Hi everyone,
I’m looking for help with a persistent issue where my PC crashes while playing a modded(seamless co-op) version of Elden Ring (Nightreign) through the Heroic Games Launcher. After a few minutes of gameplay, the screen goes blank, and the entire system becomes unresponsive/black screen including no sound, forcing a hard reboot. I’ve been troubleshooting for a while and have hit a wall.
System Specifications
- OS: Manjaro Linux (KDE Plasma)
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
- RAM: 16 GB
- Launcher: Heroic Games Launcher 2.17.2
What I’ve Tried So Far
- Cleared Caches: I have cleared the Heroic shader cache, the
vkd3d-proton.cache
inside the Wine prefix, and the NVIDIAGLCache
. The issue persists. - Changed Proton Versions: I’ve tried both GE-Proton (latest) and Proton Experimental. The crash happens on both.
Suspected Cause: NVIDIA Driver
My nvidia-smi
output shows I am on the 575.64 driver version, which seems to be a very new/unstable development version. My game logs are filled with vkd3d-proton: Invalid format
errors, which strongly points to a driver incompatibility.
I’m fairly certain the NVIDIA driver is the root cause, but I’m not sure how to correctly downgrade or switch to a stable version on Manjaro. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Logs and System Information
Log Files:
- Heroic Launcher Log: https://0x0.st/8UAF.log
- inxi -Fazy Output: https://pastebin.com/Wj1LsCwe
Command Outputs:
journalctl -b -1 -p 3
Jun 29 15:49:01 istiak-b550aoruselitev2 kernel:
Jun 29 15:49:13 istiak-b550aoruselitev2 org_kde_powerdevil[848]: [ 848] Error detecting VCP version using VCP feature xDF: Error_Info[DDCRC_REPORTED_UNSUPPORTED in ddc_get_nontable_vcp_value]
mhwd -li
> Installed PCI configs:
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NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
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video-nvidia 2025.01.13 false PCI
nvidia-smi -q | grep GSP
GSP Firmware Version : 575.64