Episode 17: Deals with the devil

Crowbar Kernel Panic

Welcome to Crowbar Kernel Panic,
the Podcast at the intersection of Linux and Gaming

News

• Valve hiring compatibility testers
• Valve hired compatibility testers
• Introducing Steam Deck Verified
• Steam removing NFT

Wanderings

• Baldur’s Gate 3

  • Larian Studio - Divinity
  • Early Access - 59.99
  • DnD 5e
  • WINEDLLOVERRIDES=”cchromaeditorlibrary64=” %command%
  • Proton Experimental

• WarTile

  • Playwood Project
  • Deck13 and WhisperGames

• Nvidia Wayland 470.74

  • Not out of the box on fedora 34 or 35
  • How to enable Wayland + Nvidia
  • Edit the /etc/gdm/custom.conf file and comment out the line WaylandEnable=false
  • Edit /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/61-gdm.rules and comment out the lines that disable wayland for nvidia. Note that this file gets overwritten by updates.
  • kms-modifiers must be enabled through gsettings: gsettings set org.gnome.mutter experimental-features '["kms-modifiers"]'
  • Reboot
  • Will work with some tweaks to gnome
  • Gaming performance is promising but not there yet
  • Next step is to try out the 495 drivers
  • Nvidia Optimus support coming

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Music from this episode
"Bit Quest" and "Basic Implosion" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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