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
Are you saying games work fine without invoking the third-party tools?
This sounds more like a general hardware or hearing issue. Monitor your temps, and run a memory test at a minimum. Make sure you don’t have a bunch of stuff stacked on your machine or vents clogged.
I don’t know what “third party tools” you speak of. If it was a hardware issue, surely it would persist in Plasma?
If it’s heat or hardware it may not show up until CPU, Mem, or GPU are under heavy utilization. That’s why I said monitor your temps and test your memory.
Gamescope is an extra tool.