Hello, not sure what I removed in one of the recent updates, but I am now getting the following:
$ nvidia-smi
NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running.
Any help? I am attaching the following:
$ pacman -Qs nvidia
local/egl-gbm 1.1.2.1-1
The GBM EGL external platform library
local/egl-wayland 4:1.1.19-1
EGLStream-based Wayland external platform
local/egl-x11 1.0.1-1
NVIDIA XLib and XCB EGL Platform Library
local/lib32-libvdpau 1.5-3
Nvidia VDPAU library
local/lib32-nvidia-utils 570.144-1
NVIDIA drivers utilities (32-bit)
local/libnvidia-container 1.17.6-1
NVIDIA container runtime library
local/libvdpau 1.5-3
Nvidia VDPAU library
local/libxnvctrl 570.144-1
NVIDIA NV-CONTROL X extension
local/linux614-nvidia 570.144-12 (linux614-extramodules)
NVIDIA kernel modules for linux614
local/mhwd-nvidia 570.144-3
MHWD module-ids for nvidia 570.144
local/mhwd-nvidia-390xx 390.157-20
MHWD module-ids for nvidia 390.157
local/mhwd-nvidia-470xx 470.256.02-12
MHWD module-ids for nvidia 470.256.02
local/nvidia-container-toolkit 1.17.6-1
NVIDIA container toolkit
local/nvidia-driver-assistant 0.21.51.03-1
Detect and install the best NVIDIA driver packages for the system
local/nvidia-prime 1.0-5
NVIDIA Prime Render Offload configuration and utilities
local/nvidia-settings 570.144-3
Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
local/nvidia-utils 570.144-3
NVIDIA drivers utilities
local/xf86-video-nouveau 1.0.18-1 (xorg-drivers)
Open Source 3D acceleration driver for nVidia cards
$ inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width
System:
Kernel: 6.15.0-rc6-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.1.1
clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.15-x86_64
root=UUID=4ed2000a-5bfc-46dc-bcf0-eb79e77a5c10 rw apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.48 wm: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0
with: xfce4-panel vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: Manjaro
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Dell product: G5 5590 v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Dell model: 0D2DM3 v: A00 serial: <superuser required> part-nu: 08ED
uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell v: 1.15.3 date: 06/04/2021
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 25.8 Wh (100.0%) condition: 25.8/90.0 Wh (28.7%)
volts: 12.5 min: 11.4 model: BYD DELL 6YV0V94 type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
status: full
Memory:
System RAM: total: 16 GiB available: 15.43 GiB used: 2.68 GiB (17.4%)
Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
Array-1: capacity: 32 GiB slots: 2 modules: 2 EC: None
max-module-size: 16 GiB note: est.
Device-1: DIMM A type: DDR4 detail: synchronous size: 8 GiB
speed: 2667 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1 width (bits):
data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: 80AD000080AD part-no: HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK
serial: <filter>
Device-2: DIMM B type: DDR4 detail: synchronous size: 8 GiB
speed: 2667 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1 width (bits):
data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: 80AD000080AD part-no: HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK
serial: <filter>
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-9750H bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Coffee Lake
gen: core 9 level: v3 note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xFA
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 6 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB
desc: 6x256 KiB L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/4500 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800
8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800 bogomips: 62399
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
arch_capabilities 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 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: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode
Type: ghostwrite status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: conditional;
RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] vendor: Dell driver: i915
v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports:
active: none empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:3e9b class-ID: 0380
Device-2: NVIDIA TU106BM [GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile / Max-Q] vendor: Dell
driver: N/A alternate: nouveau non-free: 550-570.xx+ status: current (as of
2025-04; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Turing code: TUxxx process: TSMC 12nm FF
built: 2018-2022 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1f50 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Microdia Integrated_Webcam_HD driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-5:2 chip-ID: 0c45:671f
class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0 driver:
X: loaded: modesetting,nouveau alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915
display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 509x286mm (20.04x11.26")
s-diag: 584mm (22.99")
Monitor-1: Unknown-1 mapped: None-1 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60
scale: 100% (1) size: N/A modes: 1920x1080
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: iris surfaceless: drv: iris x11: drv: swrast
inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 25.0.5-arch1.1 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.7 256 bits)
device-ID: ffffffff:ffffffff memory: 15.07 GiB unified: yes
Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo de: xfce4-display-settings
gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:a348 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA TU106 High Definition Audio vendor: Dell
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8
link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f9
class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.15.0-rc6-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.2 status: off tools: pw-cli
Server-3: PulseAudio v: 17.0-43-g3e2bb status: active with: pulseaudio-alsa
type: plugin tools: pacat,pactl,pavucontrol
Network:
Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:a370 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: global
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Device-2: Realtek vendor: Dell driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 3c:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:2502
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp60s0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: br-15aaf2ad5243 state: down mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
IF-ID-2: br-465a5ca23d4c state: down mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
IF-ID-3: br-56c007d93c67 state: down mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
IF-ID-4: br-57c3b88090c5 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown
mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> virtual: proto kernel_ll scope: link
IF-ID-5: br-780eb4b04b97 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown
mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> virtual: proto kernel_ll scope: link
IF-ID-6: br-7c21f09ce9f0 state: down mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
IF-ID-7: br-888a52815a5d state: down mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
IF-ID-8: br-8d81395b09ea state: down mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
IF-ID-9: br-97de06db9670 state: down mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
IF-ID-10: br-a1da0b739a9e state: down mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
IF-ID-11: br-bbff39096639 state: down mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
IF-ID-12: br-bd21c94f3c79 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown
mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> virtual: proto kernel_ll scope: link
IF-ID-13: br-d195a79188df state: down mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
IF-ID-14: br-fe4f5db32afe state: down mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
IF-ID-15: br0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-16: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
IF-ID-17: veth39a07bc state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-18: veth533729c state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-19: veth6080383 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-20: vethc3d5542 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-21: vethf0bfd24 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-22: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, ntpd, wpa_supplicant
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP) driver: btusb v: 0.8
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:4
chip-ID: 8087:0aaa class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 1.15 TiB (63.4%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 PRO 2TB
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 3B2QGXA7 temp: 37.9 C
scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 1.44 TiB size: 1.42 TiB (98.36%) used: 1.15 TiB (81.5%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p8 maj-min: 259:8 label: N/A
uuid: 4ed2000a-5bfc-46dc-bcf0-eb79e77a5c10
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 650 MiB size: 646 MiB (99.38%)
used: 75.7 MiB (11.7%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: ESP
uuid: CC38-90F6
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 16.76 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:7 label: N/A
uuid: 2c51a501-7169-4ac2-a1ac-2f497a522193
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 128 MiB fs: <superuser required>
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 size: 353.29 GiB fs: bitlocker
label: DESKTOP-A5U7UM5 OS 11/1/2019
uuid: 3d30938e-9f09-48ad-83ae-96cfd247a8e4
ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4 size: 990 MiB fs: ntfs
label: WINRETOOLS uuid: 668476068475D8CF
ID-4: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5 size: 16.67 GiB fs: ntfs label: Image
uuid: F04E765C4E761B92
ID-5: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6 size: 1.28 GiB fs: ntfs
label: DELLSUPPORT uuid: 8CCC9559CC953E80
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 16 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-5:2 info: Microdia Integrated_Webcam_HD type: video
driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1
mode: 2.0 power: 500mA chip-ID: 0c45:671f class-ID: 0e02
Device-2: 1-9:3 info: Shenzhen Goodix Fingerprint Reader
type: <vendor specific> driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 27c6:530c class-ID: ff00
Device-3: 1-14:4 info: Intel Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP)
type: bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 8087:0aaa class-ID: e001
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 8 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 5-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 6-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 63.0 C pch: 64.0 C mobo: 59.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 3024 fan-1: 2989
Info:
Processes: 305 Power: uptime: 7m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle
avail: deep wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend,
test_resume image: 6.14 GiB services: upowerd,xfce4-power-manager
Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Packages: 1983 pm: pacman pkgs: 1976 libs: 470 tools: pamac,yay pm: flatpak
pkgs: 7 Compilers: clang: 19.1.7 gcc: 15.1.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.37
running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.38
$ mhwd -li
> Installed PCI configs:
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NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
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video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime 2025.01.13 false PCI
video-modesetting 2020.01.13 true PCI
video-linux 2024.05.06 true PCI
Warning: No installed USB configs!
$ mhwd -l
> 0000:01:00.0 (0300:10de:1f50) Display controller nVidia Corporation:
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NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
video-nvidia 2025.01.13 false PCI
video-nvidia-470xx 2023.03.23 false PCI
video-linux 2024.05.06 true PCI
video-modesetting 2020.01.13 true PCI
video-vesa 2017.03.12 true PCI
> 0000:00:02.0 (0380:8086:3e9b) Display controller Intel Corporation:
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NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
video-linux 2024.05.06 true PCI
$ sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300
> Using config 'video-nvidia' for device: 0000:01:00.0 (0300:10de:1f50) Display controller nVidia Corporation TU106BM [GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile / Max-Q]
Error: config 'video-nvidia' conflicts with config(s): video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime