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Streaming client with remote play crahes when using NVIDIA PRIME Render Offload

steamclosed NVIDIA driversStreaming
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#7322 · opened 2020-08-18 by rcano · updated 2023-12-13 · 3 comments · github
Rrcano 2020-08-18 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): aug 6 2020, 22:00:53
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Ubuntu 20.04
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No] yes
  • Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No] yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

When using remote play to stream games from a host pc to a client one, it crashes 1-2 seconds after launching on the client machine when using Nvidia prime render offload (on-demand profile option)

Tried launching steam with __NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD=1 and __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia and the issue still persist. The last log line on the console is an error regarding ffmpeg:

ffmpeg error: VDPAU device creation on X11 display :0 failed.
CVDPAUAccel: av_hwdevice_ctx_create() failed
ffmpeg verbose: Opened VA display via X11 display :0.
ffmpeg verbose: Initialised VAAPI connection: version 1.7
ffmpeg verbose: Unknown driver "Intel iHD driver for Intel(R) Gen Graphics - 20.1.1 ()", assuming standard behaviour.
VAAPI hardware decoding
ffmpeg verbose: Reinit context to 1536x864, pix_fmt: vaapi_vld
CVAAPIAccel: vaPutSurface() failed: unknown libva error

System settings
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-8950HK CPU @ 2.90GHz
GPU: GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Select Prime profile Nvidia On-Demand
  2. Select "Enabled Hardware decoding" in steam remote play client options
  3. Select "stream" for a given game using remote play

The client will open shortly (you can hear sound for a brief sec) before it crashes and closes up.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2023-04-07 github

Hello @rcano, are you still experiencing this issue on an up to date system?

Rrcano 2023-04-11 github

ugh... this bug report is so old, than in the mean time it was fixed and re-broken at least 3 times :sweat_smile:. Currently the, the steam beta client as well as mainstream client both work properly for remote play together under ubuntu 22.04

Oohbibi-bhallion 2023-12-13 github

I'm also experiencing the same issue this morning after the latest update.
Worked fine yesterday

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