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voidspace_

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Registered: 2025-11-16

Posts: 1

Cannot get Discord RPC to work via Vesktop and am unsure as to why

So I'm trying to get my activity status to appear on Discord but it won't detect anything whether its Lutris, a recognised game etc.
I'm currently running the following:
- Linux 16.17.8-arch1-1 (64-bit)
- KDE Plasma 6.5.2 for my DE with Wayland as my compositor
- Vesktop 1.6.1 (Vencord 9c3163d) (Discord Stable 468244 (aeb7f87))

I've tried to install arRPC separately but that hasn't worked either, and I do have it enabled within Vesktop's settings

If any more info is required let me know :)

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Miyumi

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Registered: 2026-10-27

Posts: 1

Re: Cannot get Discord RPC to work via Vesktop and am unsure as to why

I am guessing you probably found a way to fix it already, though while I was trying to fix it myself I stumbled upon this, so just in case that happens to anybody else: You need to install it natively for it to work. The flatpak version does not detect it. From what I heard, it cannot "see" outside of itself, therefore it cannot detect what's running on your device.