❯ systemctl suspend
Operation inhibited by "powerprofilesctl launch -p performance -r Launched with CachyOS game-performance utility -- /usr/bin/steam steam://rungameid/2358720" (PID 22771 "systemd-inhibit", user cachy), reason is "CachyOS game-performance is running".
Please retry operation after closing inhibitors and logging out other users.
'systemd-inhibit' can be used to list active inhibitors.
Alternatively, ignore inhibitors and users with 'systemctl suspend -i'.
systemd-inhibit
WHO UID USER PID COMM WHAT >
NetworkManager 0 root 970 NetworkManager sleep >
Realtime Kit 0 root 1281 rtkit-daemon sleep >
UPower 0 root 1545 upowerd sleep >
PowerDevil 1000 cachy 1457 org_kde_powerde handle-power-key:handle-suspend-key:handle-hibernate-key:handle-lid-switch >
Screen Locker 1000 cachy 1192 kwin_wayland sleep >
powerprofilesctl launch -p performance -r Launched with CachyOS game-performance utility -- /usr/bin/steam st… 1000 cachy 22771 systemd-inhibit shutdown:sleep:idle
Anyone knows if this is some kind of new “feature”?
I didn’t have any problems with suspend so far, I wonder if this is some kind of bug with Lutris/game-performance that after closing game it keeps process running.
Honestly, no idea, I configured Steam initially following Gaming with CachyOS Guide, I didn’t add any launch option inside of Steam, everything goes through Lutris:
I just noticed while getting screenshot, in Lutris it thinks that game is still running, there is “Stop” button visible.
Weird, it’s for sure not running, inside of Steam I can only launch this game so I think from Steam perspective it was stopped but not for Lutris
Edit: Just tested it, clicking Stop in Lutris unlocks possibility to suspend
Lutris last update was in Februrary so it doesn’t sound like broken update, it was working fine for sure after that, maybe something in game-performance itself, from what I understand when you exit game power profile should be reverted to previous state - in my case game exits but game-performance still runs as indicated here:
I prefer not to modify system package manually - my understanding is that it will be replaced anyway if there is update.
So today game-performance is not working at all, at least in Lutris, game is launching normally but power option is not switched at all.
In log I see only this, no other logs are produced post launch:
lutris-wrapper: Against the Storm
Started initial process 189193 from game-performance /usr/bin/steam steam://rungameid/1336490
Start monitoring process.
Monitored process exited.
Initial process has exited (return code: 0)
All processes have quit
Exit with return code 0
I checked game-performance directly in Steam, it’s working there just fine, power options are applied and are reverted after game quits.
Folder looks kinda normal, I don’t honestly remember doing anything special about Lutris or Steam - I just set this up initially as described on wiki and never had to tweak anything.
Btw, doing sanity check - If I configure command prefix and environment variables in Lutris global options they should be passed to Steam game using Stream runner? It’s not like I have to configure prefix and variables for each game inside of Steam?
I am not sure about how lutris should best hand over a game with launch options to steam ..
But that syntax above seems like it would be applying game-performance to steam .. and as such is not really preferred (like with prime-run we do not apply that to steam but to any given game). And anyways then we would expect the effects of game-performance to last for as long as that steam process is running. As in this outcome is expected if launched that way.
For example the wiki on the similar gamemoderun;
and
I would generally not consider that last example a decent suggestion .. but at least it works as reference for us in this situation.
If game-performance is added to the Launch Options for the game in Steam and then you run the game through Lutris without the option, does game-performance apply?
I’ve never run Steam games through Lutris(actually don’t use it at all anymore) so I can’t test this myself, but it wouldn’t surprise me if this is just a limitation of the syntax required to launch Steam games externally since it has no way to declare these wrappers without also passing them to Steam itself rather than just the game. Which is why I bring up the suggestion above. Ideally, you’d prefer Steam to be what passes a wrapper like game-performance to the game being launched.
And yeah, there also might be a better way for Lutris to do this, but if so then I’m not aware of what it might be.
Good catch, it indeed runs fine with game-performance specified on Steam not in Lutris and launched from Lutris.
lutris-wrapper: Black Myth: Wukong
Started initial process 11072 from /usr/bin/steam steam://rungameid/2358720
Start monitoring process.
Monitored process exited.
Initial process has exited (return code: 0)
All processes have quit
Exit with return code 0
I tried to ask this question on Lutris discord, if it’s capable of sending command prefix to launch Steam game and did not receive any answer. Honestly I thought this is like main selling point for Lutris, that I can manage every single game from one interface - if I have to still go to Steam just to add few options per game then I don’t need Lutris to click one “Play” button.
EDIT: Out of curiosity I tested if at least environment variables are passed from Lutris to Steam. Nope. Adding PROTON_LOG=1 in Lutris does nothing, adding same env variable inside of Steam produces log file in home folder…
Is there a supported/recommended way to reinstall Steam+Lutris installed via Cachy Hello gaming packages?
EDIT2: I think this and this are my answers. It is almost certainly not able to pass global options to Steam runner. I think we can just call it a day, maybe it is worth to mention in gaming Cachy wiki that setting up env variables and command prefixes in Lutris are not carried over to Steam game .
Yeah, it is looking like there’s no way to pass these things to Steam games since they in some part need to be funneled through Steam before being passed to the games themselves.
The main selling point for launchers like Lutris are likely going to vary from person to person. I think the “one-stop shop” interface is nice in theory but I think even if it wasn’t this, it would’ve been some other limitation caused by a lack of full functionality being transmitted past the middleware.
For me, I use a launcher(formerly Lutris, now Heroic Games Launcher) as a Wine/Proton prefix management suite for games with independent installers(like from GOG) or portable games and I find that they perform that task well. Switching from those to Steam to play games from my library there isn’t bothersome on my desktop. In fact I like things being organized in this way.
For something like a living room television gaming box I’d like the idea of a single interface for all games since I’d mostly be navigating with limited input, like just keyboard, and cutting down on the different gaming applications would improve the UX. In that case, given what you found out here, I’d probably use Steam’s Big Picture mode with both Steam’s native library and externally loaded games so Launch Options could be passed to each game without issue.
