Crash on launch about chamferwm HOT 4 CLOSED

Just to be sure, did you put the exec line in your .xinitrc, and then launch with startx? One way to reproduce what you described is to try launch directly from tty. That probaby won't work unless you have X server already running in background.

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Well sorry about that I guess I didn't read well enough.
I tried that yesterday though (and it didn't work that well) but I didn't think to check the log: here it is

[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] validation layer2: Found ICD manifest file /usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/nvidia_icd.json, version "1.0.0"
[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] validation layer2: Searching for ICD drivers named libGLX_nvidia.so.0
[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] validation layer2: Build ICD instance extension list
[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] validation layer2: Instance Extension: VK_KHR_device_group_creation (libGLX_nvidia.so.0) version 0.0.1
[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] validation layer2: Instance Extension: VK_KHR_display (libGLX_nvidia.so.0) version 0.0.21
[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] validation layer2: Instance Extension: VK_KHR_external_fence_capabilities (libGLX_nvidia.so.0) version 0.0.1
[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] validation layer2: Instance Extension: VK_KHR_external_memory_capabilities (libGLX_nvidia.so.0) version 0.0.1
[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] validation layer2: Instance Extension: VK_KHR_external_semaphore_capabilities (libGLX_nvidia.so.0) version 0.0.1
[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] validation layer2: Instance Extension: VK_KHR_get_display_properties2 (libGLX_nvidia.so.0) version 0.0.1
[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] validation layer2: Instance Extension: VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2 (libGLX_nvidia.so.0) version 0.0.1
[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] validation layer2: Instance Extension: VK_KHR_get_surface_capabilities2 (libGLX_nvidia.so.0) version 0.0.1
[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] validation layer2: Instance Extension: VK_KHR_surface (libGLX_nvidia.so.0) version 0.0.25
[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] validation layer2: Instance Extension: VK_KHR_surface_protected_capabilities (libGLX_nvidia.so.0) version 0.0.1
[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] validation layer2: Instance Extension: VK_KHR_xcb_surface (libGLX_nvidia.so.0) version 0.0.6
[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] validation layer2: Instance Extension: VK_KHR_xlib_surface (libGLX_nvidia.so.0) version 0.0.6
[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] validation layer2: Instance Extension: VK_EXT_acquire_xlib_display (libGLX_nvidia.so.0) version 0.0.1
[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] validation layer2: Instance Extension: VK_EXT_debug_report (libGLX_nvidia.so.0) version 0.0.9
[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] validation layer2: Instance Extension: VK_EXT_debug_utils (libGLX_nvidia.so.0) version 0.0.1
[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] validation layer2: Instance Extension: VK_EXT_direct_mode_display (libGLX_nvidia.so.0) version 0.0.1
[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] validation layer2: Instance Extension: VK_EXT_display_surface_counter (libGLX_nvidia.so.0) version 0.0.1
[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] validation layer2: Build ICD instance extension list
[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] validation layer2: Instance Extension: VK_KHR_device_group_creation (libGLX_nvidia.so.0) version 0.0.1
[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] validation layer2: Instance Extension: VK_KHR_display (libGLX_nvidia.so.0) version 0.0.21
[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] validation layer2: Instance Extension: VK_KHR_external_fence_capabilities (libGLX_nvidia.so.0) version 0.0.1
[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] validation layer2: Instance Extension: VK_KHR_external_memory_capabilities (libGLX_nvidia.so.0) version 0.0.1
[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] validation layer2: Instance Extension: VK_KHR_external_semaphore_capabilities (libGLX_nvidia.so.0) version 0.0.1
[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] validation layer2: Instance Extension: VK_KHR_get_display_properties2 (libGLX_nvidia.so.0) version 0.0.1
[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] validation layer2: Instance Extension: VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2 (libGLX_nvidia.so.0) version 0.0.1
[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] validation layer2: Instance Extension: VK_KHR_get_surface_capabilities2 (libGLX_nvidia.so.0) version 0.0.1
[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] validation layer2: Instance Extension: VK_KHR_surface (libGLX_nvidia.so.0) version 0.0.25
[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] validation layer2: Instance Extension: VK_KHR_surface_protected_capabilities (libGLX_nvidia.so.0) version 0.0.1
[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] validation layer2: Instance Extension: VK_KHR_xcb_surface (libGLX_nvidia.so.0) version 0.0.6
[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] validation layer2: Instance Extension: VK_KHR_xlib_surface (libGLX_nvidia.so.0) version 0.0.6
[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] validation layer2: Instance Extension: VK_EXT_acquire_xlib_display (libGLX_nvidia.so.0) version 0.0.1
[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] validation layer2: Instance Extension: VK_EXT_debug_report (libGLX_nvidia.so.0) version 0.0.9
[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] validation layer2: Instance Extension: VK_EXT_debug_utils (libGLX_nvidia.so.0) version 0.0.1
[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] validation layer2: Instance Extension: VK_EXT_direct_mode_display (libGLX_nvidia.so.0) version 0.0.1
[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] validation layer2: Instance Extension: VK_EXT_display_surface_counter (libGLX_nvidia.so.0) version 0.0.1
[chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] Enumerating physical devices

• 0: GeForce GTX 1060
  .deviceID: 7200
  .vendorID: 4318
  .deviceType: 2
  max push constant size: 256
  max bound desc sets: 32
  [chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] Available surface formats: 2
  Surface format ok.
  [chamferwm 2020-01-15 22:18:05] Enumerating required device extensions
  VK_KHR_external_memory
  VK_KHR_external_memory_fd
  VK_KHR_swapchain

Also launching with -n does work.

Ok sorry about all this, the error actually thrown by chamferwn is:
Could not find all required device extensions.

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Ok sorry about all this, the error actually thrown by chamferwn is:
Could not find all required device extensions.

No problem. Looks like there's actually a bunch of device extensions that were not found, if the log is complete. Is it really finding only three extensions, or are there any more reported? Some of the extensions are not absolutely necessary for basic functionality, I could maybe later try make chamfer slightly less strict about the extension requirements. You said that you had also intel graphics available, does the compositor work better on that?

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Ok so the issue was that I didn't install vulkan-intel. Chamfer doesn't see the intel card because it's hidden by prime, but it still has to work (and be vulkan compatible) since nvidia offloads to intel.

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