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tsunlee2610

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Registered: 2026-05-31

Posts: 3

Elden Ring crash in sound initialisation

Hi! I am encountering this problem also .
My vulkaninfo recognize my Nvidia card (Quadro RTX A3000) and driver, grep returns both the intel integrated GPU and Nvidia. I got nvidia-open-dkms installed and all the utils libraries.
The game starts through Proton, initializes Vulkan/DXVK/VKD3D, then crashes during Wwise audio initialization.

Running Elden Ring with PROTON_LOG=1 produce this log:

Proton: 1779444645 experimental-11.0-20260522b
SteamGameId: 1245620
Command: ['/home/tsun2610/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/ELDEN RING/Game/start_protected_game.exe']
Options: {'gamedrive', 'forcelgadd'}
depot: 4.0.20260415.225012
pressure-vessel: 0.20260414.0
scripts: 0.20260414.0
steamrt4: 4.0.20260415.225012 steamrt4 4.0.20260415.225012
Kernel: Linux 7.0.10-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat, 23 May 2026 14:21:20 +0000 x86_64
PATH: /home/tsun2610/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Proton - Experimental/files/bin/:/usr/bin:/bin
fsync: up and running.

# ... Likely where it's crashing below

[Dantelion2 Panic]
..\..\Source\Sound\Wwise\MoWwiseMan.cpp(880)

Failed MagicOrchestra_Wwise::MOSoundManager::Initialize()

Exception 0xc0000005
EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION

Unhandled page fault on write access to 0000000000000000

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,365

Re: Elden Ring crash in sound initialisation

This is basically guaranteed to be completely unrelated to the OPs original issue, splitting into a new thread from: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=312802

Elden Ring has been out for a while, maybe test a stable proton release instead of experimental?

If this is an actual bug in your audio setup how does that look like, are lib32-libpulse and lib32-libpipewire installed assuming a pipewire setup? What output do you get from

sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/*
aplay -lL #alsa-utils
systemctl --user status pipewire{,-pulse} wireplumber pulseaudio

Last edited by V1del (2026-05-31 12:43:37)

tsunlee2610

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Registered: 2026-05-31

Posts: 3

Re: Elden Ring crash in sound initialisation

This is basically guaranteed to be completely unrelated to the OPs original issue, splitting into a new thread from: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=312802

Sorry, I'm new here, should I reply to this thread or continue over in the one you linked

Elden Ring has been out for a while, maybe test a stable proton release instead of experimental?

Yeah I did test with Hotfix and 11 also, still no luck

If this is an actual bug in your audio setup how does that look like, are lib32-libpulse and lib32-libpipewire installed assuming a pipewire setup? What output do you get from

sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/*
aplay -lL #alsa-utils
systemctl --user status pipewire{,-pulse} wireplumber pulseaudio

Here's the output:

                     USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0:  tsun2610   1046 F.... wireplumber
/dev/snd/controlC1:  tsun2610   1046 F.... wireplumber
/dev/snd/seq:             tsun2610   1045 F.... pipewire
null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
lavrate
    Rate Converter Plugin Using Libav/FFmpeg Library
samplerate
    Rate Converter Plugin Using Samplerate Library
speexrate
    Rate Converter Plugin Using Speex Resampler
jack
    JACK Audio Connection Kit
oss
    Open Sound System
pipewire
    PipeWire Sound Server
pulse
    PulseAudio Sound Server
speex
    Plugin using Speex DSP (resample, agc, denoise, echo, dereverb)
upmix
    Plugin for channel upmix (4,6,8)
vdownmix
    Plugin for channel downmix (stereo) with a simple spacialization
default
    Default ALSA Output (currently PipeWire Media Server)
sysdefault:CARD=PCH
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC285 Analog
    Default Audio Device
front:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC285 Analog
    Front output / input
surround21:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC285 Analog
    2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers
surround40:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC285 Analog
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC285 Analog
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC285 Analog
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC285 Analog
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC285 Analog
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 0
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=1
    HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 1
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=2
    HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 2
    HDMI Audio Output
usbstream:CARD=PCH
    HDA Intel PCH
    USB Stream Output
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, HDMI 0
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=1
    HDA NVidia, HDMI 1
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=2
    HDA NVidia, HDMI 2
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=3
    HDA NVidia, HDMI 3
    HDMI Audio Output
usbstream:CARD=NVidia
    HDA NVidia
    USB Stream Output
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC285 Analog [ALC285 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Unit pulseaudio.service could not be found.

● pipewire.service - PipeWire Multimedia Service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.service; disabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Tue 2026-06-02 09:14:21 +07; 1min 56s ago
 Invocation: a2518635deb140f9b3ffa462b28cc8e7
TriggeredBy: ● pipewire.socket
   Main PID: 1045 (pipewire)
      Tasks: 3 (limit: 38042)
     Memory: 4.1M (peak: 4.9M)
        CPU: 40ms
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/pipewire.service
             └─1045 /usr/bin/pipewire

Jun 02 09:14:21 ThinkPad6969 systemd[883]: Started PipeWire Multimedia Service.

● pipewire-pulse.service - PipeWire PulseAudio
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire-pulse.service; disabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Tue 2026-06-02 09:14:21 +07; 1min 56s ago
 Invocation: 153516a8d78f4eb583131a04d9e06729
TriggeredBy: ● pipewire-pulse.socket
   Main PID: 1128 (pipewire-pulse)
      Tasks: 3 (limit: 38042)
     Memory: 2M (peak: 2.9M)
        CPU: 20ms
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/pipewire-pulse.service
             └─1128 /usr/bin/pipewire-pulse

Jun 02 09:14:21 ThinkPad6969 systemd[883]: Started PipeWire PulseAudio.

● wireplumber.service - Multimedia Service Session Manager
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/wireplumber.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Tue 2026-06-02 09:14:21 +07; 1min 56s ago
 Invocation: 6e89492f83ac43beb7e05d92eb16c2cb
   Main PID: 1046 (wireplumber)
      Tasks: 6 (limit: 38042)
     Memory: 17.6M (peak: 18.2M)
        CPU: 222ms
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/wireplumber.service
             └─1046 /usr/bin/wireplumber

Jun 02 09:14:21 ThinkPad6969 systemd[883]: Started Multimedia Service Session Manager.
Jun 02 09:14:21 ThinkPad6969 wireplumber[1046]: default: Failed to get percentage from UPower: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner
Jun 02 09:14:21 ThinkPad6969 wireplumber[1046]: spa.bluez5: BlueZ system service is not available
Jun 02 09:14:21 ThinkPad6969 wireplumber[1046]: wp-device: SPA handle 'api.libcamera.enum.manager' could not be loaded; is it installed?
Jun 02 09:14:21 ThinkPad6969 wireplumber[1046]: s-monitors-libcamera: PipeWire's libcamera SPA plugin is missing or broken. Some camera types may not be supported.

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,365

Re: Elden Ring crash in sound initialisation

Reply here, the other thread doesn't have a audio subsystem crash and is thus unrelated.

The output looks ok, are the two mentioned packages installed? What do you get from

pactl list cards
pactl list sinks

tsunlee2610

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Registered: 2026-05-31

Posts: 3

Re: Elden Ring crash in sound initialisation

Yeup the 2 packages are there:

pacman -Qs 'lib32-libpulse|lib32-libpipewire'                                          
local/lib32-libpipewire 1:1.6.6-1
    Low-latency audio/video router and processor - 32-bit - client library
local/lib32-libpulse 17.0+r98+gb096704c0-1
    A featureful, general-purpose sound server (32-bit client libraries)

Output of pactl:

Card #43
	Name: alsa_card.pci-0000_01_00.1
	Driver: alsa
	Owner Module: n/a
	Properties:
		device.enum.api = "udev"
		device.api = "alsa"
		media.class = "Audio/Device"
		api.alsa.path = "hw:1"
		api.alsa.card = "1"
		api.alsa.card.name = "HDA NVidia"
		api.alsa.card.longname = "HDA NVidia at 0xae050000 irq 17"
		device.plugged.usec = "12882850"
		device.bus_path = "pci-0000:01:00.1"
		sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1"
		device.bus = "pci"
		device.subsystem = "sound"
		device.vendor.id = "0x10de"
		device.vendor.name = "NVIDIA Corporation"
		device.product.id = "0x10f9"
		device.product.name = "TU106 High Definition Audio Controller"
		device.name = "alsa_card.pci-0000_01_00.1"
		device.description = "TU106 High Definition Audio Controller"
		device.nick = "HDA NVidia"
		device.icon_name = "audio-card-analog-pci"
		api.alsa.use-acp = "true"
		api.acp.auto-profile = "false"
		api.acp.auto-port = "false"
		api.dbus.ReserveDevice1.Priority = "-20"
		api.alsa.split-enable = "true"
		api.dbus.ReserveDevice1 = "Audio1"
		spa.object.id = "4"
		factory.id = "15"
		client.id = "41"
		object.id = "43"
		object.serial = "43"
		object.path = "alsa:acp:NVidia"
		alsa.card = "1"
		alsa.card_name = "HDA NVidia"
		alsa.long_card_name = "HDA NVidia at 0xae050000 irq 17"
		alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
		alsa.mixer_name = "Nvidia GPU 93 HDMI/DP"
		alsa.components = "HDA:10de0093,17aa22b8,00100100"
		alsa.id = "NVidia"
		device.string = "1"
	Profiles:
		off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes)
		output:hdmi-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5900, available: no)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra1: Digital Stereo (HDMI 2) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5700, available: no)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra2: Digital Stereo (HDMI 3) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5700, available: no)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra3: Digital Stereo (HDMI 4) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5700, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 800, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 800, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra1: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 2) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra1: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 2) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra2: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 3) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra2: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 3) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra3: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 4) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra3: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 4) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
		pro-audio: Pro Audio (sinks: 4, sources: 0, priority: 1, available: yes)
	Active Profile: off
	Ports:
		hdmi-output-0: HDMI / DisplayPort (type: HDMI, priority: 5900, latency offset: 0 usec, availability group: Legacy 1, not available)
			Properties:
				port.type = "hdmi"
				port.availability-group = "Legacy 1"
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
				card.profile.port = "0"
			Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo, output:hdmi-surround, output:hdmi-surround71
		hdmi-output-1: HDMI / DisplayPort 2 (type: HDMI, priority: 5800, latency offset: 0 usec, availability group: Legacy 2, not available)
			Properties:
				port.type = "hdmi"
				port.availability-group = "Legacy 2"
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
				card.profile.port = "1"
			Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo-extra1, output:hdmi-surround-extra1, output:hdmi-surround71-extra1
		hdmi-output-2: HDMI / DisplayPort 3 (type: HDMI, priority: 5700, latency offset: 0 usec, availability group: Legacy 3, not available)
			Properties:
				port.type = "hdmi"
				port.availability-group = "Legacy 3"
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
				card.profile.port = "2"
			Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo-extra2, output:hdmi-surround-extra2, output:hdmi-surround71-extra2
		hdmi-output-3: HDMI / DisplayPort 4 (type: HDMI, priority: 5600, latency offset: 0 usec, availability group: Legacy 4, not available)
			Properties:
				port.type = "hdmi"
				port.availability-group = "Legacy 4"
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
				card.profile.port = "3"
			Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo-extra3, output:hdmi-surround-extra3, output:hdmi-surround71-extra3

Card #44
	Name: alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1f.3
	Driver: alsa
	Owner Module: n/a
	Properties:
		device.enum.api = "udev"
		device.api = "alsa"
		media.class = "Audio/Device"
		api.alsa.path = "hw:0"
		api.alsa.card = "0"
		api.alsa.card.name = "HDA Intel PCH"
		api.alsa.card.longname = "HDA Intel PCH at 0x6041118000 irq 178"
		device.plugged.usec = "13600070"
		device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1f.3"
		sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0"
		device.bus = "pci"
		device.subsystem = "sound"
		device.vendor.id = "0x8086"
		device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
		device.product.id = "0x06c8"
		device.product.name = "400 Series Chipset Family HD Audio"
		device.form_factor = "internal"
		device.name = "alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1f.3"
		device.description = "Built-in Audio"
		device.nick = "HDA Intel PCH"
		device.icon_name = "audio-card-analog-pci"
		api.alsa.use-acp = "true"
		api.acp.auto-profile = "false"
		api.acp.auto-port = "false"
		api.dbus.ReserveDevice1.Priority = "-20"
		api.alsa.split-enable = "true"
		api.dbus.ReserveDevice1 = "Audio0"
		spa.object.id = "2"
		factory.id = "15"
		client.id = "41"
		object.id = "44"
		object.serial = "44"
		object.path = "alsa:acp:PCH"
		alsa.card = "0"
		alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel PCH"
		alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel PCH at 0x6041118000 irq 178"
		alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
		alsa.mixer_name = "Realtek ALC285"
		alsa.components = "HDA:10ec0285,17aa22b8,00100002 HDA:8086280b,80860101,00100000"
		alsa.id = "PCH"
		device.string = "0"
	Profiles:
		off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes)
		output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Duplex (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 6565, available: yes)
		output:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 6500, available: yes)
		output:hdmi-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 5965, available: no)
		output:hdmi-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5900, available: no)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra1+input:analog-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI 2) Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 5765, available: no)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra2+input:analog-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI 3) Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 5765, available: no)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra1: Digital Stereo (HDMI 2) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5700, available: no)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra2: Digital Stereo (HDMI 3) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5700, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround+input:analog-stereo: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI) Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 865, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71+input:analog-stereo: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI) Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 865, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 800, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 800, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra1+input:analog-stereo: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 2) Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 665, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra1+input:analog-stereo: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 2) Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 665, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra2+input:analog-stereo: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 3) Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 665, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra2+input:analog-stereo: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 3) Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 665, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra1: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 2) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra1: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 2) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra2: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 3) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra2: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 3) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
		input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 0, sources: 1, priority: 65, available: yes)
		pro-audio: Pro Audio (sinks: 4, sources: 1, priority: 1, available: yes)
	Active Profile: output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo
	Ports:
		analog-input-internal-mic: Internal Microphone (type: Mic, priority: 8900, latency offset: 0 usec, availability group: Legacy 1, availability unknown)
			Properties:
				port.type = "mic"
				port.availability-group = "Legacy 1"
				device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
				card.profile.port = "0"
			Part of profile(s): input:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround71+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-stereo-extra1+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround-extra1+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround71-extra1+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-stereo-extra2+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround-extra2+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround71-extra2+input:analog-stereo
		analog-input-mic: Microphone (type: Mic, priority: 8700, latency offset: 0 usec, availability group: Legacy 2, not available)
			Properties:
				port.type = "mic"
				port.availability-group = "Legacy 2"
				device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
				card.profile.port = "1"
			Part of profile(s): input:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround71+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-stereo-extra1+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround-extra1+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround71-extra1+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-stereo-extra2+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround-extra2+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround71-extra2+input:analog-stereo
		analog-output-speaker: Speakers (type: Speaker, priority: 10000, latency offset: 0 usec, availability group: Legacy 3, availability unknown)
			Properties:
				port.type = "speaker"
				port.availability-group = "Legacy 3"
				device.icon_name = "audio-speakers"
				card.profile.port = "2"
			Part of profile(s): output:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo
		analog-output-headphones: Headphones (type: Headphones, priority: 9900, latency offset: 0 usec, availability group: Legacy 4, not available)
			Properties:
				port.type = "headphones"
				port.availability-group = "Legacy 4"
				device.icon_name = "audio-headphones"
				card.profile.port = "3"
			Part of profile(s): output:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo
		hdmi-output-0: HDMI / DisplayPort (type: HDMI, priority: 5900, latency offset: 0 usec, availability group: Legacy 5, not available)
			Properties:
				port.type = "hdmi"
				port.availability-group = "Legacy 5"
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
				card.profile.port = "4"
			Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo, output:hdmi-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround, output:hdmi-surround+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround71, output:hdmi-surround71+input:analog-stereo
		hdmi-output-1: HDMI / DisplayPort 2 (type: HDMI, priority: 5800, latency offset: 0 usec, availability group: Legacy 6, not available)
			Properties:
				port.type = "hdmi"
				port.availability-group = "Legacy 6"
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
				card.profile.port = "5"
			Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo-extra1, output:hdmi-stereo-extra1+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround-extra1, output:hdmi-surround-extra1+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround71-extra1, output:hdmi-surround71-extra1+input:analog-stereo
		hdmi-output-2: HDMI / DisplayPort 3 (type: HDMI, priority: 5700, latency offset: 0 usec, availability group: Legacy 7, not available)
			Properties:
				port.type = "hdmi"
				port.availability-group = "Legacy 7"
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
				card.profile.port = "6"
			Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo-extra2, output:hdmi-stereo-extra2+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround-extra2, output:hdmi-surround-extra2+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround71-extra2, output:hdmi-surround71-extra2+input:analog-stereo
Sink #55
	State: SUSPENDED
	Name: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo
	Description: Built-in Audio Analog Stereo
	Driver: PipeWire
	Sample Specification: s32le 2ch 48000Hz
	Channel Map: front-left,front-right
	Owner Module: 4294967295
	Mute: no
	Volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB,   front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
	       balance 0.00
	Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
	Monitor Source: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo.monitor
	Latency: 0 usec, configured 0 usec
	Flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY 
	Properties:
		object.path = "alsa:acp:PCH:6:playback"
		api.alsa.path = "front:0"
		api.alsa.pcm.card = "0"
		api.alsa.pcm.stream = "playback"
		port.group = "playback"
		device.icon_name = "audio-card-analog"
		device.bus = "pci"
		audio.channels = "2"
		audio.position = "[ FL, FR ]"
		device.routes = "2"
		alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
		alsa.card = "0"
		alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel PCH"
		alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel PCH at 0x6041118000 irq 178"
		alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
		alsa.mixer_name = "Realtek ALC285"
		alsa.components = "HDA:10ec0285,17aa22b8,00100002 HDA:8086280b,80860101,00100000"
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		device.api = "alsa"
		device.class = "sound"
		alsa.class = "generic"
		alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
		alsa.name = "ALC285 Analog"
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		alsa.device = "0"
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		device.profile.name = "analog-stereo"
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		card.profile.device = "6"
		device.id = "44"
		factory.name = "api.alsa.pcm.sink"
		node.pause-on-idle = "false"
		priority.driver = "1009"
		priority.session = "1009"
		media.class = "Audio/Sink"
		node.name = "alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo"
		node.nick = "ALC285 Analog"
		device.description = "Built-in Audio"
		api.alsa.card.name = "HDA Intel PCH"
		api.alsa.card.longname = "HDA Intel PCH at 0x6041118000 irq 178"
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		node.driver = "true"
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		object.serial = "55"
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		api.alsa.card = "0"
		device.plugged.usec = "13600070"
		device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1f.3"
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		device.subsystem = "sound"
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		device.product.id = "0x06c8"
		device.product.name = "400 Series Chipset Family HD Audio"
		device.form_factor = "internal"
		device.name = "alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1f.3"
		device.nick = "HDA Intel PCH"
		api.alsa.use-acp = "true"
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		api.acp.auto-port = "false"
		api.dbus.ReserveDevice1.Priority = "-20"
		api.alsa.split-enable = "true"
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		analog-output-headphones: Headphones (type: Headphones, priority: 9900, availability group: Legacy 4, not available)
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	Formats:
		pcm

ciao_gio

Member

Registered: 2024-09-17

Posts: 10

Re: Elden Ring crash in sound initialisation

Same issue here. Did you find any solution?

elbo7

Member

Registered: 2026-08-18

Posts: 2

Re: Elden Ring crash in sound initialisation

I ran into what looks like the same issue on an RTX A2000, and I may have found a very specific trigger.

After trying basically everything imaginable, I eventually narrowed the crash down to the '__GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME' environment variable. On my system, Elden Ring consistently crashes with a white screen when Steam inherits:

__GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia

but launches normally when that variable is unset.

The interesting part is that the other NVIDIA/PRIME variables don't appear to matter. I tested these two environments directly:

env __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia steam

Elden Ring crashes.

env __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME= steam

Elden Ring launches normally.

I also tested with a completely fresh Proton prefix, no launch options, different Proton versions, EAC disabled, Steam Overlay disabled, X11 vs Wayland, etc. Same behavior until I found this.

I'm on an RTX A2000, and while searching for the relevant Proton log error I noticed several other reports involving non-GeForce NVIDIA GPUs, including an A3000, T600, T1200 and RTX 500 Ada. Given how uncommon these workstation GPUs are compared with GeForce cards, I'm wondering if there's a common driver/runtime issue here that isn't getting much exposure.

The particularly weird part is that '__GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME' is a GLX/OpenGL variable, while Elden Ring is D3D12 -> VKD3D -> Vulkan, so I have no idea why setting it would affect the game.

If anyone with one of these workstation NVIDIA GPUs can reproduce it, I'd be very interested to know. The minimal reproducer on my machine is simply:

env __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia steam

vs.

env -u __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME steam

The former crashes Elden Ring, the latter works.

Lone_Wolf

Administrator

From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 15,392

Re: Elden Ring crash in sound initialisation

Do those systems also have an intel/amd integrated gpu ?

Please post the output of vulkaninfo --summary (comes with vulkan-tools package)

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skept1kos

Member

Registered: Yesterday

Posts: 2

Re: Elden Ring crash in sound initialisation

If anyone with one of these workstation NVIDIA GPUs can reproduce it, I'd be very interested to know.

Yes, I can reproduce it. I'm on a Dell Precision 5560 with an RTX A2000, running Ubuntu 26.04.

I played this game a while back without needing this workaround, so something within the last year or so has introduced this issue. Went through a few rounds of debugging with ChatGPT but it wasn't able to pin down the issue. This is the only solution so far.

Do those systems also have an intel/amd integrated gpu ?

Please post the output of vulkaninfo --summary (comes with vulkan-tools package)

Yes, it has both an integrated Intel GPU and the discrete NVIDIA GPU. Here's that output:

WARNING: [Loader Message] Code 0 : ICD for selected physical device does not export vkGetPhysicalDeviceDisplayPlanePropertiesKHR!
WARNING: [Loader Message] Code 0 : ICD for selected physical device does not export vkGetPhysicalDeviceDisplayPropertiesKHR!
==========
VULKANINFO
==========

Vulkan Instance Version: 1.4.341


Instance Extensions: count = 27
-------------------------------
VK_EXT_acquire_drm_display             : extension revision 1
VK_EXT_acquire_xlib_display            : extension revision 1
VK_EXT_debug_report                    : extension revision 10
VK_EXT_debug_utils                     : extension revision 2
VK_EXT_direct_mode_display             : extension revision 1
VK_EXT_display_surface_counter         : extension revision 1
VK_EXT_headless_surface                : extension revision 1
VK_EXT_layer_settings                  : extension revision 2
VK_EXT_surface_maintenance1            : extension revision 1
VK_EXT_swapchain_colorspace            : extension revision 5
VK_KHR_device_group_creation           : extension revision 1
VK_KHR_display                         : extension revision 23
VK_KHR_external_fence_capabilities     : extension revision 1
VK_KHR_external_memory_capabilities    : extension revision 1
VK_KHR_external_semaphore_capabilities : extension revision 1
VK_KHR_get_display_properties2         : extension revision 1
VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2 : extension revision 2
VK_KHR_get_surface_capabilities2       : extension revision 1
VK_KHR_portability_enumeration         : extension revision 1
VK_KHR_surface                         : extension revision 25
VK_KHR_surface_maintenance1            : extension revision 1
VK_KHR_surface_protected_capabilities  : extension revision 1
VK_KHR_wayland_surface                 : extension revision 6
VK_KHR_xcb_surface                     : extension revision 6
VK_KHR_xlib_surface                    : extension revision 6
VK_LUNARG_direct_driver_loading        : extension revision 1
VK_NV_display_stereo                   : extension revision 1

Instance Layers: count = 12
---------------------------
VK_LAYER_FROG_gamescope_wsi_x86_64 Gamescope WSI (XWayland Bypass) Layer (x86_64)               1.3.221  version 1
VK_LAYER_INTEL_nullhw              INTEL NULL HW                                                1.1.73   version 1
VK_LAYER_MESA_anti_lag             Open-source implementation of the VK_AMD_anti_lag extension. 1.4.303  version 1
VK_LAYER_MESA_device_select        Linux device selection layer                                 1.4.303  version 1
VK_LAYER_MESA_overlay              Mesa Overlay layer                                           1.4.303  version 1
VK_LAYER_MESA_screenshot           Mesa Screenshot layer                                        1.4.303  version 1
VK_LAYER_NV_optimus                NVIDIA Optimus layer                                         1.4.329  version 1
VK_LAYER_NV_present                NVIDIA Presentation Layer                                    1.4.329  version 1
VK_LAYER_VALVE_steam_fossilize_32  Steam Pipeline Caching Layer                                 1.3.207  version 1
VK_LAYER_VALVE_steam_fossilize_64  Steam Pipeline Caching Layer                                 1.3.207  version 1
VK_LAYER_VALVE_steam_overlay_32    Steam Overlay Layer                                          1.3.207  version 1
VK_LAYER_VALVE_steam_overlay_64    Steam Overlay Layer                                          1.3.207  version 1

Devices:
========
GPU0:
	apiVersion         = 1.4.335
	driverVersion      = 26.0.8
	vendorID           = 0x8086
	deviceID           = 0x9a70
	deviceType         = PHYSICAL_DEVICE_TYPE_INTEGRATED_GPU
	deviceName         = Intel(R) UHD Graphics (TGL GT1)
	driverID           = DRIVER_ID_INTEL_OPEN_SOURCE_MESA
	driverName         = Intel open-source Mesa driver
	driverInfo         = Mesa 26.0.8-1ubuntu0.3
	conformanceVersion = 1.4.0.0
	deviceUUID         = 8680709a-0100-0000-0002-000000000000
	driverUUID         = d813f844-3e23-d162-63e1-632a14fbedd2
GPU1:
	apiVersion         = 1.4.329
	driverVersion      = 595.84.0.0
	vendorID           = 0x10de
	deviceID           = 0x25b8
	deviceType         = PHYSICAL_DEVICE_TYPE_DISCRETE_GPU
	deviceName         = NVIDIA RTX A2000 Laptop GPU
	driverID           = DRIVER_ID_NVIDIA_PROPRIETARY
	driverName         = NVIDIA
	driverInfo         = 595.84
	conformanceVersion = 1.4.3.3
	deviceUUID         = 55e00e23-9b20-f39b-7430-745fb2d9a487
	driverUUID         = 027cbdd1-c478-513e-af69-ebc9eaa7de87
GPU2:
	apiVersion         = 1.4.335
	driverVersion      = 26.0.8
	vendorID           = 0x10005
	deviceID           = 0x0000
	deviceType         = PHYSICAL_DEVICE_TYPE_CPU
	deviceName         = llvmpipe (LLVM 21.1.8, 256 bits)
	driverID           = DRIVER_ID_MESA_LLVMPIPE
	driverName         = llvmpipe
	driverInfo         = Mesa 26.0.8-1ubuntu0.3 (LLVM 21.1.8)
	conformanceVersion = 1.3.1.1
	deviceUUID         = 6d657361-3236-2e30-2e38-2d3175627500
	driverUUID         = 6c6c766d-7069-7065-5555-494400000000

V1del

Forum Moderator

Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,365

Re: Elden Ring crash in sound initialisation

While the exact interaction feels a bit weird, you should generally not have a reason to have these variables exported globally, what are you doing that for?

skept1kos

Member

Registered: Yesterday

Posts: 2

Re: Elden Ring crash in sound initialisation

While the exact interaction feels a bit weird, you should generally not have a reason to have these variables exported globally, what are you doing that for?

It gets weirder. I don't have them exported globally. This is a pretty new install of 26.04, and I haven't tinkered with the GPUs. There's nothing about it in my bashrc or fish config. echo $__GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME returns nothing, and I don't even have the issue anymore when running steam from the command line. (I know it crashed yesterday because I ran it from the command line to see the output from the crash.)

So today Elden Ring only crashes if steam is launched from the launcher icon, or if I run it with env __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia. So maybe there's something in the launcher. I checked steam.desktop. It has the following suspicious lines:

PrefersNonDefaultGPU=true
X-KDE-RunOnDiscreteGpu=true

I commented them out, logged out and logged back in, and now it doesn't crash when I launch steam from the icon.

It's possible in theory that I set __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME sometime earlier and forgot everything about it. But I think it's more likely now that this is something steam did.