Hey friends. I have been using Linux exclusively for about 3 weeks. I’ve been amazed at how well gaming works out of the box with Steam and proton.

I only have this minor issue, I’m sure someone can point me to the right direction. I use 2 monitors, I game on the primary monitor and do whatever else on the second. Whenever I go back to the gaming monitor, the game shows the window decorations for just a second and then goes back to full screen. It flickers. Obviously not a major problem, but it’s annoying.

If I go to the game settings, set it as windowed and then back to full-screen it occasionally fixes the problem but only until I start the game again.

I currently use EndeavourOS w/ KDE but the problem also happened on Manjaro!

EDIT: As always, the Arch Wiki had the answer, I just didn’t see because it seems to describe a different issue. SDL_VIDEO_MINIMIZE_ON_FOCUS_LOSS=0 environment variable seems to do the trick.

  • vividspecter@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I know you solved it, but another workaround for this type of issue is to run the game with gamescope. Assuming you have an AMD or Intel card (Nvidia historically didn’t have great support for it).