Dolphin bug tracker

07/02/2023

10:24 AM Emulator Emulator Issues #13086: Can't launch games with Dolphin v5.0: getting error "Failed to initialize video backend"

I don't know why but it works now both in Lutris and with Dolphin Emulator v 5.0-17738. Probably some other package u... myndstream

10/28/2022

10:41 PM Emulator Emulator Issues #13086: Can't launch games with Dolphin v5.0: getting error "Failed to initialize video backend"

Additional notes:
I built the latest version, 5.0-17738.
When I start lutris (see the linked github issue) the fi... myndstream

09:53 AM Emulator Emulator Issues #13086: Can't launch games with Dolphin v5.0: getting error "Failed to initialize video backend"

Installed mesa-vulkan-drivers. Followed the steps of https://wiki.dolphin-emu.org/index.php?title=Building_Dolphin_on... myndstream

10/27/2022

10:02 PM Emulator Emulator Issues #13086: Can't launch games with Dolphin v5.0: getting error "Failed to initialize video backend"

glxinfo | grep OpenGL displays this:
OpenGL vendor string: Intel
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa Intel(R) HD Graphic... myndstream

09:59 PM Emulator Emulator Issues #13086: Can't launch games with Dolphin v5.0: getting error "Failed to initialize video backend"

If it's not a dolphin issue why did it work in the past but doesn't anymore? At the least, the issue in Dolphin is th... myndstream

08:39 PM Emulator Emulator Issues #13086: Can't launch games with Dolphin v5.0: getting error "Failed to initialize video backend"

It's i915...that's what it shows in the OpenGL Info Center and with lspci -v (kernel driver in use).
That could be... myndstream

08:17 PM Emulator Emulator Issues #13086 (Fixed): Can't launch games with Dolphin v5.0: getting error "Failed to initialize video backend"

**Game Name?**
Any
**Game ID?** (right click the game in the game list, Properties, Info tab)
Any
**MD5 Hash?... myndstream

08:18 PM Emulator Emulator Issues #13016: "Failed to initialize video backend" when launching game

JMC4789
Thanks. I recreated the bug report with a bit more details and the bug template here after rechecking if it ... myndstream

08/15/2022

10:29 PM Emulator Emulator Issues #13016: "Failed to initialize video backend" when launching game

(Not just with 5.0-17197.) 5.0-17197 is the version I built, 5.0-14480 is the version I installed through Lutris. Bot... myndstream

09:21 PM Emulator Emulator Issues #13016: "Failed to initialize video backend" when launching game

This also occurs with Dolphin 5.0-14480. myndstream