At last! Users from Ubuntu 24.04 onwards that's scheduled to release on April 25th should hopefully see a smoother Linux gaming experience.
There's been an issue for quite some time now in various Linux distributions where the value of vm.max_map_count is too low, which is by default set to 65530, and this causes a whole bunch of games to crash. Fedora changed this to a default of 1048576 back with Fedora Linux 39 and now it's the turn for Ubuntu to do the same.
On the bug report, it's been noted that a fix has been committed for Ubuntu 24.04 in the procps package that will now match the value that Fedora is using.
Some of the games that can be affected by it include The Finals, which I actually wrote about with this issue, and others including Counter Strike 2, Hogwarts Legacy, DayZ, and basically anything that might be invoking a lot of mmaps. Some specific games may still need a higher value, but at least bumping up the default will leave room for more games to actually work properly.
It's such a small change, but the benefit will be huge for an overall smoother gaming experience.
Hat tip to OmgUbuntu.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Quoting: BlackBloodRumHmm? While I think it's good to have beneficial defaults was there anything on ubuntu stopping users adjusting this themselves?I don't use an operating system so I can tweak it.
I'm just not sure what the big deal is as in my mind this one is just one of those "Oh, that's the issue? Okay, tweak that, done."
Back in the day with Fedora and Mandrake I had to mess with stuff all the time to get stuff to work. I hated it. I persevered for political reasons and because Windows sucked pretty hard in its own ways, but it was not my scene. I use an OS for it to work, so I can do things on it without worrying about it. Nowadays I hardly ever have to tweak the OS, and if I do have to I consider it a signal that I should think about switching to something that works.
BlackBloodRum Mar 26
Quoting: Purple Library GuyWe are very different people.Quoting: BlackBloodRumHmm? While I think it's good to have beneficial defaults was there anything on ubuntu stopping users adjusting this themselves?I don't use an operating system so I can tweak it.
I'm just not sure what the big deal is as in my mind this one is just one of those "Oh, that's the issue? Okay, tweak that, done."
Back in the day with Fedora and Mandrake I had to mess with stuff all the time to get stuff to work. I hated it. I persevered for political reasons and because Windows sucked pretty hard in its own ways, but it was not my scene. I use an OS for it to work, so I can do things on it without worrying about it. Nowadays I hardly ever have to tweak the OS, and if I do have to I consider it a signal that I should think about switching to something that works.
Last edited by BlackBloodRum on 26 March 2024 at 3:19 pm UTC
Quoting: BlackBloodRumI'm just not sure what the big deal is as in my mind this one is just one of those "Oh, that's the issue? Okay, tweak that, done."One less thing on the checklist when you're setting up a new system?
Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoAnd how to manually do this "vm_max_map_count" increase on Ubuntu 22.04?Liam wrote about this years ago https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/12/more-battleye-titles-for-proton-on-linux-including-dayz-arma-3-now-supported/
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