DaVinci Resolve on Linux - Install issues

[peteru]

I do wish Blackmagic would consider a installer format like Flatpak or Snap for a single installer that works across all versions of Linux!

Flatpak and Snap packaging is OK for simple applications. However, there are technical limitations that get in the way of something as complex as Resolve or Fusion. The sandboxing models are problematic when you consider hardware support or remote workflows.

If you have an undemanding installation, you may want to take a look at Distrobox as an alternative way for providing the required runtime (centos7/rocky8) from your preferred host distro. While this is not an officially supported runtime, it has been known to work for some people.

Hello, I'd appreciate to know if anybody already had experiences with running a current version of Resolve via makeresolvedeb on the new Debian 12 "Bookworm" stable? Would be very happy to hear any good or bad experiences.

It runs fine!

Hello, I can no longer start Davinci Resolve on Opensuse Tumbleweed. When calling "/opt/resolve/bin/resolve" I get the following error: symbol lookup error: /lib64/libpango-1.0.so.0: undefined symbol: g_string_free_and_steal
Is there any way to solve the problem?

Dear Daniel, dear community,
I've recently installed Resolve Studio 18.1.4 on a fresh Debian 12 install via makeresolvedeb.
Installation went smoothly as usual and without any error msgs. Unfortunately, resolve crashes after a couple of seconds even before getting to the first welcome screen. I've checked the suggested methods and looked in the forums but am yet unable to figure out a solution for my problem. It -seems- that it is not GPU related as the log shows that the nvidia gpu is found and selected.
I post the relevant logs below and appreciate any thoughts and suggestions any of you might have on this:

Running Resolve from prompt:

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ActCCMessage Already in Table: Code= c005, Mode= 13, Level=  1, CmdKey= -1, Option= 0
ActCCMessage Already in Table: Code= c006, Mode= 13, Level=  1, CmdKey= -1, Option= 0
ActCCMessage Already in Table: Code= c007, Mode= 13, Level=  1, CmdKey= -1, Option= 0
ActCCMessage Already in Table: Code= 2282, Mode=  0, Level=  0, CmdKey= 8, Option= 0
PnlMsgActionStringAdapter Already in Table: Code= 615e, Mode=  0, Level=  0, CmdKey= -1, Option= 0
18.1.4.0009 Linux/Clang x86_64
Main thread starts: 1F92A6C0
log4cxx: setFile(./logs/rollinglog.txt,true) call failed.
log4cxx: IO Exception : status code = 2
0x7ff51f92a6c0 | Undefined            | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:48:41,377 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
log4cxx: No output stream or file set for the appender named [RollLogAppender].
0x7ff51f92a6c0 | Undefined            | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:48:41,377 | Loaded log config from /home/user/.local/share/DaVinciResolve/configs/log-conf.xml
0x7ff51f92a6c0 | Undefined            | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:48:41,377 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Resolve log txt:
(Hints to issues with quicktime dependencies?!)

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0x7fdd144076c0 | Main                 | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:25,865 | Running DaVinci Resolve Studio v18.1.4.0009 (Linux/Clang x86_64)
0x7fdd144076c0 | Main                 | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:25,865 | BMD_BUILD_UUID 9493d933-d2a4-4bc2-9c67-e67b8e0319c8
0x7fdd144076c0 | Main                 | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:25,865 | BMD_GIT_COMMIT 80fd92c195f045f2f76acf506a6424b0b1ef94bd
0x7fdd144076c0 | GPUDetect            | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:25,865 | Starting GPUDetect 1.2_3-a1
0x7fdd144076c0 | GPUDetect            | ERROR | 2023-07-09 13:00:25,908 | No Main Display GPU found and no monitors found to match, defaulting to gpu:9b3e9662.f91e8f0c.
0x7fdd144076c0 | GPUDetect            | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:25,908 | Done in 42 ms.
0x7fdd144076c0 | GPUDetect            | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:25,908 | Detected System:
0x7fdd144076c0 | GPUDetect            | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:25,908 |   - OS: Linux Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
0x7fdd144076c0 | GPUDetect            | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:25,908 |   - Model: LENOVO (removed)
0x7fdd144076c0 | GPUDetect            | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:25,908 |   - System ID: (removed)
0x7fdd144076c0 | GPUDetect            | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:25,908 |   - CPU: Intel Core i7-9750H, 12 threads, x86-64
0x7fdd144076c0 | GPUDetect            | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:25,908 |   - RAM: 2.8 GiB used of 31.0 GiB
0x7fdd144076c0 | GPUDetect            | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:25,908 |   - NVIDIA GPU Driver: 525.105, supports CUDA 12.0
0x7fdd144076c0 | GPUDetect            | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:25,908 | Detected 1 GPUs:
0x7fdd144076c0 | GPUDetect            | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:25,908 |   - "NVIDIA Quadro T2000" (gpu:9b3e9662.f91e8f0c) <- Main Display GPU
0x7fdd144076c0 | GPUDetect            | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:25,908 |     Discrete, 7 MiB used of 3.6 GiB VRAM, PCI:1:0.0
0x7fdd144076c0 | GPUDetect            | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:25,908 |     Matches: CUDA, NVML, OpenCL, XOrg
0x7fdd144076c0 | GPUDetect            | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:25,908 | Detected 1 monitors:
0x7fdd144076c0 | Main.GPUConfig       | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:25,908 | Compute API set to automatic, defaulting to CUDA.
0x7fdd144076c0 | Main.GPUConfig       | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:25,908 | Selected compute API: CUDA
0x7fdd144076c0 | Main.GPUConfig       | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:25,908 | Automatic GPU Selection:
0x7fdd144076c0 | Main.GPUConfig       | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:25,908 |   - "NVIDIA Quadro T2000" (gpu:9b3e9662.f91e8f0c)
0x7fdd144076c0 | IO                   | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:25,908 | RED InitializeSdk with library path at /opt/resolve/libs
0x7fdd144076c0 | IO                   | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:26,004 | R3DAPI 8.3.1-52407 (20220725 Lx64S) R3DSDK 8.3.1-52407 (20220725 Lx64D C3B1) RED CUDA 8.3.1-52408 (20220725) [/opt/resolve/libs/] init is successful
0x7fdd144076c0 | Main                 | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:26,004 | 0 RED rocket cards available
libDeckLinkAPI.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
0x7fdd144076c0 | Main                 | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:26,004 | Decklink model name: '', version: ''
0x7fdd144076c0 | DVIP                 | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:26,004 | DVIP release/18.1.4 build 3 (f560aa1c36308c3d704018aa42c2f14b4e798037). Release, version 18.1.4.
0x7fdcb04ef6c0 | IO                   | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:26,004 | Using DNxHR library v2.7.3.27r
0x7fdcaa9ff6c0 | SyManager            | ERROR | 2023-07-09 13:00:26,107 | GetProjectLibraries() - Access token is empty
0x7fdcb0cf06c0 | Fusion               | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:26,208 | Fusion Build: 579c8f0b_0002 (Feb 22 2023 23:12:38)
qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though it was found.
This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

Available platform plugins are: linuxfb, minimal, offscreen, xcb.



==========[CRASH DUMP]==========
#TIME Sun Jul  9 13:00:26 2023 - Uptime 00:00:00 (hh:mm:ss)
#PROGRAM_NAME DaVinci Resolve Studio v18.1.4.0009 (Linux/Clang x86_64)
#BMD_ARCHITECTURE x86_64
#BMD_BUILD_UUID 9493d933-d2a4-4bc2-9c67-e67b8e0319c8
#BMD_GIT_COMMIT 80fd92c195f045f2f76acf506a6424b0b1ef94bd
#BMD_UTIL_VERSION 18.1.4.0009
#OS Linux

/opt/resolve/bin/resolve() [0x45763d9]
/opt/resolve/bin/resolve() [0x45757c0]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x3bf90) [0x7fdd14c5af90]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x8accc) [0x7fdd14ca9ccc]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(gsignal+0x12) [0x7fdd14c5aef2]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(abort+0xd3) [0x7fdd14c45472]
/opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libQt5Core.so.5(+0xa7bd6) [0x7fdd03aa7bd6]
/opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libQt5Core.so.5(_ZNK14QMessageLogger5fatalEPKcz+0xbd) [0x7fdd03aa90e1]
/opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libQt5Gui.so.5(_ZN22QGuiApplicationPrivate25createPlatformIntegrationEv+0x1fb3) [0x7fdd0431c7e3]
/opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libQt5Gui.so.5(_ZN22QGuiApplicationPrivate21createEventDispatcherEv+0x1b) [0x7fdd0431d43b]
/opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libQt5Core.so.5(_ZN23QCoreApplicationPrivate4initEv+0x78d) [0x7fdd03c9408d]
/opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libQt5Gui.so.5(_ZN22QGuiApplicationPrivate4initEv+0x19) [0x7fdd04316469]
/opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libQt5Widgets.so.5(_ZN19QApplicationPrivate4initEv+0x9) [0x7fdd1f363e99]
/opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libQt5Widgets.so.5(_ZN12QApplicationC2ERiPPci+0xa9) [0x7fdd1f363e59]
/opt/resolve/bin/resolve() [0x23f23e6]
/opt/resolve/bin/resolve() [0x2397238]
/opt/resolve/bin/resolve() [0x2391e7d]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x2718a) [0x7fdd14c4618a]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0x85) [0x7fdd14c46245]
/opt/resolve/bin/resolve() [0x2390c0b]
Signal Number = 6

================================
0x7fdc9e1f86c0 | Fusion               | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:26,213 | fusionsystem: = "/opt/resolve/libs/Fusion/libfusionsystem.so"
0x7fdcb04ef6c0 | IO                   | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:26,213 | NVDEC is using upto (487) MB
0x7fdcb04ef6c0 | IO                   | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:26,216 | NVDEC decodes H264, chroma 4:2:0, bitdepth 8, upto 4096 x 4096
0x7fdcb04ef6c0 | IO                   | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:26,217 | NVDEC decodes HEVC, chroma 4:2:0, bitdepth 8, upto 8192 x 8192
0x7fdc9e1f86c0 | Fusion               | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:26,219 | FusionLibs: = "/opt/resolve/libs/Fusion/"
0x7fdc9e1f86c0 | Fusion               | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:26,219 | UserData:   = "/home/user/.local/share/DaVinciResolve/Fusion"
0x7fdc9e1f86c0 | Fusion               | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:26,219 | Profiles:   = "UserData:Profiles/"
0x7fdcb04ef6c0 | IO                   | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:26,219 | NVDEC decodes HEVC, chroma 4:2:0, bitdepth 10, upto 8192 x 8192
0x7fdcb04ef6c0 | IO                   | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:26,220 | NVDEC decodes HEVC, chroma 4:2:0, bitdepth 12, upto 8192 x 8192
0x7fdcb04ef6c0 | IO                   | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:26,222 | NVDEC decodes HEVC, chroma 4:4:4, bitdepth 8, upto 8192 x 8192
0x7fdcb04ef6c0 | IO                   | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:26,223 | NVDEC decodes HEVC, chroma 4:4:4, bitdepth 10, upto 8192 x 8192
0x7fdcb04ef6c0 | IO                   | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:26,224 | NVDEC decodes HEVC, chroma 4:4:4, bitdepth 12, upto 8192 x 8192
0x7fdcb04ef6c0 | IO                   | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:26,225 | NVDEC decodes VP9, chroma 4:2:0, bitdepth 8, upto 8192 x 8192
0x7fdcb04ef6c0 | IO                   | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:26,226 | NVDEC decodes VP9, chroma 4:2:0, bitdepth 10, upto 8192 x 8192
0x7fdcb04ef6c0 | IO                   | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:26,232 | Nvidia GPU (0) is initialised as decoding and encoding device.
0x7fdcb04ef6c0 | IO                   | INFO  | 2023-07-09 13:00:26,234 | IO codec library load completed in 230 ms.
0x7fdd144076c0 | CrashReport          | ERROR | 2023-07-09 13:00:26,808 | Compress() : Failed to add file:/home/user/.local/share/DaVinciResolve/configs/UI.preset to archive.
0x7fdd144076c0 | CrashReport          | ERROR | 2023-07-09 13:00:26,809 | Compress() : Failed to add file:/home/user/.local/share/DaVinciResolve/configs/config.user.xml to archive.
ActCCMessage Already in Table: Code= c005, Mode= 13, Level=  1, CmdKey= -1, Option= 0
ActCCMessage Already in Table: Code= c006, Mode= 13, Level=  1, CmdKey= -1, Option= 0
ActCCMessage Already in Table: Code= c007, Mode= 13, Level=  1, CmdKey= -1, Option= 0
ActCCMessage Already in Table: Code= 2282, Mode=  0, Level=  0, CmdKey= 8, Option= 0
PnlMsgActionStringAdapter Already in Table: Code= 615e, Mode=  0, Level=  0, CmdKey= -1, Option= 0

Libraries seem to be ok:

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   linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffcd4be6000)
   libc++.so.1 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libc++.so.1 (0x00007fcf47e00000)
   libc++abi.so.1 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libc++abi.so.1 (0x00007fcf47a00000)
   libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007fcf48142000)
   libgpudetect.so => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libgpudetect.so (0x00007fcf47d36000)
   librsvg-2.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librsvg-2.so.2 (0x00007fcf46e00000)
   libBMDDavUI.so => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libBMDDavUI.so (0x00007fcf478f8000)
   libQt5Concurrent.so.5 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libQt5Concurrent.so.5 (0x00007fcf4813a000)
   libQt5DBus.so.5 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libQt5DBus.so.5 (0x00007fcf47ca1000)
   libQt5Multimedia.so.5 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libQt5Multimedia.so.5 (0x00007fcf46d0d000)
   libQt5OpenGL.so.5 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libQt5OpenGL.so.5 (0x00007fcf480d8000)
   libQt5Sql.so.5 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libQt5Sql.so.5 (0x00007fcf47c60000)
   libQt5Svg.so.5 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libQt5Svg.so.5 (0x00007fcf4789a000)
   libQt5WebSockets.so.5 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libQt5WebSockets.so.5 (0x00007fcf46cda000)
   libQt5Widgets.so.5 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libQt5Widgets.so.5 (0x00007fcf46400000)
   libQt5Xml.so.5 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libQt5Xml.so.5 (0x00007fcf46c85000)
   libQt5XmlPatterns.so.5 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libQt5XmlPatterns.so.5 (0x00007fcf46000000)
   fusionscript.so => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/Fusion/fusionscript.so (0x00007fcf45800000)
   libluajit-5.1.so.2 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libluajit-5.1.so.2 (0x00007fcf45400000)
   libtbbmalloc.so.2 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libtbbmalloc.so.2 (0x00007fcf45000000)
   libtbbmalloc_proxy.so.2 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libtbbmalloc_proxy.so.2 (0x00007fcf44c00000)
   libcudart.so.11.0 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libcudart.so.11.0 (0x00007fcf44800000)
   libcublas.so.11 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libcublas.so.11 (0x00007fcf3e800000)
   libnvrtc.so.11.0 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libnvrtc.so.11.0 (0x00007fcf3d000000)
   libGLU.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGLU.so.1 (0x00007fcf46c12000)
   libGL.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1 (0x00007fcf46b8b000)
   libXxf86vm.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXxf86vm.so.1 (0x00007fcf3cc00000)
   libSM.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libSM.so.6 (0x00007fcf47c55000)
   libICE.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libICE.so.6 (0x00007fcf46b6d000)
   libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007fcf45f21000)
   libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007fcf47c50000)
   librt.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 (0x00007fcf47c4b000)
   libudev.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libudev.so.1 (0x00007fcf46b40000)
   libuuid.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libuuid.so.1 (0x00007fcf47c41000)
   liblzma.so.5 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblzma.so.5 (0x00007fcf46b11000)
   libopencv_calib3d.so.3.4 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libopencv_calib3d.so.3.4 (0x00007fcf44e3a000)
   libopencv_dnn.so.3.4 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libopencv_dnn.so.3.4 (0x00007fcf3c800000)
   libopencv_objdetect.so.3.4 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libopencv_objdetect.so.3.4 (0x00007fcf45ecf000)
   libopencv_video.so.3.4 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libopencv_video.so.3.4 (0x00007fcf457af000)
   libopencv_ml.so.3.4 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libopencv_ml.so.3.4 (0x00007fcf456e9000)
   libopencv_features2d.so.3.4 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libopencv_features2d.so.3.4 (0x00007fcf4534f000)
   libssl.so.1.1 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libssl.so.1.1 (0x00007fcf452b9000)
   libcrypto.so.1.1 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libcrypto.so.1.1 (0x00007fcf3c400000)
   libresolv.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libresolv.so.2 (0x00007fcf46b00000)
   libpq.so.5 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libpq.so.5 (0x00007fcf45e83000)
   libcurl.so => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libcurl.so (0x00007fcf44b6a000)
   libgvc.so.6 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libgvc.so.6 (0x00007fcf3c000000)
   libcgraph.so.6 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libcgraph.so.6 (0x00007fcf3bc00000)
   libcdt.so.5 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libcdt.so.5 (0x00007fcf3b800000)
   libxdot.so.4 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libxdot.so.4 (0x00007fcf3b400000)
   libpathplan.so.4 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libpathplan.so.4 (0x00007fcf3b000000)
   liblog4cxx.so.10 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/liblog4cxx.so.10 (0x00007fcf3aa00000)
   libaprutil-1.so.0 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libaprutil-1.so.0 (0x00007fcf3a600000)
   libapr-1.so.0 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libapr-1.so.0 (0x00007fcf3a200000)
   libcudnn.so.8 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libcudnn.so.8 (0x00007fcf39e00000)
   libOpenCL.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libOpenCL.so.1 (0x00007fcf46aee000)
   libArriImageSdk.so.7 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libArriImageSdk.so.7 (0x00007fcf38c00000)
   libCrmSdk.so.2.8 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libCrmSdk.so.2.8 (0x00007fcf37c00000)
   libcodexhdedecoder.so.4 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libcodexhdedecoder.so.4 (0x00007fcf37800000)
   libavformat.so.58 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libavformat.so.58 (0x00007fcf37200000)
   libavcodec.so.58 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libavcodec.so.58 (0x00007fcf35c00000)
   libavutil.so.56 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libavutil.so.56 (0x00007fcf35600000)
   libgvcodec.so => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libgvcodec.so (0x00007fcf35200000)
   libMXF.so => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libMXF.so (0x00007fcf34e00000)
   libSonyRawDev.so.4 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libSonyRawDev.so.4 (0x00007fcf34800000)
   libsonyxavcenc.so => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libsonyxavcenc.so (0x00007fcf34400000)
   libQtSingleApplication.so => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libQtSingleApplication.so (0x00007fcf34000000)
   libSMDK-Linux-x64.so.4.21 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libSMDK-Linux-x64.so.4.21 (0x00007fcf33c00000)
   libDNxHR.so => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libDNxHR.so (0x00007fcf33600000)
   libDNxUncompressedSDK.so => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libDNxUncompressedSDK.so (0x00007fcf33200000)
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   libQt5Network.so.5 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libQt5Network.so.5 (0x00007fcf3ce32000)
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   libopencv_videoio.so.3.4 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libopencv_videoio.so.3.4 (0x00007fcf456be000)
   libopencv_imgcodecs.so.3.4 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libopencv_imgcodecs.so.3.4 (0x00007fcf4568b000)
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   libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007fcf3be1f000)
   /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007fcf48164000)
   libX11.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 (0x00007fcf446be000)
   libXext.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXext.so.6 (0x00007fcf44e05000)
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   libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fcf44b31000)
   libgio-2.0.so.0 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libgio-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fcf29c00000)
   libxml2.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxml2.so.2 (0x00007fcf3ba54000)
   libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 (0x00007fcf44b20000)
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   libpango-1.0.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpango-1.0.so.0 (0x00007fcf44ab7000)
   libdbus-1.so.3 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3 (0x00007fcf44668000)
   libxkbcommon-x11.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxkbcommon-x11.so.0 (0x00007fcf44aac000)
   libxkbcommon.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxkbcommon.so.0 (0x00007fcf3cbba000)
   libcublasLt.so.11 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libcublasLt.so.11 (0x00007fcf1ea00000)
   libOpenGL.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libOpenGL.so.0 (0x00007fcf44a81000)
   libGLdispatch.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGLdispatch.so.0 (0x00007fcf3c747000)
   libGLX.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGLX.so.0 (0x00007fcf3cb86000)
   libbsd.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbsd.so.0 (0x00007fcf3ce1c000)
   libz.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 (0x00007fcf3c728000)
   libexpat.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexpat.so.1 (0x00007fcf3c6fd000)
   libcrypt.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypt.so.1 (0x00007fcf3ba18000)
   libbz2.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbz2.so.1 (0x00007fcf3e7ed000)
   libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fcf1e600000)
   liborc-0.4.so.0 => /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/liborc-0.4.so.0 (0x00007fcf1e200000)
   libgthread-2.0.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgthread-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fcf4465f000)
   libxcb.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1 (0x00007fcf3c2b2000)
   libpng16.so.16 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng16.so.16 (0x00007fcf3b7ca000)
   libjpeg.so.62 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjpeg.so.62 (0x00007fcf3b737000)
   libicuuc.so.72 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libicuuc.so.72 (0x00007fcf1e002000)
   libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 (0x00007fcf3cb6d000)
   libharfbuzz.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libharfbuzz.so.0 (0x00007fcf3b633000)
   libfontconfig.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfontconfig.so.1 (0x00007fcf3b3b5000)
   libpixman-1.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpixman-1.so.0 (0x00007fcf3b30a000)
   libfreetype.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.so.6 (0x00007fcf3b23f000)
   libxcb-shm.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-shm.so.0 (0x00007fcf44656000)
   libxcb-render.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-render.so.0 (0x00007fcf3ce0e000)
   libXrender.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXrender.so.1 (0x00007fcf3c2a5000)
   libfribidi.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfribidi.so.0 (0x00007fcf3b617000)
   libthai.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthai.so.0 (0x00007fcf3c6f2000)
   libsystemd.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsystemd.so.0 (0x00007fcf3af31000)
   libxcb-xkb.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-xkb.so.1 (0x00007fcf3b222000)
   libmd.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmd.so.0 (0x00007fcf3ba0b000)
   libXau.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6 (0x00007fcf3ce09000)
   libXdmcp.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x00007fcf1dc00000)
   libicudata.so.72 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libicudata.so.72 (0x00007fcf1be00000)
   libgraphite2.so.3 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgraphite2.so.3 (0x00007fcf3a9d4000)
   libbrotlidec.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbrotlidec.so.1 (0x00007fcf3b60a000)
   libdatrie.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdatrie.so.1 (0x00007fcf3b218000)
   libcap.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcap.so.2 (0x00007fcf3b20c000)
   libgcrypt.so.20 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcrypt.so.20 (0x00007fcf3a88d000)
   libzstd.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libzstd.so.1 (0x00007fcf3a544000)
   liblz4.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblz4.so.1 (0x00007fcf3a867000)
   libbrotlicommon.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbrotlicommon.so.1 (0x00007fcf3a844000)
   libgpg-error.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgpg-error.so.0 (0x00007fcf3a51c000)


So today I've installed Resolve 18.1.4 on a fresh Debian 12 Desktop System with Nvidia GPU in the exact same way as I did on the notebook. Everything works fine on the desktop system, which initially led me to believe that the Optimus setup (onboard graphics + discrete GPU) of my notebook was the issue. The thing is, Resolve worked fine with hybrid graphics in Debian 11 on this computer, and also: when I change the BIOS mode to discrete graphics (and thereby should bypass any management of the oboard graphics completely), Resolve still won't boot. So there might be a different issue at play? For what it's worth, Blackmagic Speed Test accesses and uses the GPU successfully.

Here's the logfile from this setup (graphics set to discrete in BIOS):

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0x7ff34ae1c6c0 | Main                 | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:10,103 | Running DaVinci Resolve Studio v18.1.4.0009 (Linux/Clang x86_64)
0x7ff34ae1c6c0 | Main                 | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:10,103 | BMD_BUILD_UUID 9493d933-d2a4-4bc2-9c67-e67b8e0319c8
0x7ff34ae1c6c0 | Main                 | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:10,103 | BMD_GIT_COMMIT 80fd92c195f045f2f76acf506a6424b0b1ef94bd
0x7ff34ae1c6c0 | GPUDetect            | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:10,105 | Starting GPUDetect 1.2_3-a1
0x7ff34ae1c6c0 | GPUDetect            | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:13,630 | Done in 3525 ms.
0x7ff34ae1c6c0 | GPUDetect            | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:13,631 | Detected System:
0x7ff34ae1c6c0 | GPUDetect            | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:13,631 |   - OS: Linux Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
0x7ff34ae1c6c0 | GPUDetect            | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:13,631 |   - Model: LENOVO (removed)
0x7ff34ae1c6c0 | GPUDetect            | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:13,631 |   - System ID: (removed)
0x7ff34ae1c6c0 | GPUDetect            | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:13,631 |   - CPU: Intel Core i7-9750H, 12 threads, x86-64
0x7ff34ae1c6c0 | GPUDetect            | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:13,632 |   - RAM: 1.5 GiB used of 31.1 GiB
0x7ff34ae1c6c0 | GPUDetect            | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:13,632 |   - NVIDIA GPU Driver: 525.105, supports CUDA 12.0
0x7ff34ae1c6c0 | GPUDetect            | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:13,632 | Detected 1 GPUs:
0x7ff34ae1c6c0 | GPUDetect            | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:13,634 |   - "NVIDIA Quadro T2000" (gpu:9b3e9662.f91e8f0c) <- Main Display GPU
0x7ff34ae1c6c0 | GPUDetect            | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:13,634 |     Discrete, 120 MiB used of 3.6 GiB VRAM, PCI:1:0.0
0x7ff34ae1c6c0 | GPUDetect            | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:13,634 |     Matches: CUDA, NVML, OpenCL, XOrg
0x7ff34ae1c6c0 | GPUDetect            | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:13,634 | Detected 1 monitors:
0x7ff34ae1c6c0 | GPUDetect            | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:13,634 |   - "Monitor" <- Main Monitor
0x7ff34ae1c6c0 | GPUDetect            | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:13,634 |     1920x1080, connected to "NVIDIA Quadro T2000" (gpu:9b3e9662.f91e8f0c)
0x7ff34ae1c6c0 | Main.GPUConfig       | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:13,636 | Compute API set to automatic, defaulting to CUDA.
0x7ff34ae1c6c0 | Main.GPUConfig       | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:13,636 | Selected compute API: CUDA
0x7ff34ae1c6c0 | Main.GPUConfig       | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:13,636 | Automatic GPU Selection:
0x7ff34ae1c6c0 | Main.GPUConfig       | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:13,636 |   - "NVIDIA Quadro T2000" (gpu:9b3e9662.f91e8f0c)
0x7ff34ae1c6c0 | IO                   | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:13,636 | RED InitializeSdk with library path at /opt/resolve/libs
0x7ff34ae1c6c0 | IO                   | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:13,802 | R3DAPI 8.3.1-52407 (20220725 Lx64S) R3DSDK 8.3.1-52407 (20220725 Lx64D C3B1) RED CUDA 8.3.1-52408 (20220725) [/opt/resolve/libs/] init is successful
0x7ff34ae1c6c0 | Main                 | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:13,802 | 0 RED rocket cards available
libDeckLinkAPI.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
0x7ff34ae1c6c0 | Main                 | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:13,803 | Decklink model name: '', version: ''
0x7ff34ae1c6c0 | DVIP                 | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:13,803 | DVIP release/18.1.4 build 3 (f560aa1c36308c3d704018aa42c2f14b4e798037). Release, version 18.1.4.
0x7ff2e15ff6c0 | IO                   | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:13,918 | Using DNxHR library v2.7.3.27r
0x7ff2e05fd6c0 | SyManager            | ERROR | 2023-07-11 12:58:13,921 | GetProjectLibraries() - Access token is empty
0x7ff2e21ff6c0 | Fusion               | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:14,056 | Fusion Build: 579c8f0b_0002 (Feb 22 2023 23:12:38)
0x7ff2d65fd6c0 | Fusion               | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:14,063 | fusionsystem: = "/opt/resolve/libs/Fusion/libfusionsystem.so"
0x7ff2e15ff6c0 | IO                   | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:14,066 | NVDEC is using upto (486) MB


==========[CRASH DUMP]==========
#TIME Tue Jul 11 12:58:14 2023 - Uptime 00:00:00 (hh:mm:ss)
#PROGRAM_NAME DaVinci Resolve Studio v18.1.4.0009 (Linux/Clang x86_64)
#BMD_ARCHITECTURE x86_64
#BMD_BUILD_UUID 9493d933-d2a4-4bc2-9c67-e67b8e0319c8
#BMD_GIT_COMMIT 80fd92c195f045f2f76acf506a6424b0b1ef94bd
#BMD_UTIL_VERSION 18.1.4.0009
#OS Linux

/opt/resolve/bin/resolve() [0x45763d9]
/opt/resolve/bin/resolve() [0x45757c0]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x3bf90) [0x7ff34ae5af90]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x8accc) [0x7ff34aea9ccc]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(gsignal+0x12) [0x7ff34ae5aef2]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(abort+0xd3) [0x7ff34ae45472]
/opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libQt5Core.so.5(+0xa7bd6) [0x7ff339ca7bd6]
/opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libQt5Core.so.5(_ZNK14QMessageLogger5fatalEPKcz+0xbd) [0x7ff339ca90e1]
/opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libQt5Gui.so.5(_ZN22QGuiApplicationPrivate25createPlatformIntegrationEv+0x1fb3) [0x7ff33a51c7e3]
/opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libQt5Gui.so.5(_ZN22QGuiApplicationPrivate21createEventDispatcherEv+0x1b) [0x7ff33a51d43b]
/opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libQt5Core.so.5(_ZN23QCoreApplicationPrivate4initEv+0x78d) [0x7ff339e9408d]
/opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libQt5Gui.so.5(_ZN22QGuiApplicationPrivate4initEv+0x19) [0x7ff33a516469]
/opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libQt5Widgets.so.5(_ZN19QApplicationPrivate4initEv+0x9) [0x7ff355563e99]
/opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libQt5Widgets.so.5(_ZN12QApplicationC2ERiPPci+0xa9) [0x7ff355563e59]
/opt/resolve/bin/resolve() [0x23f23e6]
/opt/resolve/bin/resolve() [0x2397238]
/opt/resolve/bin/resolve() [0x2391e7d]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x2718a) [0x7ff34ae4618a]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0x85) [0x7ff34ae46245]
/opt/resolve/bin/resolve() [0x2390c0b]
Signal Number = 6

================================
0x7ff2d65fd6c0 | Fusion               | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:14,068 | FusionLibs: = "/opt/resolve/libs/Fusion/"
0x7ff2d65fd6c0 | Fusion               | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:14,068 | UserData:   = "/home/user/.local/share/DaVinciResolve/Fusion"
0x7ff2d65fd6c0 | Fusion               | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:14,068 | Profiles:   = "UserData:Profiles/"
0x7ff2e15ff6c0 | IO                   | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:14,069 | NVDEC decodes H264, chroma 4:2:0, bitdepth 8, upto 4096 x 4096
0x7ff2e15ff6c0 | IO                   | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:14,071 | NVDEC decodes HEVC, chroma 4:2:0, bitdepth 8, upto 8192 x 8192
0x7ff2e15ff6c0 | IO                   | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:14,072 | NVDEC decodes HEVC, chroma 4:2:0, bitdepth 10, upto 8192 x 8192
0x7ff2e15ff6c0 | IO                   | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:14,073 | NVDEC decodes HEVC, chroma 4:2:0, bitdepth 12, upto 8192 x 8192
0x7ff2e15ff6c0 | IO                   | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:14,074 | NVDEC decodes HEVC, chroma 4:4:4, bitdepth 8, upto 8192 x 8192
0x7ff2e15ff6c0 | IO                   | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:14,076 | NVDEC decodes HEVC, chroma 4:4:4, bitdepth 10, upto 8192 x 8192
0x7ff2e15ff6c0 | IO                   | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:14,077 | NVDEC decodes HEVC, chroma 4:4:4, bitdepth 12, upto 8192 x 8192
0x7ff2e15ff6c0 | IO                   | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:14,078 | NVDEC decodes VP9, chroma 4:2:0, bitdepth 8, upto 8192 x 8192
0x7ff2e15ff6c0 | IO                   | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:14,079 | NVDEC decodes VP9, chroma 4:2:0, bitdepth 10, upto 8192 x 8192
0x7ff2e15ff6c0 | IO                   | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:14,085 | Nvidia GPU (0) is initialised as decoding and encoding device.
0x7ff2e15ff6c0 | IO                   | INFO  | 2023-07-11 12:58:14,098 | IO codec library load completed in 180 ms.
0x7ff34ae1c6c0 | CrashReport          | ERROR | 2023-07-11 12:58:14,758 | Compress() : Failed to add file:/home/user/.local/share/DaVinciResolve/configs/UI.preset to archive.
0x7ff34ae1c6c0 | CrashReport          | ERROR | 2023-07-11 12:58:14,758 | Compress() : Failed to add file:/home/user/.local/share/DaVinciResolve/configs/config.user.xml to archive.
ActCCMessage Already in Table: Code= c005, Mode= 13, Level=  1, CmdKey= -1, Option= 0
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ActCCMessage Already in Table: Code= c007, Mode= 13, Level=  1, CmdKey= -1, Option= 0
ActCCMessage Already in Table: Code= 2282, Mode=  0, Level=  0, CmdKey= 8, Option= 0
PnlMsgActionStringAdapter Already in Table: Code= 615e, Mode=  0, Level=  0, CmdKey= -1, Option= 0

Just wanted to post a quick follow up: Today I installed a recently published system update (which concerned the nvidia drivers) from the regular Debian Bookworm stable repository and now Resolve works just fine (again) on the Optimus Laptop with hybrid graphics enabled in Bios. Very happy.

I do wish Blackmagic would consider a installer format like Flatpak or Snap for a single installer that works across all versions of Linux!

Flatpak and Snap packaging is OK for simple applications. However, there are technical limitations that get in the way of something as complex as Resolve or Fusion. The sandboxing models are problematic when you consider hardware support or remote workflows.

If you have an undemanding installation, you may want to take a look at Distrobox as an alternative way for providing the required runtime (centos7/rocky8) from your preferred host distro. While this is not an officially supported runtime, it has been known to work for some people.

That's completely untrue, you can use classic confinement with snaps and get access to everything you need for the app. Come on, if Blender can be packaged as a Snap and Flatpak surely Resolve would be no different.

If you want some help I might be able to connect you with the right people?

I am currently trying to install the beta version on Arch Linux, for which I need the file "DaVinci_Resolve_Studio_18.5b4_Linux.zip" (note the "b4"). However, the link on the BM website to that version no longer works. Under "latest downloads" I only get "DaVinci_Resolve_Studio_18.5_Linux.zip" (no "b4"), which makes the installer fail (I assume because it is a newer version).

Where can I download specific versions of Resolve Studio?

I do wish Blackmagic would consider a installer format like Flatpak or Snap for a single installer that works across all versions of Linux!

Flatpak and Snap packaging is OK for simple applications. However, there are technical limitations that get in the way of something as complex as Resolve or Fusion. The sandboxing models are problematic when you consider hardware support or remote workflows.

People are already using resolve in containers.
https://github.com/fat-tire/resolve

Resolve is still the only (not well supported) option for real editing on linux kerneled OS's. This is a *huge* advantage.

In a year, linux will be on its rapid ascent to the only relevant OS kernel. Actually, good video editor support would tip the scale over, which is why so many closed-door deals were made to keep the crumbling OS-monopoly empire from falling apart. Pluto is entering Aquarius, one step at a time. You might want to look at some second or third degree growth factor by OS, you'll probably see linux growing rapidly, if you can somehow get that metric.

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Thank you
Gratefully, Li Goldragon

[Dwaine Maggart]

@Rayne: Now that 18.5 is released, we've removed the 18.5 beta software links.

Use the current 18.5 release. And if not, why not?

@Rayne: Now that 18.5 is released, we've removed the 18.5 beta software links.

Use the current 18.5 release. And if not, why not?

Because I use the AUR version, and Linux distros update packages at different speeds. I am currently unable to use the most recent version because the repository is not updated yet, and I am unable to use the b4 version because BM took down the link. All despite paying good money for a license. Had I installed the software a day before the link was taken down, I could happily use it until the repository is updated.

I do wish Blackmagic would consider a installer format like Flatpak or Snap for a single installer that works across all versions of Linux!

Flatpak and Snap packaging is OK for simple applications.

Please don't go for snap or flatpak (or at least keep the current option).

Current installer/runting is simple and works fine. Yeah, if you're not on the exact target distro you might need to tweak a bit installed libs but it's not a big deal and much simpler than having to deal through N layers of containerization if something goes wrong ...

And nothing prevents anyone from wrapping the current stuff in those format if they so desire.

I'm probably being dumb here, but can anyone explain why detection and installation for missing dependencies isn't part of the standalone installer as it is? Like isn't that sort of core business for an installer?

@Stephen: AFAIK all the issues are when trying to run on other distributions than the target / supported distribution.

BTW for those having symbol issues in pango : Deleting the libglib-2.0.so.0 shipped with resolve worked for me ...

BTW for those having symbol issues in pango : Deleting the libglib-2.0.so.0 shipped with resolve worked for me ...

I think maybe they should also bundle libpango-1.0.so.0 they used, currently Resolve loads newer libpango-1.0.so on system (because they did not bundle it), but it bundled an old version of libglib-2.0.so, so the API is mismatched.

I'm having problems and I can't even get DVR to run, I'm seeing:
/opt/resolve/bin/resolve: symbol lookup error: /opt/resolve/bin/../libs/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0: undefined symbol: g_task_set_static_name

I've tried everything I can think of... I need to get my work done and I can't even start the app.
I'm on Fedora 39 and I purchased the studio version

I made the mistake of updating my Nvidia drivers, and now Resolve fails to start with a segmentation fault.

Downgrading the drivers to the previous version does not solve the problem. Neither does reinstalling Resolve.

The core dump just tells me that [some pointer address] in libc fails.

Has anyone else experienced this issue?

I had the same issue. For me, deleting the libgio* libraries fixed it.

Really, they should be bundling _all_ the GDK libraries, or _none_ of them...

I do wish Blackmagic would consider a installer format like Flatpak or Snap for a single installer that works across all versions of Linux!

Flatpak and Snap packaging is OK for simple applications.

Please don't go for snap or flatpak (or at least keep the current option).

Current installer/runting is simple and works fine. Yeah, if you're not on the exact target distro you might need to tweak a bit installed libs but it's not a big deal and much simpler than having to deal through N layers of containerization if something goes wrong ...

And nothing prevents anyone from wrapping the current stuff in those format if they so desire.

I used Snap, Flatpak and AppImage and for reason as containerization and control of storage, AppImages are far away better that any other format. AppImages works like "Portables" in Windows, so you can control where to place them and have even in a USB storage.

I do wish Blackmagic would consider a installer format like Flatpak or Snap for a single installer that works across all versions of Linux!

Flatpak and Snap packaging is OK for simple applications. However, there are technical limitations that get in the way of something as complex as Resolve or Fusion. The sandboxing models are problematic when you consider hardware support or remote workflows.

If you have an undemanding installation, you may want to take a look at Distrobox as an alternative way for providing the required runtime (centos7/rocky8) from your preferred host distro. While this is not an officially supported runtime, it has been known to work for some people.

Just today, I tried the AUR (ArchLinux) version of DR in a Debian host using distrobox. DR launches, but when dragging media or even import it thru menu bar, nothing happens. Impossible to add media at all.