DaVinci Resolve detects GPU but cannot edit or render

[FujaTyping]

The GPU is detected but I cannot edit or render anything
I try reduce the timeline resolution and downgrade the resolve to version 19 from 20 and still not work

no GPU memory is full errors

davinci-resolve launch log

ActCCMessage Already in Table: Code= c005, Mode= 13, Level=  1, CmdKey= -1, Option= 0
ActCCMessage Already in Table: Code= c006, Mode= 13, Level=  1, CmdKey= -1, Option= 0
ActCCMessage Already in Table: Code= c007, Mode= 13, Level=  1, CmdKey= -1, Option= 0
ActCCMessage Already in Table: Code= 2282, Mode=  0, Level=  0, CmdKey= 8, Option= 0
log4cxx: No appender could be found for logger (BtCommon).
log4cxx: Please initialize the log4cxx system properly.
20.0.1.0006 Linux/Clang x86_64
Main thread starts: A9244000
log4cxx: setFile(./logs/rollinglog.txt,true) call failed.
log4cxx: IO Exception : status code = 2
0x7feea9244000 | Undefined            | INFO  | 2025-07-11 15:02:23,374 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
log4cxx: No output stream or file set for the appender named [RollLogAppender].
0x7feea9244000 | Undefined            | INFO  | 2025-07-11 15:02:23,374 | Loaded log config from /home/fujatyping/.local/share/DaVinciResolve/configs/log-conf.xml
0x7feea9244000 | Undefined            | INFO  | 2025-07-11 15:02:23,374 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

inxi -G output

Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake-P [UHD Graphics] driver: i915 v: kernel
  Device-2: NVIDIA AD107M [GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q / Mobile] driver: nvidia
    v: 575.64.03
  Device-3: Chicony USB2.0 Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting,nvidia dri: iris gpu: i915 resolution: 1920x1200~165Hz
  API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: iris,nvidia,swrast
    platforms: gbm,x11,surfaceless,device
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 575.64.03
    renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU/PCIe/SSE2
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.313 drivers: nvidia surfaces: N/A
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
    wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr

nvidia-inst --drivers output

NVIDIA card id: 28a1
Fetching driver data from nvidia.com ...

Series 575: supported (nvidia.com: 575.64.03)

nvidia-smi output

Fri Jul 11 15:06:00 2025       
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 575.64.03              Driver Version: 575.64.03      CUDA Version: 12.9     |
|-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name                 Persistence-M | Bus-Id          Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp   Perf          Pwr:Usage/Cap |           Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                                         |                        |               MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
|   0  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 ...    On  |   00000000:01:00.0 Off |                  N/A |
| N/A   54C    P3             10W /   60W |     667MiB /   6141MiB |     15%      Default |
|                                         |                        |                  N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
                                                                                         
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                                              |
|  GPU   GI   CI              PID   Type   Process name                        GPU Memory |
|        ID   ID                                                               Usage      |
|=========================================================================================|
|    0   N/A  N/A             817      G   /usr/lib/Xorg                           142MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A             917      G   /usr/bin/ksecretd                         2MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            1010      G   /usr/bin/ksmserver                        2MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            1012      G   /usr/bin/kded6                            2MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            1013      G   /usr/bin/kwin_x11                        12MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            1039      G   /usr/bin/plasmashell                     40MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            1122      G   /usr/bin/kaccess                          2MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            1124      G   ...it-kde-authentication-agent-1          2MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            1126      G   /usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal-kde           2MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            1243      G   /usr/bin/kdeconnectd                      2MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            1294      G   /usr/bin/python                           2MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            1322      G   /usr/bin/kwalletd6                        2MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            2342      G   /opt/zen-browser-bin/zen-bin            189MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            3282      G   /usr/bin/dolphin                          2MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            4027      G   /usr/lib/baloorunner                      2MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            4263      G   /usr/bin/konsole                          2MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Any help, working configurations, or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you very much for your support

[AriAsyqolani]

Use PRIME to offload the program to the discrete GPU. See ArchWiki PRIME

Or the easy way, i’m assuming that you’re on Plasma based on your inxi and nvidia-smi output

1. Right click the app
2. Select “Edit Application”
3. Go to the “Advanced” tab
4. Enable “run using dedicated graphic card”
5. Save
   
   

[FujaTyping]

I enable run using dedicated graphic card and still not work
In the past i can run and edit video with this computer

[AriAsyqolani]

Try adding __NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD=1 in the environment variable tab

[FujaTyping]

Still not work

[AriAsyqolani]

I’m not so sure, but I think it’s a codec issue. Did you know that the non-studio version of Resolve has limited codec support on Linux? For example, you can’t edit H.264/H.265 HEVC and AAC.

[FujaTyping]

Oh, I see. Thanks for letting me know. I guess I’ll have to transcode the video to a supported codec first