Unable to engage Vulkan support for the latest NVIDIA Linux drivers 375.26 in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Hey Guys,

Although, followed most of the recommendations as well as directions available over the net to install either graphics drivers or Vulkan-related tools and libraries (already have similar and successful experience with Intel open-source graphics drivers with the Vulkan support enabled and my built-in Intel graphics card), still got no luck with engaging Vulkan support for the most recent (at the moment) proprietary NVIDIA Linux Drivers 375.26 (got from the ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa repository) within my Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (x86_64). Installed the drivers and made them operate correctly with my twin displays, but still can’t make the Vulkan support available for the drivers newly installed. Thus, would appreciate it very much if someone can provide me with the right further direction for taking it next.

Please, find my environment setup specifics below:

skipet@skipet-PC:~$ uname -a
Linux skipet-PC 4.4.0-57-generic #78-Ubuntu SMP Fri Dec 9 23:50:32 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

skipet@skipet-PC:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
Release:	16.04
Codename:	xenial

skipet@skipet-PC:~$ sudo lshw -numeric -C display
  *-display               
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: GF108 [GeForce GT 730] [10DE:F02]
       vendor: NVIDIA Corporation [10DE]
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: a1
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
       resources: irq:130 memory:f1000000-f1ffffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff memory:d0000000-d1ffffff ioport:4000(size=128) memory:f2080000-f20fffff
  *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: Sky Lake Integrated Graphics [8086:1912]
       vendor: Intel Corporation [8086]
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
       version: 06
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pciexpress msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=i915_bpo latency=0
       resources: irq:127 memory:f0000000-f0ffffff memory:e0000000-efffffff ioport:5000(size=64)

skipet@skipet-PC:~$ lspci -vnn | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Sky Lake Integrated Graphics [8086:1912] (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GF108 [GeForce GT 730] [10de:0f02] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])

skipet@skipet-PC:~$ sudo apt list --installed | grep nvidia

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

nvidia-375/xenial,now 375.26-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.1 amd64 [installed]
nvidia-opencl-icd-375/xenial,now 375.26-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
nvidia-settings/xenial,now 375.26-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]

skipet@skipet-PC:~$ sudo apt list --installed | grep vulkan

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

libvulkan-dev/xenial,now 1.0.37.0+dfsg1-1~gpu16.04.1 amd64 [installed]
libvulkan1/xenial,now 1.0.37.0+dfsg1-1~gpu16.04.1 amd64 [installed]
vulkan-utils/xenial,now 1.0.37.0+dfsg1-1~gpu16.04.1 amd64 [installed]

skipet@skipet-PC:~$ nvidia-detector 
none

Please, be either aware of that I used the nvidia-xconfig tool to create a new /etc/X11/xorg.conf configuration file (which allowed me to run the nvidia-settings tool correctly). So, its content is as follows:

skipet@skipet-PC:~$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 375.26  (buildmeister@swio-display-x86-rhel47-01)  Thu Dec  8 19:07:46 PST 2016

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Output of the vulkaninfo tool:

skipet@skipet-PC:~$ vulkaninfo 
===========
VULKAN INFO
===========

Vulkan API Version: 1.0.37

INFO: [loader] Code 0 : Found manifest file /home/skipet/VulkanSDK/1.0.37.0/x86_64/etc/explicit_layer.d/VkLayer_api_dump.json, version "1.0.0"
INFO: [loader] Code 0 : Found manifest file /home/skipet/VulkanSDK/1.0.37.0/x86_64/etc/explicit_layer.d/VkLayer_unique_objects.json, version "1.0.0"
INFO: [loader] Code 0 : Found manifest file /home/skipet/VulkanSDK/1.0.37.0/x86_64/etc/explicit_layer.d/VkLayer_monitor.json, version "1.0.0"
INFO: [loader] Code 0 : Found manifest file /home/skipet/VulkanSDK/1.0.37.0/x86_64/etc/explicit_layer.d/VkLayer_vktrace_layer.json, version "1.0.0"
INFO: [loader] Code 0 : Found manifest file /home/skipet/VulkanSDK/1.0.37.0/x86_64/etc/explicit_layer.d/VkLayer_image.json, version "1.0.0"
INFO: [loader] Code 0 : Found manifest file /home/skipet/VulkanSDK/1.0.37.0/x86_64/etc/explicit_layer.d/VkLayer_core_validation.json, version "1.0.0"
INFO: [loader] Code 0 : Found manifest file /home/skipet/VulkanSDK/1.0.37.0/x86_64/etc/explicit_layer.d/VkLayer_parameter_validation.json, version "1.0.0"
INFO: [loader] Code 0 : Found manifest file /home/skipet/VulkanSDK/1.0.37.0/x86_64/etc/explicit_layer.d/VkLayer_object_tracker.json, version "1.0.0"
INFO: [loader] Code 0 : Found manifest file /home/skipet/VulkanSDK/1.0.37.0/x86_64/etc/explicit_layer.d/VkLayer_swapchain.json, version "1.0.0"
INFO: [loader] Code 0 : Found manifest file /home/skipet/VulkanSDK/1.0.37.0/x86_64/etc/explicit_layer.d/VkLayer_threading.json, version "1.0.0"
INFO: [loader] Code 0 : Found manifest file /home/skipet/VulkanSDK/1.0.37.0/x86_64/etc/explicit_layer.d/VkLayer_screenshot.json, version "1.0.0"
INFO: [loader] Code 0 : Found manifest file /usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/nvidia_icd.json, version "1.0.0"

Instance Extensions:
====================
Instance Extensions	count = 5
	VK_KHR_surface                      : extension revision 25
	VK_KHR_xcb_surface                  : extension revision  6
	VK_KHR_xlib_surface                 : extension revision  6
	VK_EXT_debug_report                 : extension revision  4
	VK_NV_external_memory_capabilities  : extension revision  1
/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/Create-Linux-VulkanSDK/Vulkan-LoaderAndValidationLayers/demos/vulkaninfo.c:1481: failed with VK_ERROR_INITIALIZATION_FAILED

BTW, OpenGL rendering capability test using the glxgears tool is OK (gears are run and correctly shown).

Thank you so much for your support in advance.

BRs,
incomoto.

Hi,

According to the following page, GeForce GT 730 (GF108) is not on the Vulkan driver support list. You will probably need a Pascal, Maxwell (first or second generation) or Kepler based GPUs.

Hi,

Thanks for the clarification provided. Although, does this mean that the following Conformant Products - The Khronos Group Inc list is invalid, isn’t it?

Thank you so much in advance.

BRs,
incomoto.

GT730 includes two versions: GF108 and GK208. Unfortunately only GK supports Vulkan.
Sorry for the confusion.

Oh, Ok. Good to know that, anyway. Thanks for the details (hope this info helps to somebody though).

Guess it would be smarter to learn NVidia driver supported chipset details next time rather than Khronos Group Vulkan conformant product list.