Linux broken

[little0831]

Multiple monitors causes flashing screen and have to kill steam to unbreak. Dropping to one monitor you can get in game but then it freezes usually within 60 seconds and never comes back......

Ubuntu 22.04.3 Ryzen 2700x GTX1080 525.125.06

[crustymonkey]

I have the exact same multi-monitor issue. I haven't tried switching to 1 monitor though. I'm also on Ubuntu 22.04, but with an Nvidia 4080.

[Silence! I Kill You]

Have the same problem after update.

[LaGgIs]

Linux its not support yet so using wine will give you some problems

[SomethingShooterDev69]

Works fine for me with the Native linux build, but i'm using a debian based OS which makes it reliable.

10k of screens = 4k, 2k ultra wide, 4k (left, center, right)
- had lag due to AMD GPU, added `+cl_forcepreload 1 +r_dynamic 0` to command line arguments (No dynamic lighting) but otherwise the bad half release of a game runs fine

So its your distro or drivers

[crustymonkey]

As a followup to the above, I did try limiting to 1 monitor and it worked fine. It seems to be a multi-monitor specific issue where it's not actually selecting the default display.

The next question is what is the display server you are using? I'm using xorg (x11), but I'm even tempted to try wayland to see if that works better.

@Angry84 Ubuntu is also Debian based ;-)

[little0831]

Using x11, not sure I want to muck with wayland.... Crashing stopped with newest CS2 update but multiple monitors still broken. One monitor works fine in fullscreen and windowed fullscreen.

[compumike]

Similar issue here if I ever Alt+Tab out of the game and try to get back in.

(If I don't attempt to Alt-Tab, it's fine.)

[SomethingShooterDev69]

Originally posted by crustymonkey:

@Angry84 Ubuntu is also Debian based ;-)

Just like a chicken is a dinosaur

Yes it's Debian based, but modified... hence it's a different distro.... kinda common knowledge..

[Fresh New Information]

I have no sound and thee game freezes when attempting to change sound device. Also freezes when attempting to quit the game. Haven't tested much else yet, Did get in a game, movement and everything was fine.

[Let it all out]

Then just install Windows.

[Dekos]

yap, no sound and alt tab the game makes the window crazy too. for a company that supports Linux as much as Valve. It's disappointing to see that they prioritized more Windows over Linux. sad but true. im waiting the fix to play. i know it has workarronds but im lazy

[Nunk]

It worked the 28th for me, now its broken. Can't switch audio device then I get instant crash.

[Nunk]

Originally posted by Fresh New Information:

I have no sound and thee game freezes when attempting to change sound device. Also freezes when attempting to quit the game. Haven't tested much else yet, Did get in a game, movement and everything was fine.

Got the same problem as you.

[Rakuen]

Same here. I have three monitors and I just flickering if I try to start. If I disable the extra monitors it runs fine.

This seems like something they should have caught long before release.

[jessie]

Workaround for this is to add -sw to launch options to force it to launch in windowed, then switch to borderless when the game opens.

If the game starts to jitter up and down, press alt+space then arrow key down to "minimize" and hit enter. That seems to relieve mouse control back to the desktop. It should minimize when you click something else, and then you can open the game back.

If the game starts swapping between monitors and you can't use your mouse, easiest solution is:

1. Open a terminal (ctrl+alt+T on some distros, or ctrl+alt+2 for fullscreen TTY)
2. ps -A | grep cs2
3. kill -9 <id>