Created attachment 1554903 [details] stdout/stderr output Description of problem: ---------------- Hello. I've just installed blender from the Fedora repository (@System), and it cannot start. When launching it, it hangs indefinitely. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): ---------------- $ blender --version Blender 2.79 (sub 0) build date: 2018-11-02 build time: 18:31:23 build commit date: 1970-01-01 build commit time: 00:00 build hash: unknown How reproducible: ---------------- Always Steps to Reproduce: ---------------- 1. Install the proprietary Nvidia drivers because you'll need them to do GPU renders with blender 2. Install blender from "Softwares" 3. Launch blender Actual results: ---------------- It blocks. Expected results: ---------------- The blender windows pops up. Additional info: ---------------- When launching with a terminal, it complains about a DRI2 connection. I have no idea what it means. See log in attachment (actually it's the stdout/stderr output). Downloading the 2.79 binaries from blender.org yield the very same issue.
Hello N.Brack, Normally Fedora does not deal with closed source on this bug report. However, we will take a look. - According to the log, your hardware runs on a hybrid graphics Intel/Nvidia. - Which Nvidia hardware do you use? - Have you tried the previous version of proprietary Nvidia driver to see if that works? - Does it work with Nouveau driver? Because the issue affects both releases i.e. Fedora and the Blender binary, it appears hardware specific. - Assuming you run on Workstation, right click Blender and choose "Start with Dedicated Graphic Card".
Hello, I reported the issue just in case and lost sight of it, and apparently some update since I reported the issue fixed it because I can launch blender again and use the CUDA renderer. Most likely Nvidia effed their driver at some point ? Blender did work with nouveau, but without CUDA as I said. Many thanks for your help.
Glad the issue got resolved.