Blender 2.8 crashes on startup #60364

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Vincent Berlijn · 2019-01-09T21:09:27+01:00

Vincent Berlijn commented

2019-01-09 21:09:27 +01:00

System Information
MSI Prestige PE70 2QE Laptop
Operating system: Windows 8.1
Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 960M
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4720HQ CPU @ 2.60Ghz
RAM: 8 GB

Blender Version
Broken: blender-2.80.0-git.91a155833e59-windows64 (09-01-2019)
Worked: 2.79b

Short description of error
Blender 2.8 closes at start-up.

The strange thing is, once in a while (approximately 1 out of 20) it will start and I can modelling for example works. But when I try to go into lookdev mode it usually shuts down anyway and the same thing with opening project files.
I am having the same problem for a month now with all the daily builds on my laptop. (The daily builds before that did work)
Blender 2.8 runs just fine on the desktop.

I tried the following:
Starting Blender via cmd
Starting Blender via cmd with --factory-startup
Starting Blender via cmd with --debug-gpu
Removing Blender 2.79b

Drivers are up-to-date.

Cmd reports:

Cmd --debug-gpu.txt

Cmd.txt

Cmd --factory-startup.txt

**System Information** MSI Prestige PE70 2QE Laptop Operating system: Windows 8.1 Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 960M CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4720HQ CPU @ 2.60Ghz RAM: 8 GB **Blender Version** Broken: blender-2.80.0-git.91a155833e59-windows64 (09-01-2019) Worked: 2.79b **Short description of error** Blender 2.8 closes at start-up. The strange thing is, once in a while (approximately 1 out of 20) it will start and I can modelling for example works. But when I try to go into lookdev mode it usually shuts down anyway and the same thing with opening project files. I am having the same problem for a month now with all the daily builds on my laptop. (The daily builds before that did work) Blender 2.8 runs just fine on the desktop. **I tried the following:** Starting Blender via cmd Starting Blender via cmd with --factory-startup Starting Blender via cmd with --debug-gpu Removing Blender 2.79b Drivers are up-to-date. Cmd reports: [Cmd --debug-gpu.txt](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F6233313/Cmd_--debug-gpu.txt) [Cmd.txt](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F6233314/Cmd.txt) [Cmd --factory-startup.txt](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F6233315/Cmd_--factory-startup.txt)

Vincent Berlijn commented

2019-01-09 21:09:27 +01:00

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Gavin Scott commented

2019-01-10 00:01:53 +01:00

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Sebastian Parborg commented

2019-01-25 14:15:01 +01:00

Added subscriber: @ZedDB

Sebastian Parborg commented

2019-01-25 14:15:01 +01:00

Does this still happen with the latest blender beta?

If so is there any improvement with --debug-gpu-force-workarounds ?

Does this still happen with the latest blender beta? If so is there any improvement with `--debug-gpu-force-workarounds` ?

Vincent Berlijn commented

2019-01-28 20:49:33 +01:00

Thanks for the reply.

The latest build did improve it.
Blender doesn't crash upon startup anymore :)

However, it mostly still crashes when I try to do some simple tasks like adding a noise texture to the default cube.
I did try it with --debug-gpu-force-workarounds, it has about the same crash rate as using the blender.exe
I also removed the %appdata% which seemed to improved it too.

In the picture you can see some weird shading atrifacts. Mostly the cube remains totally black, or the whole viewport is black.
Sometimes it updates and the shading comes back.
This is mostly a first sign that Blender will crash when doing something like adding a noise texture.CMD --debug-gpu-force-workarounds.txt

Thanks for the reply. The latest build did improve it. Blender doesn't crash upon startup anymore :) However, it mostly still crashes when I try to do some simple tasks like adding a noise texture to the default cube. I did try it with --debug-gpu-force-workarounds, it has about the same crash rate as using the blender.exe I also removed the %appdata% which seemed to improved it too. In the picture you can see some weird shading atrifacts. Mostly the cube remains totally black, or the whole viewport is black. Sometimes it updates and the shading comes back. This is mostly a first sign that Blender will crash when doing something like adding a noise texture.[CMD --debug-gpu-force-workarounds.txt](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F6435604/CMD_--debug-gpu-force-workarounds.txt) ![Screenshot weird shading artifacts.JPG](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F6435605/Screenshot_weird_shading_artifacts.JPG)

Sebastian Parborg commented

2019-01-28 21:06:44 +01:00

Check if using the latest drivers for your card helps: https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

Vincent Berlijn commented

2019-01-31 09:23:30 +01:00

It did the trick!

I thought my drivers where up to date, but I wasn't aware that only the drivers of the system were op to date.

So for people with the same problem, remove the Blender appdata and update drivers including the GPU driver.

Thanks for problem solving Sebastian!!

It did the trick! I thought my drivers where up to date, but I wasn't aware that only the drivers of the system were op to date. So for people with the same problem, remove the Blender appdata and update drivers including the GPU driver. Thanks for problem solving Sebastian!!

Sebastian Parborg commented

2019-01-31 10:51:09 +01:00

Changed status from 'Open' to: 'Resolved'

Sebastian Parborg closed this issue

2019-01-31 10:51:09 +01:00

Sebastian Parborg self-assigned this 2019-01-31 10:51:09 +01:00

Sebastian Parborg commented

2019-01-31 10:51:09 +01:00

No problem :)

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Blender 2.8 crashes on startup #60364