Steam does not open without __GL_CONSTANT_FRAME_RATE_HINT=3 steam. - AMD GPU Fedora 42. What’s the reason for this? who’s working on fixing it if anybody? It’s a 3 month old problem from what I can see. I’m not trying to be funny, just looking for information.
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I run stream from rpmfusion on amdgpu without needing any workarounds.
What hardware do you have?
Post the output of inxi -Fzxx as preformatted text please.
Are you using steam from rpmfusion or something else?
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You can always edit the desktop file used to launch steam and insert that environment variable into the exec=..... line so it is always used when launching steam from the menu icon. The default exec line is Exec=/usr/bin/steam %U
The desktop file is probably /usr/share/applications/steam.desktop
Copy that file into ~/.local/share/applications and make the changes on the new file. It will override the default file under /usr/
I am using the rpmfusion version of steam yeah - thanks for the reply. I am not 100 percent sure what preformatted text means but I am assuming it means as is with no changes at all.
System:
Kernel: 6.15.7-200.fc42.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.1.1
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.4.3 tk: Qt v: N/A wm: kwin_wayland dm: SDDM
Distro: Fedora Linux 42 (KDE Plasma Desktop Edition)
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: B650M-HDV/M.2 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: 3.01 date: 05/10/2024
CPU:
Info: 6-core model: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 4
rev: 2 cache: L1: 384 KiB L2: 6 MiB L3: 32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2980 min/max: 430/5496 boost: enabled cores: 1: 2980
2: 2980 3: 2980 4: 2980 5: 2980 6: 2980 7: 2980 8: 2980 9: 2980 10: 2980
11: 2980 12: 2980 bogomips: 112581
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 44 [Radeon RX 9060 XT]
vendor: Sapphire driver: amdgpu v: kernel pcie: speed: 32 GT/s lanes: 16
ports: active: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 empty: HDMI-A-2,Writeback-1 bus-ID: 03:00.0
chip-ID: 1002:7590
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Raphael vendor: ASRock
driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports:
active: none empty: DP-2, DP-3, DP-4, HDMI-A-3, Writeback-2
bus-ID: 11:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:164e temp: 40.0 C
Display: wayland server: Xwayland v: 24.1.8 compositor: kwin_wayland
driver: gpu: amdgpu d-rect: 4480x1440 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-1 pos: right model: Samsung LC27G5xT res: 2560x1440 hz: 144
dpi: 108 diag: 685mm (27")
Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 pos: primary,left model: HP V22e res: 1920x1080 hz: 60
dpi: 102 diag: 547mm (21.5")
API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi device: 1 drv: radeonsi
device: 2 drv: swrast gbm: drv: radeonsi surfaceless: drv: radeonsi wayland:
drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.1.4 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi gfx1200 LLVM
20.1.6 DRM 3.63 6.15.7-200.fc42.x86_64) device-ID: 1002:7590
display-ID: :0.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.313 surfaces: N/A device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
driver: mesa radv device-ID: 1002:7590 device: 1 type: integrated-gpu
driver: mesa radv device-ID: 1002:164e device: 2 type: cpu
driver: mesa llvmpipe device-ID: 10005:0000
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: corectrl wl: wayland-info
x11: xdriinfo, xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 48 HDMI/DP Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 32 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab40
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Radeon High Definition Audio
[Rembrandt/Strix] driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 11:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1640
Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio
vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 11:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3
Device-4: Logitech G435 Wireless Gaming Headset
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-9:4 chip-ID: 046d:0acb
API: ALSA v: k6.15.7-200.fc42.x86_64 status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: ASRock driver: r8169 v: kernel
pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 09:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8125
IF: enp9s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.73 TiB used: 68.01 GiB (2.4%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000T500SSD8 size: 931.51 GiB
speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> temp: 38.9 C
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000T500SSD8 size: 931.51 GiB
speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> temp: 36.9 C
ID-3: /dev/sda vendor: Crucial model: CT1000MX500SSD1 size: 931.51 GiB
speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> temp: 26 C
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 929.93 GiB used: 22.65 GiB (2.4%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
ID-2: /boot size: 973.4 MiB used: 361.4 MiB (37.1%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
ID-3: /boot/efi size: 598.8 MiB used: 19.3 MiB (3.2%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
ID-4: /home size: 929.93 GiB used: 22.65 GiB (2.4%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 8 GiB used: 2.8 MiB (0.0%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 48.2 C mobo: 39.5 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
GPU: device: amdgpu temp: 35.0 C mem: 34.0 C fan: 0 device: amdgpu
temp: 42.0 C
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 30.46 GiB used: 5.62 GiB (18.4%)
Processes: 482 Power: uptime: 2h 56m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 257
target: graphical (5) default: graphical
Packages: pm: rpm pkgs: N/A note: see --rpm pm: flatpak pkgs: 7
Compilers: N/A Shell: Bash v: 5.2.37 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.38
Thanks, I will play around with it. Everything is working fine - I am just a bit stressed it will break. I am fed up of distro hopping. I like Fedora. To get Steam to open I have to use the cli, changing the variables of the steam icon has not worked but I only tried with the one on the menu and not a desktop Icon.
I am editing your post above with the inxi output to make it ‘preformatted’.
Simply highlight the pasted text then click the </> button (or put ``` on the line before the text and again on the line following the text)
I have fully fixed the error on my own and so I will list it here as the solution when i work out what I’m doing. The __GL_CONSTANT_FRAME_RATE_HINT=3 steam was a red herring - my issue was that Steam would launch fine from the terminal but not from the launcher - I looked at the steam.desktop file and found that “PrefersNonDefaultGPU=true” was a thing. This did not sound good to me but i have no idea what I am talking about, I changed it to “PrefersNonDefaultGPU=false” and everything works as intended. I tested it by removing the __GL_CONSTANT_FRAME_RATE_HINT=3 steam variable and it is not needed, I changed it back to “Exec=steam %U” and tested - working. After several reboots it still works fine and Steam, it’s launcher and all of my games are using the Discreet GPU and not trying to do some weird stuff, That’s as far as my knowledge and current understanding can take me and so I hope it helps someone else down the line. Thanks for the replies and help.
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Hello. I have a pretty similar setup with the same CPU. I have had pretty bad experience with Linux on laptops with hybrid graphics and the integrated AMD graphics is something I never use, so I disabled it in the BIOS. I would recommend the same if you aren’t actively using it for something.
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Hi mate, that’s a great idea. I even know how to do that and that it can be done but never considered it. That’s why i like forums - sometimes you can’t see for looking. I’ll write all of this down somewhere and go ahead and disable the integrated graphics. This could also be considered a solution to the problem for people who have no need for the integrated at all.