Team Fortress 2 throttle GPU for 1 fps.

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Team Fortress 2 throttle GPU for 1 fps.

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Whenever i try to join a TF2 server on Linux it uses 100% of my dedicated GPU & runs at 1-3 fps. This is combined with auto stuttering. My CPU has lots of "usage" that is not being used. A strange thing is that in the menus before i try to join a server i get 100's of fps with no problem. Although i can't play full-screen as the options in the game settings only allow for it to be on either of side monitors & not my main one. (This is a problem as only the main one is connected to the GPU, but moving it to the main one when windowed works fine enough).

Before people ask, i have to use the native Linux version opposed to the proton version as the proton version isn't compatible with VAC.

I'm using the latest NVIDIA drivers & I've reinstalled steam directly from the steam website. I've also tried editing tf2's settings via the master config website: https://docs.comfig.app/latest/ . This had 0 effect. Before switch to Linux the game ran perfectly fine on Windows. I've also tried looking into installing 32-bit NVIDIA drivers but i can't seem to find the one recommended on apt or for any other mint install. Relevant arch post: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=287465 .

It'd be greatly appreciated if anyone could help!

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System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-94-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.4.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 6.0.4
    tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: muffin vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia
    base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: H310M PRO-M2 PLUS (MS-7C08) v: 1.1
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: D.10 date: 12/14/2018
CPU:
  Info: 6-core model: Intel Core i5-8400 bits: 64 type: MCP smt: <unsupported> arch: Coffee Lake
    rev: A cache: L1: 384 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB L3: 9 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3800 min/max: 800/4000 cores: 1: 3800 2: 3800 3: 3800 4: 3800 5: 3800
    6: 3800 bogomips: 33599
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-S GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] vendor: Micro-Star MSI CometLake-S
    driver: i915 v: kernel ports: active: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 empty: HDMI-A-2,HDMI-A-3 bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:3e92 class-ID: 0380
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050] vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: nvidia v: 535.154.05
    pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none off: HDMI-A-4 empty: DP-2,DVI-D-1
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c81 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
    unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x2104 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1016x557mm (40.0x21.9") s-diag: 1159mm (45.6")
  Monitor-1: DP-1-1 pos: top-right res: 1280x1024 hz: 60 dpi: 96 size: 338x270mm (13.3x10.6")
    diag: 433mm (17")
  Monitor-2: HDMI-0 pos: primary,bottom-c res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 305
    size: 160x90mm (6.3x3.5") diag: 184mm (7.2")
  Monitor-3: HDMI-1-1 pos: bottom-l res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 82 size: 598x336mm (23.5x13.2")
    diag: 686mm (27")
  OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 535.154.05
    direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 200 Series PCH HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a2f0 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP107GL High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fb9 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Fifine Microphone type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 1-2:3
    chip-ID: 3142:5060 class-ID: 0300
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-94-generic running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: e1000e v: kernel port: N/A
    bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15b8 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168NGW [Stone Peak] driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie:
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24fb class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 3168 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-9:5
    chip-ID: 8087:0aa7 class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.2
    sub-v: 1100 hci-v: 4.2 rev: 1100
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.73 TiB used: 84.92 GiB (3.0%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Western Digital model: WD Blue SN570 1TB size: 931.51 GiB
    speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 234100WD temp: 32.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Crucial model: CT2000BX500SSD1 size: 1.82 TiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD
    serial: <filter> rev: 061 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 1.04 TiB used: 84.86 GiB (8.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda4
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 96 MiB used: 55.2 MiB (57.5%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 10 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-1:2 info: Apple Aluminium Keyboard (ISO) type: Keyboard,Mouse driver: apple,usbhid
    interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 400mA chip-ID: 05ac:0250 class-ID: 0301
  Device-2: 1-2:3 info: Fifine Microphone type: Audio,HID
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 3142:5060 class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: 1-3:4 info: SteelSeries ApS Rival 3 type: Mouse,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid
    interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 400mA chip-ID: 1038:184c class-ID: 0300
  Device-4: 1-9:5 info: Intel Wireless-AC 3168 Bluetooth type: Bluetooth driver: btusb
    interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0aa7 class-ID: e001
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8 C mobo: 27.8 C gpu: nvidia temp: 35 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 35%
Repos:
  Packages: apt: 2437
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb https: //www.mirrorservice.org/sites/packages.linuxmint.com/packages virginia main upstream import backport
    2: deb http: //mirror.mythic-beasts.com/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb http: //mirror.mythic-beasts.com/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb http: //mirror.mythic-beasts.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list
    1: deb http: //repository.spotify.com stable non-free
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam-beta.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam-stable.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64,i386 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/steam.gpg] https: //repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam
    2: deb-src [arch=amd64,i386 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/steam.gpg] https: //repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam
Info:
  Processes: 278 Uptime: 22m wakeups: 0 Memory: 15.47 GiB used: 4.56 GiB (29.5%) Init: systemd
  v: 249 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 11.4.0 alt: 11/12 Client: Unknown python3.10 client
  inxi: 3.3.13
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Re: Team Fortress 2 throttle GPU for 1 fps.

Post by 1000 »

If this package solves your problem on Arch Linux,
I don't see this package on Ubuntu 22.04.
Should be something like nvidia-utils-545:i386

On Debian it may have been split into several packages.
For example nvidia-driver-bin which contains for example .. bin/nvidia-debugdump file.
The same file Ubuntu have in nvidia-utils.

You'll have to ask the Ubuntu developers what then can do.
The default channel for reporting issues is for Ubuntu is launchpad.net

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$ apt-cache show nvidia-utils-535 | grep 'Source\|Maintainer\|Bugs\|Homepage'
Source: nvidia-graphics-drivers-535
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Homepage: http://www.nvidia.com
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