laptop at home with limited storage and I was constantly wrestling with Windows storing update stuff, installing adware during updates, etc.

I’d heard of proton and about how well it was going with it, so I had an idea linux gaming was possible.

Eventually something happened during a windows update that required I reinstall the OS and I just pulled out the flash drive I used to install linux on my work machine and tried it out. Eventually I did have to dual boot (on a bigger drive) for some games, but nowadays I’m all linux everywhere.

I’ve never rarely ever had that except one or two games in the last 15 years…

Yup. I know exactly what you mean. I bought Nobody Wants to Die, which is rated platinum on protondb, and it just crashes within 1 second of startup for me. 3h of fucking around with proton versions, launch arguments, even tried lutris, nothing. The only error I could see took me to a stackoverflow thread about vga to dvi adapter issues and the fix was not relevant. My protontricks is apparently also broken which I have no idea why or when it broke.

I got it refunded, it is what it is. I’ll look into fixing my protontricks when I have more time…

I have an Nvidia GPU and aside from the occasional lemon of a driver, I’ve had no issues (to be sure, I don’t use Wayland). I play games through Proton just fine. MHW, Elden Ring, Hunt Showdown, BG3, etc. Unfortunately the games he picked are borked or not listed on protondb. Not sure about Minecraft though, I used to play that just fine.

I’ll see if I can enable it in Discover and run updates through that. Thanks for the tip.

Does that have auto updates? It’s kind of annoying to download debs every week.

I’m not super well versed, I’m a Linux casual.

The discord snap is basically unusable for me so that’s the only way I can have discord installed. I’ll probably switch away from kubuntu next time if it inherited this problem.

You’ll take my split keyboard and dark mode from my cold dead carpal tunnel hands

The machine spirit requires that you submit the correct incantations

The message seems to give you at least what it thinks the solution to the problem is:

apt install nvidia-driver-libs:i386

I have a pair of Sony WH-H900N and they work fine over bluetooth. I use it for Hunt Showdown, in which hearing your enemy is very important. I can tell pretty easily which way another player is, what they’re stepping on, if they’re running or walking, if they’re above or below, etc.

The build quality however is not very good, it always starts in noise canceling mode which I don’t want, and recently it has started to try to deafen me by playing a loud buzzing noise at max volume. I’m careful now not to put them on before turning them on.

I’ve been looking at a pair of SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless to replace them but I can’t justify the purchase right now.

Told you people would love it :D I’m glad she lives!

I don’t know where you live but I’m always jealous when some americans say they found something at a thrift store or recycling center or yard sale. Those are very rare in my corner of europe.

It’s never a good feeling, my condolences. Are you gonna go for something newer or just get another oldie?

The iso shouldn’t have caused any issue, I’ve used it before for the exact same thing. It’s hard to say what the issue is at this point. It sounds like a loose connection or something bridging 2 connections. Could’ve scrubbed too hard, or maybe something got bent during assembly or disassembly. Sorry, man…

Ayyy, result! I appreciate you getting back to me. It’s not perfect, but it sounds like at least the keyboard’s close to normal now. Time to pick a new spot to put your drink as well.

Good luck, lemme know if it worked!

I would fully take apart the keyboard. The plastic can be cleaned in the sink with dish soap and lukewarm water. The pcb gets the iso.

Try some isopropyl alcohol, maybe a cotton swab or a soft toothbrush.

No offense taken, and it totally does. Kind of a pompous name for a peripherals company but they do make high quality stuff, so fair game, right?