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There are a lot of bugs in Counter-Strike 2 on Linux.

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#13450 · opened 2026-07-26 by stasgramma · updated 2026-07-26 · 1 comments · github
Sstasgramma 2026-07-26 github

Hello, I'm an Arch Linux user, and I've noticed a number of issues playing Counter-Strike 2 on this system. The first is that sometimes I can enter a match and my mouse won't work. It's functional, I can press ESC to exit the match, etc., but when I try to move the mouse to rotate my character's camera, it's as if the mouse isn't working. If you look closely, you can see that the camera moves very, very slowly, barely even noticeably. It's not even movement, but slight jerking. To solve this, I often close the Steam application and return to the game. Secondly, I can't download played matches, or saved matches. I click "Download," and the game starts loading endlessly, supposedly downloading the match, but after 5 minutes, the game starts lagging, and the download continues endlessly. I also sometimes have a bug with black hands and skins. I'd be grateful if you could fix this! And the last bug is that when connecting Sony WH1000XM4 headphones while in a game, there may sometimes be a huge delay, or the headphones may simply connect but there's no sound. Trying to close the game won't work, so you'll have to restart the PC. I hope you can solve this, and thanks in advance! I'd also like to point out, not about the game itself, but the Steam app. For example, when using shift + tab on Arch Linux, everything lags and slows down. This has only recently appeared. It was always fine, but recently it appeared.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2026-07-26 github

Hello @stasgramma, in general, multi-issue issue reports are bad for any issue tracker. Having written that, we're tracking issues with the Linux native Counter-Strike client in the https://github.com/ValveSoftware/csgo-osx-linux/ issue tracker.

Your first issue is already being tracked at https://github.com/ValveSoftware/csgo-osx-linux/issues/4354.

Your second issue might be https://github.com/ValveSoftware/csgo-osx-linux/issues/3021 or one of these: https://github.com/search?q=repo%3AValveSoftware%2Fcsgo-osx-linux+download+match&type=issues.

The third issue reads like https://github.com/ValveSoftware/csgo-osx-linux/issues/4177.

Your fourth issue reads like a general Linux audio stack / bluetooth issue that should be pondered on the distro side. Maybe something in pipewire?

The last issue reads like the kernel config induced issue that was discussed at https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/13203.

Closing in favor of the older issue reports.