Hello. I put a (2) in the title because I have already seen Nvidia driver problems - Geforce 720M but I need guidance. I installed in the past countless of packages that supposedly activated the driver but they don’t. I have never been able to use the nvidia gpu integrated in my laptop.I am totally lost and I fear than more changes to my system result in inusable boot. (I have already problems with my laptop screen resolution, but I think than that maybe depends of not being able to use the nvidia driver so I leave that for another topic). In resume: I have read many things, I am lost with this and I need help from someone that knows more.
I will provide the same commands the person in that thread:
nvidia-settings (Although the window oppens)
ERROR: nvidia-settings could not find the registry key file or the X server is
not accessible. This file should have been installed along with this
driver at
/usr/share/nvidia/nvidia-application-profiles-key-documentation. The
application profiles will continue to work, but values cannot be
prepopulated or validated, and will not be listed in the help text.
Please see the README for possible values and descriptions.
mhwd -l && mhwd -li && mhwd-kernel -li
> 0000:01:00.0 (0302:10de:1298) Display controller nVidia Corporation:
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NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
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video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-390xx-bumblebee 2023.03.23 false PCI
video-nvidia-390xx 2023.03.23 false PCI
video-linux 2018.05.04 true PCI
> 0000:04:00.2 (0200:10ec:8168) Network controller Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.:
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NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
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network-r8168 2023.09.12 true PCI
> 0000:00:02.0 (0300:8086:0166) Display controller Intel Corporation:
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NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
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video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-390xx-bumblebee 2023.03.23 false PCI
video-linux 2018.05.04 true PCI
video-modesetting 2020.01.13 true PCI
video-vesa 2017.03.12 true PCI
> Installed PCI configs:
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NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
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video-linux 2018.05.04 true PCI
network-r8168 2023.09.12 true PCI
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-390xx-bumblebee 2023.03.23 false PCI
network-broadcom-wl 2018.10.07 false PCI
Warning: No installed USB configs!
Currently running: 6.1.71-1-MANJARO (linux61)
The following kernels are installed in your system:
* linux61
LANG=C pacman -Ss nvidia | grep instalado
extra/bumblebee 3.2.1-23 [instalado]
extra/egl-wayland 2:1.1.13-1 [instalado]
extra/libvdpau 1.5-2 [instalado]
extra/libxnvctrl-390xx 390.157-4 [instalado]
extra/linux61-nvidia-390xx 390.157-83 (linux61-extramodules) [instalado]
extra/mhwd-nvidia 545.29.06-2 [instalado]
extra/mhwd-nvidia-390xx 390.157-9 [instalado]
extra/mhwd-nvidia-470xx 470.223.02-1 [instalado]
extra/nvidia-390xx-utils 390.157-9 [instalado]
extra/nvidia-settings 545.29.06-1 [instalado]
extra/xf86-video-nouveau 1.0.17-2 (xorg-drivers) [instalado]
multilib/lib32-libvdpau 1.5-2 [instalado]
inxi -Fazy
ystem:
Kernel: 6.1.71-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1-x86_64
root=UUID=47684a74-b004-49ee-bdac-afaa4569790f rw nouveau.modeset=0 quiet
resume=UUID=f5e8ded9-d0c5-4110-bd7a-09af44bec175
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 wm: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0
with: xfce4-panel vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: X550CC v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X550CC v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
part-nu: ASUS-NotebookSKU uuid: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: X550CC.300 date: 03/24/2014
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 56.0 Wh (98.8%) condition: 56.7/63.9 Wh (88.8%)
volts: 14.5 min: 14.5 model: ASUSTeK X550A26 type: Li-ion serial: N/A
status: not charging cycles: 638
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-3537U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ivy Bridge
gen: core 3 level: v2 built: 2012-15 process: Intel 22nm family: 6
model-id: 0x3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 0x21
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB
L3: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 802 high: 815 min/max: 800/3100 scaling:
driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 815 2: 798 3: 800 4: 798
bogomips: 19960
Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
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: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
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: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
STIBP: conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915
v: kernel arch: Gen-7 process: Intel 22nm built: 2012-13 ports:
active: LVDS-1,VGA-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:0166 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GK208M [GeForce GT 720M] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: N/A
alternate: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia non-free: series: 470.xx+
status: legacy-active (EOL~2024-09-xx) arch: Fermi 2 code: GF119/GK208
process: TSMC 28nm built: 2010-2016 pcie: speed: Unknown lanes: 63
link-max: gen: 6 speed: 64 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1298
class-ID: 0302
Device-3: Chicony USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-1.3:3 chip-ID: 04f2:b40a
class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.10 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver:
X: loaded: intel unloaded: nvidia dri: i965 gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x286mm (20.00x11.26")
s-diag: 583mm (22.95")
Monitor-1: LVDS-1 mapped: LVDS1 pos: primary model: AU Optronics 0x45ec
serial: <filter> built: 2010 res: 960x540 hz: 60 dpi: 72 gamma: 1.2
size: 340x190mm (13.39x7.48") diag: 394mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9
modes: 1366x768
Monitor-2: VGA-1 mapped: VGA1 model: Idek Iiyama PLT2250MTS
serial: <filter> built: 2010 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 102 gamma: 1.2
size: 480x270mm (18.9x10.63") diag: 547mm (21.5") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel crocus platforms: device: 0 drv: crocus
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: crocus surfaceless: drv: crocus x11:
drv: crocus inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.5 compat-v: 4.2 vendor: intel mesa v: 23.3.3-manjaro1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2)
device-ID: 8086:0166 memory: 1.46 GiB unified: yes
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.274 layers: 4 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel
HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2) driver: mesa intel v: 23.3.3-manjaro1.1
device-ID: 8086:0166 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK 7
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1e20
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GK208 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
speed: Unknown lanes: 63 link-max: gen: 6 speed: 64 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1
chip-ID: 10de:0e0f class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.1.71-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: active tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-3: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: off tools: pw-cli
Server-4: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active with: 1: pulseaudio-alsa
type: plugin 2: pulseaudio-jack type: module tools: pacat,pactl,pavucontrol
Network:
Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Lite-On
driver: ath9k v: kernel modules: wl pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:0032 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8168 v: 8.052.01-NAPI modules: r8169 pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 04:00.2 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp4s0f2 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.8 TiB used: 403.14 GiB (21.9%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT480BX500SSD1
size: 447.13 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: R022 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: HD154UI size: 1.36 TiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 2.0 spd: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 tech: N/A serial: <filter> scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 39.06 GiB size: 38.15 GiB (97.67%) used: 34.49 GiB (90.4%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%)
used: 280 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4
ID-3: /home raw-size: 401.86 GiB size: 394.48 GiB (98.16%)
used: 367.72 GiB (93.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 5.71 GiB used: 952.5 MiB (16.3%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 59.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 2800
Info:
Memory: total: 6 GiB available: 5.68 GiB used: 4.03 GiB (70.9%)
Processes: 318 Power: uptime: 2d 1m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform
avail: shutdown,reboot,suspend,test_resume image: 2.26 GiB
daemons: upowerd,xfce4-power-manager Init: systemd v: 255
default: graphical tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 2235 libs: 506 tools: pamac,yay pm: flatpak
pkgs: 0 Compilers: clang: 16.0.6 gcc: 13.2.1 alt: 9 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.21
running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.32
for x in $(ls /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/); do echo -e “—$x—\n\n $(cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/$x)\n\n”; done
---00-keyboard.conf---
# Read and parsed by systemd-localed. It's probably wise not to edit this file
# manually too freely.
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "system-keyboard"
MatchIsKeyboard "on"
Option "XkbLayout" "es"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
EndSection
---90-mhwd.conf---
##
## Generated by mhwd - Manjaro Hardware Detection
##
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "intel"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
Option "AccelMethod" "sna"
Option "DRI" "true"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Group "video"
Mode 0666
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
Option "RENDER" "Enable"
EndSection
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Keyboard Defaults"
MatchIsKeyboard "yes"
Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
EndSection
prime-run
bash: prime-run: orden no encontrada
sudo pacman -S prime-run
error: no se ha encontrado el paquete: prime-run
Then the chat is very technical and I don’t follow it well.
Thank you!