Blender crashes on Fedora, AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT build #121079

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Danny-59 · 2024-04-25T16:26:52+02:00

Danny-59 commented

2024-04-25 16:26:52 +02:00

System Information
Operating system: Linux-6.8.7-300.fc40.x86_64-x86_64-with-glibc2.38 64 Bits, WAYLAND UI
Graphics card: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (radeonsi, navi22, LLVM 17.0.6, DRM 3.57, 6.8.7-300.fc40.x86_64) AMD 4.6 (Core Profile) Mesa 24.0.5 (git-7737614720)

Blender Version
Broken: version: 4.1.1, branch: blender-v4.1-release, commit date: 2024-04-15 15:11, hash: e1743a0317bc
Worked: (newest version of Blender that worked as expected)

Short description of error
Blender crashes on launch since switching to AMD GPU on Linux (Fedora 40, Wayland)

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error

Ever since switching from an NVidia GPU to an AMD GPU (Radeon RX 6700 XT) on my linux build, blender crashes on launch; the only method that runs blender is oddly through the terminal (flatpak run org.blender.Blender; any other means of launching the application fails) - but when doing so, the GPU is not recognized by Blender (e.g. in the preferences > system > cycles render devices, there is no option available under HIP). Notably, other applications recognize the GPU; only Blender does not. Lastly, uninstalling and reinstalling Blender from other repos (Fedora flatbaks, Fedora RPMs) does not resolve this issue

**System Information** Operating system: Linux-6.8.7-300.fc40.x86_64-x86_64-with-glibc2.38 64 Bits, WAYLAND UI Graphics card: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (radeonsi, navi22, LLVM 17.0.6, DRM 3.57, 6.8.7-300.fc40.x86_64) AMD 4.6 (Core Profile) Mesa 24.0.5 (git-7737614720) **Blender Version** Broken: version: 4.1.1, branch: blender-v4.1-release, commit date: 2024-04-15 15:11, hash: `e1743a0317bc` Worked: (newest version of Blender that worked as expected) **Short description of error** Blender crashes on launch since switching to AMD GPU on Linux (Fedora 40, Wayland) **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** Ever since switching from an NVidia GPU to an AMD GPU (Radeon RX 6700 XT) on my linux build, blender crashes on launch; the only method that runs blender is oddly through the terminal (flatpak run org.blender.Blender; any other means of launching the application fails) - but when doing so, the GPU is not recognized by Blender (e.g. in the preferences > system > cycles render devices, there is no option available under HIP). Notably, other applications recognize the GPU; only Blender does not. Lastly, uninstalling and reinstalling Blender from other repos (Fedora flatbaks, Fedora RPMs) does not resolve this issue

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Alaska commented

2024-04-25 17:36:27 +02:00

The flatpak and Fedora RPM Blender versions are not maintained by the Blender foundation and the Blender foundation can not garuntee they work properly. For future testing, please use versions of Blender from the Blender founadtion: https://www.blender.org/download/

Does clearing your Blender config help with this issue? To do this, go to $HOME/.config/ and rename the folder blender to something like blender-backup then try opeing Blender.

The flatpak and Fedora RPM Blender versions are not maintained by the Blender foundation and the Blender foundation can not garuntee they work properly. For future testing, please use versions of Blender from the Blender founadtion: https://www.blender.org/download/ Does clearing your Blender config help with this issue? To do this, go to `$HOME/.config/` and rename the folder `blender` to something like `blender-backup` then try opeing Blender.

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Danny-59 commented

2024-04-28 03:44:53 +02:00

Thank you for the prompt reply!

I was not aware that the RPM and Flatpaks were not officially maintained. That being said, I have experimented with a few things:

Downloading and running the official Linux Blender 4.1.1 build from https://www.blender.org/download/ does successfully open the app without crashing, but the GPU is still not recognized. In practice, it seems to originally behave the same as running the Flatpak through the terminal ("flatpak run org.blender.Blender").
Clearing the Blender config file from $Home/.config/ (either by renaming it or by deleting it) did not resolve the issue - this is true for both the official Blender build and the Flatpak.
Interestingly, in the Flatpak permissions, if I remove the Blender Flatpak's permission for "Direct Graphic Rendering", the Flatpak runs like in bullet (1), i.e. like running the official Blender build or running the Flatpak through the terminal ("flatpak run org.blender.Blender").
I'm not sure if this is the direct solution or a temporary fix, but following the instructions on https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/HC to install HIP on Fedora:

sudo dnf install rocm-hip
sudo dnf install rocm-hip-devel

allows the official Blender build to recognize the GPU, and seems to work in most cases. However, the Flatpak running with the "direct graphic rendering" setting turned off, nor the Flatpak running through the terminal ("flatpak run org.blender.Blender"), recognizes the GPU.

In summary: it seems the only use case that works is installing HIP as in bullet (4) above, and then running the official Blender build; only then does Blender run without crashing, and recognize/uses the GPU.

I'm still not entirely certain about the exact cause of the issue, as other applications or video games can utilize the GPU without any of the steps above; so far only Blender has had these limitations.

Thank you for the prompt reply! I was not aware that the RPM and Flatpaks were not officially maintained. That being said, I have experimented with a few things: 1. Downloading and running the official Linux Blender 4.1.1 build from https://www.blender.org/download/ _does_ successfully open the app without crashing, but the GPU is still not recognized. In practice, it seems to originally behave the same as running the Flatpak through the terminal ("flatpak run org.blender.Blender"). 2. Clearing the Blender config file from $Home/.config/ (either by renaming it or by deleting it) did not resolve the issue - this is true for both the official Blender build and the Flatpak. 3. Interestingly, in the Flatpak permissions, if I remove the Blender Flatpak's permission for "Direct Graphic Rendering", the Flatpak runs like in bullet (1), i.e. like running the official Blender build or running the Flatpak through the terminal ("flatpak run org.blender.Blender"). 4. I'm not sure if this is the direct solution or a temporary fix, but following the instructions on https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/HC to install HIP on Fedora: ``` sudo dnf install rocm-hip sudo dnf install rocm-hip-devel ``` allows the official Blender build to recognize the GPU, and seems to work in most cases. However, the Flatpak running with the "direct graphic rendering" setting turned off, nor the Flatpak running through the terminal ("flatpak run org.blender.Blender"), recognizes the GPU. **In summary**: it seems the only use case that works is installing HIP as in bullet (4) above, and then running the official Blender build; only then does Blender run without crashing, and recognize/uses the GPU. I'm still not entirely certain about the exact cause of the issue, as other applications or video games can utilize the GPU without any of the steps above; so far only Blender has had these limitations.

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Alaska commented

2024-04-28 03:54:32 +02:00

Since installing the HIP package (which is required to use HIP in Blender) and running the official Blender version resolves the issue, then this issue is resolved and I will be closing it.

The issues with the flatpak and RPM versions of Blender should be brought up with the maintainers of those packages.

Since installing the HIP package (which is required to use HIP in Blender) and running the official Blender version resolves the issue, then this issue is resolved and I will be closing it. The issues with the flatpak and RPM versions of Blender should be brought up with the maintainers of those packages.

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