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Losing connection to graphics card in game
MadVillain Nov 13, 2018
Hello,

I have an issue with games running on Proton/Wine. From time to time screen goes to black and monitor shows that it is looking for connection.
This happens both in The Witcher 3 and Nier: Automata on Proton. In both cases opening main menu temporarily fixes the issue.
Graphics card is Nvidia GTX 1060, currently using drivers v415.13 and proton 3.16-4 Beta. But issue has reproduced many times with other versions.

Has anyone encountered something similar?
Ehvis Nov 13, 2018
Check your system log for Xid errors.
Xpander Nov 26, 2018
Playing with controller? Like debianxfce suggested, turn off monitor standby.

you can do this with:

xset -dpms

to check your current settings:

xset q


should show something like:

DPMS (Energy Star):
  Standby: 0    Suspend: 0    Off: 0
  DPMS is Disabled

MadVillain Nov 27, 2018
Quoting: GuestDisable monitor blanking/sleeping/standby whatever it is called in your OS power manager settings.

Quoting: XpanderPlaying with controller? Like debianxfce suggested, turn off monitor standby.
Yes I'm using Xbox controller.
Thanks you guys. I will try this out tomorrow and report the results.

UPD: It seems to work. Thanks again.
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