Edit: I think I’ve figured it out, it seems like Linux Mint defaulted to the wrong Kernel driver and I was able to switch it to the correct one.

I’ve already tried searching for this online but there is a reason I’m posting about it here. The last time I tried to install Vulkan drivers in Linux Mint, there was an update to the oibaf PPA that completely broke my Linux Mint installation and I had to manually reinstall it. I’ve read that, at least in the past, the oibaf PPA causes problems in Ubuntu but I can’t find another solution to installing Vulkan drivers in Linux Mint. Is that the only way to install the Vulkan Drivers in Linux Mint, or is there another way?

Also, yes, Vulkan works in Windows and it did work in my previous installation of Linux.

      • vortexal@lemmy.mlOP
        2·
        4 months ago

        Ok, it seems to have worked as the game I was using for testing seems to be working fine.

        Although, I keep getting the error message (WARNING: radv is not a conformant Vulkan implementation, testing use only.), is that to be expected?

        • IceVAN@beehaw.org
          2·
          4 months ago

          I had that warning too with a r9 270x and if I remember correctly it was because radv didn’t have official/full support for GCN =<2, so what they’re saying is something in the line of… it may break. In my case, it worked beautifully gaming with proton, etc.