(Linux) Games freeze when they have focus

[Ren]

I'm running steam on Ubuntu 24.04. Everything up to date.

Games ran just fine before. Now suddenly when I start a game, I get 1-2 seconds of normal speed (logo's run and such) but then the game just freezes. Doing an ALT-TAB to get another window to the front takes about 10 seconds, but as long as there is a window in front of the game (can be a very small window) the game runs fine behind it. Switching back freeze up the game again.

Anybody run into this issue?

[jsco]

im having the same issue here. running steam on arch, up to date as well. it was working fine yesterday, but I had a few freezes here and there. now today i can't even start a game.

[クレア・ルピカ]

Did you found a fix?
I have the same problem in Ubuntu 24.04

[Fireblack]

si a todo

[クレア・ルピカ]

Hey i found a fix, if you use Nvidia you just need to turn off "Force Composition Pipeline" in Nvidia X Server Settings, apply and save.
That worked for me, after that you would probably need to use something like GOverlay to force Vsync on Vulkan games.

[Liuk gambling]

Originally posted by クレア・ルピカ:

Hey i found a fix, if you use Nvidia you just need to turn off "Force Composition Pipeline" in Nvidia X Server Settings, apply and save.
That worked for me, after that you would probably need to use something like GOverlay to force Vsync on Vulkan games.

i have the same problem, and this did not fix it for me. using linux mint 22 with a rtx 3060 ti

[Ryan Nokotan Gosling]

i m answering this for new users like me that have same issue. i dont know anything about linux. closing vysnc in games settings may work. it worked fine with me.