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Free_gamer 13 May

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Linux Distribution: Fedora 36
Desktop Environment: Gnome (X11)
Graphics Card: Vega56
GPU Driver Version: 22.0.3-1.fc36
Mesa Versions: https://pastebin.com/cXxY4ZPs

Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes]

Steam System Information: https://pastebin.com/TM9SNUud

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Hello, I tried playing the native version of Rise of the Tomb Raider on my computer with an Vega56 eGPU, but for some reason the game always defaults to the Intel iGPU and the feral launcher doesn't even show the Vega56.
When I try to force the Vega56 and radv the launcher crashes with a SIGABRT(6).

Terminal output: https://pastebin.com/NahnkU1a

The game starts on the Intel iGPU, or Nvidia dGPU (deactivated) on this computer and another computer with only Nvidia GPU without troubles. Other games also have no problem with the Vega56, including Shadow of the Tomb Raider.

I've also already written a reddit post and contacted Feral interactive, but so far the game simply won't work with the AMD card for some reason.

Anyone else who had this problem and found a way to fix it? So far the things I've tried from Google, ProtonDB (from posts about the native version) or the Steam forum did not help.

Note any particular steps to reproduce it below here
When I try to force the radv driver either via

 

VK_ICD_FILENAMES=/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/radeon_icd.x86_64.json %command%

or

DRI_PRIME=0 %command% // 0 = Vega56, 1 = Intel iGPU

the launcher crashes with a SIGABRT(6) before it even starts.

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mr-victory 13 May

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Quoting: Free_gamerWhen I try to force the radv driver either via
VK_ICD_FILENAMES=/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/radeon_icd.x86_64.json %command%

Try also adding the i686 variant.

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Free_gamer 13 May

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Quoting: mr-victory
Quoting: Free_gamerWhen I try to force the radv driver either via
VK_ICD_FILENAMES=/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/radeon_icd.x86_64.json %command%
Try also adding the i686 variant.

Thanks for your answer, I've tried VK_ICD_FILENAMES=/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/radeon_icd.i686.json:/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/radeon_icd.x86_64.json %command%

but it also crashes with SIGABRT(6). :(

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Free_gamer 17 May

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I also tried it now on Ubuntu 22.04 and also with the amdvlk driver, but it also crashes with the same error message. So I guess the port is sadly dead for newer drivers on Linux, which is a shame because it used to be a very good port and is still playable with current nvidia drivers. :(

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Ehvis 17 May

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Quoting: Free_gamerI also tried it now on Ubuntu 22.04 and also with the amdvlk driver, but it also crashes with the same error message. So I guess the port is sadly dead for newer drivers on Linux, which is a shame because it used to be a very good port and is still playable with current nvidia drivers. :(

If it starts on both intel and nvidia, then blaming the port sounds a bit premature. Especially with it ending with a SIGABRT in "basic_filebuf::underflow error reading the file".

But if it's just the launcher, then edit the shell file and make it run the game immediately.

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Free_gamer 17 May

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Edit:// I've written the feral support, that this also happens on Ubuntu 22.04 and they've told me that they've raised this issue with the dev team so that they also take a look into it.

Quoting: EhvisIf it starts on both intel and nvidia, then blaming the port sounds a bit premature. Especially with it ending with a SIGABRT in "basic_filebuf::underflow error reading the file".

But if it's just the launcher, then edit the shell file and make it run the game immediately.

From what I can see from the game files and the launch script, there is no separate binary for the launcher. The shell script directly launches the game binary.

I've stripped pretty much everything out of the launch script, except for finding the game folder, getting some necessary information and then starting the game binary:

 

# 'Magic' to get the game root

GAMEROOT="$(sh -c "cd \"${0%/*}\" && echo \"\$PWD\"")"

FERAL_CONFIG="${GAMEROOT}/config"



# Pull in game specific variables

# This is required - we'll fail without it

# shellcheck source=config/game-settings.sh

. "${FERAL_CONFIG}/game-settings.sh"



# The game's preferences directory

if [ -z "${FERAL_PREFERENCES_DIR}" ]; then FERAL_PREFERENCES_DIR="feral-interactive/${FERAL_GAME_NAME_FULL}"; fi

GAMEPREFS="$HOME/.local/share/${FERAL_PREFERENCES_DIR}"



# ====================================================================

# Run the game

cd "${GAMEROOT}/bin"



# Launch the game with all the arguments

${GAME_LAUNCH_PREFIX} "${GAMEROOT}/bin/${FERAL_GAME_NAME}" "$@"

RESULT=$?



# ====================================================================

exit "${RESULT}"

game-settings.sh:

#!/bin/bash

# Launch Settings for Rise of the Tomb Raider GoldMaster

# 2018-05-31 13:05:11 UTC



FERAL_GAME_NAME="RiseOfTheTombRaider" # Short form name (game binary name)

FERAL_GAME_NAME_FULL="Rise of the Tomb Raider" # Long form name

FERAL_GAME_STEAMID="391220" # Then steam ID

FERAL_LIB_PATH="lib" # Path to game libraries

FERAL_ARCH_SHORT="64" # Short form architecture name (64/32)

FERAL_ARCH_FULL="x86_64" # Long form architecture name (x86_64/i386)

FERAL_PREFERENCES_DIR="feral-interactive/Rise of the Tomb Raider" # Preferences directory name

FERAL_LAUNCHER_GAMES=() # List of project binary names

So it looks like, the launcher is a part of the game binary itself.
In the launcher you have to option to deactivate the launcher, but it still gets started in the background so that you can get it back holding ctrl after starting the game.

Last edited by Free_gamer on 17 May 2022 at 1:35 pm UTC

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Free_gamer 17 May

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Nice to hear, that it's still running on other modern Linux distributions with the AMD drivers.
Really strange what's going that this happens on Fedora and Ubuntu.

Also a shame that there's not more detailed output so that you could know where/when that happens.

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whizse 18 May

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I'm guessing it's something specific to do with eGPU setups.

There are a couple of relevant issues in the bug tracker. A closed bug which specifically mentions some Feral ports like Tomb Raider and Total War and this open issue mentions a Vega56 eGPU.

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Free_gamer 18 May

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Quoting: whizseI'm guessing it's something specific to do with eGPU setups.

There are a couple of relevant issues in the bug tracker. A closed bug which specifically mentions some Feral ports like Tomb Raider and Total War and this open issue mentions a Vega56 eGPU.

Thanks for looking these bugs up. It's just very strange, because every other game I've tested so far works without problems on the eGPU (besides the GPU getting bottlenecked because of thunderbolt). Even Shadow of the Tomb Raider works.

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whizse 19 May

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"basic_filebuf::underflow error reading the file" - would be interesting to strace the launcher and see what file exactly it's trying to read before the SIGABRT.

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ripper81358 20 May

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On Ubuntu you can add this ppa:
https://launchpad.net/~kisak/+archive/ubuntu/kisak-mesa

to optain the latest stable version of the MESA drivers. AMDVLK should not be installed since it is not supported by Valve or any gamedeveloper. It is also inferior in performance and will most likely cause more issues than MESA RADV.

Sadly this is all the advice i can give you, since i have no experience with eGPU setups.

Last edited by ripper81358 on 20 May 2022 at 8:37 am UTC

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