Unable to launch Godot without elevating with sudo: Unable to initialize OpenGL video driver

Support Graphics & Display
,
1

Tested versions

  • Reproducible in Godot 4.2.2-1 stable

System information

CPU: quad core Intel Core i7-3820 (-MT MCP-)
Kernel: 6.9.3-3-MANJARO x86_64
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GM206 [GeForce GTX 960] driver: nvidia v: 550.90.07 Display: server: X.org v: 1.21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.0 driver: X: loaded: N/A failed: nvidia gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch resolution: 1: N/A 2: 1920x1080~60Hz API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: kms_swrast,nvidia,swrast platforms: gbm,x11,surfaceless,device API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 550.90.07 renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960/PCIe/SSE2 API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 drivers: nvidia surfaces: xcb,xlib

Issue description

Even though applications like glxgears are working correctly, I am unable to launch Godot with the following errors on launch:

Godot Engine v4.2.2.stable.arch_linux - https://godotengine.org
TextServer: Added interface "Dummy"
TextServer: Added interface "ICU / HarfBuzz / Graphite (Built-in)"
Xshape 1.1 detected.
Xinerama 1.1 detected.
Xrandr 1.6 detected.
Xrender 0.11 detected.
Xinput 2.2 detected.
XInput: Refreshing devices.
XInput: No touch devices found.
Detecting GPUs, set DRI_PRIME in the environment to override GPU detection logic.
XServer error: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
   Major opcode of failed request: 152
   Serial number of failed request: 34
   Current serial number in output stream: 31
XServer error: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
   Major opcode of failed request: 152
   Serial number of failed request: 34
   Current serial number in output stream: 31
Only one GPU found, using default.
ERROR: Condition "ctxErrorOccurred || !gl_display.context->glx_context" is true. Returning: ERR_UNCONFIGURED
   at: _create_context (platform/linuxbsd/x11/gl_manager_x11.cpp:183)
WARNING: Your video card drivers seem not to support the required OpenGL version, switching to OpenGLES.
     at: DisplayServerX11 (platform/linuxbsd/x11/display_server_x11.cpp:6102)
Loaded EGL 1.0
ERROR: EGL version is too old!
   at: initialize (drivers/egl/egl_manager.cpp:367)
ERROR: Could not initialize OpenGLES.
   at: DisplayServerX11 (platform/linuxbsd/x11/display_server_x11.cpp:6120)

(zenity:33): Gtk-WARNING **: 14:25:13.184: Unable to acquire session bus: Could not connect: Permission denied
Gsk-Message: 14:25:13.461: Failed to realize renderer of type 'GskNglRenderer' for surface 'GdkX11Toplevel': Unable to create a GL context

Gsk-Message: 14:25:13.461: Failed to realize renderer of type 'GskGLRenderer' for surface 'GdkX11Toplevel': Unable to create a GL context


(zenity:33): Gdk-CRITICAL **: 14:25:13.473: Vulkan: Loader Message: setup_loader_term_phys_devs:  Failed to detect any valid GPUs in the current config

(zenity:33): Gdk-CRITICAL **: 14:25:13.480: Vulkan: Loader Message: setup_loader_term_phys_devs:  Failed to detect any valid GPUs in the current config
Gsk-Message: 14:25:13.480: Failed to realize renderer of type 'GskVulkanRenderer' for surface 'GdkX11Toplevel': No Vulkan devices available.

ERROR: Unable to create DisplayServer, all display drivers failed.
   at: setup2 (main/main.cpp:2438)
ERROR: Pages in use exist at exit in PagedAllocator: N7Variant5Pools11BucketLargeE
   at: ~PagedAllocator (./core/templates/paged_allocator.h:170)
ERROR: Pages in use exist at exit in PagedAllocator: N7Variant5Pools12BucketMediumE
   at: ~PagedAllocator (./core/templates/paged_allocator.h:170)
ERROR: Pages in use exist at exit in PagedAllocator: N7Variant5Pools11BucketSmallE
   at: ~PagedAllocator (./core/templates/paged_allocator.h:170)
ERROR: BUG: Unreferenced static string to 0: TextServerDummy
   at: unref (core/string/string_name.cpp:129)
ERROR: BUG: Unreferenced static string to 0: IPUnix
   at: unref (core/string/string_name.cpp:129)
ERROR: BUG: Unreferenced static string to 0: ResourceFormatImporterSaver
   at: unref (core/string/string_name.cpp:129)
ERROR: BUG: Unreferenced static string to 0: MovieWriterMJPEG
   at: unref (core/string/string_name.cpp:129)
ERROR: BUG: Unreferenced static string to 0: interface_added
   at: unref (core/string/string_name.cpp:129)
ERROR: BUG: Unreferenced static string to 0: TextServerAdvanced
   at: unref (core/string/string_name.cpp:129)
ERROR: BUG: Unreferenced static string to 0: ImageFormatLoader
   at: unref (core/string/string_name.cpp:129)
ERROR: BUG: Unreferenced static string to 0: ResourceFormatSaver
   at: unref (core/string/string_name.cpp:129)
ERROR: BUG: Unreferenced static string to 0: GDScriptEditorTranslationParserPlugin
   at: unref (core/string/string_name.cpp:129)
ERROR: BUG: Unreferenced static string to 0: MovieWriterPNGWAV
   at: unref (core/string/string_name.cpp:129)
ERROR: BUG: Unreferenced static string to 0: ScriptLanguage
   at: unref (core/string/string_name.cpp:129)
ERROR: BUG: Unreferenced static string to 0: ResourceFormatLoader
   at: unref (core/string/string_name.cpp:129)

The Unable to acquire session bus: Could not connect: Permission denied message made me try running sudo godot, which got it up and running.
Downgrading the drivers to nvidia-470xx also got it working, but then most of my other applications throw errors.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Update drivers.
  2. Reboot system.
  3. Launch Godot.
2

please post the output of

echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE && glxinfo | grep server
3

I’ve downloaded the official Godot binary which works, so there’s possibly something wrong with the package or how it links to the libraries on my system?

echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE && glxinfo | grep server
x11
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
server glx version string: 1.4
server glx extensions:
4

okay then mark your topic as solved.

5

This topic was automatically closed 36 hours after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.