How to install vulcan for intel graphics card

Question

I want to play artifact on Ubuntu 18.04 but every time I try loading it says "failed to initialize Vulkan. Please make sure your driver and GPU support Vulkan."

I have an Intel SandyBridge mobile graphics card. When i enter sudo lshw -c video it says my driver is i915.

Could anyone tell me what driver I need to install or how to solve the issue?

Thanks!

Solution 1

There is no driver to install. Intel graphics only supports Vulkan on Ivybridge and newer chips. Sandybridge is too old.

Solution 2

On my Kaby Lake i had to run sudo apt install mesa-vulkan-drivers Inspired by the introduction directions here https://launchpad.net/~oibaf/+archive/ubuntu/graphics-drivers

tho i didn't even have this ppa installed. it just led me to check my current apt list *vulkan*

Comments

[User]

Is it possible using mesa?

[dobey]

No. Mesa is just a provider of the GL APIs. If Vulkan was supported on your CPU, it would already be working.

[abchk1234]

Here is compatibility list: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulkan_(API)#Compatibility (Skylake and up offer Vulkan 1.0 and 1.1 support, Ivy bridge to Broadwell support 1.0, Sandy bridge not supported)

[Autodidact]

Worked like a charm! No ppa required.

[Abhineet Pandey]

Worked for me, intel UHD 620