Obsidian + Hyprland + Nvidia: Slow Startup and Various Errors

Joyhunter · 2024-10-14 13:02:29

Hi everyone,

I'm encountering issues with Obsidian on my Arch system running Hyprland and Nvidia. The main problem is that Obsidian takes an unusually long time to start up — around 5 minutes on average, and sometimes it may take up to 20 minutes or fail to start entirely. When opening Obsidian through the terminal, I see the following error logs:

➜ obsidian 
2024-10-14 12:57:47 Loading main app package /usr/lib/obsidian/obsidian.asar
2024-10-14 12:57:48 Checking for update using Github
2024-10-14 12:57:48 Success.
2024-10-14 12:57:48 Latest version is 1.6.7
2024-10-14 12:57:48 App is up to date.
[90208:1014/155818.103572:ERROR:command_buffer_proxy_impl.cc(131)] ContextResult::kTransientFailure: Failed to send GpuControl.CreateCommandBuffer.
[90109:1014/155818.106823:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(997)] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=512

In addition to this, I sometimes get messages like:

"Can't find obsidian config.json."
Errors related to the X server.
Occasional Nvidia-related errors.

I've tried reinstalling Obsidian and updating my system, but the problem persists. This issue only started recently, and I'm not sure if it’s related to Nvidia, Hyprland, or a misconfiguration somewhere in the system.

I have rtx 4050 + core I7 g12

System Information:

Arch Linux
Hyprland (latest version)
Nvidia GPU with proprietary drivers (latest version)
Obsidian version: 1.6.7

Has anyone encountered a similar problem or have suggestions for how I can resolve this? I'd appreciate any help you can provide. Thanks in advance!

Last edited by Joyhunter (2024-10-14 18:02:42)

Joyhunter · 2024-10-14 13:18:45

Okay i am now using it fast without the gpu using --disable-gpu flag.
but, of course this is not the best solution because i am now bypassing the problem instead of facing it.

Last edited by Joyhunter (2024-10-14 13:19:02)

seth · 2024-10-14 14:13:05

Please use [code][/code] tags. Edit your post in this regard.

In addition to this, I sometimes get messages like:

Please don't paraphrase, https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855
Start with

glxinfo -B

obsidian looks like it's some appimage that depend on a dated version of electron, but while I can see ABI incompatibilities resulting in a complete failure, random delays seem odd.
The easiest variable to check would be the LTS kernel (don't forget nvidia-lts)

Joyhunter · 2024-10-14 18:10:43

Okay i made the modifications you said.

➜ glxinfo -B
name of display: :1
display: :1  screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
Memory info (GL_NVX_gpu_memory_info):
    Dedicated video memory: 6141 MB
    Total available memory: 6141 MB
    Currently available dedicated video memory: 5749 MB
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU/PCIe/SSE2
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 560.35.03
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.60 NVIDIA
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile

OpenGL version string: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 560.35.03
OpenGL shading language version string: 4.60 NVIDIA
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL profile mask: (none)

OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.2 NVIDIA 560.35.03
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.20

seth · 2024-10-14 20:57:37

Thanks.
GLX seems fine

seth wrote:

The easiest variable to check would be the LTS kernel (don't forget nvidia-lts)

And provide the actual details on

Errors related to the X server.
Occasional Nvidia-related errors.

We had a similar problem w/ google-chrome, https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=298567 (the thread is a mess, the OP probably doesn't speak English)

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=385706 would blame the nvidia update, but I'm not sure how comparable that is.
There'd be https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/nvidia-535xx-dkms to test.

Joyhunter · 2024-10-15 23:48:45

I think i will keep it as it is with

obsidian --disable-gpu

because i really like linux-zen so dont want to switch. but, thanks seth!

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Obsidian + Hyprland + Nvidia: Slow Startup and Various Errors

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