Solution

Uninstall AMDVLK, you should probably use vulkan-radeon anyway.

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I think there was a wine / proton update earlier today, I've just tried to launch the game from Steam and gotten the aforementioned message. I've found out that the message is common on Nvidia and Intel Arc GPUs but not AMD. I was wondering if anyone is now experiencing the same thing and if anyone knows a fix, I was quite looking forward to sinking another day into Starfield tomorrow...

AMD announced FSR 3 will allow for fluid motion frame generation in-game on almost any GPU in any DirectX12 game, doubling or even tripling your FPS.

Would this work on Linux? Considering DirectX to Vulkan translation and our lack of Radeon software. Obviously I expect when FSR 3 releases it'll be a little while until people get it working on Linux if it is possible to get it to work.

I'm quite excited for FSR 3, not that I don't have a good GPU (I have a 6800XT) but I'm just excited to try real-time frame generation without spending a small fortune on a sub-par GPU from a sub-par company. Should I, and probably many other Linux gamers, look forward to FSR 3?

TL;DR: Do. Not. Share. Boot. Partitions. Across. Linux. Installs.

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So a couple days ago I posted a screenshot of my first Gentoo install in a VM. I mentioned that I planned on putting it on my hardware in a triple boot setup (Arch - Main, BillyG-O$ - VR games, Gentoo - Pain). This is a follow-up on my adventures doing that.

Everything went well initially, I followed almost the exact same steps as the VM and things went by much faster (as it had access to all my resources). However I made 1 respectfully sized blunder, for some stupid reason, I tried to share boot partitions between my Arch and this Gentoo. DO NOT DO THAT, I can speak from _this experience.

Because of sharing boot partitions, GRUB got absolutely buggered 6 ways from Sunday resulting in GRUB unable to find my Arch initramfs. Not good at all. So for about 2 days my system was unbootable (I took a break from the computer, I'd just about had it).

Thanfully though it turns out

Screenshot of QEMU VM showing an ASCII Gentoo Logo + system info

I followed Mental Outlaw's 2019 guide and followed the official handbook to get up-to-date instructions and tailored instructions for my system, the process took about 4 hours however I did go out for a nice walk while my kernel was compiling. Overall I enjoyed the process and learnt a lot about the Linux kernel while doing it.

I'm planning on installing it to my hardware soon, this was to get a feel for the process in a non-destructive way.

I just wanted to promote Treeapp, it's a mobile app that lets you plant a tree for free daily by watching a short ad. The products shown are endorsed by Treeapp, it's actually a really good way to find sustainable substituions for everyday items.

I've been using it for almost 2 years now, I've planted 594 trees using it. You can also pay in addition to your free tree to plant extras, either as a one-off or subscription. 1 Tree = £1.

You take a short survey to find your carbon footprint, then when you plant trees you get a nice meter to show how much of your footprint you've offset. I've offset 165% of my carbon this year! (My footprint is quite low anyway however)

If you are gonna sign up, then I've provided my link here. You don't have to use it though, obviously.

• https://thetreeapp.page.link/join

I've not been paid or asked to promote their app. I'm doing this out on my own because we all need to do our part in the climate crisis.

Maybe it's just because there's less content on Lemmy as of right now, but I remember doomscrolling Reddit, but now I only briefly open Lemmy once or twice a day.

Could this be an example of the affects of addictive social media?