Hey everyone! I recently rescued an old PC that my family was about to toss and turned it into a home server running Ubuntu. I've loaded it up with some games and Windows applications, and I'm trying to run them on a different device using Bazzite. I've added the apps to Steam and set them to run with Proton (version 9), so that's all good.
However, I've run into an issue: when I reboot or switch to gaming mode on my PC, the server seems to change directories. It gets confusing because every time I re-add the application to Steam, I notice part of the directory has some random characters that change. Just changing to the new directory doesn't seem to fix the launch.
I'm thinking that creating a symlink or a permanent mount would solve this issue, allowing me to link directly and have it work seamlessly, though I'm not sure if this will work in gaming mode.
I've spent two days looking for solutions and kind of messed up my system by blindly editing fstab, which ended with me needing to reinstall Bazzite. So, I'm open to any suggestions, from detailed step-by-step fixes to just giving up on my dreams. Any help would be appreciated!
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What network protocol are you using to connect and mount your server's file systems? If you're using Samba, that could affect the setup. Also, don't stress too much about messing with fstab; you don't actually need to reinstall the whole system. Next time, try booting from a live USB, mount your root filesystem, and fix your fstab that way. Much easier!
Oh man, I totally forgot about that! I'm using Samba since that was in the guide I followed.