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steam fails to initialize Vulkan for both native and Proton titles... follow up

steamclosed Distro Family: UbuntuDistro-provided steam package
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#10046 · opened 2023-09-05 by leder11011 · updated 2023-10-03 · 7 comments · github
Lleder11011 2023-09-05 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date):
    Steam Version: 1693527575
    Steam Client Build Date: Thu, Aug 31 11:03 PM UTC -08:00
    Steam Web Build Date: Thu, Aug 31 8:38 PM UTC -08:00
    Steam API Version: SteamClient020
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): ubuntu 22.04
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: Yes
  • Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
  • Steam Logs: [generate by running this command in a terminal tar -zcvf ~/Desktop/steam-logs.tar.gz ~/.steam/steam/logs]
  • GPU: Nvidia

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

actual error:
vkEnumeratePhysicalDevices failed, unable to init and enumerate GPUs with Vulkan.
BInit - Unable to initialize Vulkan!

expected:
games launch

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. launch steam client
Kkisak-valve maintainer 2023-09-05 github

Hello @leder11011, please copy the contents of Steam Runtime Diagnostics from Steam (Steam -> Help -> Steam Runtime Diagnostics) and put it in a gist, then include a link to the gist in this issue report.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2023-09-05 github

Thanks, at a glance, Vulkan is fine on your system, but the Steam-in-Snap packaging is breaking the Steam Linux Runtime - Sniper container environment which is used with Proton 8.0 and newer. (https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-runtime/blob/master/doc/steamlinuxruntime-known-issues.md#snap-app-limitations)

Can you test how the .deb based Steam package behaves?

Lleder11011 2023-09-10 github

Thank you for looking into this issue @kisak-valve . I used to have apt installation of steam client until the new GUI was established and old GUI via -vgui switch no longer worked. Cp. this isssue:
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/9769
With snap installation of steam client I got the new GUI running, but no games succeed to launch - neither native nor w/ Proton.

I will add the logs for your info. Please have a look!

Lleder11011 2023-09-10 github

steam-logs.tar.gz

Lleder11011 2023-09-29 github

Bump @kisak-valve

Lleder11011 2023-10-03 github

I deinstalled snap steam client and apt steam client is working now somehow - except for broken nVidia GPU rendering support!

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