[solved] Issues with opening certain applications

noonah · 2017-07-28 07:59:46

Hey!

My main pc is running Arch with a gtx 770 gpu and has recently run into a problem I have been unable to solve, hence me asking my first question on these forums! I apologise in advance to anything I do wrong.

Yesterday I ran into an issue in which certain applications, the most predominant Steam, would not open. It would be logical to assume it was a recent upgrade as it only took effect after I rebooted (I ran pacman -Syu in the time it was on). I'll post the bit that I think caused the problem (I would revert but there are too many for me to manually downgrade when for all I know this could be fixed in a single command).

I changed my gpu drivers from the proprietary nvidia drivers to nouveau and strangely it seemed to be fixed. As much as I would like to use them nouveau cuts my framerate into fifths so they're unbearable, however I'm sure this relates to the issue.

I've only been on arch for two months and again this is my first post. I'm sorry if I make some obvious mistake or I'm too vauge. It humbles me that there are people here that would take time out of their day to fix (or attempt to fix) someone elses issue.

pacman.log:

[2017-07-26 07:39] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syu'
[2017-07-26 07:39] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2017-07-26 07:39] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM] transaction started
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM] upgraded device-mapper (2.02.172-2 -> 2.02.173-1)
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM] upgraded shadow (4.5-1 -> 4.5-2)
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM] upgraded nvidia-utils (381.22-1 -> 384.59-1)
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] If you run into trouble with CUDA not being available, run nvidia-modprobe first.
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM] upgraded exo (0.11.4-1 -> 0.11.5-1)
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM] upgraded imagemagick (6.9.9.2-1 -> 6.9.9.3-1)
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-expat (2.2.0-1 -> 2.2.2-1)
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM] upgraded libgusb (0.2.10-1 -> 0.2.11-1)
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-libgusb (0.2.10-1 -> 0.2.11-1)
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-libjpeg-turbo (1.5.1-1 -> 1.5.2-1)
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-libpng (1.6.29-1 -> 1.6.30-1)
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-librsvg (2.40.16-1 -> 2.40.18-1)
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM] upgraded libva (1.8.2-1 -> 1.8.3-1)
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM] upgraded libxnvctrl (381.22-2 -> 384.59-1)
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM] upgraded lvm2 (2.02.172-2 -> 2.02.173-1)
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM] upgraded nvidia (381.22-8 -> 384.59-1)
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] In order to use nvidia module, reboot the system.
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM] upgraded nvidia-settings (381.22-2 -> 384.59-1)
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM] upgraded opencl-nvidia (381.22-1 -> 384.59-1)
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM] upgraded openvpn (2.4.3-2 -> 2.4.3-3)
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM] upgraded python-setuptools (1:36.2.0-1 -> 1:36.2.3-1)
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM] upgraded python-requests (2.18.1-2 -> 2.18.2-1)
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM] upgraded semver (5.3.0-1 -> 5.4.1-1)
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM] upgraded unrar (1:5.5.6-2 -> 1:5.5.7-1)
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM] upgraded webkit2gtk (2.16.5-1 -> 2.16.6-1)
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM] upgraded youtube-dl (2017.07.15-1 -> 2017.07.23-1)
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM] transaction completed
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM] running '90-linux.hook'...
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'default'
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 4.12.3-1-ARCH
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [base]
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [modconf]
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [block]
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [fsck]
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux.img
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'fallback'
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 4.12.3-1-ARCH
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [base]
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [modconf]
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [block]
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: wd719x
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: aic94xx
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [fsck]
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM] running 'gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders-32.hook'...
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM] running 'gtk-update-icon-cache.hook'...
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM] running 'systemd-tmpfiles.hook'...
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM] running 'systemd-update.hook'...
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM] running 'update-desktop-database.hook'...
[2017-07-26 07:40] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S --noconfirm gdb gdb-common glew1.10 lib32-glew1.10 rsync'
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM] transaction started
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM] reinstalled gdb-common (8.0-1)
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM] reinstalled gdb (8.0-1)
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM] reinstalled glew1.10 (1.10.0-1)
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM] reinstalled lib32-glew1.10 (1.10.0-2)
[2017-07-26 07:40] [ALPM] reinstalled rsync (3.1.2-2)

Last edited by noonah (2017-07-28 09:44:40)

jasonwryan · 2017-07-28 08:03:50

So it is only Nvidia + Wayland that is causing issues? Please paste errors/journals entries for a failed application.

noonah · 2017-07-28 08:22:42

fixme:winediag:start_process Wine Staging 2.13 is a testing version containing experimental patches.
fixme:winediag:start_process Please mention your exact version when filing bug reports on winehq.org.
fixme:file:SetDefaultDllDirectories (800): stub
err:winediag:SECUR32_initNTLMSP ntlm_auth was not found or is outdated. Make sure that ntlm_auth >= 3.0.25 is in your path. Usually, you can find it in the winbind package of your distribution.
fixme:iphlpapi:NotifyAddrChange (Handle 0x32cb6c, overlapped 0xddb230): stub
fixme:winsock:WSALookupServiceBeginW (0x32cc18 0x00000ff0 0x32cc54) Stub!
[0728/082120:ERROR:network_change_notifier_win.cc(111)] WSALookupServiceBegin failed with: 8
err:ole:CoInitializeEx Attempt to change threading model of this apartment from multi-threaded to apartment threaded
X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 154 (GLX)
Minor opcode of failed request: 3 (X_GLXCreateContext)
Value in failed request: 0x0
Serial number of failed request: 671
Current serial number in output stream: 672

Does this help? I didnt find any useful info from steam, however when I ran a wine application it spewed out an error.

ooo · 2017-07-28 08:54:51

Quote from arch wiki:

Warning: Be careful when enabling the testing repositories. Your system may break after performing an update. Only experienced users who know how to deal with potential system breakage should use it.

With all due respect, if you're not competent enough to solve these kind of issues, you really shouldn't use testing repositories.

Most likely your issue is related to the new nvidia driver from [testing], so disabling testing repositories and downgrading packages to their stable versions should solve your issue.

Last edited by ooo (2017-07-28 08:56:03)

seth · 2017-07-28 08:57:07

I guess glxinfo fails as well?
Please paste your xorg log

noonah · 2017-07-28 09:32:04

Issue solved by ooo, all I had to do was disable testing repositories. I feel like this should have been obvious, it had been something I did in the beginning of my installation which I forgot about.
Also no offence was taken and I really do appreciate your help.

seth and jasonwryan, I appreciate you writing your posts as well. Sorry for making such a simple issue and fix something far larger. I was genuinely worried about hardware issues haha.
I guess this is why they call this newbie corner

Marking as solved....thanks WorMzy

Last edited by noonah (2017-07-28 09:43:36)

WorMzy · 2017-07-28 09:40:55

You can mark your thread as solved by editing your first post and adding "[solved]" to the topic title.

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[solved] Issues with opening certain applications

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