# Steam EVE Online (appid 8500) on Linux/Proton: launcher opens, but Play immediately stops

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**Category:** EVE Launcher\
**Created:** [January 30, 2026, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/steam-eve-online-appid-8500-on-linux-proton-launcher-opens-but-play-immediately-stops/505719 "2026-01-30T19:14:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Isqui\_Eedstat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/isqui_eedstat/32/489272_2.png) [@Isqui\_Eedstat](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Isqui_Eedstat)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/steam-eve-online-appid-8500-on-linux-proton-launcher-opens-but-play-immediately-stops/505719/1 "2026-01-30T19:14:41Z")

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Steam version of EVE installs and opens launcher, but pressing Play flips back to Play and the client exits immediately. I’m on Linux Mint (Ubuntu 24.04 base), XFCE. Vulkan is working (`vulkaninfo --summary` sees Intel + NVIDIA Quadro M2000M). Proton log shows DXVK init and then X11 `BadMatch` errors.  
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Has anyone seen this with XFCE/xfwm4 or specific Proton versions?

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**Author:** ![Your\_Ex-Girlfriend](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/your_ex-girlfriend/32/429252_2.png) [@Your\_Ex-Girlfriend](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Your_Ex-Girlfriend)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/steam-eve-online-appid-8500-on-linux-proton-launcher-opens-but-play-immediately-stops/505719/2 "2026-01-30T19:28:51Z")

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> **[Linux](https://forums.eveonline.com/c/technology-research/linux/77)**
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> The place to discuss playing EVE on Linux.

Try asking here

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 7:29pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/steam-eve-online-appid-8500-on-linux-proton-launcher-opens-but-play-immediately-stops/505719/3 "2026-04-30T19:29:36Z")

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