Linux issues with getting game to play correctly...

[lava1709]

Manjaro Kernel version 6.6.65-1
Ryzen 9 5950x
32GBs RAM
Radeon 7900XT
2 Monitors

I had the game running ok before, but something changed since I last got it running around a year ago...
If I attempt to run the native Linux client, it will not lock the mouse into the game, which means when I'm flying or aiming a tank, the cursor is likely to pop off onto my second monitor... I've tried many scripts and startup commands, to no avail. Additionally, most startup commands result in the game not starting up at all.... Any suggestions are welcome.

Other route is to force run the Windows client in a Proton wrapper. No matter which version I use, I CANNOT get the anti-cheat to boot with the game, nor run correctly... (Bear in mind, this route used to work a year ago, with little to no issues or modifications)

Again, any suggestions are welcome. Thank you for your time.

[KnightoftheAbyss]

Can you please first try the options below and see if these fix the issue.

Please update Windows as indicated by both AMD and NVIDIA FIRST. As indicated at their sites - then:

https://wiki.warthunder.com/tag/knowledgebase
Please clear the cache, verify the files and remove all custom content.

If this does not correct the issue, please do the following.

Can you please remove the current graphics driver(s) using DDU (or similar). https://www.wagnardsoft.com/

Please ensure that you follow the instructions and use Safe Mode.

Then re-install/install the latest driver(s) and re-test.

We need the game version, screenshots(taken using the in game screenshot function and please do not change the filenames), Replay's(both client and server), clog, & dxdiag.
Please ensure all custom content is removed first and that you are running a 'vanilla' version of the game.

Video's can be useful, but they DO NOT negate the need for the replay files. Can you please mount video's on a streaming site. Most of the Technical Moderation team are volunteers. If we were to download every video, in each report, most of us would exceed our monthly ISP download levels and either end up losing, or paying extra for our connections.
Whilst one small video is fine, multiple large videos could quickly become an issue given the number of reports that we handle. Your consideration with this issue is appreciated.

Can you also provide the steps to replicate the issue.

If the above does not correct the issue then please report it to the Technical Forum here https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder Select your Operating system etc. Or you can report it from the game under the Community tab in the hangar.
In order to investigate issues thoroughly we need ALL the files asked for.

Talk to our Linux Guru. I am asking him about it.

Thanks

[apemax]

Hello,

The mouse not being locked to the game window should have been fixed a while ago, What Desktop environment are you using? Also are you using X11 or Wayland?

[lava1709]

Originally posted by apemax:

Hello,

The mouse not being locked to the game window should have been fixed a while ago, What Desktop environment are you using? Also are you using X11 or Wayland?

Wayland, KDE Plasma

[lava1709]

Originally posted by KnightoftheAbyss:

Can you please first try the options below and see if these fix the issue.

Please update Windows as indicated by both AMD and NVIDIA FIRST. As indicated at their sites - then:

https://wiki.warthunder.com/tag/knowledgebase
Please clear the cache, verify the files and remove all custom content.

If this does not correct the issue, please do the following.

Can you please remove the current graphics driver(s) using DDU (or similar). https://www.wagnardsoft.com/

Please ensure that you follow the instructions and use Safe Mode.

Then re-install/install the latest driver(s) and re-test.

We need the game version, screenshots(taken using the in game screenshot function and please do not change the filenames), Replay's(both client and server), clog, & dxdiag.
Please ensure all custom content is removed first and that you are running a 'vanilla' version of the game.

Video's can be useful, but they DO NOT negate the need for the replay files. Can you please mount video's on a streaming site. Most of the Technical Moderation team are volunteers. If we were to download every video, in each report, most of us would exceed our monthly ISP download levels and either end up losing, or paying extra for our connections.
Whilst one small video is fine, multiple large videos could quickly become an issue given the number of reports that we handle. Your consideration with this issue is appreciated.

Can you also provide the steps to replicate the issue.

If the above does not correct the issue then please report it to the Technical Forum here https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder Select your Operating system etc. Or you can report it from the game under the Community tab in the hangar.
In order to investigate issues thoroughly we need ALL the files asked for.

Talk to our Linux Guru. I am asking him about it.

Thanks

I've already gone through most these suggestions, but thanks.
I had a similar adventure last time I went through this, about a year ago, and the solution at the time, was running windows client inside the latest proton wrapper. But now, the anti cheat doesn't boot inside proton anymore.

[apemax]

Originally posted by lava1709:

Originally posted by apemax:

Hello,

The mouse not being locked to the game window should have been fixed a while ago, What Desktop environment are you using? Also are you using X11 or Wayland?

Wayland, KDE Plasma

Right, Thank you, I see you are on kernel 6.6.65-1 which is the LTS kernel on Manjaro right? Is there a reason your using a older kernel like that and not the latest kernel release? I'm assuming you system is fully up to date? Also do you have any sort of focus follows mouse option enabled at all?

[lava1709]

Originally posted by apemax:

Originally posted by lava1709:

Wayland, KDE Plasma

Right, Thank you, I see you are on kernel 6.6.65-1 which is the LTS kernel on Manjaro right? Is there a reason your using a older kernel like that and not the latest kernel release? I'm assuming you system is fully up to date? Also do you have any sort of focus follows mouse option enabled at all?

I tend to wait a bit (laziness) before updating kernels, simple as that.
And no, I have my rig set to click to focus

[apemax]

Originally posted by lava1709:

I tend to wait a bit (laziness) before updating kernels, simple as that.
And no, I have my rig set to click to focus

Right, Could you please post the output of the inxi -F command? You may need to install it first.

[lava1709]

Originally posted by apemax:

Originally posted by lava1709:

I tend to wait a bit (laziness) before updating kernels, simple as that.
And no, I have my rig set to click to focus

Right, Could you please post the output of the inxi -F command? You may need to install it first.

System:
Host: freedom-machine Kernel: 6.6.65-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.2.4 Distro: Manjaro Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING WIFI II v: Rev X.0x
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 0305
date: 08/13/2021
CPU:
Info: 16-core model: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X bits: 64 type: MT MCP cache:
L2: 8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2982 min/max: 2200/5083 cores: 1: 2982 2: 2982 3: 2982
4: 2982 5: 2982 6: 2982 7: 2982 8: 2982 9: 2982 10: 2982 11: 2982 12: 2982
13: 2982 14: 2982 15: 2982 16: 2982 17: 2982 18: 2982 19: 2982 20: 2982
21: 2982 22: 2982 23: 2982 24: 2982 25: 2982 26: 2982 27: 2982 28: 2982
29: 2982 30: 2982 31: 2982 32: 2982
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 31 [Radeon RX 7900 XT/7900
XTX/7900 GRE/7900M] driver: amdgpu v: kernel
Device-2: Microdia USB Camera driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.14 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
unloaded: modesetting,radeon dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu resolution:
1: 2560x1440 2: 1440x900
API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: kms_swrast,radeonsi,swrast
platforms: gbm,wayland,x11,surfaceless,device
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.2.8-arch1.1
renderer: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT (radeonsi navi31 LLVM 18.1.8 DRM 3.54
6.6.65-1-MANJARO)
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.303 drivers: N/A surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Audio:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 31 HDMI/DP Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel
Device-3: JMTek LLC. USB PnP Audio Device
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB
Device-4: Microdia USB Camera driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
API: ALSA v: k6.6.65-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active
Network:
Device-1: MEDIATEK MT7921K Wi-Fi 6E 80MHz driver: mt7921e
IF: wlp5s0 state: down mac: 96:e0:66:10:6a:6c
Device-2: Intel Ethernet I225-V driver: igc
IF: enp6s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 50:eb:f6:cf:36:08
Bluetooth:
Device-1: MediaTek Wireless_Device driver: btusb type: USB
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 state: up address: see --recommends
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 4.33 TiB used: 2.95 TiB (68.3%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB
size: 465.76 GiB
ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST4000DX005-3GH101 size: 3.64 TiB
ID-3: /dev/sdb vendor: SanDisk model: X400 M.2 2280 256GB size: 238.47 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 440.3 GiB used: 380.81 GiB (86.5%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 299.4 MiB used: 296 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 17.05 GiB used: 19.5 MiB (0.1%)
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 28.0 C mobo: 26.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 48.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): fan-1: 745 fan-2: 0 fan-3: 1102 fan-4: 680 fan-5: 0
fan-6: 4299 fan-7: 0 gpu: amdgpu fan: 0
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.22 GiB used: 3.9 GiB (12.5%)
Processes: 540 Uptime: 3m Shell: Zsh inxi: 3.3.36

[apemax]

Originally posted by lava1709:

System:
Host: freedom-machine Kernel: 6.6.65-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.2.4 Distro: Manjaro Linux

Thank you, Do you have Steam installed directly through the package manager or through Flatpak? Also do you run WT Fullscreen or Windowed?

[lava1709]

Originally posted by apemax:

Originally posted by lava1709:

System:
Host: freedom-machine Kernel: 6.6.65-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.2.4 Distro: Manjaro Linux

Thank you, Do you have Steam installed directly through the package manager or through Flatpak? Also do you run WT Fullscreen or Windowed?

I run pacman Steam, but also have Flatpak Steam installed, if needed (a couple games need it to run correctly, not sure how it would help here though)
I've attempted running WT in both fullscreen and windowed, neither fix the issue...

[apemax]

Originally posted by lava1709:

I run pacman Steam, but also have Flatpak Steam installed, if needed (a couple games need it to run correctly, not sure how it would help here though)
I've attempted running WT in both fullscreen and windowed, neither fix the issue...

Right, If you run WT directly outside of Steam does the issue still happen? So open your main "WarThunder" directory and execute the "launcher" executable.

[lava1709]

Originally posted by apemax:

Originally posted by lava1709:

I run pacman Steam, but also have Flatpak Steam installed, if needed (a couple games need it to run correctly, not sure how it would help here though)
I've attempted running WT in both fullscreen and windowed, neither fix the issue...

Right, If you run WT directly outside of Steam does the issue still happen? So open your main "WarThunder" directory and execute the "launcher" executable.

Regardless of running with or without steam, the mouse lock issue persists.

[apemax]

Originally posted by lava1709:

Regardless of running with or without steam, the mouse lock issue persists.

Right, Would it be possible for you to try a different Desktop Environment like Gnome? As I run WT on Arch/Gnome/Wayland and do no have this issue so see if this is specific to KDE would be helpful.

[lava1709]

Originally posted by apemax:

Originally posted by lava1709:

Regardless of running with or without steam, the mouse lock issue persists.

Right, Would it be possible for you to try a different Desktop Environment like Gnome? As I run WT on Arch/Gnome/Wayland and do no have this issue so see if this is specific to KDE would be helpful.

I have attempted to run the game under Ubuntu 24, and get the same results.
Keep in mind, I'm running dual monitors.

[apemax]

Originally posted by lava1709:

I have attempted to run the game under Ubuntu 24, and get the same results.
Keep in mind, I'm running dual monitors.

Right, Thank you, Interesting, I also run two monitors and this issue was fixed for me a while ago. The only major difference I can see between our setups is your two monitors are different resolutions and mine are both the same resolution.

Could you please lower the resolution of the monitor with the higher resolution so they are both the same, Go into a test drive/flight and see if the issue persists?