# Loss of video after launch **URL:** \ **Category:** Linux\ **Created:** [November 2, 2021, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/loss-of-video-after-launch/335007 "2021-11-02T08:33:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Blink\_Starbane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/blink_starbane/32/293457_2.png) [@Blink\_Starbane](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Blink_Starbane)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2021, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/loss-of-video-after-launch/335007/1 "2021-11-02T08:33:02Z")
I’ve followed [these instructions](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/new-launcher-new-linux-error/319782/375) to install eve. I am able to launch it and play without problems on my desktop. However, on my laptop, I lose video after launching the game client. I run the launcher. Once the “play” button is available, I copy launcherdarkly\_client.pyd up a directory, and I click the play button. My screen goes black, and I can see my cursor. After about a second, the cursor freezes. After another second or two the backlight goes off and I completely lose video. I can’t switch to a different virtual desktop or tty session. ---
**Author:** ![Colinde\_s](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/colinde_s/32/419040_2.png) [@Colinde\_s](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Colinde_s)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 10:24pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/loss-of-video-after-launch/335007/2 "2021-11-09T22:24:13Z")
Oof… Sounds like a graphics driver issue… Where it originates is hard to tell with the amount of information. You could try and do an install from [the Lutris webpage](https://lutris.net/games/eve-online/) and see if it still happens. (You can also just add EVE and the wine directories you have already made, bu going through the “add a game” thing) Otherwise i have to ask for a few things like what graphics card you are running and what driver strack you are running. ---
**Author:** ![Blink\_Starbane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/blink_starbane/32/293457_2.png) [@Blink\_Starbane](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Blink_Starbane)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/loss-of-video-after-launch/335007/3 "2021-12-24T19:31:33Z")
I tried to install from the Lutris webpage with the same results. My laptop is a Lenovo 720S-13ARR. The cpu is AMD Ryzen 5 2500U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx. It looks like it is a Vega 8 gpu. My OS is archlinux. As of my most recent package upgrade, I’m using the open source amd driver (xf86-video-amdgpu 21.0.0-2). I have a bunch of vulkan stuff installed, too (amdvlk 2021.Q4.2-1). ---
**Author:** ![Ragnar\_STS](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ragnar_sts/32/392771_2.png) [@Ragnar\_STS](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Ragnar_STS)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2021, 3:20am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/loss-of-video-after-launch/335007/4 "2021-12-27T03:20:14Z")
Sounds like missing Mesa dxvk if it was nvidia…not sure if amd redeon platform needs similar. Otherwise perhaps a version of the 32bit libraries and such. Yes it is a 64bit client…but still… ---
**Author:** ![Blink\_Starbane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/blink_starbane/32/293457_2.png) [@Blink\_Starbane](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Blink_Starbane)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/loss-of-video-after-launch/335007/5 "2021-12-28T18:34:22Z")
OK I installed `vulkan-radeon` and `lib32-vulkan-radeon`, and I can launch the game. This doesn’t feel right? should not `amdvlk` be enough? ---
**Author:** ![Ragnar\_STS](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ragnar_sts/32/392771_2.png) [@Ragnar\_STS](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Ragnar_STS)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 6:24pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/loss-of-video-after-launch/335007/6 "2021-12-30T18:24:36Z")
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/loss-of-video-after-launch/335007/7 "2022-03-30T18:25:28Z")
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