This assumes AMDGPU drivers are already installed and functioning in Steam and/or Lutris; just probably not to the full potential. With AMDGPU installed, there should be some ICD JSON files located at /usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/: I’ve found that the radeon_icd files enable DX-12 in Steam, but the other files may need to be tried. Modify your launcher […]
Bluray playback on Gentoo requires compiling several useflags into VLC and additional dependencies for Bluray and Java (BD menus). Bluray feature film discs are encrypted and require a keyfile to be downloaded and configured in ~/.config/aacs/. A few locations to download the needed KEYDB.cfg file are https://fvonline-db.bplaced.net/ and https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=176924. The keydb.cfg file should be renamed […]
This week starts my second week as a systems admin at DreamHost and it’s meant several big changes which, so far, have all been good. I’m now working out of our Los Angles office 50 floors up in the AON Center with a window looking out towards the Hollywood sign.
This year marked our first ever DreamHost user conference, DreamCon, where we had a successful turnout of nearly 100 customers, conference sponsors, and employees. It was an exciting chance to get out an meet some of our users in person and find out about their background and exactly how their benefitting from our hosting. […]