Hi everyone! I’m a manjaro newbie and here’s my situation:
I’ve already installed Manjaro Plasma successfully, with no video driver problems. But, since i’d just replaced Distros from Linux Mint (the “replace partition” option of the installer), it didn’t mount the /usr and /home as i intended, so i tried reinstalling Manjaro and manually configuring the mounting paths to avoid terminal commands mess.
On this second attempt, everything went fine but my display resolution was capped to 1024x768 (i have a 1080p monitor). I’ve found that my system already has the respective nvidia driver for my GPU (550.78), but some how my system is not loading it. I’ve tried doing the installation process again but the problem persists.
Here’s what i’ve already tried:
Force reinstall the driver - Result:
> sudo mhwd -f -i pci video-nvidia
Sourcing /etc/mhwd-x86_64.conf
Has lib32 support: true
Sourcing /var/lib/mhwd/db/pci/graphic_drivers/nvidia/MHWDCONFIG
Processing classid: 0300
Sourcing /var/lib/mhwd/scripts/include/0300
Processing classid: 0302
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core downloading...
extra downloading...
multilib downloading...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: eglexternalplatform will be installed before its nvidia-utils dependency
Packages (7) egl-wayland-2:1.1.13-1 eglexternalplatform-1.1-2 lib32-nvidia-utils-550.78-1 libxnvctrl-550.78-1 linux69-nvidia-550.78-1 nvidia-settings-550.78-1 nvidia-utils-550.78-1
Total Installed Size: 848,75 MiB
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
checking keyring...
checking package integrity...
loading package files...
checking for file conflicts...
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
eglexternalplatform: /usr/include/EGL/eglexternalplatform.h exists in filesystem
eglexternalplatform: /usr/include/EGL/eglexternalplatformversion.h exists in filesystem
eglexternalplatform: /usr/share/licenses/eglexternalplatform/COPYING exists in filesystem
eglexternalplatform: /usr/share/pkgconfig/eglexternalplatform.pc exists in filesystem
egl-wayland: /usr/lib/libnvidia-egl-wayland.so exists in filesystem
...
*...lot of "exists in filesystem"...*
...
linux69-nvidia: /usr/lib/modules/6.9.0-1-MANJARO/extramodules/nvidia-uvm.ko.xz exists in filesystem
linux69-nvidia: /usr/lib/modules/6.9.0-1-MANJARO/extramodules/nvidia.ko.xz exists in filesystem
linux69-nvidia: /usr/share/licenses/linux69-nvidia/LICENSE exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
Error: pacman failed!
Error: script failed!
Removing the video-linux driver - result:
PS.: Somehow, in the latest installation, video-linux driver doesn’t seem to be installed, i guess because i selected to use proprietary drivers boot (i got distracted in the second installation attempt and it may have gone to the free/open driver)
Removing video-linux...
Sourcing /etc/mhwd-x86_64.conf
Has lib32 support: trueSourcing /var/lib/mhwd/local/pci/video-linux/MHWDCONFIG
Processing classid: 0300
Sourcing /var/lib/mhwd/scripts/include/0300
Processing classid: 0380
Processing classid: 0302
checking dependencies...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies):: removing libva-mesa-driver breaks dependency 'libva-mesa-driver' required by lib32-libva-mesa-driver
Error: pacman failed!
Error: script failed!
Since everybody asks for this on this topic, here’s my
inxi -Fazy and mhwd -l:
inxi -Fazy:
> inxi -Fazy
System:
Kernel: 6.9.0-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.9-x86_64
root=UUID=cfcc37cf-dc45-49bf-a3f3-18f13d46230a rw quiet splash
udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.0.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.1.0
wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: B450M DS3H v: N/A
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Gigabyte model: B450M DS3H-CF v: x.x serial: <superuser required>
uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: F61c
date: 05/10/2021
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 1600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen level: v3
note: check built: 2017-19 process: GF 14nm family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 1
stepping: 1 microcode: 0x8001138
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 576 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x64 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 16 MiB
desc: 2x8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2355 high: 3600 min/max: 2200/3600 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 2200 2: 2200
3: 2200 4: 2200 5: 2200 6: 2200 7: 2894 8: 2200 9: 3600 10: 2200 11: 1973
12: 2200 bogomips: 86268
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT vulnerable
Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: Safe RET
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; STIBP:
disabled; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] vendor: eVga.com. driver: N/A
alternate: nouveau non-free: 545.xx+ status: current (as of 2024-04;
EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Pascal code: GP10x process: TSMC 16nm
built: 2016-2021 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c03 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nouveau
alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa gpu: N/A display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1024x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 270x203mm (10.63x7.99")
s-diag: 338mm (13.3") monitors: <missing: xrandr>
Monitor-1: Unknown-1 size-res: N/A modes: 1024x768
API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 0 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast
surfaceless: drv: swrast x11: drv: swrast inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 24.0.6-manjaro1.1 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 17.0.6 256 bits)
device-ID: ffffffff:ffffffff memory: 15.2 GiB unified: yes
API: Vulkan Message: No Vulkan data available.
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio vendor: eVga.com.
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 07:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f1
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 09:00.3
chip-ID: 1022:1457 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: C-Media Blue Snowball driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-1:2
chip-ID: 0d8c:0005 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.9.0-1-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: 1.0.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp5s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager,systemd-timesyncd
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) driver: btusb
v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-4:4
chip-ID: 0a12:0001 class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.81 TiB used: 10.59 GiB (0.6%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: SNV2S500G
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: SBI02102 temp: 50.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Patriot model: Burst size: 447.13 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD
serial: <filter> fw-rev: 61.2 scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD10EZEX-21WN4A0 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Generic model: Flash Disk
size: 7.5 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 2.0
spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 8.07
scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 40 GiB size: 39.08 GiB (97.69%) used: 1.07 GiB (2.7%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 296 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4
ID-3: /home raw-size: 283.47 GiB size: 277.96 GiB (98.06%)
used: 240.3 MiB (0.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
ID-4: /usr raw-size: 140 GiB size: 136.74 GiB (97.67%)
used: 9.29 GiB (6.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 43.9 C mobo: 34.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.56 GiB used: 2.4 GiB (15.4%)
Processes: 306 Power: uptime: 1m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 6.18 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1137 libs: 320 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
Compilers: N/A Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 default: Bash v: 5.2.26 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.34
mhwd -l:
>mhwd -l ✔
0000:07:00.0 (0300:10de:1c03) Display controller nVidia Corporation:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
video-nvidia 2024.05.03 false PCI
video-nvidia-470xx 2023.03.23 false PCI
video-nvidia-390xx 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
> 0000:05:00.0 (0200:10ec:8168) Network controller Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
network-r8168 2023.09.12 true PCI
Also, here’s what nvidia-settings gives me:
> sudo nvidia-settings
ERROR: NVIDIA driver is not loaded
(nvidia-settings:2952): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 19:14:14.554: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
** (nvidia-settings:2952): CRITICAL **: 19:14:14.556: ctk_powermode_new: assertion '(ctrl_target != NULL) && (ctrl_target->h != NULL)' failed
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.
PS.: My CPU doesn’t have a built-in GPU, so there’s some driver working, i’m currently using this system/machine to write this topic, the only problem is the capped resolution and refresh rate.