I don't understand how to get Vulkan to work with the NVIDIA GTX 4060. It is using the driver 570 (proprietary) and everything is up-to-date. But, when I run a game through Steam Proton, it is super laggy because evidently it cannot use the GPU.
The ICD file in etc/vulkan was missing so I tried to add it in manually to no avail.
Help appreciated.
I am in Wayland
I think @Storm or @StarTreker can help you with this, I am not a heavy gamer. @Aravisian possibly?
Probably the gaming part is irrelevant, it's just getting the components to be working properly regardless of task with the dedicated GPU. Anything graphically intensive needs it to work. I hope someone can help me out.
You say you're running Wayland. That'sa no-no when running Nvidia card, even for driver 570. Try switch to xorg.
How do I enable Xorg? I don't remember doing something to remove it, but the option no longer appears when in the log-in screen.
Do you see a cog lower right of screen when you select your username before entering the password?
that's precisely what no longer lists Xorg for some reason. Now I can't even open gnome software lol. At least this browser works eh! I suppose I must get Xorg from scratch somehow?
I'm no longer a Nvidia user (switched to AMD/Radeon), so this is all but from my memories. But as I recall it driver 570 isn't part of Zorin defaults driver? You added a 3. part? It could be a bug that you can't switch to xorg. Have you tried the default 550 driver?
550 was giving me even more trouble, though I could try again
Try disable the 3. party repository for the nvidia 570 first, then
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install nvidia-driver-550Open a terminal (Ctrl+ Alt+ T) and enter:
sudo apt-get install synaptic
This should install Synaptic Package Manager. Launch it (you will be asked for your login password to elevate you to 'root'. Search for xorg and install that and the nouveau drivers:
Please note screenshot is from PCLOS Debian not Zorin 17.3
install: missing destination file operand after 'nvidia-driver-550'
Try 'install --help' for more information.
I updated the command, it was missing an apt
I'm offline a couple of hours, going to play Age of Wonders 4, but I'll check back.
ok 550 is selected now
I installed Synoptic. How do I use it to install Xorg?
Click on the Search button near top right and a search dialogue appears. Type in 'xorg' without the quotes. Left click the little square box next to xorg and xorg-server and for each one, select 'Mark for installation' then click on the Apply' button near top left. You will need to enter your password to elevate you to 'root' when launching Synaptic.
I marked them for reinstallation and did it, logged out and now the gear icon is nowhere to be seen lol. I might have to just reinstall the whole OS
That is GDM. Try selecting the option to log in as another user.
Then see if at that prompt, the gear icon appears.