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proton event logs (self.linux_gaming)
submitted 1 week ago by blackouttripleseven to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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i installed an addon for a game (flight simulator x), but the game crashes when i select it. adding PROTON_LOG=1 to the launch options doesn't give any useful info, though. i've dealt with similar issues before on windows but fixing those issues required me to use the event viewer and i don't know if wine/proton has a similar program to view the event logs

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[-] who@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The log is a plain text file. No special viewer needed.

Environment Variable Description
PROTON_LOG Convenience method for dumping a useful debug log to $PROTON_LOG_DIR/steam-$APPID.log. Set to 1 to enable default logging, or set to a string to be appended to the default WINEDEBUG channels.
PROTON_LOG_DIR Output log files into the directory specified. Defaults to your home directory.

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/#runtime-config-options

[-] blackouttripleseven 2 points 1 week ago

yeah i know, but i was referring to the event logs that the game outputs, which could be accessed in the windows event viewer; PROTON_LOG=1 only outputs logs from proton (in my case it's just system information and gstreamer warnings)

[-] who@feddit.org 5 points 1 week ago

I think you can set the WINEDEBUG=+eventlog environment variable to make Windows Event Log entries appear on stderr (the standard error stream). You can normally see this output if you run Steam from a terminal window. You may be able to redirect it to a file using Steam launch options, but I've never tried it.

[-] blackouttripleseven 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

i set the env variable and redirected stdout and stderr to different files by adding > out 2>stderr after %command% but nothing important showed up, only some elf class errors and protonfixes information. i guess i'll just reinstall the game. thanks for the help though

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