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austinp-valve · 2026-08-07 ·
#13485Do you know how the steam.cfg file got there?
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#13307 · 1 comments ·
opened 2026-06-10 · last comment 2026-06-10 by kisak-valve
... removed the `
PROTON_USE_WAYLAND=1` flag from my game and everything started working perfectly and all the issues magically ...
#13266 · 3 comments ·
opened 2026-05-27 · last comment 2026-08-21 by javaJake
#13242 · 2 comments ·
opened 2026-05-22 · last comment 2026-05-22 by larry-oj
#13485 · 8 comments ·
opened 2026-08-05 · last comment 2026-08-07 by austinp-valve
#13208 · 3 comments ·
opened 2026-05-15 · last comment 2026-07-15 by Alien3294
#13239 · 1 comments ·
opened 2026-05-22 · last comment 2026-06-03 by fahjpumps
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