Steam multiple games not launching

[Kev1105]

I am having a problem with launching multiple games
Warhammer w40k gladius
Metro exodus
War Thunder
All these games are linux compatible
In War Thunders case it used to work with no issues

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Graphics:  Device-1: AMD Hawaii XT / Grenada XT [Radeon R9 290X/390X] vendor: ASUSTeK 
           driver: radeon v: kernel bus ID: 07:00.0 chip ID: 1002:67b0 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: ati,radeon unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa 
           resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: AMD HAWAII (DRM 2.50.0 5.8.0-53-generic LLVM 12.0.0) 
           v: 4.5 Mesa 21.2.0-devel (git-e048853 2021-06-03 focal-oibaf-ppa) direct render: Yes  

If I launch steam from the terminal its stuck in offline mode
Also I had the same issue before I install the oibaf-ppa

[Kev1105]

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System:    Kernel: 5.8.0-53-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A Desktop: Cinnamon 4.8.6 
           wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:   Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME X570-P v: Rev X.0x serial: <filter> 
           UEFI [Legacy]: American Megatrends v: 1407 date: 04/02/2020 
Battery:   Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech M510 serial: <filter> 
           charge: 55% (should be ignored) status: Discharging 
CPU:       Topology: 8-Core model: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 
           L2 cache: 4096 KiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 114981 
           Speed: 2196 MHz min/max: 2200/3600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2140 2: 1971 3: 1885 
           4: 2227 5: 2196 6: 2195 7: 2196 8: 2195 9: 2002 10: 2393 11: 2195 12: 2196 13: 2195 
           14: 2195 15: 2020 16: 2063 
Graphics:  Device-1: AMD Hawaii XT / Grenada XT [Radeon R9 290X/390X] vendor: ASUSTeK 
           driver: radeon v: kernel bus ID: 07:00.0 chip ID: 1002:67b0 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: ati,radeon unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa 
           resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: AMD HAWAII (DRM 2.50.0 5.8.0-53-generic LLVM 12.0.0) 
           v: 4.5 Mesa 21.2.0-devel (git-e048853 2021-06-03 focal-oibaf-ppa) direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: AMD Hawaii HDMI Audio [Radeon R9 290/290X / 390/390X] vendor: ASUSTeK 
           driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 07:00.1 chip ID: 1002:aac8 
           Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           bus ID: 09:00.4 chip ID: 1022:1487 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.8.0-53-generic 
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: ASUSTeK 
           driver: r8169 v: kernel port: f000 bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8168 
           IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
           IF-ID-1: wg-mullvad state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 5.46 TiB used: 2.84 TiB (52.0%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST2000DM001-1ER164 size: 1.82 TiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
           serial: <filter> 
           ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Seagate model: ST2000DM001-1CH164 size: 1.82 TiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
           serial: <filter> 
           ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Seagate model: ST2000DM008-2FR102 size: 1.82 TiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
           serial: <filter> 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 1.79 TiB used: 1.18 TiB (66.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-1 
           ID-2: /boot size: 704.8 MiB used: 313.9 MiB (44.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdc5 
           ID-3: swap-1 size: 976.0 MiB used: 7.5 MiB (0.8%) fs: swap dev: /dev/dm-2 
USB:       Hub: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 chip ID: 1d6b:0002 
           Device-1: 1-1:2 info: HP Elite Keyboard type: Keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid 
           rev: 1.1 chip ID: 03f0:034a 
           Device-2: 1-2:3 info: Logitech Unifying Receiver type: Keyboard,Mouse,HID 
           driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid rev: 2.0 chip ID: 046d:c52b 
           Hub: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 chip ID: 1d6b:0003 
           Hub: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 chip ID: 1d6b:0002 
           Device-3: 3-6:2 info: ASUSTek AURA LED Controller type: <vendor specific> 
           driver: hid-generic,usbhid rev: 2.0 chip ID: 0b05:18f3 
           Hub: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 chip ID: 1d6b:0003 
           Hub: 5-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 chip ID: 1d6b:0002 
           Hub: 6-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 chip ID: 1d6b:0003 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 46.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 66 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:     No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https: //brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/lutris-team-lutris-focal.list 
           1: deb http: //ppa.launchpad.net/lutris-team/lutris/ubuntu focal main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
           1: deb http: //www.mirrorservice.org/sites/packages.linuxmint.com/packages ulyssa main upstream import backport
           2: deb http: //mirrors.melbourne.co.uk/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
           3: deb http: //mirrors.melbourne.co.uk/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
           4: deb http: //mirrors.melbourne.co.uk/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
           5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
           6: deb http: //archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/oibaf-graphics-drivers-focal.list 
           1: deb http: //ppa.launchpad.net/oibaf/graphics-drivers/ubuntu focal main
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/papirus-papirus-focal.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/riot-im.list 
           1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/riot-im-archive-keyring.gpg] https: //packages.riot.im/debian/ default main
Info:      Processes: 388 Uptime: 9h 28m Memory: 15.61 GiB used: 4.90 GiB (31.4%) Init: systemd 
           v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Client: Unknown python3.8 client 
           inxi: 3.0.38 

[Kev1105]

Can anyone provide an up to date guide on removing the oibaf mesa drivers?
The update manager is advising new kernel updates and I don't want to risk anything breaking

[SMG]

Can anyone provide an up to date guide on removing the oibaf mesa drivers?

The best way to make sure they are removed is to revert to a Timeshift snapshot before they were installed.

The instructions on the Oibaf page indicate:
=== Revert to original drivers ===
To revert to standard Ubuntu drivers type the following in a prompt shell:
$ sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
$ sudo ppa-purge ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers

It's my understanding that will stop future updates. I have heard from some people in the past that it did not remove the already installed drivers, but I do not know if that has changed.

[Kev1105]

I have already tried that there has been no future updates since
ppa purge gets caught in dependency hell winds up removing system components and then
I have to use use Timeshift to wind the system back and back to square one again.

[SMG]

The feedback I've heard from others regarding oibaf has unfortunately been similar. I do not know a good way to remove it other than using a snapshot.

I have heard only positive feedback from those using kisak-ppa for mesa, so I usually recommend it for those needing/wanting a mesa version newer than what Mint provides.

[Kev1105]

Thanks for the help
I'll try a timeshift restore and see if the updates help with the gameplay
If that doesn't help its has to be a full uninstall/reinstall

[Kev1105]

I have just gotten the prompt to upgrade to mint 20.2
Is it ok with the oibaf-ppa installed or will that need to be removed?

[SMG]

The recommendation for upgrading to LM20.2 is to take a Timeshift snapshot before attempting the upgrade. If you do that, you will get the opportunity to try a different way (with or without the PPA) should whatever you try first does not work to your liking.

The upgrade to LM20.2 just came out, so time will need to pass to get feedback on what might cause an issue.

[DanielPe]

I'll try a timeshift restore and see if the updates help with the gameplay, so it is very solution for me