Davinci Resolve won't start (How to set correct driver and GPU?)

[l299l]

Tried running Davinci Resolve 18 on my new manjaro system. The installation was successful, but I cannot start the program because of “Unsopported GPU Processing Mode”.

[leon@lap-leon bin]$ ./resolve 
ActCCMessage Already in Table: Code= c005, Mode= 13, Level=  1, CmdKey= -1, Option= 0
ActCCMessage Already in Table: Code= c006, Mode= 13, Level=  1, CmdKey= -1, Option= 0
ActCCMessage Already in Table: Code= c007, Mode= 13, Level=  1, CmdKey= -1, Option= 0
ActCCMessage Already in Table: Code= 2282, Mode=  0, Level=  0, CmdKey= 8, Option= 0
PnlMsgActionStringAdapter Already in Table: Code= 615e, Mode=  0, Level=  0, CmdKey= -1, Option= 0
18.0.0b.0028 Linux/Clang x86_64
Main thread starts: D0D3A600
0x7fa7d0d3a600 | Undefined            | INFO  | 2022-07-06 22:13:52,246 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
0x7fa7d0d3a600 | Undefined            | INFO  | 2022-07-06 22:13:52,246 | Loaded log config from /home/leon/.local/share/DaVinciResolve/configs/log-conf.xml
0x7fa7d0d3a600 | Undefined            | INFO  | 2022-07-06 22:13:52,246 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Resolve communication is open and waiting..
Accepted new client
FusionScript Server [8192] Started
Host 'Fusion' [7958] Added

When I run the checker script: GitHub - Ashark/davinci-resolve-checker: Check your system configuration and hardware for ability to successfully run DaVinci Resolve I get:

Using locale en_US
DaVinci Resolve checker 2.7.2
Installed DaVinci Resolve package: 
Chassis type: notebook
Installed OpenCL drivers: 
Presented GPUs:
	HD Graphics 630 (kernel driver in use: i915)
	GP108M [GeForce MX150] (kernel driver in use: nvidia)
OpenGL vendor string: 

Unable to detect the OpenGL vendor string. Probably you are trying to use AMD Pro OpenGL while your primary GPU is Intel. Also probably you are launching script via ssh.

So I suspect that I have the wrong drivers or the program is trying to use the wrong drivers.

My drivers:

[leon@lap-leon davinci-resolve-checker]$ mhwd
> 0000:01:00.0 (0302:10de:1d10) Display controller nVidia Corporation:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime            2021.12.18               false            PCI
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-470xx-prime            2021.12.18               false            PCI
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-390xx-bumblebee            2021.12.18               false            PCI
          video-nvidia            2021.12.18               false            PCI
    video-nvidia-470xx            2021.12.18               false            PCI
    video-nvidia-390xx            2021.12.18               false            PCI
           video-linux            2018.05.04                true            PCI


> 0000:00:02.0 (0300:8086:591b) Display controller Intel Corporation:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime            2021.12.18               false            PCI
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-470xx-prime            2021.12.18               false            PCI
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-390xx-bumblebee            2021.12.18               false            PCI
           video-linux            2018.05.04                true            PCI
     video-modesetting            2020.01.13                true            PCI
            video-vesa            2017.03.12                true            PCI


[leon@lap-leon davinci-resolve-checker]$ 

Any help is appreciated. btw. sorry if my english is not the best

[Hanzel]

You are probably right with the drivers, search the forum, you will find threads like these:

Davinci Resolve won't start with Nvidia

Hello everyone, on LM 20, I was able to successfully run Davinci Resolve, the free and studio version. However on Manjaro it won’t start up, and this is the output: ~>>> /opt/resolve/bin/resolve ActCCMessage Already in Table: Code= c005, Mode= 13, Level= 1, CmdKey= -1, Option= 0 ActCCMessage Already in Table: Code= c006, Mode= 13, Level= 1, CmdKey= -1, Option= 0 ActCCMessage Already in Table: Code= c007, Mode= 13, Level= 1, CmdKey= -1, Option= 0 ActCCMessage Already in Table: C…

[YoungFellow]

You should also check the answer to my post too:

@tuxmanjarino

All nice and stuff but you should also post your mhwd -li

You have an Optimus laptop, you need to actually run it with nvidia (using prime), not just mention it in the title

https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php/Configure_Graphics_Cards#Dual_GPU
https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php/Configure_Graphics_Cards#nvidia-prime

Also:

@l299l

           video-linux            2018.05.04                true            PCI

You need the propitiatory drivers to run Resolve.

To install:
1- Open the the “Manjaro Settings Manager” application
2- Click on the “Auto Install Proprietary Driver”
3- Follow the procedure and you should have a box checked in the installed column on the video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime row, as shown in the screenshot.

After that, you’re going to need optimus-manager to manage your GPUs:

@YoungFellow

You have to install both, optimus-manager and optimus-manager-qt from the AUR.

How to get these packages from the AUR

Method 1 (GUI):

1. Enable the AUR in pamac

1. Open pamac and navigate to the preferences menu.
2. Under the “Third Party” tab, Enable AUR support.

2. Search for optimus-manager and optimus-manager-qt and install them

Method 2 (terminal), run these commands in your terminal:

1- Install ‘yay’, an AUR helper:

sudo pacman -S yay

2- Install optimus-manager-qt from the AUR:

yay -S optimus-manager optimus-manager-qt

For setting up, I found this in the archived forum.

After a successful install and setup, you will be able to manage your GPUs like this:

(Your icons may look different, as I changed mine)

[l299l]

Thank you. Everything works now. Also I had to install opencl-nvidia for everything to work.

[YoungFellow]

Your most welcome