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Questions about Vulkan, a low-level library for rendering 3D graphics

Vulkan is a low-overhead, cross-platform graphics API from the Khronos Group.

Vulkan implementations are usually included in graphics drivers. Mesa's Vulkan drivers for open source AMD and Intel GPUs are in Ubuntu package mesa-vulkan-drivers. vulkan-utils package includes vulkaninfo application that displays information on the system's vulkan compatibility.

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How can I know if my GPU card driver supports Vulkan?

I have 3rd gen Intel mobile CPU i5-3210M, with integrated HD4000 graphics.How can I tell what driver version (i915) I have and does it support Vulkan? What Mesa version I have in Kubuntu 16.10? What happens if I run a game made with Vulkan API…
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How to enable DRI3 on Ubuntu 16.04

I'm trying to learn Vulkan, so I install the Mesa Vulkan drivers and development files. I downloaded some examples. I compiled the examples and tried to execute one. But when I run the file from terminal, it gave one warning and error: WARNING:…
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How to install intel graphics driver for using vulkan on Ubuntu 16.04

Environment: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. The machine uses Intel iris Pro Graphics 580 (Skylake GT4e) graphics processor. Vulkan: 1.0.21.1 The problem, I installed the Vulkan 1.x SDK, and try to run the cube example. The error message I got is:…
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Installing nvidia vulkan drivers for 16.04

I am on 16.04 with an Nvidia 760GTX which should be supported by vulkan. I installed libvulkan-dev added this ppa https://launchpad.net/~canonical-x/+archive/ubuntu/vulkan I also installed vulkan-utils mesa-vulkan-drivers There should be a package…
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Vulkan does not work

I have an AMD FX CPU Nvidia GTX 650 ti up to date ubuntu 17.10 with 384.90 nvidia drivers. When I try to run Dawn of War III under Vulkan I get this error message: ubuntu required Vulkan extension VK_KHR_surface is not available Vulkaninfo…
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Install Vulkan on 19.04

I'm running Ubuntu 19.04 Desktop, and I would like to install Vulkan. I already installed the Nvidia drivers from the Software and Updates app, but when I try to install Vulkan from the command line using sudo apt install vulkan vulkan-utils, I get…
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Can't run Vulkan on Ubuntu 18.04 with NVidia

When running vulkaninfo, I get the following error. It's been weeks that I try to get it running correctly on Ubuntu (vs 15 minutes flawlessly on Mac), trying almost every solution I stumbled upon. Any help would be very much appreciated. Vulkan…
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Automatic check if Vulkan is supported

Is it possible for Ubuntu to check and give a clear message if my GPU is Vulkan-compatible? I spent a lot of time troubleshooting why Vulkan doesn't work on my system: $ vulkaninfo =========== VULKAN INFO =========== Vulkan API Version:…
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Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS R9 390X amdgpu guide / testing summary

I cannot get amdgpu to load as driver. Instead it always loads radeon. Setup: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS i7-5830k 2x R9 390X
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vulkan warnings

When I use the vulkaninfo command on Ubuntu 20.04, I get the following warnings: WARNING: [Loader Message] Code 0 : terminator_CreateInstance: Failed to CreateInstance in ICD 2. Skipping ICD. MESA-INTEL: warning: Performance support disabled,…
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How to install glslc on Ubuntu 20.04?

I want to install glslc , which is one of the tools of shaderc, so I can compile GLSL into Vulkan's SPIR-V shader format. Is there a package that already provides it or I should build it from source? Apparently it's not packed on debian:…
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Installing mesa Vulkan driver on Ubuntu 17.10

I'm trying to install Vulkan on Ubuntu 17.10. So far I've tried: sudo apt install mesa-vulkan-drivers vulkan-utils This does not appear to work, since I get the following output from vulkaninfo: =========== VULKAN INFO =========== Vulkan API…
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How to install Intel graphics drivers (with Vulkan support) for Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial?

I'm trying to get Vulkan running on my linux laptop. I've tried this: https://launchpad.net/~canonical-x/+archive/ubuntu/vulkan from here: https://01.org/linuxgraphics/blogs/jekstrand/2016/open-source-vulkan-drivers-intel-hardware But the packages…
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trying to install vulkan fails

I am trying to install vulkan from https://launchpad.net/%7Ecanonical-x/+archive/ubuntu/vulkan Everything works fine until entering this line: sudo apt install vulkan-utils mesa-vulkan-drivers cannot find vulkan-utils cannot find…
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How is Nvidia driver 367.18 on Ubuntu (14.04)?

I'm so curious to try out the new Nvidia proprietary driver 367.18, because it supports the Vulkan API in the Steam game Dota 2. But I'm wondering if it's worth it, i.e. whether it's stable. I don't want to get things like black screens, flickering,…
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