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Brand new install of POP_OS 21.04 No Proton game lauching (any version) : nodrv_CreateWindow

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ValveSoftware/Proton#5142 · opened 2021-09-05 by PCArcade · updated 2021-09-05 · 5 comments · github
PPCArcade 2021-09-05 github

The full error is : 2192.964:00b8:00bc:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow Application tried to create a window, but no driver could be loaded. 2192.964:00b8:00bc:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow The explorer process failed to start.

This is true of everything I attempt to run, vulkaninfo returns correctly, the nvidia drivers for my gtx1080 are installed and working fine.
I can run games using WINE and standard Linux games work perfectly from Steam itself, but nothing at all works using Steam Play

The entire log from Steam is here : https://pastebin.com/w9Nwrv26 (from Distraint 2)

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2021-09-05 github

Hello @PCArcade, please copy your system information from Steam (Steam -> Help -> System Information) and put it in a gist, then include a link to the gist in this issue report. Also, what filesystem are you using with /mnt/games_m2/Games/Steam/?

PPCArcade 2021-09-05 github

Thanks @kisak-valve :

https://gist.github.com/PCArcade/481e5ab027667fa4dfc29db822612bb0

/mnt/games_m2 is NTFS

PPCArcade 2021-09-05 github

I have since deleted Distraint and reinstalled it on an extfs4 partition, the result is the same

The log file for it on native FS is here : https://gist.github.com/PCArcade/25b7fb2ea68e16c9ddfdbd1f0855982a

And this is the result of vulkaninfo: https://gist.github.com/PCArcade/4877664d7af781823c60d0d583cdba16

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2021-09-05 github

The combination of Proton and NTFS is known to be a finicky combination, and https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-runtime/issues/434 may have interfered with your second test attempt. If you want to cleanly retest without that partition being involved, I expect you'd need to check which Steam library folder that Steam Linux Runtime - Soldier and Proton 6.3 are located in, in addition to having the game installed onto a native linux filesystem.

PPCArcade 2021-09-05 github

@kisak-valve Thank you, I had reinstalled Steam Linux Runtime - Soldier into native filesystem, but not the Proton versions, I have moved them and all is working correctly! Thank you :)

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