It’s not really broken, couldn’t get the microphone to work with any program

  • Petter1@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    I just learned yesterday, that you have to switch vulkan packages (including lib32 version) if you switch to proprietary nvidia driver 😂 only to learn that I don’t have enough RAM for cyberpunk, after it finally started…

    2x16gb is on its way 🥳

      • Petter1@lemm.ee
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        10 months ago

        I found out by checking installed packages using yay vulkan and saw that vulkan-nouveau (and lib32 version) where installed and lib32-nvidia-utils where missing (nvidia utils was installed) Installed lib32-nvidia-utils, removed both nouveau vulkan packages and clean dependencies using yay -Yc After reboot, it was working.

        On KDE you can check vulkan in the tool that is linked in the about page in the settings. But maybe only 64bit version, steam uses 32bit.

        Reference: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Vulkan

        • SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee
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          10 months ago

          Thanks!!! I use mint but I’m sure it’ll be similar. I’ll take a look tonight after work. I have a 1060 but I should be getting 60fps stable 720p low at least. My poor laptop is cooking itself trying to run the wrong software packages lmao

  • SrTobi@feddit.de
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    10 months ago

    How about NixOS where the OS automatically installs the correct software and chooses the right settings. Then you have the time fiddle on your config for hours 🌈

  • brachypelmasmithi@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    It’s funny seeing this like literally a couple days after I decided it would be easier to reinstall my Mint sysyem than to fix the audio issues Pipewire was causing. I’m back on PulseAudio and haven’t had issues since.

    • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I’ve been on Linux for about 15 years now … I’m no pro and I’ve never really advanced in anything with the terminal

      I tried doing stuff years ago but then I came at a crossroad … either spend my life learning the dark arts of the terminal and all the details of how every major system works … reinstall every time I have a new problem that I caused … or just leave everything alone and never tweak or adjust anything.

      For the past few years, I just install the latest stable version of anything I use and never bother touching or tweaking anything … never had a problem since.

      • brachypelmasmithi@lemm.ee
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        10 months ago

        For the past few years, I just install the latest stable version of anything I use and never bother touching or tweaking anything … never had a problem since.

        And that’s exactly how I’m trying to approach everything after the reinstall. I like tinkering with my system, but after a couple months it really starts messing with everything.

  • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    In the olden days, I would have spent hours to fix it, completely forget everything I’ve done over the course of those two hours and then having to reinstall it bcs I’ve broken something else in those unsuccessful attempts and now dont have the energy to figure out this clusterfuck too.

    Ahh, good memories.

      • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee
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        10 months ago

        That was a decade+ ago, closer to two.

        I’ve always had far more driver issues with Windows.
        I have a niche laptop that for mic & speakers doesn’t really have drivers for that exact ID and a close (working) match are ancient, so can’t avoid crackling sounds. No issues out of the box with Linux.

  • Ashyr@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    This is why I’ve yet to make the leap from windows. I just don’t have the technical chops nor spare time to many my OS a hobby.

    • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      10 months ago

      This is why I’ve gone back to windows on the machines I care about and don’t plan on going back. Open source software is cool, but it also kinda sucks. I’ll use Linux all day on servers. But my primary desktop is windows and my secondary desktop is Mac OS and I doubt that’s changing any time soon.

      • citrusface@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Funny I’m the opposite - I have to use Windows bullshit all day long at work. The last thing I want at home is to deal with it there - pop_os is stable and works perfect for me.

    • Gestrid@lemmy.caEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I’d say I have the technical chops. I just don’t have the time and energy needed to try to fix something.

      I’m also the kind of person that, if everything’s not working exactly the way I want it to, then I need to fix it right now. So I know I’d waste hours trying to fix something that (for me) just works on Windows.

    • nifty@lemmy.worldOP
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      10 months ago

      In fairness, I suck at Linux. Ubuntu and Linux Mint are relatively easier systems. No one I know has issues with Ubuntu fwiw

        • Gestrid@lemmy.caEnglish
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          10 months ago

          I installed Mint on a USB to give it a go.

          My wifi driver doesn’t work on it. I have to plug my phone in to use it as a tethered hotspot to get it to connect. And I tried what a lot of the guides said online. Nothing.

        • 7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          10 months ago

          It’s a different world now.

          All jokes aside. Anything you use these days is going to be pretty stable, have all of your driver’s (unless it’s absolutely the bleeding edge) and play steam games.

          Hell Nvidia isn’t even an issue anymore.

          But I’ll qualify that by saying I’m on a 47xx i5 and a 1060.

    • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Not really the case with user-focused distros these days. I have far more driver woes when I have to deal with Windows.

    • scifun@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Check Fedora Atomic. It’s pretty much an install and forget system (with auto upgrade enabled)

      Using Fedora Atomic is like having a dedicated team of fedora engineers manage your system and you only have to mess with your desktop settings.

  • spikederailed@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    You learn plenty by breaking and reinstalling. I don’t considering it an invalid option for a home user. I had to reinstall MacOS7/8 and Windows 95/98 so many times as a kid. Learned a lot doing it, sysadmin now 🤷‍♂️

    • Chee_Koala@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Whenever we (Brother and I) broke our W95 install, it was a pretty high stakes race against the clock to get it to work as expected again, because if my dad got home from work and found out about the broken machine, there would be consequences (him being frustrated, us not allowed to play C&C red alert or Warcraft II)

  • Vilian@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    *laughs in fedora atomic* debian could have a atomic version, ostree is distro agnostic

  • iAvicenna@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    in my first couple years I basically kept spamming left “oops I bricked the dependencies again, welp time to get the usb out”