game running bad on linux | Linux Mint Community🍵 | Page 1

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 1:08 AM

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it may be because i didnt mess with my drivers, but im trying to play roblox through the sober port and its genuinely like 10 fps

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 1:12 AM

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show result of inxi -SMCGxxx

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 1:14 AM

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winged elm it may be because i didnt mess with my drivers, but im trying to play roblox thr...

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winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 1:15 AM

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im downloading some updates real quick

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 1:15 AM

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will probably not run well on nouveau driver

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 1:17 AM

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its running better now discord is still running kinda shit though

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📎 message.txt

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 1:21 AM

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seems fine.

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 1:24 AM

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whys my discord lagy

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 1:25 AM

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what part of it? gifs? chat scrolling?

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show result of free -h

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and uptime

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and apt list -i linux-image*

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 1:43 AM

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sorry sorry im having an even more annoying issue now

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i can interact with nothing in any window

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the panel works just fine and its not like chugging

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but i cant actually click on things

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it randomly just fixed itself

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i dont even know i think its some issue with my mouse, it used to do this thing window windows where itd lock up my taskbar until i pressed ctrl alt del

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let me get you what you asked for rq

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 1:45 AM

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seems maybe the current video driver version isn't th best

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 1:45 AM

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any way to fix that?

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on linux cuz idk

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 1:46 AM

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so, i would reco. to install the 6,8 kernel, then the 470 but with certain order

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 1:46 AM

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how would i do it

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 1:46 AM

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show all the above stuff

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 1:46 AM

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its even doing it again this is so annoying

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it wasnt doing this earleir

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 1:46 AM

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alt-printscr to sceenshot

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 1:46 AM

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i got flameshot and this all started

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 1:47 AM

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u shouldnt have

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 1:47 AM

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is it bad?

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 1:47 AM

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mint has perfectly good tool

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 1:47 AM

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i wanted a tool that let me screenshot certain things

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 1:47 AM

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close it cuz im sure it's running in your systray

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 1:47 AM

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i did kill flameshot and it said its not running

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 1:47 AM

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winged elm i wanted a tool that let me screenshot certain things

mint included. shift-prtscr for area

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 1:48 AM

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cant copy the stupid picture

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because i cant click it let me get my phone out

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 1:48 AM

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you mouse frozen?

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 1:48 AM

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i cant clikc on things in windows sometimes

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cant even switch windows

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its like happening randomly

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i might restart my pc after i deleted flameshot but idk why this would just randomly happen after installing it

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 1:51 AM

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press ctrl-alt-backspace please

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 1:52 AM

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what did that just do

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 1:52 AM

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at the login manager, click the circle with mountains. choose cinnamon softeware mode

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 1:52 AM

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software rendering?

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 1:52 AM

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ya

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 1:53 AM

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its running now what

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 1:53 AM

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is everything smooth?

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not gaming.

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everything else. incl. discord

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 1:53 AM

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not really discords still choppy

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i can record a video of what i mean

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 1:54 AM

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what part is?

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 1:54 AM

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like when i type its slow, when i scroll its slow

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that sort of thing

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its mainly when i type

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i still cant click on certaint hings

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 1:55 AM

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are u using chromium itself as a web-access to discord?

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 1:55 AM

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im just using the app

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 1:55 AM

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try this. shutdown (fully close) Discord.

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open Firefox. log in to Discord on that.

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 1:56 AM

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sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 1:56 AM

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this may be a discord with its underlying chromium engine bug. so try FF

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 1:57 AM

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yea chromium is terrible

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its running 10x better on ff ty

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but whys that bug keep happening with not being able to click things?

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its firefox freezing

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 1:58 AM

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click what? the firefox menu button? the maximize button?

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 1:58 AM

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i just joined a call and it completely froze

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 1:58 AM

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sage seal click what? the firefox menu button? the maximize button?

like anything on a web page

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or sometimes like a window

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i couldnt click on the screenshot window earlier

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 1:59 AM

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and this is with u using Cinn. software rendering?

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 1:59 AM

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yes

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firefox keeps not responding

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 1:59 AM

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press shift+print and draw any area and copy to clipboard

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 2:00 AM

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yes i did that and for some reason whenever it randomly decided it didnt want me to be able to click on it i couldnt

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i cant join a call on discord firefox or it just crashes

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 2:02 AM

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well hold off on intense SHIT til u get ur drivers right

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 2:02 AM

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how do i do solve my driver issue

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 2:02 AM

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winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 2:02 AM

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i updated to nvidias recommended

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 2:02 AM

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it's probably not the best one for the old 1660

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 2:03 AM

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which would be? i can show you the opti9ns

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 2:03 AM

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close unnecessary stuff.

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 2:03 AM

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everything excess is closed

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 2:03 AM

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close that

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 2:03 AM

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okay its just firefox now

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 2:04 AM

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open the update manager

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go to its view menu linux kernels

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 2:04 AM

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im in

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 2:04 AM

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u'll be in the kernel manager

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click the 6.8 series on the left and install one

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 2:05 AM

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wrong img

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the top ones good right?

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 2:06 AM

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click on the -88 one and click install

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after it is installed, you will reboot, and choose Mint Advanced options

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you will pick mint with linux image 6.8 xxx and boot it

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when u get to login manager, u will put things back to Cinnamon (default) and log in

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 2:08 AM

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once this stops taking 10 yrs

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i hate it when progress bars just freeze up

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i clicked restart and nothing happened

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love this

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there it just took a sec

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 2:09 AM

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did the kernel install complete?

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 2:09 AM

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do i need to hold shift on boot

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yes

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 2:09 AM

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nah u should see grub menu

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 2:10 AM

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okay it opened

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 2:10 AM

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sage seal you will pick mint with linux image 6.8 xxx and boot it

all this

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 2:10 AM

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just did it

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its open

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 2:11 AM

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dont forget to revert the cinn. at login

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 2:11 AM

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i cant click anything

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 2:11 AM

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unplug your mouse

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 2:11 AM

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it could be a mouse issue mines slightly broken

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its disconnected

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 2:11 AM

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replug to a different port

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 2:11 AM

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alr

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it is wireless btw

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still cant click

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 2:12 AM

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with usb dongle?

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 2:12 AM

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should i try a different mouse

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yes

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 2:12 AM

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sure

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a corded

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 2:13 AM

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i brother gave away his wired mouse

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i dont know whats wrong with him not keeping a backup

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im trying a different mouse

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 2:16 AM

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mint also comes with mousekeys if you're desperate and dealing with broken mice. (need a numberpad keyboard)

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 2:18 AM

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i got a wireless one that works

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 2:18 AM

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that helps save sanity

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ok so check the system information app

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you should be running on the 6.8 -88 kernel rn

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 2:19 AM

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yes

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 2:19 AM

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see how it handles .

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 2:19 AM

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i go to normal node right

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default cinnamon

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 2:20 AM

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do your thing on firefox and whatever

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yes

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 2:21 AM

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this mouse moves disgusting sometimes about it is wrong

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im used to my nice ass mouse

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moving it to the side moves it like down

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it goes at an angle

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i have to use my bare table to make the mouse work right

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firefox didnt crash this time

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 2:23 AM

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oh yeah

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if ur table or pad is glossy, u will have issues on optical mice

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 2:25 AM

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its probably my pad

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definitely is

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ill tell you if i have the issue where i cant click on things

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 2:25 AM

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yeah if this kernel works better, uninstall 6.14

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 2:26 AM

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like uninstall it rn?

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 2:27 AM

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a whie

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 2:28 AM

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audio sounds weird in my call

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like its spacial

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 2:30 AM

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remember firefox keeps cookies on ur settings of web discord. those will differ from whatever u set in the app earlier

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so check all the A/V settings in the discord gear

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 2:33 AM

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i use vencord so im sad i dont have it anymore

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 3:09 AM

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winged elm i use vencord so im sad i dont have it anymore

I noticed for some reason the installation didn't automatically create a swap file for virtual memory. Or did you disable it?

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 3:10 AM

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i havent disabled anything

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 3:11 AM

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winged elm i havent disabled anything

check if it exists though i think not. ls /swapfile

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I'd recommend a small bit of swap anyway. like 1 GB

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#1200928716415566005 message

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block size 1024k , count 1024

winged elm Jan 16, 2026, 3:13 AM

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it says no file

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what do i do

sage seal Jan 16, 2026, 3:14 AM

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may help the RAM shuffle out less needed data, and also prevent system crashes

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see the link for how to set it up. there's even a vid above it. he uses a different name for it but just go by my example

winged elm Jan 17, 2026, 1:11 AM

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i open my pc and roblox suddenlys run at 20 fps when it was running 120 yesterday

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freak my chud life

sage seal Jan 17, 2026, 1:27 AM

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winged elm i open my pc and roblox suddenlys run at 20 fps when it was running 120 yesterda...

probably booted kernel 6,14

winged elm Jan 17, 2026, 1:27 AM

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i completely forgot about that

sage seal Jan 17, 2026, 1:28 AM

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if the 6,8 one i suggested ran well, then uninstall the higher one. otherwise that'll autoboot

winged elm Jan 17, 2026, 1:28 AM

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yea how do i delete it

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it ran well

sage seal Jan 17, 2026, 1:29 AM

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boot the exact 6,8 one u installed yesterday from GRUB mint advanced

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then use kernel manager to uninstall other

winged elm Jan 17, 2026, 1:30 AM

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whats kernel manager in

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i dont have a program named that

sage seal Jan 17, 2026, 1:30 AM

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update manager> view

winged elm Jan 17, 2026, 1:31 AM

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theres also a 6.11 do i delete that too?

sage seal Jan 17, 2026, 1:31 AM

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it's probably not installed

winged elm Jan 17, 2026, 1:31 AM

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oh ur right

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my bad for being stupid lol

sage seal Jan 17, 2026, 1:32 AM

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sage seal

see ^

sage seal Jan 17, 2026, 1:34 AM

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sage seal may help the RAM shuffle out less needed data, and also prevent system crashes

did u set up the swap?

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@winged elm

winged elm Jan 17, 2026, 1:57 AM

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sorry im going to inna sec

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