E: please read the entire post before replying…
Hi all. For the last several years I’ve been using Bazzite/Gamescope on my desktop, and even before that I was using it with ChimeraOS. It’s been really great and I’ve enjoyed it thoroughly. Unfortunately I’ve begun to experience issues with games freezing. Within an hour of firing up a game, the image freezes. Audio continues playing on a loop. I’m able to pull up the menu and exit out of the game no problem. But then I fire it up and the same thing happens again.
I don’t really know how to diagnose this issue but I reinstalled Bazzite fresh, same issue. Installed CachyOS-Handheld, same issue. However I tried launching games from the desktop mode and I’ve now spent ~20 hours gaming with no issue, but this is certainly not ideal. Any ideas on potential fixes?
E: AMD 5700x + 6800XT 16GB
Yeah, they have. The problem is that I don’t know understand anything they’re talking about. And I’m not interested in starting a new career. So I guess I should have known better.
I already wiped Bazzite. But the only communities they support are Reddit, Github, and Discord. None of which I have any interest in participating in. The top pinned thread in their Discourse says no one looks at issues there, and to go to the corporate platforms for support.
I appreciate the effort though.
TL;DR
Install an archival version of Bazzite or whatever else that corresponds to a date when you know it worked correctly.
Bazzite in particular makes this fairly easy. They have straight forward instructions on how to roll back to a given version.
If that fixes it, just use that version and don’t update.
If you want to stick with Cachy, you can use the Arch Archive to downgrade your entire system to an earlier date, or just Gamescope.
You can access those past images/snapshots even from a new install ;) .
As it seems to have been some time since it started, I’d suggest trying out the oldest still accessible snapshot/image.