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I saw another complaint of "too tall" errors on images, I'm missing quite a few images with "too wide" error. Not sure what's up with the proxy but that's how the link shows in Jerboa app on Android. Open in web browser and I see the error:

{"code":"validate-width","msg":"Too wide"}

~~Other issue is the word r-tard being censored to blank space. I don't like it either, having a severely handicapped family member, but I can't downvote the (mis)user if I can't see them using the word. Not sure if that one is on our end...~~ (Not the fault of this instance!)

Thanks for the wonderful "liberal troll" instance! You're doing good if Lemmygrad is mad. 😂

I need to add a boot delay to these systems. Successfully used bcdedit.exe /timeout 60 which is also showing in msconfig, but the system seems to be ignoring the setting; I never see the countdown and the system boots normally.

Thanks for any input.

[SOLVED] Vizio TV owners: You may need to manually turn on "Full HD Color" to get 4K@60Hz resolutions available! Oddly, this wasn't necessary for X11-based distros tested, but was required for Wayland-based distros tested...

Menu > Input Settings > HDMI-1 > Full UHD Color. It defaults to Off for some reason. 🤦‍♂️

When I was on Debian Bookworm and X11, I could only get 4K video at 30Hz from my GTX 980 Ti. I eventually upgraded from the HDMI cable that came with the 4K Vizio TV to a good brand HDMI 2.1 cable, then both 3840x2160@59.94Hz and 4096x2160@59.94Hz were available and working. (I think 3840 is the TV's native, there were more artifacts on text at 4096.)

I had some issues with Wine games on Debian that I couldn't figure out, and wanted to try some newer/different software, so I went distro-hopping. On both Nobara and currently EndeavourOS, both with KDE and Wayland, I'm back to only having 4K@30Hz available.

Edit: One strange detail I just remembered: Normally, the TV identifies itself as Vizio 55", but when I set 4K@59.94 in Debian, it identified as Vizio 11". Some kind of EDID workaround? I didn't have to do anything special, just install nvidia-driver and replace the cable.

I've only been able to find people with the opposite problem, where they can get 4K on Wayland but not on X11.

Any advice is welcome. Thanks!

Update: I was able to induce this behavior to at least have a lead, on EndeavourOS (Arch btw) with KDE.

KDE System Settings -> Display & Monitor -> Screen tearing: Allow in fullscreen windows. Enabled by default. If disabled, I see exactly the same video pauses, on both fullscreen and windowed wine/proton-ge games.

Original post: How do I even begin to troubleshoot this?

Steam games work fine. Linux-native games work fine. In Wine games, the game video seems to pause for 1.5s, then plays for 2.5s. Audio is unaffected. It seems like the frames are lagged, not lost; when video resumes, the "missing" frames play back very quickly, like the video is "catching up". This happens even in the games' launcher windows before 3D rendering or GPU load occurs. Mouse pointer does not lag or pause.

This happens in both wine-ge 8.26 and WineHQ Staging 9.22.

The weirdest thing is that without changing any settings, the same games will run fine about 1 out of 20 launches.

Thanks for any input.

[System]
OS:              LMDE 6 faye
Arch:            x86_64
Kernel:          6.1.0-28-amd64
Desktop:         X-Cinnamon
Display Server:  x11

[CPU]
Vendor:          GenuineIntel
Model:           Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz
Physical cores:  4
Logical cores:   8

[Memory]
RAM:             31.3 GB
Swap:            31.3 GB

[Graphics]
Vendor:          NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL Renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
OpenGL Version:  4.6.0 NVIDIA 535.183.01
OpenGL Core:     4.6.0 NVIDIA 535.183.01
OpenGL ES:       OpenGL ES 3.2 NVIDIA 535.183.01
Vulkan:          Supported

INFO     2024-11-27 00:05:40,331 [startup.init_lutris:173]:Starting Lutris 0.5.12
DEBUG    2024-11-27 00:05:40,360 [xrandr._get_vidmodes:16]:Retrieving video modes from XrandR
INFO     2024-11-27 00:05:40,524 [startup.check_driver:57]:Using NVIDIA drivers 535.183.01 for x86_64
INFO     2024-11-27 00:05:40,525 [startup.check_driver:61]:GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
INFO     2024-11-27 00:05:40,525 [startup.check_driver:77]:GPU: 10DE:17C8 19DA:1396 (nvidia drivers)
DEBUG    2024-11-27 00:05:40,674 [lutriswindow.update_store:448]:Showing 3 games
INFO     2024-11-27 00:05:40,682 [startup.update_runtimes:218]:Startup complete
INFO     2024-11-27 00:05:54,373 [runner.use_runtime:299]:Runtime disabled by system configuration
INFO     2024-11-27 00:05:54,463 [runner.use_runtime:299]:Runtime disabled by system configuration
INFO     2024-11-27 00:05:54,489 [runner.use_runtime:299]:Runtime disabled by system configuration
DEBUG    2024-11-27 00:05:54,489 [xrandr._get_vidmodes:16]:Retrieving video modes from XrandR
DEBUG    2024-11-27 00:05:54,654 [command.start:141]:DISABLE_LAYER_AMD_SWITCHABLE_GRAPHICS_1="1"
DEBUG    2024-11-27 00:05:54,654 [command.start:141]:__GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE="1"
DEBUG    2024-11-27 00:05:54,654 [command.start:141]:__GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE_PATH="/home/myusername/Games/phantasy-star-online-blue-burst"
DEBUG    2024-11-27 00:05:54,654 [command.start:141]:VK_ICD_FILENAMES="/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/nvidia_icd.json"
DEBUG    2024-11-27 00:05:54,654 [command.start:141]:WINEDEBUG="-all"
DEBUG    2024-11-27 00:05:54,654 [command.start:141]:DXVK_LOG_LEVEL="none"
DEBUG    2024-11-27 00:05:54,654 [command.start:141]:WINEARCH="win64"
DEBUG    2024-11-27 00:05:54,654 [command.start:141]:WINE="/home/myusername/.local/share/lutris/runners/wine/wine-ge-8-26-x86_64/bin/wine"
DEBUG    2024-11-27 00:05:54,654 [command.start:141]:WINE_MONO_CACHE_DIR="/home/myusername/.local/share/lutris/runners/wine/wine-ge-8-26-x86_64/mono"
DEBUG    2024-11-27 00:05:54,654 [command.start:141]:WINE_GECKO_CACHE_DIR="/home/myusername/.local/share/lutris/runners/wine/wine-ge-8-26-x86_64/gecko"
DEBUG    2024-11-27 00:05:54,654 [command.start:141]:GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH_1_0="/home/myusername/.local/share/lutris/runners/wine/wine-ge-8-26-x86_64/lib64/gstreamer-1.0/:/home/myusername/.local/share/lutris/runners/wine/wine-ge-8-26-x86_64/lib/gstreamer-1.0/"
DEBUG    2024-11-27 00:05:54,654 [command.start:141]:WINEPREFIX="/home/myusername/Games/phantasy-star-online-blue-burst"
DEBUG    2024-11-27 00:05:54,654 [command.start:141]:WINEESYNC="1"
DEBUG    2024-11-27 00:05:54,654 [command.start:141]:WINEFSYNC="1"
DEBUG    2024-11-27 00:05:54,654 [command.start:141]:WINE_FULLSCREEN_FSR="1"
DEBUG    2024-11-27 00:05:54,655 [command.start:141]:DXVK_NVAPIHACK="0"
DEBUG    2024-11-27 00:05:54,655 [command.start:141]:DXVK_ENABLE_NVAPI="1"
DEBUG    2024-11-27 00:05:54,655 [command.start:141]:PROTON_BATTLEYE_RUNTIME="/home/myusername/.local/share/lutris/runtime/battleye_runtime"
DEBUG    2024-11-27 00:05:54,655 [command.start:141]:PROTON_EAC_RUNTIME="/home/myusername/.local/share/lutris/runtime/eac_runtime"
DEBUG    2024-11-27 00:05:54,655 [command.start:141]:WINEDLLOVERRIDES="dinput8=n,b;d3d10core,d3d11,d3d12,d3d9,d3dcompiler_33,d3dcompiler_34,d3dcompiler_35,d3dcompiler_36,d3dcompiler_37,d3dcompiler_38,d3dcompiler_39,d3dcompiler_40,d3dcompiler_41,d3dcompiler_42,d3dcompiler_43,d3dcompiler_46,d3dcompiler_47,d3dx10,d3dx10_33,d3dx10_34,d3dx10_35,d3dx10_36,d3dx10_37,d3dx10_38,d3dx10_39,d3dx10_40,d3dx10_41,d3dx10_42,d3dx10_43,d3dx11_42,d3dx11_43,d3dx9_24,d3dx9_25,d3dx9_26,d3dx9_27,d3dx9_28,d3dx9_29,d3dx9_30,d3dx9_31,d3dx9_32,d3dx9_33,d3dx9_34,d3dx9_35,d3dx9_36,d3dx9_37,d3dx9_38,d3dx9_39,d3dx9_40,d3dx9_41,d3dx9_42,d3dx9_43,dxgi,nvapi,nvapi64=n;winemenubuilder="
DEBUG    2024-11-27 00:05:54,655 [command.start:141]:WINE_LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE="1"
DEBUG    2024-11-27 00:05:54,655 [command.start:141]:game_name="Phantasy Star Online: Blue Burst"
DEBUG    2024-11-27 00:05:54,655 [command.start:141]:PYTHONPATH="/usr/lib/lutris:/usr/games:/usr/lib/python311.zip:/usr/lib/python3.11:/usr/lib/python3.11/lib-dynload:/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages:/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages:/usr/lib/python3.11/dist-packages"
DEBUG    2024-11-27 00:05:54,655 [command.start:141]:LUTRIS_GAME_UUID="f9abc50e-f22b-4514-a8aa-64ff8bf001bc"
Discord ID: 505152925115482112
INFO     2024-11-27 00:05:54,671 [game.start_game:586]:Discord RPC Disabled or Discord APP ID Not Present
Started initial process 18795 from gamemoderun /home/myusername/.local/share/lutris/runners/wine/wine-ge-8-26-x86_64/bin/wine /home/myusername/Games/phantasy-star-online-blue-burst/drive_c/EphineaPSO/online.exe
Start monitoring process.
gamemodeauto: 
fsync: up and running.
wine: RLIMIT_NICE is <= 20, unable to use setpriority safely
Monitored process exited.
Initial process has exited (return code: 0)
Exit with return code 0
DEBUG    2024-11-27 00:09:22,020 [command.on_stop:195]:Process 18793 has terminated with code 0
DEBUG    2024-11-27 00:09:22,906 [game.beat:693]:Game thread stopped
WARNING  2024-11-27 00:09:22,906 [game.on_game_quit:730]:Game still running (state: running)
INFO     2024-11-27 00:09:22,906 [game.stop:704]:Stopping Phantasy Star Online: Blue Burst (wine)
DEBUG    2024-11-27 00:09:22,906 [game.stop_game:664]:Phantasy Star Online: Blue Burst (wine) has run for 208 seconds
DEBUG    2024-11-27 00:09:22,922 [game.on_game_quit:748]:Phantasy Star Online: Blue Burst stopped at Wed, 27 Nov 2024 00:09:22
DEBUG    2024-11-27 00:09:22,922 [game.save:299]:Saving Phantasy Star Online: Blue Burst (wine) with config ID phantasy-star-online-blue-bur-ephinea-and-addon-pl-1732000393
DEBUG    2024-11-27 00:09:37,374 [xrandr._get_vidmodes:16]:Retrieving video modes from XrandR
DEBUG    2024-11-27 00:09:37,518 [xrandr._get_vidmodes:16]:Retrieving video modes from XrandR
DEBUG    2024-11-27 00:09:37,662 [xrandr._get_vidmodes:16]:Retrieving video modes from XrandR
DEBUG    2024-11-27 00:09:37,828 [application.show_window:328]:Showing window PreferencesDialog{}

The money you put into a slot machine is certainly captical.

I sent in two phones for an offered $1600 total promotional bill credits.

One phone rejected, for the reason: "won't power on". I videoed myself opening the box on the returned phone, pressing the power button, and turning the phone on, booting into Pixel setup.

The other, Spectrum is trying to give me $200 credit for.

I spent hours on the phone with support from both of these scam companies. Do not deal with either of them, you have been warned.

The only distro I can find that successfully configures a functioning bootable GRUB on this (bastard) machine is Nobara, which looks very cool but is way too heavy! Some things are glitchy; attempting tab completion seems to freeze Konsole for ~5 seconds and does not complete the command as expected. We're working with an Intel Atom Z3735F@1.33GHz and 2GB RAM here.

How can a noob figure out what it's doing differently so I can apply that to Linux Mint Debian Edition or Crunchbang Plus Plus?

The weird thing is that once the system is installed, it does not seem to have what I think are the required packages for GRUB to be set up correctly with this type of UEFI.

nextbook@nextbook:~$ sudo grub2-install /dev/mmcblk

grub2-install: error: /usr/lib/grub/i386-efi/modinfo.sh doesn't exist. Please specify --target or --directory.