ValveSoftware / ValveSoftware/Proton

PARTIALLY SOLVED Games crash without launching a window regardless of Proton version on X11(KDE), works fine on Wayland(Gnome)

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Description

I have had this issue with wine overall before, but this time around happens only with Steam Proton. I'm running on a dual GPU(Nvidia/Intel) laptop with Pop!OS 22.04.

The terminal output: steamproton.txt
EDIT:
steam-1449850.log

What I've tried so far:
1.Reinstalling NVIDIA drivers

alperen@pop-os:~$ grep "X Driver" /var/log/Xorg.0.log
[ 8.657] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 525.85.05 Sat Jan 14 00:47:44 UTC 2023

  1. Installing missing 32 bit dependencies

alperen@pop-os:$ cd /.steam/root/ubuntu12_32
alperen@pop-os:
/.steam/root/ubuntu12_32$ sudo apt install libnvidia-*-525:i386 mesa:i386
alperen@pop-os:
/.steam/root/ubuntu12_32$ file * | grep ELF | cut -d: -f1 | LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. xargs ldd | grep 'not found' | sort | uniq
alperen@pop-os:~$

3.Installing the repository and flatpak versions

xorg log:
xorglog.txt

Steam System Info:
systeminfo.txt

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Research direction

Start with steamproton.txt, steam-1449850.log, xorglog.txt, and systeminfo.txt; compare the failing X11/KDE setup with the working Wayland/GNOME setup described. Reproduce on the listed Pop!_OS 22.04 dual-GPU configuration and identify a confirmed fix or minimal diagnostic next step for launching the game without a window.

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Assessment

Tech stack
linux
Domain
desktop, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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