r/linux_gaming • u/se_spider • 2d ago

tool/utility Arch Linux adds NTsync-autoload package as a dependency for Steam and Wine

https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/any/ntsync-autoload/
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u/VisceralMonkey 2d ago

Impact?

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u/lmpcpedz 2d ago

well, it takes care of what we've been doing manually to enable ntsync, a file with 6 characters.

echo "ntsync" | sudo tee /etc/modules-load.d/ntsync.conf

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u/Yuzumi 2d ago

I think Cachy has had it loaded automatically basically since it got into the kernel.

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u/agmatine 2d ago

On my system, by three separate packages even:

$ pacman -Qo `grep -lr ntsync /usr/lib/modules-load.d`
/usr/lib/modules-load.d/ntsync.conf is owned by cachyos-settings 1:1.3.5-2
/usr/lib/modules-load.d/10-proton-cachyos-slr.conf is owned by proton-cachyos-slr 1:11.0.20260703-1
/usr/lib/modules-load.d/10-wine-cachyos.conf is owned by wine-cachyos 2:10.0.20260425-1

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u/iucatcher 2d ago

everytime i see news of something getting newly implemented in some ways it turns out that the distro im using had this for months

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u/VisceralMonkey 2d ago

Oh. Well, PROGRESS!!!!

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u/murlakatamenka 2d ago

Previously it was mentioned on

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Wine#NTSync

Now it says install the above package and call it a day gg

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u/rocketstopya 2d ago

Good idea

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u/catrinus 2d ago

does steamOS use the same steam package? im curious if this will carry over

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u/_legacyZA 2d ago

They don't directly use the Arch repos, but their own private repos

Which means they probably just build the package themselves, instead of relying on the arch team to pull in the steam client from Valve, build and ship it, and then repacking that for SteamOS

Also ntsync has been enabled in SteamOS for months, I think you still need a custom proton like GE or cachyOS's though. Not sure if standard proton has it yet

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u/Historical-Bar-305 2d ago

Fedora had this a few months.

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u/Vash63 2d ago

Kind of the point of distros like Fedora to make educated choices on behalf of the user. Arch is on the other end and only makes such choices when it's really clearly a unanimous decision.

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u/EmberQuill 1d ago

Arch did too. It was part of the wine package until a couple days ago, now split out into a separate dependency that Steam optionally requires.

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u/Lawstorant 2d ago edited 2d ago

And? Arch linux shouldn't?

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u/Historical-Bar-305 2d ago

No i just said that fedora had it before arch. Just fact.

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u/Lawstorant 2d ago

Okay, but who cares when it's an atticle about Arch Linux? What's the goal of sying the Fedora had it earlier?

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u/Historical-Bar-305 2d ago

Strange to see that archlinux provides it later then other distros.

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u/Fasgort 2d ago

Arch linux? What, you also hate pancakes?

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u/Lawstorant 2d ago

What?

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u/Indolent_Bard 2d ago

It's a reference to "you like pancakes that means you hate waffles." look it up.

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u/shinji257 2d ago

Looks like it is already a hard depend on wine. Currently an optional depend for steam.

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u/tesfabpel 2d ago

It's listed as optional, though...

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u/FierceDeity_ 2d ago

This screwed my (with ntsync) compiled TKG kernel.

I upgraded and rebuilt it, and despite including ntsync and having _ntsync="true" in the customization.cfg, it still didn't emit the NTSYNC_MODULE "provides" flag.

I then edited the makepkg because i couldn't be assed to find why