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Fatal : VkResult is "ERROR_INITIALIZATION_FAILED"

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#5423 · opened 2018-03-25 by at46 · updated 2020-12-18 · 14 comments · github
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Aat46 2018-03-25 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version: built Mar 22 2018 16:58:36
  • Distribution: Debian testing (Ubuntu seems to be also affected because I also found the error here)
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: No
  • Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Can't remember when I first encountered the issue but since quite some time when I start steam I always get:
Fatal : VkResult is "ERROR_INITIALIZATION_FAILED" in /home/pgriffais/src/Vulkan/base/vulkanexamplebase.cpp at line 823
Every game works fine so it's no problem at all but there shouldn't be a fatal error during startup in my opinion. Also this looks just like some forgotten debug code or something like that because /home/pgriffais/ doesn't exist on my system.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

start steam

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2018-03-25 github

It's worth noting that this is non-fatal and needs a system that does not support vulkan to reproduce (like r600 or intel/sandybridge).

Ggnusuari0 2018-06-13 github

I am this message too.

AAniLeo 2018-08-22 github

Retested this on current beta build after the Steam Play announcement

System information

  • Steam client version: built Aug 21 2018 22:37:05
  • Distribution: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS x64
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: Yes
  • Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
  • CPU: Intel Core i7-6700HQ
  • GPU: NVIDIA GTX 960M
  • GPU Drivers: NVIDIA 396.51 (Sat Aug 4 14:07:31)

Fatal : VkResult is "ERROR_INITIALIZATION_FAILED" in /home/pgriffais/src/Vulkan/base/VulkanSwapChain.hpp at line 210

Tried running NieR: Automata, nothing opens at all.

Aat46 2018-08-22 github

@AniLeo Fatal : VkResult is "ERROR_INITIALIZATION_FAILED" in /home/pgriffais/src/Vulkan/base/VulkanSwapChain.hpp at line 210 indicates that vulkan isn't working or no vulkan driver is found and proton / steam play requires working vulkan.

AAniLeo 2018-08-22 github

Vulkan driver is present. I managed to fix this by disabling modeset on nvidia drivers, which I had enabled.

Eelhoir 2018-10-14 github

Hello,
i get this message in an AMD system (A6-5200 w/ Radeon 8400 GPU) (laptop)

So itś not nVidia specific

Eeasbarba 2018-12-11 github

Same error hitting here!

Debian SID
T430
Steam from Debian non-free repo!

Sstafoo 2019-01-01 github

Same error here, and I can't load the vulkan games. When I launch the steam client from terminal, I get the following error:

Fatal : VkResult is "ERROR_INITIALIZATION_FAILED" in /home/pgriffais/src/Vulkan/base/VulkanSwapChain.hpp at line 210

Let me explain how I got there.

  • When I launch the steam client from the "Ubuntu menu", it works apparently without problems and games (except the vulkan games, how I'll explain) start without problems.
  • Recently I bought "Crash Bandicoot N sane Trilogy" (for windows), which seems to work in ubuntu with proton enabled (look at the proton website).
  • I updated the steam client to beta (from steam client settings) to get the steam play (proton).
  • I installed the game and launched it, but it didn't work.
  • DuckDucked and googled for the problem, I read that it can be a vulkan problem. After this I tried to launch "Rise of the Tomb Raider" (it requires vulkan) which worked perfectly until a month ago. It doesn't work anymore, and it shows a window reporting a vulkan error.
  • Then I closed steam client and launched it from terminal, I got the error message written before.

@AniLeo can you explain how you got it working?
Thanks in advance!

Sstafoo 2019-01-02 github

Solution found here (just a workaround, not a fix): https://askubuntu.com/questions/1090945/ubuntu-18-04-vulkan-stopped-working-nvidia-drivers-proprietary
1- Install the package vulkan-utils
2- Type in the terminal the following command, before to start steam:
sudo vulkaninfo
3- Close the terminal, then start steam

Vulkan works until the next reboot.

Ffleskesvor 2019-08-24 github

I have to use @stafoo's workaround to launch the native version of Eliza on Linux, otherwise it just crashes because Vulkan is not initialized.

I notice that this is a pretty old issue by now though, and I'm wondering if there's a more permanent workaround/fix to this issue yet?

4459below 2019-11-04 github

For me the render devices are owned by a group called render

[459below@manus ~]$ ls -ahl /dev/dri/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root        140 Nov  4 17:26 .
drwxr-xr-x  18 root root       4.0K Nov  4 19:15 ..
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root        120 Nov  4 17:26 by-path
crw-rw----   1 root video  226,   0 Nov  4 17:26 card0
crw-rw----+  1 root video  226,   1 Nov  4 17:26 card1
crw-rw----   1 root render 226, 128 Nov  4 17:26 renderD128
crw-rw----+  1 root render 226, 129 Nov  4 17:26 renderD129

Adding the user to the group render (and restarting the session) allowed me to successfully invoke vulkaninfo

I'm using nouveau and DRI_PRIME for a dual GPU setup using Intel and a discrete NVIDIA.

Sscorbin 2020-01-07 github

I am getting this same error. I switch to my intel graphics card prime-select intel. When I switch back prime-select nvidia I start getting this error. I am running ubuntu 18.04 on dell xps 9560.

Nnekohayo 2020-12-18 · hidden on GitHub github

This bug prevents me from being able to launch Steam past the login dialog, on my computer on Fedora 33 with Intel graphics (no secondary GPU, just Intel), I get this even if I ran vulkaninfo before trying to launch steam:

appdatacache.cpp (697) : Assertion Failed: !package.missing_token()
appdatacache.cpp (697) : Assertion Failed: !package.missing_token()
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1573019481)
appdatacache.cpp (697) : Assertion Failed: !package.missing_token()
appdatacache.cpp (697) : Assertion Failed: !package.missing_token()
appdatacache.cpp (697) : Assertion Failed: !package.missing_token()
appdatacache.cpp (697) : Assertion Failed: !package.missing_token()
crash_20201218111419_24.dmp[743220]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)
/tmp/dumps/crash_20201218111419_24.dmp
Fatal : VkResult is "ERROR_INITIALIZATION_FAILED" in /home/pgriffais/src/Vulkan/base/vulkanexamplebase.cpp at line 823
vulkandriverquery: /home/pgriffais/src/Vulkan/base/vulkanexamplebase.cpp:823: void VulkanExampleBase::initVulkan(): Assertion `res == VK_SUCCESS' failed.
threadtools.cpp (831) : Assertion Failed: ThreadGetProcessExitCode: no such process 742654
threadtools.cpp (831) : Assertion Failed: ThreadGetProcessExitCode: no such process 742654
crash_20201218111419_24.dmp[743220]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes
crash_20201218111419_24.dmp[743220]: response: CrashID=bp-93e632ca-5b69-403a-8db5-6be322201218
crash_20201218111419_24.dmp[743220]: file ''/tmp/dumps/crash_20201218111419_24.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-93e632ca-5b69-403a-8db5-6be322201218''

You may say that Intel graphics aren't a great platform to game on... but the irony is that I need to be able to launch Steam there to remove the games from that computer!

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2020-12-18 github

Helo @nekohayo, Fatal : VkResult is "ERROR_INITIALIZATION_FAILED" is the vulkan sanity check dying and is known to be non-fatal to Steam. Also, Steam crashed before this message was outputted. Sounds like you've encountered #7226.

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