Nvidia driver is ill-installed?

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Hello everyone,

My laptop with dual graphic cards (intel/nvidia) has had issues with external screens for a while (please see here, TLDR: screen suddenly stops being detected). Up until now, I have been lucky as the problem always solved itself in a matter of a day or two. I am ashamed to admit it, but I’ve been lazy and haven’t worked towards a definitive solution :pensive:

Building on the remark of omano in my previous post, it looks like there is a problem with the non-free nvidia driver.

inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width
System:
  Kernel: 5.10.70-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64
  root=UUID=0e604cf3-198d-42cd-8f8e-57e88fccaa92 rw usbcore.autosuspend=-1
  quiet resume=UUID=3c5c7eb3-af88-45d8-a52a-f6012fb6e9e5
  Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.29 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.16.1 vt: 7
  dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: UX430UNR v: 1.0 serial: <filter>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: UX430UNR v: 1.0 serial: <filter>
  UEFI: American Megatrends v: UX430UNR.203 date: 08/23/2017
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 11.4 Wh (99.1%) condition: 11.5/48.9 Wh (23.5%)
  volts: 11.6 min: 11.6 model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery type: Li-ion serial: N/A
  status: Not charging cycles: 544
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard serial: <filter>
  charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: Discharging
Memory:
  RAM: total: 15.49 GiB used: 2.43 GiB (15.7%)
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-8550U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
  arch: Kaby Lake note: check family: 6 model-id: 8E (142) stepping: A (10)
  microcode: EA cache: L2: 8 MiB bogomips: 32012
  Speed: 802 MHz min/max: 400/4000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 802 2: 862 3: 818
  4: 810 5: 816 6: 801 7: 801 8: 803
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon art
  avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cpuid
  cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est
  f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr ht hwp hwp_act_window
  hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ida intel_pt invpcid invpcid_single lahf_lm lm
  mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat
  pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts
  rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep smap smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1
  sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust
  tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt
  xsaves xtopology xtpr
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf
  mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: spec_store_bypass
  mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
  Type: spectre_v1
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional,
  IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel
  bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:5917 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP108M [GeForce MX150] driver: N/A
  alternate: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1d10
  class-ID: 0302
  Device-3: Realtek USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
  bus-ID: 1-6:5 chip-ID: 0bda:58e4 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.16.1 driver:
  loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2")
  s-diag: 582mm (22.9")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 158 size: 309x173mm (12.2x6.8")
  diag: 354mm (13.9")
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.3
  direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
  chip-ID: 8086:9d71 class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.70-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.38 running: no
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
  bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24fd class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter type: USB driver: r8152
  bus-ID: 1-1.3:6 chip-ID: 0bda:8153 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
  IF: enp0s20f0u1u3 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
  bus-ID: 1-8:7 chip-ID: 8087:0a2b class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
  rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 480.57 GiB used: 373.25 GiB (77.7%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: SanDisk model: SD8SN8U512G1002
  size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
  type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1002 scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: Sony model: Storage Media
  size: 3.63 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A
  serial: <filter> rev: 0100
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 63.96 GiB size: 62.71 GiB (98.04%) used: 41.57 GiB (66.3%)
  fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 label: N/A
  uuid: 0e604cf3-198d-42cd-8f8e-57e88fccaa92
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%)
  used: 264 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
  uuid: 5C6E-9EF4
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 396.84 GiB size: 389.62 GiB (98.18%)
  used: 331.68 GiB (85.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 label: N/A
  uuid: 524ab128-d587-4420-bfe2-c0879c99acd9
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 15.62 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
  dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A
  uuid: 3c5c7eb3-af88-45d8-a52a-f6012fb6e9e5
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 12 rev: 2.0
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Microchip (formerly SMSC) Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 0424:2744 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-1.1:4 info: Logitech Unifying Receiver type: Keyboard,Mouse
  driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
  power: 98mA chip-ID: 046d:c534 class-ID: 0301
  Device-2: 1-1.3:6 info: Realtek RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
  type: Network driver: r8152 interfaces: 1 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s
  power: 180mA chip-ID: 0bda:8153 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
  Hub-3: 1-1.4:8 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s
  power: 100mA chip-ID: 05e3:0610 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-2:3 info: Sony Storage Media type: Mass Storage
  driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
  chip-ID: 054c:05b8 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 1-6:5 info: Realtek USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam type: Video
  driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
  chip-ID: 0bda:58e4 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Device-3: 1-8:7 info: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: Bluetooth
  driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA
  chip-ID: 8087:0a2b class-ID: e001
  Device-4: 1-9:9 info: Elan Micro ELAN:Fingerprint type: <vendor specific>
  driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA
  chip-ID: 04f3:0903 class-ID: 0000
  Hub-4: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 6 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-5: 2-1:2 info: Microchip (formerly SMSC) Hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1
  speed: 5 Gb/s chip-ID: 0424:5744 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 3000
Info:
  Processes: 236 Uptime: 16m wakeups: 3 Init: systemd v: 249 tool: systemctl
  Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 12.0.1 Packages: pacman: 1965 lib: 457
  Shell: Bash v: 5.1.8 running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.08

inxi tells me that the Nvidia card driver is ‘N/A’, showing only alternate ones.
However, the non-free Nvidia driver shows up if I run:

mhwd -l -d
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> PCI Device: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:01:00.0 (0302:10de:1d10)
  Display controller nVidia Corporation GP108M [GeForce MX150]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  > INSTALLED:

   NAME:	video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime
   ATTACHED:	PCI
   VERSION:	2021.07.28
   INFO:	Hybrid prime solution for NVIDIA Optimus Technology - Closed source NVIDIA driver & open source intel driver.
   PRIORITY:	6
   FREEDRIVER:	false
   DEPENDS:	video-modesetting 
   CONFLICTS:	video*nvidia* 
   CLASSIDS:	0300 0302 0300 
   VENDORIDS:	10de 8086 

   NAME:	video-linux
   ATTACHED:	PCI
   VERSION:	2018.05.04
   INFO:	Standard open source drivers.
   PRIORITY:	2
   FREEDRIVER:	true
   DEPENDS:	-
   CONFLICTS:	-
   CLASSIDS:	0300 0380 0302 
   VENDORIDS:	1002 8086 10de 



  > AVAILABLE:

   NAME:	video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime
   ATTACHED:	PCI
   VERSION:	2021.07.28
   INFO:	Hybrid prime solution for NVIDIA Optimus Technology - Closed source NVIDIA driver & open source intel driver.
   PRIORITY:	6
   FREEDRIVER:	false
   DEPENDS:	video-modesetting 
   CONFLICTS:	video*nvidia* 
   CLASSIDS:	0300 0302 0300 
   VENDORIDS:	10de 8086 

   NAME:	video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-390xx-bumblebee
   ATTACHED:	PCI
   VERSION:	2020.11.30
   INFO:	Hybrid bumblebee solution for NVIDIA Optimus Technology - Closed source NVIDIA driver & open source intel driver.
   PRIORITY:	5
   FREEDRIVER:	false
   DEPENDS:	-
   CONFLICTS:	video*nvidia* 
   CLASSIDS:	0300 0302 0300 
   VENDORIDS:	10de 8086 

   NAME:	video-nvidia
   ATTACHED:	PCI
   VERSION:	2020.11.30
   INFO:	Closed source NVIDIA drivers for linux.
   PRIORITY:	4
   FREEDRIVER:	false
   DEPENDS:	-
   CONFLICTS:	video*nvidia* 
   CLASSIDS:	0300 0302 
   VENDORIDS:	10de 

   NAME:	video-nvidia-390xx
   ATTACHED:	PCI
   VERSION:	2020.11.30
   INFO:	Closed source NVIDIA drivers for linux.
   PRIORITY:	3
   FREEDRIVER:	false
   DEPENDS:	-
   CONFLICTS:	video*nvidia* 
   CLASSIDS:	0300 0302 
   VENDORIDS:	10de 

   NAME:	video-linux
   ATTACHED:	PCI
   VERSION:	2018.05.04
   INFO:	Standard open source drivers.
   PRIORITY:	2
   FREEDRIVER:	true
   DEPENDS:	-
   CONFLICTS:	-
   CLASSIDS:	0300 0380 0302 
   VENDORIDS:	1002 8086 10de 


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> PCI Device: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0 (0300:8086:5917)
  Display controller Intel Corporation UHD Graphics 620
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  > INSTALLED:

   NAME:	video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime
   ATTACHED:	PCI
   VERSION:	2021.07.28
   INFO:	Hybrid prime solution for NVIDIA Optimus Technology - Closed source NVIDIA driver & open source intel driver.
   PRIORITY:	6
   FREEDRIVER:	false
   DEPENDS:	video-modesetting 
   CONFLICTS:	video*nvidia* 
   CLASSIDS:	0300 0302 0300 
   VENDORIDS:	10de 8086 

   NAME:	video-linux
   ATTACHED:	PCI
   VERSION:	2018.05.04
   INFO:	Standard open source drivers.
   PRIORITY:	2
   FREEDRIVER:	true
   DEPENDS:	-
   CONFLICTS:	-
   CLASSIDS:	0300 0380 0302 
   VENDORIDS:	1002 8086 10de 

   NAME:	video-modesetting
   ATTACHED:	PCI
   VERSION:	2020.01.13
   INFO:	X.org modesetting video driver.
   PRIORITY:	1
   FREEDRIVER:	true
   DEPENDS:	-
   CONFLICTS:	-
   CLASSIDS:	0300 
   VENDORIDS:	*

I have tried to force reinstall the non-free drivers through the GUI of mhwd, but to no effect. I see in the output of the mhwd command that the non-free driver is indicated to be conflicting with video*nvidia*. Does that mean that I should uninstall the video-linux driver, and all the other free drivers for the Intel iGPU?

Finally, I’m not sure how this is relevant, but I realized that bumblee is still active (and the bumblebeed service still enabled) on my setup. But I’ve read that bumblebee is not used anymore… I admit that I’m a lost here, and would appreciate any guidance.

Thanks for your time!

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you don’t understand what are nvidias drivers and video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime:
nvidia drivers works ONLY for mono use pci video (desktop and very few laptop Rog that have a pci video dedied) , with only videos nvidia card that are provided for a serie / version nvidia.

video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime is works on Intel pci ( all others laptop ), and you have to use prime (or primerun or any other driver video command ) to use for app to this hybrid non free driver video nvidia cards

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Hey, thanks for your answer! Sorry if my message was not clear. I don’t want to try and install ‘pure nvidia’ drivers. I understand that I need to have a driver which is compatible with the Optimus technology.

My concern is more that inxi does not pick up the driver used for my nvidia GPU, whereas I have installed one, as it is shown by mhwd.

Maybe I have misunderstood your message?

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Also, if we want to verify what mhwd has installed we need a different command:

mhwd -li

(that will ‘list installed’ … above you are listing everything available)

5

My bad!

Here is output of the right command:

mhwd -li
> Installed PCI configs:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           video-linux            2018.05.04                true            PCI
     video-modesetting            2020.01.13                true            PCI
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime            2021.07.28               false            PCI


Warning: No installed USB configs!
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Great. That is probably the one you want.

Try the following two commands to verify:

glxinfo | grep 'renderer string'
prime-run glxinfo | grep 'renderer string'
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Thanks for your quick answer! May I ask what we’re probing right now, exactly?
Anyway, here are both outputs:

glxinfo | grep 'renderer string'
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa Intel(R) UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2)


prime-run glxinfo | grep 'renderer string'
X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  152 (GLX)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  24 (X_GLXCreateNewContext)
  Value in failed request:  0x0
  Serial number of failed request:  50
  Current serial number in output stream:  51
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its just a graphics information spit.
First one runs normally and should be your intel, the second is the same command with ‘prime-run’ and should return the nvidia card … but as we see there is an error.
Is this nvidia card supported by the latest drivers?
My first guess is no … you may need to use something much older like series 390.
(for proprietary support … otherwise you must use open Nouveau)

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I can’t find this piece of info… Do you have a suggestion on where to look that up? The card is not that old, it’s Nvidia MX150, belongs to the MX100 series.

So, I’m completely open to switch to open drivers actually! Maybe I should give it a try, by using mhwd’s GUI?

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Yeah actually it should be OK with either 470 or 495

But if the forum is anything to go by, the recent nvidia drivers are buggy everywhere, even windoze.

As to the open drivers … all you need to do is remove the proprietary stuff, then you can check with the commands above, but replace prime-run with DRI_PRIME=1

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So, I’ve tried to switch to the open drivers.
I used the ‘Auto install Open-Source Driver’ option from mhwd’s GUI, then I uninstalled the non-free video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime driver via the same GUI and rebooted. Here is the output of mhwd -li for verification:

mhwd -li
> Installed PCI configs:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           video-linux            2018.05.04                true            PCI
     video-modesetting            2020.01.13                true            PCI


Warning: No installed USB configs!

inxi still returns ‘N/A’ for the Nvidia card’s driver:

inxi -G
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 driver: i915 v: kernel
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP108M [GeForce MX150] driver: N/A
  Device-3: Realtek USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: loaded: modesetting
  resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.3

As for the other commands, it looks like the Intel iGPU is the only one being used:

glxinfo | grep 'renderer string'
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa Intel(R) UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2)


DR_PRIME=1 glxinfo | grep 'renderer string'
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa Intel(R) UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2)
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Okay, so since yesterday I’ve also tried to deactivate the bumblebee service, as I thought it might conflict with the DRI_PRIME command. After rebooting, it didn’t change a thing. It looks to me that DRI_PRIME is unable to use the Nvidia card, as I still have

DRI_PRIME=1 glxinfo | grep 'renderer string'
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa Intel(R) UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2)

Similarly, inxi still says that there is no driver for the Nvidia card, except the alternate one:

inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width
System:
  Kernel: 5.10.70-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64
  root=UUID=0e604cf3-198d-42cd-8f8e-57e88fccaa92 rw usbcore.autosuspend=-1
  quiet resume=UUID=3c5c7eb3-af88-45d8-a52a-f6012fb6e9e5
  Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.29 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.16.1 vt: 7
  dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: UX430UNR v: 1.0 serial: <filter>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: UX430UNR v: 1.0 serial: <filter>
  UEFI: American Megatrends v: UX430UNR.203 date: 08/23/2017
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 9.2 Wh (80.0%) condition: 11.5/48.9 Wh (23.5%)
  volts: 11.6 min: 11.6 model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery type: Li-ion serial: N/A
  status: Charging cycles: 544
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard serial: <filter>
  charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: Discharging
Memory:
  RAM: total: 15.49 GiB used: 2.25 GiB (14.5%)
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-8550U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
  arch: Kaby Lake note: check family: 6 model-id: 8E (142) stepping: A (10)
  microcode: EA cache: L2: 8 MiB bogomips: 32012
  Speed: 700 MHz min/max: 400/4000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 700 2: 700 3: 700
  4: 700 5: 700 6: 701 7: 700 8: 700
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon art
  avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cpuid
  cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est
  f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr ht hwp hwp_act_window
  hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ida intel_pt invpcid invpcid_single lahf_lm lm
  mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat
  pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts
  rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep smap smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1
  sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust
  tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt
  xsaves xtopology xtpr
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf
  mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: spec_store_bypass
  mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
  Type: spectre_v1
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional,
  IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel
  bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:5917 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP108M [GeForce MX150] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: N/A
  alternate: nouveau bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1d10 class-ID: 0302
  Device-3: Realtek USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
  bus-ID: 1-6:3 chip-ID: 0bda:58e4 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.16.1 driver:
  loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2")
  s-diag: 582mm (22.9")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 158 size: 309x173mm (12.2x6.8")
  diag: 354mm (13.9")
  Monitor-2: HDMI-2 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 82 size: 598x336mm (23.5x13.2")
  diag: 686mm (27")
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.3
  direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
  chip-ID: 8086:9d71 class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.70-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.38 running: no
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
  bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24fd class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter type: USB driver: r8152
  bus-ID: 1-1.3:8 chip-ID: 0bda:8153 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
  IF: enp0s20f0u1u3 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
  bus-ID: 1-8:4 chip-ID: 8087:0a2b class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
  rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 373.14 GiB (78.2%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: SanDisk model: SD8SN8U512G1002
  size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
  type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1002 scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 63.96 GiB size: 62.71 GiB (98.04%) used: 40.92 GiB (65.3%)
  fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 label: N/A
  uuid: 0e604cf3-198d-42cd-8f8e-57e88fccaa92
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%)
  used: 264 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
  uuid: 5C6E-9EF4
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 396.84 GiB size: 389.62 GiB (98.18%)
  used: 332.22 GiB (85.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 label: N/A
  uuid: 524ab128-d587-4420-bfe2-c0879c99acd9
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 15.62 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
  dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A
  uuid: 3c5c7eb3-af88-45d8-a52a-f6012fb6e9e5
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 12 rev: 2.0
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 1-1:6 info: Microchip (formerly SMSC) Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 0424:2744 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-1.1:7 info: Logitech Unifying Receiver type: Keyboard,Mouse
  driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
  power: 98mA chip-ID: 046d:c534 class-ID: 0301
  Device-2: 1-1.3:8 info: Realtek RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
  type: Network driver: r8152 interfaces: 1 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s
  power: 180mA chip-ID: 0bda:8153 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
  Hub-3: 1-1.4:9 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s
  power: 100mA chip-ID: 05e3:0610 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-6:3 info: Realtek USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam type: Video
  driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
  chip-ID: 0bda:58e4 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 1-8:4 info: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: Bluetooth
  driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA
  chip-ID: 8087:0a2b class-ID: e001
  Device-3: 1-9:5 info: Elan Micro ELAN:Fingerprint type: <vendor specific>
  driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA
  chip-ID: 04f3:0903 class-ID: 0000
  Hub-4: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 6 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-5: 2-1:2 info: Microchip (formerly SMSC) Hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1
  speed: 5 Gb/s chip-ID: 0424:5744 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 3000
Info:
  Processes: 229 Uptime: 21m wakeups: 69 Init: systemd v: 249 tool: systemctl
  Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 12.0.1 Packages: pacman: 1956 lib: 455
  Shell: Bash v: 5.1.8 running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.08

I don’t understand why inxi does not recognize ‘nouveau’ as the driver in use for the Nvidia card, knowing that it’s the only one installed for that GPU.

Finally, something happened this morning that might be out of the scope of this thread.
Just like in my previous topic, after another reboot this morning, my external screen started working again… But I could check that nothing has changed in the parameters discussed above. I am confused, as I thought that external display required the Nvidia GPU to be properly working. (and this is why I’m currently trying to solve this driver issue)

The only change that I’ve been able to spot shows in xrandr, where the HDMI2 port appears again:

xrandr | grep HDMI
HDMI-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-2 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 598mm x 336mm

It seems to me now, that I might have two separate issues. One with the installation of the driver for my Nvidia GPU, and one with the HDMI port that might sometimes just stop working. Maybe a hardware issue?