ValveSoftware / ValveSoftware/Proton
Switching workspaces and fullscreening with i3 leads to black screen
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Description
Tested with a couple of games, The Return of the Obra Dinn and Skyrim.
When I switch workspaces with i3 window manager, and switch back to a game running with Proton that I fullscreened, all that displays is a black screen. The only way to recover from this is to quit and relaunch the game. I can still hear the audio of the game. This is not an i3wm issue - I have successfully returned to other fullscreened games that run natively on Linux.
Thanks devs for all your work on this (and thanks to the Wine devs as well). It's a miracle that any of this stuff runs in the first place.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the black screen with The Return of the Obra Dinn or Skyrim under Proton, using i3 to switch away from and back to a fullscreen game. Compare the behavior with native Linux fullscreen games; done means returning to the workspace restores the game's display without requiring a relaunch.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, linux
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100