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just like I reported here https://forum.garudalinux.org/t/gamemode-not-working-with-steam/11683 Scripts I wrote to change the primary display on gamemode start and exit are not working when gamemode is run through steam parameters. but it does work when I run gamemode with the test config option in the terminal
Note any particular steps to reproduce it below here
start a game in steam with gamemode added to the launch parameters like this
gamemoderun %command%
gamemode starts but fails to run the script
here are the errors I seem to be getting which seems to be related to this https://github.com/FeralInteractive/gamemode/issues/45
https://hastebin.com/vaqonoyepo.sql
Last edited by zany130 on 8 Sep 2021 at 6:32 pm UTC
Are you running a lot of different sessions? Otherwise DISPLAY will not really change and you can hardcode it in your scripts.
Last edited by zany130 on 17 Sep 2021 at 10:29 pm UTC