[Linux] Applications with open VDPAU contexts crash X4 with "Exit code 211" .

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[Linux] Applications with open VDPAU contexts crash X4 with "Exit code 211" .

Post by steve_v » Thu, 6. Jun 19, 10:20

Again, posting for anyone else running into this.

Tried to launch X4 while I had a couple of videos paused in my usual video player, got:

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'GeForce GTX 1070' NVidia-driver v430.14.0 (Vulkan 1.1.99) check=1
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VideoBEClass::CreateSwapchain() CreateSwapchainKHR failed with err -3
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X4 encountered a serious error: 211

If you get redirected to a web page, please follow the instructions pointed out there. Alternatively send a mail to prioritysupport@egosoft.com with the subject: "Exitcode 211".

Error: VideoBEClass::CreateSwapchain() CreateSwapchainKHR failed with err -3
Enabling desktop compositing or closing the application that is using VDPAU (in this case an Smplayer / MPV video player window) allows the game to launch normally.

Seems X4 really wants exclusive access to the GPU, and the graphics subsystem is excruciatingly picky about other applications using it. It's probably just another Nvidia bug, there are lots of those, but all the same it's pretty annoying.

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Re: [Linux] Applications with open VDPAU contexts crash X4 with "Exit code 211" .

Post by LicoMonch » Wed, 16. Mar 22, 22:26

Thx, that helped a lot .. why? Cause googling for the error prevented the game from starting: For me it was an open Firefox and the Steam-Client ..

Steam-Client can be nasty, because sometimes the webhelper of the client gets into dumb mode and runs a core full in the background and also claiming parts of the gpu .. restarting the clients helps most of the time (after 20mins of testing :mrgreen: )
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Re: [Linux] Applications with open VDPAU contexts crash X4 with "Exit code 211" .

Post by awenger » Sat, 9. Apr 22, 11:54

For me this issue only appeared with the 5.x update, I never saw it with 4.x versions of x4

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Re: [Linux] Applications with open VDPAU contexts crash X4 with "Exit code 211" .

Post by harkov » Tue, 12. Apr 22, 20:30

I get these sometimes as well. Most of the time restarting the steam client helps.
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Re: [Linux] Applications with open VDPAU contexts crash X4 with "Exit code 211" .

Post by aradapilot » Mon, 27. Jun 22, 20:30

Any word on a potential fix for this? Been stuck for a while now

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Re: [Linux] Applications with open VDPAU contexts crash X4 with "Exit code 211" .

Post by Alan Phipps » Mon, 27. Jun 22, 20:41

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