Nvidia driver is not working

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Please check that:

Set the Paths:

export configs=(  "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/*.conf" "/etc/modprobe.d/*.conf" "/etc/modules-load.d/*.conf" )

Read all configs and print them on the terminal:

for x in ${configs[@]}; do echo -e "\n---$x---\n$(cat $x)"; done

and

Check if the nvidia modle is loaded:

lsmod | grep -i "nvidia"

As said… the default way nowadays is offloading only programs which you explicitly want to offload. However… there is a tool called: optimus-manager which can switch the gpu. But you need to relog on every switch.

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what does it do?

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It reads all config files related to the gpu and print them on the terminal.

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$ export configs=(  "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/*.conf" "/etc/modprobe.d/*.conf" "/etc/modules-load.d/*.conf" )
for x in ${configs[@]}; do echo -e "\n---$x---\n$(cat $x)"; done
cat: /etc/X11/xorg.conf: No such file or directory

---/etc/X11/xorg.conf---

cat: '/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/*.conf': No such file or directory

---/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/*.conf---

cat: '/etc/modprobe.d/*.conf': No such file or directory

---/etc/modprobe.d/*.conf---

cat: '/etc/modules-load.d/*.conf': No such file or directory

---/etc/modules-load.d/*.conf---

and the grep couldn’t find nvidia in lsmod command

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ah well… zshell again :man_facepalming:

run: bash and then re-run the commands pls.

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I think this also worth mentioning that in nvidia-linux forum they handed this link to install graphic driver: How to install & configure nvidia driver on arch linux - Lintel Technologies Blog
wich directly uses pacman to install the driver

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$ export configs=(  "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/*.conf" "/etc/modprobe.d/*.conf" "/etc/modules-load.d/*.conf" )
for x in ${configs[@]}; do echo -e "\n---$x---\n$(cat $x)"; done
cat: /etc/X11/xorg.conf: No such file or directory

---/etc/X11/xorg.conf---


---/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/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" "us"
EndSection

---/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/90-mhwd.conf---
##
## Generated by mhwd - Manjaro Hardware Detection
##



---/etc/modprobe.d/mhwd-gpu.conf---
##
## Generated by mhwd - Manjaro Hardware Detection
##

blacklist nouveau
blacklist ttm
blacklist drm_kms_helper
blacklist drm
options nvidia "NVreg_DynamicPowerManagement=0x02"

---/etc/modules-load.d/mhwd-gpu.conf---
##
## Generated by mhwd - Manjaro Hardware Detection
##

nvidia
nvidia-drm

---/etc/modules-load.d/modules.conf---
# List of modules to load at boot

lsmod still doesn’t throw anything

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Just a little tiny question: Did you restart the laptop after installing the driver?

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Yes. of course

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With what command can I know that the driver is working fine?

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As you see here. The nvidia should get loaded on boot time.

Check the kernel messages:

sudo dmesg | grep -i nvidia
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@megavolt @omano @Mirdarthos
I think I found the head of the problem. while booting, in a little moment under the
/dev/nvme0n1p3: clean, .... blocks message, it says [FAILED] Failed to start Load Kernel Modules

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Sounds like nvidia to me, although I know I might be wrong.

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you’re probably right.

maybe just uninstall the current driver and try 470xx driver as @megavolt said?

Edit: I think I had the same booting error for the first, video-nvidia, driver too

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a Good idea, although I really don’t know what it’ll do.

But I think a better idea would be to remove all nvidia packages, especially those not installed with mwhd, reboot and reinstall everything with mwhd.

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do you know a command for that?

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As I mentioned earlier:

  • To install a driver:
sudo mhwd --auto pci nonfree 0300
  • To uninstall a driver:
sudo mhwd --remove pci video-nvidia

For more information:

https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php/Configure_NVIDIA_(non-free)_settings_and_load_them_on_Startup/en

Edit:

To install a specific driver, in this case 47xx:

sudo mhwd --install pci video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-470xx-prime
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I tried video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-470xx-prime and got the [FAILED] Failed to start Load Kernel Modules error again but still, the system booted up

Then I tried video-nvidia-470xx and this time I got that error plus it couldn’t load the manjaro interface. So I uninstalled it using the virtual console(ctrl+alt+f2) and finally got to get back to where I was and write this message.

I’m so exhausted. Hopefully, I get to find a way to fix this *$#king problem later.

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can you provide

sudo mhwd -li 
sudo ls /etc/mkinitcpio.d/*.preset
sudo ls /boot/
sudo ls /lib/modules/
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Note that I uninstalled all the graphic drivers yesterday.

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


Warning: No installed USB configs!

$ sudo ls /etc/mkinitcpio.d/*.preset
/etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux510.preset

$ sudo ls /boot/
efi   initramfs-5.10-x86_64-fallback.img  intel-ucode.img       memtest86+
grub  initramfs-5.10-x86_64.img           linux510-x86_64.kver  vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64

$ sudo ls /lib/modules/
5.10.93-1-MANJARO  extramodules-5.10-MANJARO