Hello guys, my question is basically in the title. I would really like to be able to have the parameter names included when I cursor over a function and open the 'hover' window to show basic info about it. Currently it only shows me the expected types, which while still useful I feel is only a piece of the puzzle when working either with a new library, or a codebase you're not familiar with.

As an example I'm learning ncurses these past couple days, and its significantly flow-breaking to have to switch focus away from the editor to either search on the web what a particular function takes as parameters, or open a separate terminal to read the man page for it. I'm still not familiar with the library so I frequently need to look up what a parameter represents in the context of the code, in addition to what type I should give it. Is there any way to do this while still using clangd as my lsp server?

Ive also included a screenshot of one such hover window for the ncurses function mvprintw.

Hello guys, Ive built a super simple web app to convert google maps urls to the osm format, mainly for my personal use but also for anyone who has this use case as well.

Most link formats work, but there are a couple that have been giving me particular trouble. Here are the formats that work as expected:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Eiffel+Tower/@48.8584,2.2945,17z
https://google.com/maps/place/Statue+of+Liberty/@40.6892,-74.0445,17z
https://maps.app.goo.gl/SoDFgcPJKVPeZXqd8
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Buckingham+Palace/@51.5014,-0.1419,17z
https://www.google.de/maps/place/Brandenburger+Tor/@52.5163,13.3777,17z

These 2 formats dont work on the server, but if I run the app locally they work and give a correct osm formatted link:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/jXqDkM2NWN55kZcd9?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Big+Ben%2C+London

You can test it on the actual website (gmaps2osm.de), but essentially if you try to convert links of this format on the actual website you get an Internal Server Error after around 10 seconds of it thinking.

Right now Im focusing on the .preview.copy formatted links. As you will see from the code below, I am using playwright to headlessly handle googles annoying redirects and consent forms:

from typing import final
from flask import Flask, request, render_template, jsonify
from datetime import datetime
import re
import urllib.parse
import requests
from playwright.sync_api import sync_playwright

# Test urls for regex:
# https://www.google.com/maps/place/Eiffel+Tower/@48.8584,2.2945,17z
# https://google.com/maps/place/Statue+of+Liberty/@40.6892,-74.0445,17z
# https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Big+Ben%2C+London # has an issue, doesnt work
# https://maps.app.goo.gl/4jnZLELvmpvBmFvx8
# https://maps.app.goo.gl/jXqDkM2NWN55kZcd9?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy
# https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Buckingham+Palace/@51.5014,-0.1419,17z
# https://www.google.de/maps/place/Brandenburger+Tor/@52.5163,13.3777,17z

debug_enabled = False
is_headless = not debug_enabled
print(f"is_headless: {is_headless}")
log_file_path = ""
app = Flask(__name__)

GMAPS_URL_RE = re.compile(
	r"""(?x)  # Verbose mode
	^https?://
	(
		(www\.)?
		(google\.[a-z.]+/maps)			  |		# www.google.com/maps, google.co.uk/maps, etc.
		(maps\.google\.[a-z.]+)			  |		# maps.google.com
		(goo\.gl/maps)					  |		# goo.gl/maps
		(maps\.app\.goo\.gl)					# maps.app.goo.gl
		# (maps\.app\.goo\.gl.*\.preview\.copy)	# maps.app.goo.gl(...).preview.copy
	)
	""",
	re.IGNORECASE
)

# ---- Dispatcher
def extract_coordinates(url: str):
	if ".preview.copy" in url:
		return handle_preview_copy_url(url)
	if "maps?q=" in url:
		return handle_browser_resolved_url(url)
	else:
		return handle_standard_url(url)

# ---- Handler: preview.copy links
def handle_preview_copy_url(url: str):
	url = url.split('?')[0]
	input_url = resolve_initial_redirect(url)
	if "consent.google.com" in input_url:
		parsed = urllib.parse.urlparse(input_url)
		query = urllib.parse.parse_qs(parsed.query)
		continue_url = query.get("continue", [""])[0]
		if continue_url:
			input_url = urllib.parse.unquote(continue_url)
		else:
			log_msg("ERROR", "No 'continue' parameter found.")
			return None, input_url
	final_url = extract_with_playwright(input_url)
	coord = extract_coords_from_url(final_url)
	return coord, final_url

# ---- Handler: links with only a query containing place names (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Big+Ben%2C+London)
def handle_browser_resolved_url(url: str):
	input_url = resolve_initial_redirect(url)
	if "consent.google.com" in input_url:
		parsed = urllib.parse.urlparse(input_url)
		query = urllib.parse.parse_qs(parsed.query)
		continue_url = query.get("continue", [""])[0]
		if continue_url:
			input_url = urllib.parse.unquote(continue_url)
		else:
			log_msg("ERROR", "No 'continue' parameter found.")
			return None, input_url
	final_url = extract_with_playwright(input_url)
	coord = extract_coords_from_url(final_url)
	return coord, final_url

# ---- Handler: standard links
def handle_standard_url(url: str):
	try:
		# Follow redirect to get final destination
		response = requests.head(url, allow_redirects=True, timeout=10)
		final_url = response.url
		log_msg("DEBUG", "Final URL:", final_url)
	except requests.RequestException as e:
		raise RuntimeError(f"Failed to resolve standard URL: {e}")
	coords = extract_coords_from_url(final_url)
	return coords, final_url

# ---- Utility: redirect resolver
def resolve_initial_redirect(url: str):
	try:
		response = requests.get(url, allow_redirects=True, timeout=10)
		return response.url
	except Exception as e:
		log_msg("ERROR", "Redirect failed: ", e)
		return url

# ---- Utility: use playwright to get the final rendered URL
def extract_with_playwright(url:str):
	with sync_playwright() as p:
		browser = p.chromium.launch(headless=is_headless)
		page = browser.new_page()
		page.goto(url)
		# Click reject button if necessary
		try:
			page.locator('button:has-text("Reject all")').first.click(timeout=5000)
		except:
			pass # No reject button
		page.wait_for_function(
				"""() => window.location.href.includes('/@')""",
				timeout=15000
		)
		final_url = page.url
		log_msg("DEBUG", "Final URL: ", final_url)
		browser.close()
		return final_url

# ---- Utility: extract coordinates with regex patterns
def extract_coords_from_url(url: str):
	patterns = [
		r'/@([-.\d]+),([-.\d]+)',				 # Matches /@lat,lon
		r'/place/([-.\d]+),([-.\d]+)',			 # Matches /place/lat,lon
		r'/search/([-.\d]+),\+?([-.\d]+)',
		r'[?&]q=([-.\d]+),([-.\d]+)',			 # Matches ?q=lat,lon
		r'[?&]ll=([-.\d]+),([-.\d]+)',			 # Matches ?ll=lat,lon
		r'[?&]center=([-.\d]+),([-.\d]+)',		 # Matches ?center=lat,lon
		r'!3d([-.\d]+)!4d([-.\d]+)'				 # Matches !3dlat!4dlon
	]
	for pattern in patterns:
		match = re.search(pattern, url)
		if match:
			return match.groups()
	return None

# ---- Utility: logging function to output and write to file
def log_msg(level: str, msg: str, optional_arg = None):
	ts = datetime.now()
	iso_ts = ts.isoformat()
	if level == "DEBUG" and debug_enabled == False:
		return
	if optional_arg:
		log_line = f"[{iso_ts}]:[{level}]: {msg} {optional_arg}"
	else:
		log_line = f"[{iso_ts}]:[{level}]: {msg}"
	print(log_line)
	with open(log_file_path+"gmaps2osm_logs.txt", "a") as log_file:
		log_file.write(log_line+"\n")

@app.route("/", methods=["GET", "POST"])
def index():
	result = {}
	if request.method == "POST":
		url = request.form.get("gmaps_url", "").strip()
		log_msg("DEBUG", "URL:", url)
		if not url:
			result["error"] = "Please enter a Google Maps URL."
			log_msg("DEBUG", "Not a URL")
		else:
			try:
				if not GMAPS_URL_RE.search(url):
					result["error"] = "Please enter a valid Google Maps URL."
				else:
					coords, final_url = extract_coordinates(url)
					log_msg("DEBUG", "coords:", coords)
					if coords:
						lat, lon = coords
						result["latitude"] = lat
						result["longitude"] = lon
						result["osm_link"] = f"https://osmand.net/map?pin=%7Blat%7D%2C%7Blon%7D#16/{lat}/{lon}"
					else:
						raise ValueError("No coordinates found in the URL.")
			except ValueError as e:
				result["error"] = f"Error resolving or parsing URL: {e}"
	return render_template("index.html", **result)

if __name__ == "__main__":
	app.run(debug=True)

You can view all the code at the github: https://github.com/promitheas17j/gmaps2osm

But essentially its running as a docker container (my first project using docker woowoo) and this is the output of the logs on the server when I enter such a link:

$ docker logs -f gmaps2osm
[2025-08-15 17:42:00,132] ERROR in app: Exception on / [POST]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/flask/app.py", line 1511, in wsgi_app
    response = self.full_dispatch_request()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/flask/app.py", line 919, in full_dispatch_request
    rv = self.handle_user_exception(e)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/flask/app.py", line 917, in full_dispatch_request
    rv = self.dispatch_request()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/flask/app.py", line 902, in dispatch_request
    return self.ensure_sync(self.view_functions[rule.endpoint])(**view_args)  # type: ignore[no-any-return]
  File "/app/app.py", line 164, in index
    coords, final_url = extract_coordinates(url)
  File "/app/app.py", line 42, in extract_coordinates
    return handle_preview_copy_url(url)
  File "/app/app.py", line 61, in handle_preview_copy_url
    final_url = extract_with_playwright(input_url)
  File "/app/app.py", line 113, in extract_with_playwright
    page.wait_for_url("**/@**", timeout=15000)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/playwright/sync_api/_generated.py", line 9162, in wait_for_url
    self._sync(
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/playwright/_impl/_sync_base.py", line 115, in _sync
    return task.result()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/playwright/_impl/_page.py", line 584, in wait_for_url
    return await self._main_frame.wait_for_url(**locals_to_params(locals()))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/playwright/_impl/_frame.py", line 263, in wait_for_url
    async with self.expect_navigation(
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/playwright/_impl/_event_context_manager.py", line 33, in __aexit__
    await self._future
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/playwright/_impl/_frame.py", line 239, in continuation
    event = await waiter.result()
playwright._impl._errors.TimeoutError: Timeout 15000ms exceeded.
=========================== logs ===========================
waiting for navigation to "**/@**" until 'load'
============================================================

This was when I gave this URL as input: https://maps.app.goo.gl/jXqDkM2NWN55kZcd9?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy

Anyone have any idea why playwright is throwing errors at me?

Thanks in advance, I really appreciate any help you can give me. Ive been banging my head about this issue on and off the past couple of months.

Hello everyone!

As the title says, I am trying to set up email alerts on my server whenever there is a successful ssh connection (will also setup the same for failed connections with fail2ban later). I already have the email script created and it works (I use it to monitor the directories containing all of these security scripts for changes so that I also get notified if anything critical is modified or deleted in those directories).

I also created a very basic user called test for - you guessed it - testing purposes. This user doesn't have a home directory or anything like that.

Here are the relevant scripts:

$ cat /usr/local/bin/login-alert.sh
#!/bin/bash

# Sends alerts only for real terminals not cron jobs
if [[ -n "$SSH_CONNECTION" ]]; then
	USERNAME=$(whoami)
	IP=$(echo $SSH_CONNECTION | awk '{print $1}')
	HOST=$(hostname)
	DATETIME=$(date)
	/usr/local/bin/semail \
		-s "[CRITICAL] SSH Login to $HOST" \
	 	-b "Login detected:\n\nUser: $USERNAME\nIP: $IP\nTime: $DATETIME\nTTY: $SSH_TTY"
fi

$ cat /usr/local/bin/semail
#!/bin/bash

# Default values
TO="my_email@here.com"
FROM="notifications@my_server.com"
SUBJECT=""
BODY=""
BODY_FILE=""


# Help function
show_help() {
cat <<EOF
Usage: $0 [OPTIONS]

Send a test email using Postfix.

Options:
  -t, --to EMAIL            Recipient email address (default: $TO)
  -s, --subject TEXT        Subject of the email (required)
  -b, --body TEXT           Body text of the email
  -f, --body-file FILE      File to read body text from (overrides --body)
  -h, --help                Show this help message

If no body or body-file is provided, you will be prompted to enter the body interactively.

Examples:
  $0 -s "Test subject" -b "Hello\nThis is a test"
  $0 --subject "Test" --body-file message.txt
EOF
}

# Parse arguments
while [[ "$#" -gt 0 ]]; do
	case "$1" in
		-t|--to)
			TO="$2"
			shift 2
			;;
		-s|--subject)
			SUBJECT="$2"
			shift 2
			;;
		-b|--body)
			BODY="$2"
			shift 2
			;;
		-f|--body-file)
			BODY_FILE="$2"
			shift 2
			;;
		-h|--help)
			show_help
			exit 0
			;;
		*)
			echo "Unknown option: $1"
			show_help
			exit 1
			;;
	esac
done

# Validate required parameters
if [[ -z "$SUBJECT" ]]; then
	echo "Error: --subject is required."
	show_help
	exit 1
fi

# Handle body input
if [[ -n "$BODY_FILE" ]]; then
	if [[ ! -f "$BODY_FILE" ]]; then
		echo "Error: Body file '$BODY_FILE' does not exist."
		exit 1
	fi
	BODY=$(<"$BODY_FILE")
elif [[ -z "$BODY" ]]; then
	echo "Enter the body of the email (end with Ctrl-D):"
	BODY=$(</dev/stdin)
fi

# Send email
{
	echo "From: $FROM"
	echo "To: $TO"
	echo "Subject: $SUBJECT"
	echo "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8"
	echo
	printf "%b\n" "$BODY"
} | /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -f "$FROM"

# /usr/sbin/sendmail -f "$FROM" "$TO" <<EOF
# From: $FROM
# To: $TO
# Subject: $SUBJECT

# $BODY
# EOF

echo "Email sent to $TO"

And here is the output I see when I login as the test user:

ssh test@my_server.com
test@my_server.com's password:
dir=/ failed: exit code 2
dir=/ failed: exit code 2
Linux my_server 6.1.0-37-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.140-1 (2025-05-22) x86_64

The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.

Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by applicable law.
Last login: Fri Aug 15 07:08:24 2025 from my_ip_address
Could not chdir to home directory /home/test: No such file or directory

I don't get email alerts for any user, neither the test user nor my regular admin user.

Here is my /etc/pam.d/sshd relevant lines:

# Standard Un*x session setup and teardown.
account optional pam_exec.so seteuid dir=/ /usr/local/bin/login_notify.sh
@include common-session

I also tried with session instead of account and without the dir=/ part.

Can anyone help me troubleshoot this please?

Thanks in advance. Of course if you need any more info I'll do my best to provide it :)

Hello guys. I have island installed and have my "work profile" installed, which contains among others my browser in the island tab. The situation is that I have several PWAs that I dont want to receive notifications for while I am at work as they are distracting and unnecessarily annoying, but I want to receive them normally while not at work.

I have been trying to figure out how to get it set up so that I can both trigger the actions at scheduled times, or manually through the quick tile I created from macrodroid (my work hours are not really stable/fixed).

However, when testing with a push notification testing site, regardless what I do I still get the notifications.

Here is my setup so far:

Macros:
Enable Work Profile
--------------------------
Triggers:
    Day/Time: 08:00 Mon, Fri
    Quick Tile On/Press

Actions:
    Action 1:
        Target: Broadcast
        Send Intent: island.intent.action.FREEZE_APP
        Extra 1: package_name = com.brave.browser
    Action 2:
        Display Notification (with a message saying work mode enabled)

Constraints: None

Disable Work Profile
--------------------------
Triggers:
    Quick Tile Off

Actions:
    Action 1:
        Target: Broadcast
        Send Intent: island.intent.action.UNFREEZE_APP
        Extra 1: package_name = com.brave.browser
    Action 2:
        Display Notification (with a message saying work mode disabled)

Constraints:
    Day of the Week: Mon
    Time of Day: 19:00 - 19:01
------------------- OR --------------------------
    Day of the Week: Fri
    Time of Day: 22:00 - 22:01

Some things to note:

I am using /e/os version 3.0.1-t-20250606498724-official-FP5 Android is version 13

What am I doing wrong here? Ideally I would like to have as few apps installed as possible to achieve a single task, but as I understand it macrodroid doesnt have the necessary permissions to affect other apps notifications (hence why island is necessary).

If there is another way which is easier to achieve what I am trying to do I'm all ears, however I do not want to use do not disturb for this purpose because obviously I need to be able to use my phone normally while at work except for those 2-3 apps I dont want to receive notifications for, but there are also situations where I want a full DND experience where I will get nothing coming through, not even alarms (e.g. meetings/classes, etc). Also for those unfamiliar with /e/os, it doesn't currently have the Focus Mode feature so that is also out of the picture.

Many thanks in advance!

[Solution at end]

Essentially what the title sais.

I want to give this genre a try, but I also want to use mods. Also, Im on Linux so if there are any extra steps I need to do if I install through lutris/steam (as non-steam game) then I would really appreciate your input. The only reason I am currently considering steam as a non-steam game for the install method is just so I dont fragment my games library too much across multiple platforms/apps. If there is any reason not to install it in steam please also let me know.

Much appreciated!!!

[SOLUTION]

Turns out the torrent I found was just a .rar file of the game with the crack file already there. All I had to do was unpack it, then add it through Lutris as a locally installed .exe. I did have to change the runner to proton-ge as the default wine would not start the game. I also had to go into the prefix it created and apply this fix (steamcommunity link) to get it to stop displaying an annoying pop-up message every 30 minutes or so (yet to test it out, but it should work. Will edit again if it doesnt remove the pop-up message).

Also, strangely enough at least for my experience with pirating games, the in-game mod "store" worked perfectly, and I didn't need to manually move files to a mods folder, though I'm sure that would also work just as well.

EDIT 2: The workaround to edit the playtime in the game files worked and I no longer get the pop-up message.

Hey guys. I just got a Genesis Thor 300 TKL keyboard which doesnt work from my brother. I've got a Glorious GMMK v1 TKL keyboard. Is it possible to desolder the MX Blue switches from the broken Genesis keyboard and use them in the Glorious keyboard which at least to my knowledge is hotswappable?

Thanks in advance!

Hello guys! A few days ago my current phone fell flat on its screen and it cracked. It's still usable, but its already quite old, and I've been wanting to switch to Fairphone because I like what they are doing as a company, and I like that I can get a device with a degoogled OS directly from them.

However, currently only the 128GB/6GB storage/ram version of the /e/os Fairphone 5 is in stock.

I mainly use my device for media (youtube -> free alternative, stremio, ebooks, etc), calls/texts, and texting through internet messenger apps.

Finally, my question: do you guys think I should wait for the 256GB/8GB version to be back in stock, or just get the currently available one. I don't play mobile games so I dont need anything fancy in that regard.

It is worth it to note that my current device has 128GB storage but 8GB ram, which is more what I am wondering about whether it will be enough. I don't want it to be unusably laggy a few years down the line, I plan on having my next device for at least 8 years, more if possible.

Anyway, thanks for all the help in advance!

Edit: will wait for the 256GB/8GB version to be back in stock. Thanks for all the advice!

Hello everyone! I recently decided to reignite my passion for learning about kernel development, so I printed out the third edition of Linux Device Drivers by J. Corbet + others. In the book it is stated that they assume you have the 2.6.10 kernel. I decided to set up a virtual machine using virt-manager so that I can work through most of the book (I realise VMs dont allow for many things when developing drivers, where physical access to hardware is required, but its the best option for now until I can get a RPi or something else).

I decided to go with Ubuntu Dapper Drake, as it has a kernel version pretty close to what is used in the book, so I figured there wouldn't be much friction when trying to install the specific 2.6.10 version (Dapper Drake is on 2.6.15, at least the one I got). However, I am encountering an issue with my networking. I have set up the NAT bridge from my regular WIFI internet connection to my virtual machines, set my dapper drake installation to use that in the NIC settings, but it doesnt connect.

Here are some commands and their output from the guest OS:

$ ifconfig -a
lo
<loopback information yada yada>

sit0
<yada yada>

$ lspci | grep -i ethernet
0000:01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Unknown device 1af4:1041 (rev 01)

The second command's output leads me to believe that a device is detected but the OS doesnt know what to do with it because I dont have the virtio drivers for networking installed.

I've searched everywhere for a way to download them either as source or as a .deb package so I can transfer them to the guest OS using a disk drive I will create, but I cant find them anywhere. Everywhere I look, everyone says that for linux they are already included in the kernel (might not be true for the distribution I have as a guest).

So here is my question(s) finally: Where can I find virtio-tools either as a .deb package or as source with instruction to build on a distribution of around the age of dapper drake, or if there is another way and I am wrongly fixated on this, how can I set up networking by passing through my regular internet from the host to the guest, so that I can use stuff like github to write the driver code on my host and easily transfer it to the guest for compilation/testing?

Please be gentle. Dapper drake released around 2006 and it wasn't until 2016 when I first used linux in any form, so I am used to a little more quality of life in my distributions xD /j

As always, many thanks in advance to everyone taking time to answer :)

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/23382188

Hello everyone! I have this issue with my steam on arch linux where it takes about 5 minutes and sometimes more to start, then I keep getting connection errors when trying to sign in. Ive opened an issue on the github page you can read for more details (logs etc)

Basically now I'm wondering if I should just reinstall steam and see if that fixes it. Here is the situation though. I have a steam library in my /home partition, as well as on a separate hard drive which is always mounted. I have copied the steamapps directory from the home side of things to a temporary location, so I assume if I reinstall and copy it back I should have all my games and stuff set up exactly as they were before the issue? Also, do I need to backup the steamapps directory from the hard drive which is separate to /home?

The reason I'm so hesitant to just wipe everything and reinstall, is because I spent a good couple of weeks trying to get Silent Hunter 3 set up with steamtinkerlaunch, and even on release it was quite a finnicky game, let alone 20-something years later on linux running through proton, and now I have it at a point where it works.

Anyway, I would love some help, so thanks in advance!

P.s. Updating system didn't solve issue

Just checked, and I have all the dependencies listed on the package page satisfied in some form. Now, whether some version is slightly outdated, I don't know how to check

Reinstalling steam doesn't seem to fix the issue.

pacman -R steam-native-runtime steam
pacman -S steam

When launching from the terminal again I get the same output. The 2 lines that stand out are the following:

src/clientdll/steamengine.cpp (2773) : Assertion Failed: CSteamEngine::BMainLoop appears to have stalled > 15 seconds without event signalled
src/clientdll/steamengine.cpp (2773) : Assertion Failed: CSteamEngine::BMainLoop appears to have stalled > 15 seconds without event signalled

Any ideas how I can troubleshoot this?

[SOLUTION] I had to run

pacman -Syu steam

which seems to have also installed a package called lsb-release

Im not sure why running a full system upgrade and also uninstalling and reinstalling steam didn't also grab this package when I did those, but there you go. I do a full system update by simply running yay as to my understanding that is the same as running yay -Syu but it first runs pacman -Syu. If anyone could provide some insight into why that might be I would appreciate that so I can learn from this experience. Thanks again everyone who tried to help!

[SOLUTION AT END OF POST]

Hello again. A few days ago I made the post in the link above which is about getting Silent Hunter 3 working with the LSH3 megamod, and I got a great answer in there to use steamtinkerlaunch to run separate executables just once (e.g. to install JSGME mod manager and to install the actual megamod LSH3).

After playing for a bit I decided I want a little more control over what mods are installed, and decided to switch to the GWX megamod, so I completely uninstalled SH3 and its folder in the steamapps/common folder, and reinstalled it cleanly. Then using wine I ran the 4GB patch so that the game would use 4GB instead of 2GB memory which is required for running many mods. The memory usage can get quite high. After that I loaded all my desired mods with JSGME.

The game starts fine, and I can do all the training missions and the single missions, but I cant start a campaign. After the loading bar for entering a campaign patrol fills up, there is a delay of a couple minutes (normal for GWX as during that stage it is loading all its mods and any other mods you have enabled), and then crashes to desktop. This clearly means that it is running out of memory while loading mods. However after running the patcher to increase the memory limit of the executable I get a new sh3.exe file and my original gets renamed to sh3.exe.Backup, which seems to show that the patch has been applied correctly.

Could anyone help me diagnose this issue please?

Thanks in advance!

Edit 1 (SOLUTION): So what ended up working for me was simply making the game run using proton 6.3-8. I did try version 4.3 as well, but that didnt seem to be working that well with the widegui mod I have. Thanks to all who gave suggestions!

Edit 2: Editing to add 2 more things to the solution. Because of frequent crashes while in the career patrol, I ended up lowering the Particle Density to 90 and also do not create any saves while out on patrol. Not sure which of the two actually stopped the crashing, but so far I've played for about 20 hours with no crash.

Hello guys! Recently re watched Das Boot (amazing film btw for those who haven't seen it, highly recommend) and that inspired me to install my SH3 from steam. The thing is its the first time I'm going to be playing on Linux, and I'm a bit stumped on how I can install the LSH3 supermod. The instructions for the 2022 version of LSH3 state that you simply run the provided .exe (due to this being steam proton I placed it in the game directory but this doesn't seem to be required) and run it. However I can't seem to figure out how I can use an existing proton environment to run an executable which is not the actual steam game for that environment. Can anybody help with this?

As a bonus question, because this game is quite old there are quite a few mods available for it, and the best way to activate them after downloading (on windows at least) is through JSGME. However I also cant figure out how to install that in the game directory. I have downloaded its installer but dont know how to actually run it.

I have included the link to the LSH3 2022 install manual as well as a screenshot of my game directory with files related to this post circled.

Any insight would be amazing!