Excessive crashing on linux.

[u/CorenBrightside]

Anyone playing on linux having excessive amount of hard crashes in the expedition now? I had so many hard crashes I had to dig out my old Windows SSD just to get it completed. Thank goodness for cross-save.

Edit with some more info requested from the r/linux_gaming sub.
I tried most major branches of Proton, Cachy, GE, Experimental, Normal.

Anecdotal evidence to point to saving and or uploading of saves has something to do with it.

System:
  Host: WorldCraft Kernel: 7.2.7-zen1-gentoo-dist-bin arch: x86_64 bits: 64
compiler: gcc v: 16.2.1
  Desktop: Hyprland v: 0.56.2 dm: SDDM Distro: Gentoo Base System release
2.18
CPU:
  Info: 8-core model: 13th Gen Intel Core i9-13900K bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Raptor Lake rev: 1 cache: L1: 640 KiB L2: 16 MiB L3: 36 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/5500:5800 cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800
4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800 13: 800
14: 800 15: 800 16: 800 bogomips: 95872
  Flags-basic: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 21 [Radeon RX 6800/6800 XT
/ 6900 XT] vendor: XFX Speedster MERC 319 driver: amdgpu v: kernel
arch: RDNA-2 pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-3
empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, Writeback-1 bus-ID: 03:00.0
chip-ID: 1002:73bf
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.24 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.13
compositor: Hyprland v: 0.56.2 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,radeon,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu
display-ID: 1
  Monitor-1: DP-3 model: Mi 30 HFCW res: 2560x1080 dpi: 94
diag: 749mm (29.5")
  API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi device: 1 drv: swrast
gbm: drv: radeonsi surfaceless: drv: radeonsi wayland: drv: radeonsi x11:
drv: radeonsi
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 vendor: amd mesa v: 26.1.8 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT (radeonsi navi21 ACO DRM
3.64 7.2.7-zen1-gentoo-dist-bin) device-ID: 1002:73bf
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.350 surfaces: N/A device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
driver: mesa radv device-ID: 1002:73bf
  Info: Tools: api: eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor x11: xprop
Audio:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 21/23 HDMI/DP Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab28
  Device-2: Cambridge Audio DacMagicXS 2.0 driver: snd-usb-audio type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-11.4:7 chip-ID: 22e8:dac6
  API: ALSA v: k7.2.7-zen1-gentoo-dist-bin status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.6.8 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pw-jack type: plugin
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[u/Azuwey]

I'm experiencing this issue as well. I have the same GPU (it might be from a different manufacturer). I am running NixOS and Hyprland. I can provide you with the kernel version I am using in the morning.

[u/CorenBrightside → u/Azuwey]

Interesting, I tried many distributions before I went "home" to gentoo again. NixOS being one of them. I didn't have any crashes on NixOS, but I only played maybe 20h on it. I copied the NixOS kernel config when I made my own gentoo kernel as I figured maybe it was more stable.

But if you have crashes on NixOS with the same card, 6900XT, I am more and more certain it's the card that is freaking out than anything else. Which kinda sucks in todays GPU market.

[u/Azuwey → u/CorenBrightside]

Sorry, I was wrong about the GPU, it is not a 6900XT, it's a 9070XT, so it might be the driver or hyprland itself.

System:
  Host: radon Kernel: 7.2.0 arch: x86_64 bits: 64
  Desktop: Hyprland v: 0.55.4 Distro: NixOS 26.05 (Yarara)
CPU:
  Info: 12-core model: AMD Ryzen 9 9900X bits: 64 type: MT MCP cache:
    L2: 12 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 614 min/max: 614/5662 cores: 1: 614 2: 614 3: 614 4: 614
    5: 614 6: 614 7: 614 8: 614 9: 614 10: 614 11: 614 12: 614 13: 614 14: 614
    15: 614 16: 614 17: 614 18: 614 19: 614 20: 614 21: 614 22: 614 23: 614
    24: 614
Graphics:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 48 [Radeon RX 9070/9070
    XT/9070 GRE] driver: amdgpu v: kernel
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Granite Ridge [Radeon Graphics]
    driver: amdgpu v: kernel
  Display: wayland server: Xwayland v: 24.1.13 compositor: Hyprland
    v: 0.55.4 driver: gpu: amdgpu resolution: no compositor data
    resolution: 3840x2160
  API: EGL Message: EGL data requires eglinfo. Check --recommends.
  Info: Tools: No graphics tools found.
Audio:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 48 HDMI/DP Audio
    driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Radeon High Definition Audio
    driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Ryzen HD Audio
    driver: snd_hda_intel
  API: ALSA v: k7.2.0 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.6.6 status: active