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Zed fails to load on Intel GPU
Zed would not launch on a fresh Omarchy install. I took me too much time but I found out the issue. Zed uses Vulkan under the hood. The Vulkan plugins were simply not installed on my Intel based laptop. to figure out that the Vulkan plugins were missing for my Intel processor.
A simple "vulkan-intel" package install fixed it
Maybe that's something that could be handled automatically when choosing Install / Editor / Zed.
If anyone wants to work on a omarchy-install-vulkan script that installs the right driver for the right graphics card, we can run that before we run the zed installer.
Trying to give it a go. Managed to make a sh work on mine: autodetect intel GPU then install the package
Same goes for AMD.
vulkan-radeonis required to run zed.
hey @dz0ny, if you have an AMD, what kind of vendor does the lspci command give you?
could you kindly run this:
lspci and check the line that reads VGA compatible controller
it's a bit strange to test for hardware that I do not possess! At least, Intel and AMD could be covered
@ElBrodino I am on a FW13 (latest AI350 mainboard)
> lspci | grep -i display
c1:00.0 Display controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Krackan [Radeon 840M / 860M Graphics] (rev c2)
A simple "vulkan-intel" package install fixed it
Confirm that installing vulkan-radeon also resolves the issue for me.
Hey guys, I didn't want this to turn out like a rabbit hole, but here we are! Thanks @whargrove for your support, btw! -- I'm on FW13 11th !
I realize there a many configurations of Integrated GPU and discreet GPU out there. No wonder support if a little lacking. There's a lot of resource though!
AMD
Help about your specific configuration is very much appreciated!
According to this article the vulkan plugin requires the VGA compatible controller. But there's also the Display controller which apparently from the same article, should not be used to choose the vulkan driver. Which according to @whargrove findings is not the case. Unless @whargrove also has an AMD VGA compatible controller. To double-check, those flags could narrow is down.
lspci -k | grep -A 3 "(VGA|3D|Display)"
Mac
Also, I learned that Omarchy could be used on a mac, @fpigeonjr what would this command give you? I'm wondering if your GPU is vulkan comaptible. Check the article to find out with vulkan-tools. You could check compatibility with Zed here as well.
same on MacBook Pro 2015, 15"
Seems to be compatible, HURRAY!
@fpigeonjr what vulkan driver are you using? vulkan-asahi perhaps?
Discreet GPU
In the case of multiple GPU, since I don't know which one is used by Zed, I think I could install the vulkan version for each GPU without issue.
I know I could check Zed's chosen GPU in ~/.local/share/zed/logs/Zed.log under Using GPU: but once that file gets changed you'd still need that other vulkan driver anyway.
Nvidia
Anybody use Omarchy on their gaming rig? Send me an output of that lspci -k | grep -A3 -E "(VGA|3D|Display)"
Confirmed, opening Zed issue solved for my PC with AMD Ryzen 5600g by installing vulkan-radeon:
sudo pacman -Syu vulkan-radeon
GPU: AMD 9070 XT CPU: Ryzen 9950X3D (which includes integrated gfx)
For me Zed would install & launch fine out of the box, I could sometimes be working with it for an entire day without a crash, but it would started crashing more regularly when opening very specific files (so it was very reproducable) and it would spit out the following log:
"payload": "GPU error An unknown error has occurred, due to an implementation or application bug"
After installing vulkan-radeon it hasn't crashed since.
In case it provides more clues about discreet vs integrated gpu choice by Zed, the Zed log file showed this for me:
Before vulkan-radeon:
2025-09-15T23:10:48+02:00 INFO [zed::zed] Using GPU: GpuSpecs { is_software_emulated: false, device_name: "AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT", driver_name: "AMD open-source driver", driver_info: "2025.Q2.1 (LLPC)" }
After installing vulkan-radeon:
2025-09-17T09:08:40+02:00 INFO [zed::zed] Using GPU: GpuSpecs { is_software_emulated: false, device_name: "AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT (RADV GFX1201)", driver_name: "radv", driver_info: "Mesa 25.2.2-arch1.2" }
Also if amdvlk was installed before it should be removed.
sudo pacman -Rs amdvlk
Also if amdvlk was installed before it should be removed.
sudo pacman -Rs amdvlk
I could add this to the script
honestly, vulkan has got to be more important for more than just Zed, Maybe add vulkan install to the base install that automatically chooses correct vulkan driver upon install of omarchy?
Although this is an opiniated rice, I would understand the appeal of a lean system. Only install what you need. On the other hand, there is quite a list of apps included from the get go.
I ran this and I was able to run it on my thinkpad
sudo pacman -Syu vulkan-intel
It is not just zed, installer selects default options during install of any software.
It behaves like --noconfirm.
All it is saving is one extra prompt from user.
