Updating System caused Steam Proton DirectX11 to no longer work

Yesterday I could still play Wrath of Rightousness. Then I ran yay for my weekly update in the evening and today it no longer works. It throws up this error:

Failed to initialize graphics.
Make sure you have DirectX 11 installed, have up to date
drivers for your graphics card and have not disabled
3D acceleration in display settings.
InitializeEngineGraphics failed

After some searching, I figure that it is a Vulkan issue, so i tried to run vulkaninfo, which just gets stuck and doesn’t throw up any output.

I have tried reverting to an older vulkan version, but that doesn’t seem to fix the issue.

Here is the pahis output:

[2022-06-26T14:32:35+0200] [ALPM] downgraded vulkan-radeon (22.1.2-1 -> 22.1.1-2)
[2022-06-26T14:29:04+0200] [ALPM] installed pahis (0.3.4-1)
[2022-06-26T11:18:18+0200] [ALPM] upgraded brave-bin (1:1.39.122-1 -> 1:1.40.105-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:49+0200] [ALPM] upgraded xf86-video-vesa (2.5.0-2 -> 2.5.0-3)
[2022-06-26T11:17:49+0200] [ALPM] upgraded xdg-desktop-portal-kde (5.25.0-1 -> 5.25.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:49+0200] [ALPM] upgraded vulkan-radeon (22.1.1-2 -> 22.1.2-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:49+0200] [ALPM] upgraded telegram-desktop (3.7.3-1 -> 4.0.2-2)
[2022-06-26T11:17:49+0200] [ALPM] upgraded sudo (1.9.11.p2-1 -> 1.9.11.p3-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:49+0200] [ALPM] upgraded sqlcipher (4.5.1-1 -> 4.5.1-2)
[2022-06-26T11:17:49+0200] [ALPM] upgraded sof-firmware (2.1.1-1 -> 2.1.1.a-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:49+0200] [ALPM] upgraded sddm-kcm (5.25.0-1 -> 5.25.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:49+0200] [ALPM] upgraded r8168 (8.050.03-1 -> 8.050.03-2)
[2022-06-26T11:17:49+0200] [ALPM] upgraded qt5-imageformats (5.15.5+kde+r2-1 -> 5.15.5+kde+r3-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:49+0200] [ALPM] upgraded python-trove-classifiers (2022.5.19-1 -> 2022.6.23-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:49+0200] [ALPM] upgraded pulseaudio-jack (16.0-1 -> 16.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:49+0200] [ALPM] upgraded pulseaudio-bluetooth (16.0-1 -> 16.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:49+0200] [ALPM] upgraded powerdevil (5.25.0-2 -> 5.25.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:49+0200] [ALPM] upgraded plasma-systemmonitor (5.25.0-1 -> 5.25.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:49+0200] [ALPM] upgraded plasma-pa (5.25.0-1 -> 5.25.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:49+0200] [ALPM] upgraded pulseaudio (16.0-1 -> 16.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:49+0200] [ALPM] upgraded plasma-nm (5.25.0-1 -> 5.25.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:49+0200] [ALPM] upgraded plasma-disks (5.25.0-1 -> 5.25.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:49+0200] [ALPM] upgraded plasma-desktop (5.25.0-1 -> 5.25.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:49+0200] [ALPM] upgraded polkit-kde-agent (5.25.0-1 -> 5.25.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:49+0200] [ALPM] upgraded plasma-browser-integration (5.25.0-1 -> 5.25.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:49+0200] [ALPM] upgraded parallel (20220522-1 -> 20220622-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:49+0200] [ALPM] upgraded openconnect (1:9.01-1 -> 1:9.01-2)
[2022-06-26T11:17:49+0200] [ALPM] installed oath-toolkit (2.6.7-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:49+0200] [ALPM] upgraded okular (22.04.2-1 -> 22.04.2-3)
[2022-06-26T11:17:49+0200] [ALPM] upgraded modemmanager (1.18.8-1 -> 1.18.10-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:49+0200] [ALPM] upgraded linux-headers (5.18.5.arch1-1 -> 5.18.6.arch1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:47+0200] [ALPM] upgraded linux-firmware (20220509.b19cbdc-1 -> 20220610.7b71b75-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:47+0200] [ALPM] upgraded linux-firmware-whence (20220509.b19cbdc-1 -> 20220610.7b71b75-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:47+0200] [ALPM] upgraded linux (5.18.5.arch1-1 -> 5.18.6.arch1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:46+0200] [ALPM] upgraded libtg_owt (0.git13.63a934d-1 -> 0.git14.10d5f4b-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:46+0200] [ALPM] upgraded libidn (1.38-1 -> 1.40-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:46+0200] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-vulkan-radeon (22.1.1-2 -> 22.1.2-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:46+0200] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-nss (3.79-1 -> 3.80-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:46+0200] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-mesa (22.1.1-2 -> 22.1.2-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:46+0200] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-openssl (1:1.1.1.n-1 -> 1:1.1.1.p-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:46+0200] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-amdvlk (2022.Q2.2-1 -> 2022.Q2.3-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:45+0200] [ALPM] upgraded kwallet-pam (5.25.0-1 -> 5.25.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:45+0200] [ALPM] upgraded kscreen (5.25.0-1 -> 5.25.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:45+0200] [ALPM] upgraded kmenuedit (5.25.0-1 -> 5.25.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:45+0200] [ALPM] upgraded kinfocenter (5.25.0-1 -> 5.25.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:45+0200] [ALPM] upgraded libqmi (1.30.6-1 -> 1.30.8-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:45+0200] [ALPM] upgraded libmm-glib (1.18.8-1 -> 1.18.10-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:45+0200] [ALPM] upgraded systemsettings (5.25.0-1 -> 5.25.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:45+0200] [ALPM] upgraded khotkeys (5.25.0-1 -> 5.25.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:45+0200] [ALPM] upgraded plasma-workspace (5.25.0-1 -> 5.25.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:45+0200] [ALPM] upgraded libmtp (1.1.19-1 -> 1.1.19-2)
[2022-06-26T11:17:45+0200] [ALPM] upgraded oxygen-sounds (5.25.0-1 -> 5.25.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:45+0200] [ALPM] upgraded qt5-tools (5.15.5+kde+r0-1 -> 5.15.5+kde+r1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:45+0200] [ALPM] upgraded libkscreen (5.25.0-1 -> 5.25.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:45+0200] [ALPM] upgraded plasma-integration (5.25.0-1 -> 5.25.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:45+0200] [ALPM] upgraded kwin (5.25.0-2 -> 5.25.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:45+0200] [ALPM] upgraded kscreenlocker (5.25.0-1 -> 5.25.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:45+0200] [ALPM] upgraded layer-shell-qt (5.25.0-1 -> 5.25.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:45+0200] [ALPM] upgraded milou (5.25.0-1 -> 5.25.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:45+0200] [ALPM] upgraded ksystemstats (5.25.0-1 -> 5.25.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:45+0200] [ALPM] upgraded libksysguard (5.25.0-1 -> 5.25.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:45+0200] [ALPM] upgraded kde-gtk-config (5.25.0-1 -> 5.25.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:45+0200] [ALPM] upgraded kde-cli-tools (5.25.0-1 -> 5.25.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:44+0200] [ALPM] upgraded kactivitymanagerd (5.25.0-1 -> 5.25.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:44+0200] [ALPM] upgraded inxi (3.3.18.1-1 -> 3.3.19.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:44+0200] [ALPM] upgraded geoip-database (20220524-1 -> 20220621-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:44+0200] [ALPM] upgraded eos-hooks (1.5-1 -> 1.6-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:44+0200] [ALPM] upgraded endeavouros-theming (8.0-1 -> 9.0-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:44+0200] [ALPM] upgraded digikam (7.6.0-5 -> 7.7.0-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:44+0200] [ALPM] upgraded noto-fonts (20220502-3 -> 20220607-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:44+0200] [ALPM] upgraded imagemagick (7.1.0.38-1 -> 7.1.0.39-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:44+0200] [ALPM] upgraded breeze-gtk (5.25.0-1 -> 5.25.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:44+0200] [ALPM] upgraded breeze (5.25.0-1 -> 5.25.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:44+0200] [ALPM] upgraded kdecoration (5.25.0-1 -> 5.25.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:44+0200] [ALPM] upgraded bluedevil (1:5.25.0-1 -> 1:5.25.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:44+0200] [ALPM] upgraded nss (3.79-1 -> 3.80-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:44+0200] [ALPM] upgraded libpulse (16.0-1 -> 16.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:44+0200] [ALPM] upgraded speex (1.2.0-3 -> 1.2.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:44+0200] [ALPM] upgraded speexdsp (1.2.0-2 -> 1.2.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:44+0200] [ALPM] upgraded libwacom (2.2.0-1 -> 2.3.0-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:44+0200] [ALPM] upgraded kbd (2.5.0-2 -> 2.5.1-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:44+0200] [ALPM] upgraded libproxy (0.4.17-7 -> 0.4.18-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:43+0200] [ALPM] installed duktape (2.7.0-2)
[2022-06-26T11:17:43+0200] [ALPM] upgraded mesa (22.1.1-2 -> 22.1.2-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:43+0200] [ALPM] upgraded ca-certificates-mozilla (3.79-1 -> 3.80-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:43+0200] [ALPM] upgraded e2fsprogs (1.46.5-3 -> 1.46.5-4)
[2022-06-26T11:17:43+0200] [ALPM] upgraded libnghttp2 (1.47.0-1 -> 1.48.0-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:43+0200] [ALPM] upgraded openssl (1.1.1.o-1 -> 1.1.1.p-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:43+0200] [ALPM] upgraded amdvlk (2022.Q2.2-1 -> 2022.Q2.3-1)
[2022-06-26T11:17:43+0200] [ALPM] upgraded amd-ucode (20220509.b19cbdc-1 -> 20220610.7b71b75-1)

I am stuck and do not know what other options I should try out. Restarting the system after reverting vulkan hasn’t helped either.

Downgrade amdvlk.

Welcome to the forum @Avald :enos_flag: :enos: :partying_face:

Thank you, this solved it.

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