Just installed Mint on an older (2014) Razer gaming laptop.
Finally got a game running after much effort but everything is about half normal speed - compared to what it was running in Win 10
#Steam games
hollow slate
shy fable
Please provide system info. Open the terminal and type
inxi -Fxxxz
and show the result
hollow slate
@shy fable
shy fable
And
mokutil --sb-state
please.
hollow slate
SecureBoot disabled
shy fable
Ok then, can you screenshot the driver manager window?
hollow slate
is F12 screenshot like Windows?
shy fable
there's a screenshot app
hollow slate
👍
shy fable
Alt+PrtScr also takes a screenshot of the active window
shy fable
try 580 again, after it's done installing reboot and show the new
inxi -Gxxx
hollow slate
580? or 535 again?
shy fable
580
hollow slate
okay, going to be a minute, Installing PIA atm
shy fable
BTW, did you get steam from the site or software manager?
hollow slate
software manager...
shy fable
ok
hollow slate
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics driver: i915
v: kernel arch: Gen-7.5 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:0416 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GM204M [GeForce GTX 960 OEM / 970M] vendor: Razer USA
driver: nvidia v: 580.159.03 arch: Maxwell pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:13d8 class-ID: 0302
Device-3: Realtek USB Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 2-14:5 chip-ID: 0bda:579f class-ID: 0e02
serial: 200901010001
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa dri: crocus
gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3200x1800 s-dpi: 98 s-size: 832x468mm (32.76x18.43")
s-diag: 955mm (37.58")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: Sharp LQ140Z1JW01 res: 3200x1800 hz: 60 dpi: 262
size: 310x174mm (12.2x6.85") diag: 355mm (14") modes: 3200x1800
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel crocus drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia device: 2 drv: crocus device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia
surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: crocus inactive: wayland,device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa
v: 25.2.8-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa
Intel HD Graphics 4600 (HSW GT2) device-ID: 8086:0416
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.275 layers: 9 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 0
type: integrated-gpu driver: N/A device-ID: 8086:0416 device: 1
type: discrete-gpu driver: N/A device-ID: 10de:13d8 device: 2 type: cpu
driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000
seems to be working better now
shy fable
Ok, the driver is there. Now what game are you trying?
hollow slate
just ran Bloons TD6 to test and it was fine except that the in game cursor is tiny
going to try The Last Caretaker and Snowrunner later...
shy fable
Ok, in case these heavier games run slow, go to game's properties and add launch option
__NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD=1 __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia __VK_LAYER_NV_optimus=NVIDIA_only %command%
check if that's better or worse
hollow slate
👍 ty
still trying to install PIA
failed the first run...
it's not in the Software Manager, download from website
shy fable
👍 ty
still trying to install PIA
failed the first run...
in the terminal run these
chmod +x ~/Downloads/pia-linux-3.7.2-08420.run
~/Downloads/pia-linux-3.7.2-08420.run
is that two separate lines? looks like the same command top and bottom
shy fable
Yes, these are 2 lines, 1st allows the file to be executed, 2nd one launches the file
hollow slate
👍 okay, it's still loading from double clicking on the run file. I should wait to see if it works?
shy fable
no, it tries to open it as a text file, so you can close it
hollow slate
okay
WoW... that was interesting lol
not quite as intuitive as Windows lol
we're cooking now 👍
shy fable
It might be for software that is not in the software center
hollow slate
thank you very much for the assist, much appreciated
definitely a bit of a learning curve here
shy fable
Ah, you can also right click the file, go to it's properties >> permissions and check "allow this file to be executed as a program" then double click it and choose "run" or "run in the terminal" if just run doesn't work. ....... I'm too used to terminal at this point )
hollow slate
That sounds easier for us old timers, learning code at this point in my life isn't easy lol
Reminds me of the old MS DOS days back in the 80's lol
shy fable
It depends on the install method developer choose, .run and .sh files are best run from the terminal and .deb or .appimage run by just double clicking. And it's expected you get most of your software through software manager, but as you see not ALL possible apps are there.
shy fable
All over the place really. /usr/bin for executables /etc for configs /usr/lib for libraries etc home folder for user specific configs and data
That's why package managers exist, to track all this
That's why it's advised to keep "non standard" installers like .run files if you want to uninstall them later
hollow slate
what about Steam game folders/saves
shy fable
Steam stores it's stuff under .steam folder in your home mainly
hollow slate
perfect, thanks again. Off to do some outdoor rl work 🙄
shy fable
you're welcome )
hollow slate
Ok, in case these heavier games run slow, go to game's properties and add lau...
Okay, so Snowrunner is fine without any launch option. The Last Caretaker is better but still unplayable, takes 3 - 5 seconds to respond to mouse movement lol
shy fable
Have you tried the launch options?
hollow slate
yes, on The Last Caretaker, there is some improvement but still can't play
Snowrunner did not need any options, it runs perfect without
I don't really need TLC to run on this machine, I mainly game on the desktop, this is just a backup and mobile so not a big deal if we can't make it work.