Participating Frequently

Question

LrC 15.0.1 – GPU fails to initialise (Build: Uninitialized, GPU disabled) on RTX 5060 Ti systems

Forum|Forum|5 months ago
December 11, 2025
4 replies
698 views

Summary:
After upgrading from Lightroom Classic 14.5.1 to 15.0.1, the GPU engine no longer initialises. Masking becomes extremely slow or unusable. System Info consistently shows:

Build: Uninitialized
GPUDeviceEnabled: false
Direct2DEnabled: false

Rolling back to 14.5.1 restores basic masking, but GPU acceleration still does not activate in that version either.

Environment:

Windows 11 Pro
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (Studio Driver 591.44, Standard)
AMD Radeon firmware-level GPU on Ryzen 7 9700X
Dual-monitor setup
DxDiag: all DirectX features OK
Photoshop detects and uses GPU normally

Steps to Reproduce:

Install Lightroom Classic 15.0.1

Launch Lightroom

Open System Info → GPU section

GPU engine is not initialised; masking becomes extremely slow

Expected:
GPU engine should initialise; masking should use GPU acceleration.

Actual:
GPU engine does not initialise; Lightroom reports “Build: Uninitialized” and disables GPU processing.

Notes:

Clean NVIDIA install performed with DDU
Lightroom preferences reset
Lightroom fully reinstalled
GPU works normally in Photoshop
Issue appears specific to LrC 15.x GPU detection logic
Similar reports found in Adobe forums from users with multi-adapter setups and newer GPUs

Request:
Please investigate GPU initialisation failure in LrC 15.x on systems with mixed GPU adapters (NVIDIA + AMD firmware) and dual displays.

Windows

johnrellis

Legend

[This post contains formatting and embedded images that don't appear in email. View the post in your Web browser.]

"Build: Uninitialized
GPUDeviceEnabled: false
Direct2DEnabled: false"

These lines do not indicate the actual status of the GPU as seen by LR / Camera Raw. Ignore them. For details, see:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/gpudeviceenabled/m-p/15614871#M420319

The relevant lines are:

"Graphics Processor Info:

DirectX: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (32.0.15.9144)

Init State: GPU for Export supported by default

User Preference: Auto

Enable HDR in Library: OFF

GPU for Preview Generation: Auto (S5_15)"

and the Adapter #i lines listing the display devices, e.g.

"Adapter #1: Vendor : 10de

Device : 2d04

Subsystem : 8a111043

Revision : a1

Video Memory : 16050

Adapter #2: Vendor : 1002

Device : 13c0

Subsystem : 88771043

Revision : c5

Video Memory : 7e5

Adapter #3: Vendor : 1414

Device : 8c

Subsystem : 0

Revision : 0

Video Memory : 0"

MaxStrammerAuthor

Participating Frequently

Thank you John - that at least means I'm not going mad! As you'll see from my latest post, I think my Wacom pen (driver?) is the cause of the problem.

MaxStrammerAuthor

Participating Frequently

John - I hope you've been following this story - at least I think I've managed to isolate the problem and have a work-round.
Do you know why the System Info panel consistently reports the GPUDriverEnabled field as .false.? Is seems highly misleading. Perhaps it only swiches to .true. when an LrC operation is actually taking place (and hence will always be invisible to users like me)???
BTW, many thanks for AnyVision - it's a great time-saver 🙂

MaxStrammerAuthor

Participating Frequently

"Use Graphics Processor" is set to Auto (as itr was before I reverted to 14.5.1.)

MaxStrammerAuthor

Participating Frequently

Hi,

There's no reference to OpenGL anywhere. There are no TempDisable... files on my PC. As you'll see from the attached, I've reverted to 14.5.1 in the meantime.

systeminfo.txt

A

AxelMatt

Community Expert

There's no reference to OpenGL anywhere.

By @MaxStrammer

What do you mean with this statement?

Hi,

There are no TempDisable... files on my PC. ...

By @MaxStrammer

As you can read in the linked document (section 6) these files are only exists if an error occur.

If an unhandled, fatal error occurs during GPU initialization, Camera Raw or Lightroom leaves behind a TempDisableGPU3 file (or TempDisableGPU2 in some cases). In the GPU folder, find the subfolder for the application you are using and check for these files.

But be aware the appropriate folder %APPDATA%\Adobe\CameraRaw\GPU is hidden. You have enabled the option for displaying hidden item in the File Explorer. Open the File Explorer, click "View" in the menu bar, hover over "Show," and then select "Hidden items.

My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 25H2 -- LR-Classic 15 - Photoshop 27 - Nik Collection 9 - PureRAW 6 - Topaz Photo AI

A

AxelMatt

Community Expert

First delete the file "Camera Raw GPU Config.txt" as desribed here:

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/troubleshoot-gpu.html#solution-3

After this delete any TempDisableGPU2 and TempDisableGPU3 files:

https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/kb/acr-gpu-faq.html#6CheckanddeletetheTempDisableGPU3orTempDisabl...

After all doing these steps open Lightroom. Go to Preferences > Performance > Camera Raw to verify that Use Graphics Processor is set to Auto. If you see any kind of "unsupported" message, please post a full-resolution screenshot (not a phone pic) of the Preferences window.

If this doesn't help, provide a copy of your 'System Info'. This can be get from the LrC Help > System Info menu item. There's a copy button in the System Info dialog. Press this button and paste the info into your next forum post.

My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 25H2 -- LR-Classic 15 - Photoshop 27 - Nik Collection 9 - PureRAW 6 - Topaz Photo AI

Sign up

To post, reply, or follow discussions, please sign in with your Adobe ID.

Sign in to Adobe Community

To post, reply, or follow discussions, please sign in with your Adobe ID.

Scanning file for viruses.

This file cannot be downloaded