My games are launching on the wrong monitor | Arch Linux Community | Page 1

jovial dock Aug 3, 2024, 5:18 PM

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My games are launching on the wrong monitor, and when I move them to my primary monitor, they ignore my mouse, if I move them back, it's fine
Video example, this happens on at least 4 games, haven't tried more, but it only seems to affect games in wine so far?
The games do work with direct keybord input, but ignores my mouse

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I've tried Hybrid graphics mode, no help

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The right display is set as "primary"

jovial dock Aug 3, 2024, 5:47 PM

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I'm so utterly confused

jovial dock Aug 3, 2024, 7:57 PM

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jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 8:50 AM

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It works fine if I turn off my laptop's display

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But that kind of defeats the purpose of having a dual monitor setup

limpid merlin Aug 4, 2024, 9:07 AM

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Anyway, I'm kinda out of options. Have you tried switching to wayland and see if that helps?

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 9:08 AM

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No because Wayland fucks my shit up waaaaay worse

limpid merlin Aug 4, 2024, 9:09 AM

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MAYBE you could see if you can tell steam/proton to open the game on the other monitor via flags, but at this point you should just go see proton's docs and idk if it's worth the hassle

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 9:09 AM

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I checked everywhere online

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Nothing was relevant

limpid merlin Aug 4, 2024, 9:11 AM

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Is there something like a hardware mouse option on KDE? Try disabling it and see if that works

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 9:11 AM

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Don't see anything

limpid merlin Aug 4, 2024, 9:13 AM

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I see. I think your best chance is to go to arch's forums and see if anyone there has an answer. Quick tip: if you do, write about what you already tried to do and didn't work, it will be easier for others to help you.

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 9:16 AM

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This is such a draaag

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Like, it works with screen mirroring

frank token Aug 4, 2024, 10:44 AM

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@jovial dock Have you considered using a different proton version?

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 10:45 AM

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That's the only thing I've not done
Because I don't really know which ones to try
Do I just...descend the list from proton up?

frank token Aug 4, 2024, 10:45 AM

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Also are you on X11 or Wayland?

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 10:45 AM

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X11
Wayland is incredibly broken for me

frank token Aug 4, 2024, 10:45 AM

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jovial dock That's the only thing I've not done Because I don't really know which ones to tr...

I personally use proton 8.5 since its the best for me

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 10:46 AM

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I usually stay up to date

frank token Aug 4, 2024, 10:46 AM

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jovial dock X11 Wayland is incredibly broken for me

Oh damn, (Idk much about x11) but is xorg correctly set up

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 10:46 AM

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It should be
How should I check that / send it?

frank token Aug 4, 2024, 10:47 AM

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Idk where it is but I think /etc/x something

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 10:48 AM

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I've used dual monitor setups like this before, and never had issues

frank token Aug 4, 2024, 10:48 AM

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And your mouse is the only thing not working? And only beacuse of proton or?

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 10:48 AM

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But in those cases, my monitor was on the other side of my laptop so...?

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 10:48 AM

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frank token And your mouse is the only thing not working? And only beacuse of proton or?

Only the mouse, and likely because of proton

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Because native games work fine

frank token Aug 4, 2024, 10:49 AM

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Hmm okay, youre on a laptop right?

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 10:49 AM

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Yea

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These are all the fines under "X11" in etc

📎 40-libcanberra-gtk-module.sh 📎 50-systemd-user.sh 📎 xinitrc 📎 xserverrc 📎 00-keyboard.conf 📎 10-optimus-manager.conf

frank token Aug 4, 2024, 10:49 AM

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How about disabeling the gpu to test if its an gpu issue?

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can you run Xorg?

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 10:53 AM

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frank token How about disabeling the gpu to test if its an gpu issue?

Well you see
The monitor is hooked directly to the GPU

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No GPU no monitor

frank token Aug 4, 2024, 10:54 AM

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Oh okay

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are you able to run those games via wine?

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 10:55 AM

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Probably? But it's janky and they don't run very well

frank token Aug 4, 2024, 10:55 AM

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I know it is janky, but does your mouse work there?

soft spade Aug 4, 2024, 10:56 AM

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how about using ctrl super right arrow

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might be shift instead of ctrl

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 10:59 AM

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frank token I know it is janky, but does your mouse work there?

Idk, I run everything through Proton
But I could try

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Lemme see which games I could try

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Ah
Knossu

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Game doesn't have a cursor hm

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Uhm

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VOTV

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Lemme try

frank token Aug 4, 2024, 11:01 AM

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On wayland there's a package called wayland-cursor-fix.. I know this doesnt help you but maybe theres smth for x11 as well

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 11:01 AM

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Well

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 11:01 AM

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frank token On wayland there's a package called wayland-cursor-fix.. I know this doesnt help...

I'll have a look

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 11:02 AM

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frank token On wayland there's a package called wayland-cursor-fix.. I know this doesnt help...

Nope

frank token Aug 4, 2024, 11:02 AM

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That fixed my cursor issues for minecraft back then

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 11:02 AM

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Can't seem to test in wine...

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There's a package for MC specifically actually

frank token Aug 4, 2024, 11:02 AM

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I know trollface

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 11:02 AM

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Anyway

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Yeah can't run anything with wine, I don't have many .exe which aren't games

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I have two

frank token Aug 4, 2024, 11:04 AM

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hmm

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I think I cant help you either since I havent used any x11 des

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 11:05 AM

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I'll try some other proton versions
Should I try major versions or?

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What versions should I try
Because there's...a lot

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I suppose I could instal all of them

frank token Aug 4, 2024, 11:06 AM

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I used to use 8.5 since thats the one which runs almost every game

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and it workes for me

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 11:06 AM

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I usually run latest
And fix stuff on a per case basis

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Some games need like 6.5

frank token Aug 4, 2024, 11:06 AM

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frank token I used to use 8.5 since thats the one which runs almost every game

My friend gets more fps on 8.5 However were talking about wayland DEs

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 11:07 AM

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I'll try with another monitor
Match refresh rate

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Switch the side that the monitor is on

frank token Aug 4, 2024, 11:07 AM

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okay

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 11:08 AM

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But I gotta organize some clothing rn

frank token Aug 4, 2024, 11:08 AM

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Alright, have fun!

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 1:27 PM

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Alright, I have returned

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OH MY FUCKING GOD

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PUTTING MY MONITOR ON THE OTHER SIDE FIXED IT

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WHY

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@frank tokenYou seeing this shit??

frank token Aug 4, 2024, 1:38 PM

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Aint no way xD

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that came unexpected

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 1:39 PM

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So, it seems that things want to start on the monitor which is 0,0

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Ok so, it seems that nvidia is fighting with kde maybe?

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Or X11?

autumn plaza Aug 4, 2024, 2:45 PM

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@jovial dock

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tried xrandr --listmonitors then xrandr --output MONITOR --primary

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also

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add environment wariable

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 2:48 PM

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Explain?

autumn plaza Aug 4, 2024, 2:48 PM

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DISPLAY:$2

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 2:48 PM

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Add it to where?

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After primary?

autumn plaza Aug 4, 2024, 2:48 PM

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theyre 2 different stuff

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first do xrandr thingy

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 2:48 PM

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Done

autumn plaza Aug 4, 2024, 2:48 PM

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whats ur second monitor called

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eDP-1 is laptop

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 2:48 PM

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Yes

autumn plaza Aug 4, 2024, 2:48 PM

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and HDMI-1 is ur

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 2:49 PM

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The one I want to use as primary is the hdmi one

autumn plaza Aug 4, 2024, 2:49 PM

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xrandr --output HDMI-1 --primary

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 2:49 PM

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Done

autumn plaza Aug 4, 2024, 2:49 PM

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try to start the game now

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 2:49 PM

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It's 0 btw

autumn plaza Aug 4, 2024, 2:49 PM

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nvm that then

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use whats urs

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 2:50 PM

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Well would you look at that

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It didn't work

autumn plaza Aug 4, 2024, 2:50 PM

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env | grep "DISPLAY"

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do this

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 2:50 PM

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autumn plaza Aug 4, 2024, 2:51 PM

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where u launch the game from

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 2:51 PM

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Uh

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Steam?

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Wym

autumn plaza Aug 4, 2024, 2:51 PM

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use this start option:
DISPLAY=:1 %command%

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 2:51 PM

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Display 1 is the laptop though

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I'd want to do display 0 then no?

autumn plaza Aug 4, 2024, 2:52 PM

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run with 1

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then try 0

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 2:52 PM

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Alright

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Doesn't launch

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I will try 0

autumn plaza Aug 4, 2024, 2:54 PM

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hmm maybe run a new display server

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 2:54 PM

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0 works

autumn plaza Aug 4, 2024, 2:54 PM

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like X :0 &

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 2:54 PM

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But it launches ON THE LAPTOP

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 2:54 PM

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autumn plaza hmm maybe run a new display server

Uhhhh

autumn plaza Aug 4, 2024, 2:54 PM

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laptop is the :0

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 2:55 PM

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But it says...

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 2:55 PM

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autumn plaza like X :0 &

I have no idea what this means

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 2:56 PM

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autumn plaza DISPLAY:$2

Also we didn't do the variable

autumn plaza Aug 4, 2024, 2:56 PM

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open tty at second monitor and try to run X :0 &

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 2:57 PM

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Second monitor being...the laptop or the external display?

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Because I can't run tty on the external display

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Only the laptop one

autumn plaza Aug 4, 2024, 2:59 PM

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i think use gamescope or something

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it will probably solve the issue

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 2:59 PM

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Ok, how do I set that up

autumn plaza Aug 4, 2024, 2:59 PM

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pacman -S gamescope

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startup options: gamescope -f

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 3:00 PM

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In steam?

autumn plaza Aug 4, 2024, 3:00 PM

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yes

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gamescope is made by steam soo

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they also have some nice features

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i like that compositor

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 3:01 PM

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Cringe

autumn plaza Aug 4, 2024, 3:01 PM

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move it to 2nd monitor?

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u cant?

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 3:01 PM

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I'll give it a try

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I'll get some log outputs too

autumn plaza Aug 4, 2024, 3:01 PM

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you know you was experiencing mouse issue

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when u move to 2nd monitor

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 3:02 PM

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Yeah

autumn plaza Aug 4, 2024, 3:02 PM

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maybe gamescope will fix it

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since its a different compositor

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 3:02 PM

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Who knows

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Let's try

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Nope

autumn plaza Aug 4, 2024, 3:03 PM

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damn

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 3:03 PM

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OH

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WAIT

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HOLD ON

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OO

autumn plaza Aug 4, 2024, 3:03 PM

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it worked?

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 3:03 PM

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I appended gamescope with %command%

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And it worked

autumn plaza Aug 4, 2024, 3:03 PM

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yes it should work

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 3:03 PM

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OOOOO

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Fuck yeah

autumn plaza Aug 4, 2024, 3:04 PM

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use %command% for apps and bash commands

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 3:04 PM

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Now I just need to...append...every...game

autumn plaza Aug 4, 2024, 3:04 PM

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well

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pray for valve to integrate gamescope so u dont have to type every time

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its integrated in steam os i guess

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you can just toggle it

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 3:04 PM

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Fuckin' 'ell

autumn plaza Aug 4, 2024, 3:05 PM

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or maybe mail them

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gaben reads mails

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 3:05 PM

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Fucken maybe

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Well took you longer than 1 second, so no 5 bucks for you

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Thanks for the help though

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How do I mark this as solved

autumn plaza Aug 4, 2024, 3:08 PM

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jovial dock How do I mark this as solved

go top of the channel and try to edit tags

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or just edit the title and add [SOLVED] at beginning

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 4:33 PM

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Uh oh

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Some games are not working

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Fuuuck

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@autumn plaza

autumn plaza Aug 4, 2024, 4:41 PM

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jovial dock Some games are not working

which ones

jovial dock Aug 4, 2024, 4:43 PM

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So far only games which have launchers

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Elite Dangerous
Warframe

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I can't get a more detailed log than this because for some reason the proton log launch command isn't working if gamescope is on

#My games are launching on the wrong monitor