Hey, I'm trying to play GTA SA on Steam Linux with Proton, but when I run the game, it appears as if it is already open, without showing anything on the screen.
In the following short you can see how it behaves
Some things to keep in mind
I installed Steam from aptitude, as flatpak would not allow me to select another disk as my primary
The games are being installed on another disk.
Hardware
Software
I recently had this exact same issue. In the end, I am not sure what fixed it.
I completely removed and reinstalled Steam (APT, not FLatpak) and I removed and reinstalled the games I was having trouble with.
I completely removed all my configurations in between.
After performing all of that - Everything is now back to working. I never did narrow down what the exact issue was.
It will be my last option in case I have no other solution.
You can start backing up your games (if they are on an extern place you only need to backup save files if you're not using the cloud function in Steam), then uninstalling Steam and then remove .steam from your home folder.
Afterwards
sudo apt install steamI have done this several times but the problem persists
Finally, the solution I found was to use more outdated versions of Proton, such as 4.2, which solved my problem.
To change the version, you must do the following
I tried all the proton versions without luck initially. So your mileage may vary applies.
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