srezas
9 February 2022 10:21
1
I manually installed the video-nvidia driver through the Hardware Configuration window.
my graphic card is Nvidia Geforce GTX 960M and I installed the default video-linux, open-source driver, in installing manjaro linux stage.
here are the outputs of some informational commands:
$ sudo mhwd -li
> Installed PCI configs:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
video-nvidia 2021.12.18 false PCI
video-linux 2018.05.04 true PCI
$ sudo lspci -knn
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 530 [8086:191b] (rev 06)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3802]
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915
01:00.0 3D controller [0302]: NVIDIA Corporation GM107M [GeForce GTX 960M] [10de:139b] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3802]
Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia
so apparently the nvidia driver is not in use.
what should I do?
Hi @srezas , and welcome!
You’ll have to decide whether you want to use thee open-source or the proprietary drivers. The open-source drivers are not from Nvidia and supports more devices than the proprietary drivers, at thee coast of performance, so which one you choose will depend on you.
I, myself, have a GTX 960. albeit not the mobile one but the desktop one, and I can confirm that it works just fine with the latest drivers.
Also worth noting, that AFAIK you can’t have both installed at the same time. So the question is, which one would you like to install?
More reading:
srezas
9 February 2022 10:41
3
Thanks @Mirdarthos
So you mean I have to uninstall the video-linux driver in order to set video-nvidia driver as default?
I don’t know about uninstall, but I do think so. I use the proprietary driver, always have, so have no experience with the open-source driver.
But first you’ll have to install the proprietary one. Open a terminal and run:
sudo mhwd -auto pci nonfree 0300
Then uninstall video-linux
:
mhwd --remove pci video-linux
And reboot if there were no errors.
AFAIK that should be all.
IF you encounter any errors, boot with a live ISO and report back.
srezas
9 February 2022 11:04
5
It didn’t help. It installed video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime and then I removed video-linux.
But still, my applications can’t detect any graphic card.
$ sudo lspci -knn
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 530 [8086:191b] (rev 06)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3802]
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915
01:00.0 3D controller [0302]: NVIDIA Corporation GM107M [GeForce GTX 960M] [10de:139b] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3802]
Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia
$ sudo mhwd -li
> Installed PCI configs:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
video-modesetting 2020.01.13 true PCI
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime 2021.12.18 false PCI
Warning: No installed USB configs!
nvidia xserver screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/DRcc4vc
manjaro settings manager screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/wkioA6v
Please see here then about providing the required information:
Edit:
But, from this:
It looks like the free driver is interfering with the proprietary one. I was obviously wrong saying you don’t need to remove it. Remove it with:
mhwd --remove pci video-linux
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srezas
9 February 2022 11:20
7
I already removed video-linux with mhwd --remove pci video-linux
and rebooted my system.
actually the post that you have quoted is for after the removing video-linux and installing the proprietary driver and rebooting!
Edit:
Also I saw the links that you provided. Please tell me if there is any command that you want me to execute and show you the results
Please provide the output for:
inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --width
srezas
9 February 2022 11:27
9
System:
Kernel: 5.10.93-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64
root=UUID=bfd89388-ad3a-4e08-9bbe-8efc38b57c48 rw quiet apparmor=1
security=apparmor resume=UUID=6fe7a39b-941b-4166-a0d4-e7ae4184cab6
udev.log_priority=3
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: LENOVO product: 80NV v: Lenovo ideapad Y700-15ISK
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 v: Lenovo ideapad Y700-15ISK
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: LENOVO model: Allsparks 5A v: NO DPK serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: LENOVO v: CDCN54WW date: 06/13/2017
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 43.8 Wh (99.1%) condition: 44.2/60.0 Wh (73.7%)
volts: 16.6 min: 14.8 model: SMP L14M4P23 type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: Charging
Memory:
RAM: total: 15.46 GiB used: 4.18 GiB (27.0%)
RAM Report:
permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-6700HQ bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Skylake-S
family: 6 model-id: 0x5E (94) stepping: 3 microcode: 0xEA
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB
L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1362 high: 2100 min/max: 800/3500 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 916 2: 900 3: 1135
4: 1700 5: 1254 6: 908 7: 1984 8: 2100 bogomips: 41621
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 erms est f16c
flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr hle 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 rtm sdbg sep smap smep ss ssbd sse sse2
sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer
vme x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion
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 mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 530 vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:191b class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GM107M [GeForce GTX 960M] vendor: Lenovo driver: N/A
alternate: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:139b
class-ID: 0302
Device-3: Acer Lenovo EasyCamera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-6:3
chip-ID: 5986:0672 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.21.1.3 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: 142
size: 344x193mm (13.5x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5")
Message: Unable to show advanced data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio vendor: Lenovo
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a170
class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.93-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.20 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.43 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165 Plus Bluetooth driver: iwlwifi
v: kernel bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:3166 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp8s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Lenovo driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 bus-ID: 09:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp9s0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: tun0 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
IP v4: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: global broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> virtual: stable-privacy scope: link
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-11:4 chip-ID: 8087:0a2a 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: 1.03 TiB used: 504.97 GiB (48.1%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung
model: MZVLW128HEGR-000L2 size: 119.24 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: 1L1QCXB7 temp: 30.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000LM035-1RK172
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: LCM2 scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 114.74 GiB size: 112.38 GiB (97.94%)
used: 23.21 GiB (20.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
label: N/A uuid: bfd89388-ad3a-4e08-9bbe-8efc38b57c48
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%)
used: 288 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
label: NO_LABEL uuid: 2FCA-C215
ID-3: /home raw-size: 931.51 GiB size: 915.81 GiB (98.31%)
used: 481.76 GiB (52.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
uuid: 8036b8b0-1a8f-4260-afba-5452ef061c6c
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 4 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 label: N/A
uuid: 6fe7a39b-941b-4166-a0d4-e7ae4184cab6
Unmounted:
Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 16 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-3:2 info: MosArt 2.4G Keyboard Mouse type: Keyboard,Mouse
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
power: 100mA chip-ID: 062a:4182 class-ID: 0301
Device-2: 1-6:3 info: Acer Lenovo EasyCamera type: Video driver: uvcvideo
interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 5986:0672
class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Device-3: 1-11:4 info: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: Bluetooth
driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA
chip-ID: 8087:0a2a class-ID: e001
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 8 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 36.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 270 Uptime: 29m wakeups: 1 Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 13.0.0 Packages: pacman: 1312 lib: 347
flatpak: 0 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8 running-in: tmux: inxi: 3.3.12
Hmmm,
And please provide the output of:
mhwd --list
And
mhwd --listinstalled
srezas
9 February 2022 11:31
11
$ mhwd --list
> 0000:09:00.0 (0200:10ec:8168) Network controller Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
network-r8168 2016.04.20 true PCI
> 0000:01:00.0 (0302:10de:139b) Display controller nVidia Corporation:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime 2021.12.18 false PCI
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-470xx-prime 2021.12.18 false PCI
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-390xx-bumblebee 2021.12.18 false PCI
video-nvidia 2021.12.18 false PCI
video-nvidia-470xx 2021.12.18 false PCI
video-nvidia-390xx 2021.12.18 false PCI
video-linux 2018.05.04 true PCI
> 0000:00:02.0 (0300:8086:191b) Display controller Intel Corporation:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime 2021.12.18 false PCI
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-470xx-prime 2021.12.18 false PCI
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-390xx-bumblebee 2021.12.18 false PCI
video-linux 2018.05.04 true PCI
video-modesetting 2020.01.13 true PCI
video-vesa 2017.03.12 true PCI
$ mhwd --listinstalled
> Installed PCI configs:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
video-modesetting 2020.01.13 true PCI
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime 2021.12.18 false PCI
Warning: No installed USB configs!
Edit: sorry I used xclip to copy the output at first
srezas
9 February 2022 11:54
12
@Mirdarthos are you still here?
Not true. You can have both installed, but not both loaded and in use at the same time. Nvidia needs to be loaded explicitly anyway, and if nvidia must be loaded, nouveau has to be blocked.
Well ok… you have an older card… did you try the 470xx driver?
So video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-470xx-prime
insttead of video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime
?
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srezas
9 February 2022 12:01
15
I installed the recommended driver using sudo mhwd -auto pci nonfree 0300
command.
At the point of starting this thread, I had installed the video-nvidia driver too and it didn’t work out.
How did you determined that the card is old? just for knowledge
omano
9 February 2022 12:03
17
Because it is a 960M , it is old. That’s a fact, and latest Nvidia driver dropped most of the old card support (but still should support 960M card).
510xx still supports your card: Appendix A. Supported NVIDIA GPU Products
Mh… normally you could run the card with:
prime-run glxinfo | grep "OpenGL renderer"
prime-run vulkaninfo
Does this work?
srezas
9 February 2022 12:08
19
prime-run glxinfo | grep "OpenGL renderer"
/usr/bin/prime-run: line 2: glxinfo: command not found
$ prime-run vulkaninfo
/usr/bin/prime-run: line 2: vulkaninfo: command not found
omano
9 February 2022 12:12
20
install mesa-utils
and vulkan-tools
so you will have the required commands.
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