From 242f4db9c2001e8731a2347d80c1b8930408ff8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: alex-free Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2026 04:54:16 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] add TearFree to postinstall.md, and add Unreal Tournament to game-testing.md --- docs/game-testing.md | 1 + docs/postinstall.md | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/game-testing.md b/docs/game-testing.md index 3e25865..6771beb 100644 --- a/docs/game-testing.md +++ b/docs/game-testing.md @@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ There's multiple levels of stability: | Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 | Perfect | 60 FPS, no issues. | Online play works. | | Ultra Street Fighter 4 | Perfect | 60 FPS, no issues. | Online play works. | | Vampire Survivors | Perfect | 60 FPS, no issues. | Not applicable (single-player). | +| Unreal Tournament | Perfect | 60 FPS, no issues (native Linux). | Online play works. | | Veloren | High | 50-60 FPS, minor issues. | Online play works. | | Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood | Low | 20-40 FPS, heavy lag. | Not applicable (single-player). | | WipeOut Phantom Edition | High | 50-60 FPS, stable. | Not applicable (single-player). | diff --git a/docs/postinstall.md b/docs/postinstall.md index 71655d8..175c036 100644 --- a/docs/postinstall.md +++ b/docs/postinstall.md @@ -236,6 +236,26 @@ And there you go! You can change it back anytime of course. In the past there were overclocked kernels, but alas they don't make them anymore. This is because overclocked kernels... didn't actually overclock the CPU. Do not go and download an older kernel to try as they don't work anymore either! + +# Enable Tearfree + +To get rid of screen tearing when using X11 for just the current session, you can enable TearFree: +```bash +xrandr --output HDMI-A-0 --set TearFree on +``` + +To make it permenant, set a config with a one-liner: +```bash +sudo mkdir -p /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d && echo -e 'Section "Device"\n Identifier "AMD Graphics"\n Driver "amdgpu"\n Option "TearFree" "true"\nEndSection' | sudo tee /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-amdgpu.conf +``` + +After a reboot, TearFree will be enabled permanently. + +You can see if it was successful by running: +```bash +xrandr --prop | grep TearFree +``` + ## Install more applications To play games, these are the recommended softwares: - Steam From c6f556b331e6fd3ea7d9e5ef1a7ba23f99f146f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: alex-free Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2026 23:06:40 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] add one liner to disable sandbox for pacman --- docs/postinstall.md | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/postinstall.md b/docs/postinstall.md index 175c036..3307409 100644 --- a/docs/postinstall.md +++ b/docs/postinstall.md @@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ To update the drivers, you need to open the pacman config: sudo nano /etc/pacman.conf ``` -If you installed an older distro, pacman might refuse to run, citing the following error: `restricting filesystem access failed because Landlock is not supported by the kernel`. If you run into this problem, search for the line containing `DisableSandbox`, and uncomment it by deleting the `#` character from the beginning. +If you installed an older distro, pacman might refuse to run, citing the following error: `restricting filesystem access failed because Landlock is not supported by the kernel`. If you run into this problem, you can run the one liner below to disable the sandbox: + +```bash +sudo sed -i'' -E "s|#DisableSandbox|DisableSandbox|" /etc/pacman.conf +``` If you installed a distro from the forums, you may have go to the `[Options]` section and delete the lines `IgnorePkg` and `IgnoreGroup`.