vulkaninfo "Failed to detect any valid GPUs" with Nouveau

pasimko · 2024-06-13 22:14:56

I installed Arch last night, and realized that something was wrong with my Vulkan install with my GPU (GTX 1080) when Steam failed to launch anything. Nouveau seems to work otherwise.
Here's my error:

$ vulkaninfo
ERROR: [Loader Message] Code 0 : setup_loader_term_phys_devs:  Failed to detect any valid GPUs in the current config
ERROR at /usr/src/debug/vulkan-tools/Vulkan-Tools-1.3.269/vulkaninfo/./vulkaninfo.h:237:vkEnumeratePhysicalDevices failed with ERROR_INITIALIZATION_FAILED

Here's my hardware:

$ lspci | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP104 [GeForce GTX 1080] (rev a1)

Here are my packages:

$ pacman -Qs vulkan
local/lib32-vulkan-icd-loader 1.3.279-1
    Vulkan Installable Client Driver (ICD) Loader (32-bit)
local/lib32-vulkan-nouveau 1:24.1.1-1
    Open-source Vulkan driver for Nvidia GPUs - 32-bit
local/spirv-tools 2024.1-1 (vulkan-devel)
    API and commands for processing SPIR-V modules
local/vulkan-icd-loader 1.3.285-1
    Vulkan Installable Client Driver (ICD) Loader
local/vulkan-nouveau 1:24.1.1-1
    Open-source Vulkan driver for Nvidia GPUs
local/vulkan-tools 1.3.269-1 (vulkan-devel)
    Vulkan Utilities and Tools

Here's my kernel stuff. I have also tried

nouveau.config=NvBios=PRAMIN

$ sudo dmesg | grep nouveau
[    0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-linux-zen root=UUID=8acb0221-29d5-4ba5-a211-809abf3bc658 rw loglevel=3 quiet nouveau.config=NvGspRm=1
[    0.043392] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-linux-zen root=UUID=8acb0221-29d5-4ba5-a211-809abf3bc658 rw loglevel=3 quiet nouveau.config=NvGspRm=1
[    1.353929] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: vgaarb: deactivate vga console
[    1.354017] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: NVIDIA GP104 (134000a1)
[    1.457756] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: bios: version 86.04.3b.00.c8
[    1.458269] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: pmu: firmware unavailable
[    1.460019] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fb: 8192 MiB GDDR5X
[    1.471907] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: VRAM: 8192 MiB
[    1.471911] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: GART: 536870912 MiB
[    1.471913] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: BIT table 'A' not found
[    1.471929] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: BIT table 'L' not found
[    1.471930] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: TMDS table version 2.0
[    1.473144] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: MM: using COPY for buffer copies
[    1.727824] [drm] Initialized nouveau 1.4.0 20120801 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0
[    1.763613] fbcon: nouveaudrmfb (fb0) is primary device
[    1.763618] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: [drm] fb0: nouveaudrmfb frame buffer device
[    1.780509] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: Disabling PCI power management to avoid bug
[    3.180031] snd_hda_intel 0000:01:00.1: bound 0000:01:00.0 (ops nv50_audio_component_bind_ops [nouveau])

Here are the drivers

$ ls /usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/
nouveau_icd.i686.json  nouveau_icd.x86_64.json

Here are some modules:

$ lsmod | grep nouveau
nouveau              3874816  15
drm_ttm_helper         12288  1 nouveau
ttm                   110592  2 drm_ttm_helper,nouveau
gpu_sched              65536  1 nouveau
i2c_algo_bit           24576  1 nouveau
drm_gpuvm              49152  1 nouveau
drm_exec               12288  2 drm_gpuvm,nouveau
mxm_wmi                12288  1 nouveau
drm_display_helper    274432  1 nouveau
video                  77824  2 asus_wmi,nouveau
wmi                    36864  5 video,asus_wmi,wmi_bmof,mxm_wmi,nouveau

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Nouveau#Using_the_Mesa_NVK_Vulkan_Driver wrote:

The Nouveau kernel module should load automatically on system boot. If it does not happen, then:
Make sure you do not have nomodeset or vga= as a kernel parameter, since Nouveau requires kernel mode-setting.
Also, check that you do not have Nouveau disabled using any modprobe blacklisting technique within /etc/modprobe.d/ or /usr/lib/modprobe.d/.
If everything above still fails to load nouveau, check dmesg for an opcode error. Add nouveau.config=NvBios=PRAMIN to your Kernel parameters to prevent module unloading.[1]
Check if /etc/X11/xorg.conf or any file in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ exists and is referencing the nvidia driver. It is probably a good idea to rename the file.

But none of that seems to apply to this situation. What can I try to fix this?

Last edited by pasimko (2024-06-13 23:03:09)

cryptearth · 2024-06-13 22:40:01

have you tried to install the nvidia proprietary drivers?

pasimko · 2024-06-13 22:45:34

I haven't - was hoping to stick with open source, but it might be worth a shot.

seth · 2024-06-14 06:06:27

See the warning in https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Nouvea … kan_Driver
Try

VK_DRIVER_FILES=/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/nouveau_icd.x86_64.json vulkaninfo

Lone_Wolf · 2024-06-14 09:29:35

From https://docs.mesa3d.org/drivers/nvk.html

Hardware support
NVK currently supports Turing (RTX 20XX and GTX 16XX) and later GPUs. Eventually, we plan to support as far back as Kepler (GeForce 600 and 700 series) GPUs but anything pre-Turing is currently disabled by default.

Looks like your GPU may not be supported yet by NVK

iq2luc · 2024-10-19 15:48:11

pasimko wrote:

I haven't - was hoping to stick with open source, but it might be worth a shot.

I'm also using a GTX 1080 with nouveau + vulkan and it works pretty OK (including playing vulkan based games), you just need to set NVK_I_WANT_A_BROKEN_VULKAN_DRIVER=1 (I have it exported in my environment).

pooplinux · 2024-12-02 05:44:24

iq2luc wrote:

you just need to set NVK_I_WANT_A_BROKEN_VULKAN_DRIVER=1 (I have it exported in my environment).

I am such a noob that I have to sincerely ask for clarification: is this a joke or not?

I am also having pasimko's problem, after failing to get nvidia or nvidia-dkms drivers to work for my GTX 1070.

Last edited by pooplinux (2024-12-02 05:45:00)

seth · 2024-12-02 07:54:53

Have you tried to google that token?
Generally, when dealing with nerds and grumpy engineers - without any kind of corporate frontoffice - you can expect this kind of stuff

pooplinux · 2024-12-09 03:43:27

That's very funny. Thanks for the tip.

Last edited by pooplinux (2024-12-09 05:49:49)

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vulkaninfo "Failed to detect any valid GPUs" with Nouveau

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