My GPU ain't doing a dang thing for Vulkan... | Arch Linux Community | Page 1

fluid cove May 11, 2023, 4:45 PM

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ERROR: [../mesa-23.0.3/src/amd/vulkan/radv_device.c:766] Code 0 : Device '/dev/dri/renderD128' is not using the AMDGPU kernel driver: Invalid argument (VK_ERROR_INCOMPATIBLE_DRIVER)
ERROR: [Loader Message] Code 0 : setup_loader_term_phys_devs:  Failed to detect any valid GPUs in the current config
ERROR at /usr/src/debug/vulkan-tools/Vulkan-Tools-1.3.245/vulkaninfo/vulkaninfo.h:237:vkEnumeratePhysicalDevices failed with ERROR_INITIALIZATION_FAILED```

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02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Turks XT [Radeon HD 6670/7670]```

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My GPU ain't doing a dang thing for Vulkan...

fluid cove May 11, 2023, 5:21 PM

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I know my drivers are in the wrong order, but I can't fix that

==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux-zen.preset: 'default'
  -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-zen.img
==> ERROR: Unable to write to '/boot/initramfs-linux-zen.img'
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux-zen.preset: 'fallback'
  -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-zen-fallback.img -S autodetect
==> ERROR: Unable to write to '/boot/initramfs-linux-zen-fallback.img'
[iijj22gg@IsArchDesktop ~]$ mkinitcpio -P
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux-zen.preset: 'default'
  -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-zen.img
==> ERROR: Unable to write to '/boot/initramfs-linux-zen.img'
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux-zen.preset: 'fallback'
  -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-zen-fallback.img -S autodetect
==> ERROR: Unable to write to '/boot/initramfs-linux-zen-fallback.img'

split grotto May 12, 2023, 12:25 AM

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Do you actually have an amd gpu?

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When installing Steam, you get a choice for lib32-vulkan-driver. The first choice alphabetically is for amd, which you automatically pick if you just press Enter.
Then your Vulkan gets fucked up.

split grotto May 12, 2023, 12:27 AM

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fluid cove ```[iijj22gg@IsArchDesktop ~]$ lspci | grep VGA 02:00.0 VGA compatible controlle...

ok you indeed have an AMD GPU :D
I'm a bit inebriated, so I missed that part.

split grotto May 12, 2023, 12:27 AM

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fluid cove I know my drivers are in the wrong order, but I can't fix that ```[iijj22gg@IsA...

what do you mean by this?

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not using the AMDGPU kernel driver
What are you using if not the amdgpu driver included in the kernel?

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OK, it seems your GPU is quite old and missed the supported models for the AMDGPU module by 1 year.

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I am not sure, but as far as I have checked (with no personal experience with such GPUs), your GPU may not be supporting Vulkan.

split grotto May 12, 2023, 12:53 AM

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https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Vulkan#Installation

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OK, do you have amdvlk or vulkan-radeon?

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Which of these packages (or both?) do you have?
lib32-vulkan-radeon
lib32-amdvlk

split grotto May 12, 2023, 12:56 AM

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fluid cove I know my drivers are in the wrong order, but I can't fix that ```[iijj22gg@IsA...

And this is a separate issue

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 2:15 AM

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split grotto Which of these packages (or both?) do you have? lib32-vulkan-radeon lib32-amdvlk

I have both

split grotto May 12, 2023, 2:16 AM

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ok, try removing lib32-amdvlk and amdvlk

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but first; lspci -k | grep -A 3 VGA to make sure that your system is properly using the radeon driver.

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 2:20 AM

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split grotto but first; `lspci -k | grep -A 3 VGA` to make sure that your system is properly ...

I forgot I uninstalled amdvlk earlier today

split grotto May 12, 2023, 2:21 AM

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ok, does this exist?
lib32-vulkan-radeon

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do this to make sure there are no other vulkan driver packages:
pacman -Qs vulk

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 3:00 AM

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split grotto do this to make sure there are no other vulkan driver packages: `pacman -Qs vulk...

split grotto May 12, 2023, 3:03 AM

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ok looks fine

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do you still get the same message as your first post?

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 3:05 AM

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Yes

split grotto May 12, 2023, 3:06 AM

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VK_ICD_FILENAMES=/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/radeon_icd.i686.json:/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/radeon_icd.x86_64.json steam

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the wiki says to try running steam with this

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oh

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try that with vulkaninfo

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VK_ICD_FILENAMES=/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/radeon_icd.i686.json:/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/radeon_icd.x86_64.json vulkaninfo

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 3:11 AM

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split grotto May 12, 2023, 3:11 AM

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btw this should exist; you tried to remove it before. lib32-vulkan-radeon

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 3:31 AM

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split grotto btw this **should** exist; you tried to remove it before. lib32-vulkan-radeon

split grotto May 12, 2023, 3:34 AM

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fluid cove

if this is the state of your packages, and it still does not work, and if you tried it with amdvlk too, i can't think of trying anything else :(

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 3:35 AM

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:(

main lodge May 12, 2023, 4:18 AM

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@fluid cove do you use grub?

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 4:18 AM

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Yes

main lodge May 12, 2023, 4:18 AM

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Try booting with these kernel parameters radeon.si_support=0 amdgpu.si_support=1

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Do you know how to add them to grub's config?

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 4:19 AM

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No...

main lodge May 12, 2023, 4:20 AM

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In the /etc/default/grub file

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On the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=

main lodge May 12, 2023, 4:20 AM

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main lodge Try booting with these kernel parameters ```radeon.si_support=0 amdgpu.si_suppor...

Add those

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And then save the file

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After that do sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

split grotto May 12, 2023, 4:22 AM

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make sure /boot is mounted first by checking lsblk

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 4:22 AM

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I'm using MBR

split grotto May 12, 2023, 4:22 AM

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oh ok

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yeah, old PC :D

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 4:23 AM

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Yep lol. It supports SSDs though :)

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main lodge May 12, 2023, 4:25 AM

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yep

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save it

main lodge May 12, 2023, 4:25 AM

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main lodge After that do ```sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg```

^

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 4:25 AM

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main lodge save it

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main lodge May 12, 2023, 4:25 AM

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Umm what did you press

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Oh

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 4:26 AM

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main lodge Umm what did you press

Ctrl + S

main lodge May 12, 2023, 4:26 AM

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If you just ctrl + X it will ask you to save btw

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Can you cat /etc/default/grub just to make sure

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That it's correct

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 4:27 AM

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I usually just hold Ctrl and press S and then X

main lodge May 12, 2023, 4:27 AM

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I'm not very familiar with nano keybinds 😅

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 4:27 AM

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Easier than :wq

main lodge May 12, 2023, 4:28 AM

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Reboot now

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 4:28 AM

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Scuffed Gnome visuals lol

main lodge May 12, 2023, 4:28 AM

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Yeah it's fine

split grotto May 12, 2023, 4:28 AM

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btw, probably no effect for this, but you could use the default kernel rather than zen

main lodge May 12, 2023, 4:29 AM

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After reboot post the output of lspci -k

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 4:30 AM

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split grotto btw, probably no effect for this, but you could use the default kernel rather th...

True, but zen sounds cool. And they say it's a bit better

split grotto May 12, 2023, 4:30 AM

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lspci -k | grep -A 3 VGA
to see just the GPU

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 4:30 AM

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Yep

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It hangs a bit before gdm starts

main lodge May 12, 2023, 4:31 AM

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hmm

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 4:31 AM

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It starts eventually LOL

main lodge May 12, 2023, 4:31 AM

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Oh

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lol

main lodge May 12, 2023, 4:32 AM

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fluid cove It hangs a bit before gdm starts

Weirdly enough I have the same issue on my laptop

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It takes like a minute for gdm to show up :p

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Hangs on a non-blinking cursor

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 4:33 AM

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I made this installation from my laptop using the arch install Scripts and I forgot to swap off the laptop swap memory before I generated the nitramfs

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That was a pain before I figured it out

main lodge May 12, 2023, 4:34 AM

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Not sure I understood :p

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 4:35 AM

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It was looking for a swap partition that didn't exist while booting, it would just sit there a while and time out

main lodge May 12, 2023, 4:35 AM

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Ohh

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Weird

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 4:36 AM

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There are side effects when you don't use the arch installation media, I used my laptop and attached the drive externally instead

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Lol

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Okay....

main lodge May 12, 2023, 4:37 AM

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Hmm still using radeon

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 4:37 AM

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Is there a log file somewhere I can look at?

main lodge May 12, 2023, 4:38 AM

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Can you paste your journal: journalctl -b | curl -F 'f:1=<-' ix.io

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The wiki section on this is a little messy I feel like

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 4:39 AM

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curl: (52) Empty reply from server

main lodge May 12, 2023, 4:39 AM

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Umm, can you try again

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Sometimes it doesn't work first try

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Also make sure you're properly connected to the internet

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 4:40 AM

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http://ix.io/4vGI

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What is that

split grotto May 12, 2023, 4:40 AM

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As far as I checked, their GPU is not covered by the amdgpu driver, but i have no experience with this personally

main lodge May 12, 2023, 4:40 AM

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fluid cove What is that

Paste bin service

main lodge May 12, 2023, 4:40 AM

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split grotto As far as I checked, their GPU is not covered by the amdgpu driver, but i have n...

The thing is the output of lpsci doesn't show the exact model of the gpu

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If it's HD 7000 then it is supported

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Do you know which exact model it is?

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 4:41 AM

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6670

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It's an old iBuyPower rig, not sure why the previous owner replaced the GPU with that

main lodge May 12, 2023, 4:42 AM

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Ohh

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 4:43 AM

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Or I should say the first owner, I'm the 3rd

main lodge May 12, 2023, 4:43 AM

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If it's the 6670 then it doesn't have amdgpu support

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I'm sorry I thought it was the 7670

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 4:43 AM

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Vulkan though...

main lodge May 12, 2023, 4:43 AM

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Shouldn't have assumed

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I was going off of this https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Vulkan#AMDGPU_-_ERROR_INITIALIZATION_FAILED_after_vulkaninfo

Vulkan

split grotto May 12, 2023, 4:44 AM

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HD7750 - HD7970, HD7790
These would be the only supported ones with "HD"

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on AMD card from GCN1 or GCN2 family
Their's is not GCN

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 4:45 AM

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Is there some experimental drivers or something?

split grotto May 12, 2023, 4:45 AM

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:(

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there is a software one, but it does not have a lib32

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 4:46 AM

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mesa-amber?

split grotto May 12, 2023, 4:46 AM

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vulkan-swrast

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 4:47 AM

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Oh, just noticed the ix.io favicon

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LOL

split grotto May 12, 2023, 4:48 AM

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https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Vulkan#Software_Vulkan:_lavapipe

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 4:49 AM

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Hey, something different!

[iijj22gg@IsArchDesktop ~]$ vulkaninfo
WARNING: [Loader Message] Code 0 : terminator_CreateInstance: Failed to CreateInstance in ICD 2.  Skipping ICD.
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

main lodge May 12, 2023, 4:51 AM

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Yeah you need the amdgpu driver otherwise i'm not sure you can use vulkan

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And it's not supported for your card :/

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1 gen newer and it would have been supported 😅

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 4:52 AM

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I can't afford the PC, but I might be able to shell out for an old used 7000 or 8000

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Wait why are they still $300 on Newegg

split grotto May 12, 2023, 4:54 AM

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is lib32 really needed?

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you can try using vulkan-swrast

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 4:55 AM

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I'm just trying to run some Proton stuff that won't work with WINED3D

split grotto May 12, 2023, 4:55 AM

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lib32 versions of the vulkan drivers are a dependency for steam, but i guess it won't be used for most games

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we can give it a shot?

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sudo pacman -S vulkan-swrast

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LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1 __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=mesa VK_ICD_FILENAMES=/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/lvp_icd.i686.json:/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/lvp_icd.x86_64.json vulkaninfo

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 4:57 AM

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split grotto `LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1 __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=mesa VK_ICD_FILENAMES=/usr/sh...

The top row... do I have to set more kernel parameters?

split grotto May 12, 2023, 4:58 AM

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no that's just the command

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the entire thing. setting envvars before running vulkaninfo

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environment variables, to let vulkaninfo know to use this driver

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 4:59 AM

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Oh boy

split grotto May 12, 2023, 4:59 AM

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ok it seems to work in fundamentals

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but it may not work properly for games

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 5:00 AM

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I'm just experimenting

split grotto May 12, 2023, 5:00 AM

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you're using steam right?
try launching steam instead of vulkaninfo with those variables

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 5:00 AM

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Okay

split grotto May 12, 2023, 5:01 AM

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then, try putting the variables in the game's launch options in steam. like this:

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 5:01 AM

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Vulkan missing requested extension 'VK_KHR_xlib_surface'.
BInit - Unable to initialize Vulkan!

split grotto May 12, 2023, 5:02 AM

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you're using steam btw right?

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for the game

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 5:02 AM

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Just regular Steam... what do you mean?

split grotto May 12, 2023, 5:02 AM

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if using Lutris or something else i mean...

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 5:03 AM

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Woah, Steam is really laggy

split grotto May 12, 2023, 5:03 AM

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ok. launch Steam normally, try putting them in the game's options like i mentioned instead

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with %command% at end.

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 5:04 AM

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Yeah, Steam is way better normally lol

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Okay, I'm trying to launch a DX11 title

split grotto May 12, 2023, 5:05 AM

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if it runs, the game will probably perform badly too :.)

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 5:05 AM

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Nope

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Didn't even run

split grotto May 12, 2023, 5:06 AM

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any errors?

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 5:06 AM

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Let me launch Steam from the terminal

split grotto May 12, 2023, 5:07 AM

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afterwards check if previously working games still work.
since the grub config additions... might need to remove those now.

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 5:09 AM

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Hmm, no errors in the terminal

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Probably will need to check game log

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Previously running games seem to work

split grotto May 12, 2023, 5:11 AM

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Sanic pog

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 5:12 AM

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I don't currently have any 3D games working though

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Just 2D

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Unless it's native ofc

split grotto May 12, 2023, 5:14 AM

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did you try this?
PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 %command%

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 5:15 AM

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Yeah, that's what I have to use to get the 2D games to run

split grotto May 12, 2023, 5:15 AM

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older proton versions seem to work btw

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with that command

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it seems it doesn't work after some version

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let's see

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 5:16 AM

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I have to use older versions on the 2D games too

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Proton 6 is the latest for most titles

split grotto May 12, 2023, 5:16 AM

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i see

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 5:16 AM

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I usually just use 4 to be safe

split grotto May 12, 2023, 5:17 AM

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RIP.
seems your GPU is unable to run this game

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what is the game? did you check protondb and winehq for it?

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 5:17 AM

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While I can get 3D titles to work on my laptop, random stuff like Sonic mania just won't work

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My laptop's chipset is actually unsupported by Proton

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 5:19 AM

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split grotto what is the game? did you check protondb and winehq for it?

Redout

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It works on Epic with Heroic (at atrocious framerates), but not Steam

split grotto May 12, 2023, 5:21 AM

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i don't think performance would be different anyway

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 5:22 AM

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Could be

I found a 7970 for $50 on Ebay... would that price suggest it's broken?

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Oh nevermind it's Powercolor

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Found the same thing FOR PARTS at $35

split grotto May 12, 2023, 5:24 AM

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no idea :)
you could try to get an entire newer laptop for relatively cheap, rather than investing in this one though

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 5:24 AM

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I like my trusty Latitude though

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Would be cheaper to invest in the 7970, I don't play stuff like Halo Infinite or Doom Eternal

split grotto May 12, 2023, 5:32 AM

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seems that one may work with the kernel parameters. you could go for it.

fluid cove May 12, 2023, 5:36 AM

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Should work with my motherboard too

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Well, I'll keep an eye on things and buy that or a similar GPU when I get some money coming in again

#My GPU ain't doing a dang thing for Vulkan...