Not sure if this was caused by an update, but nvidia modules are no longer loading on boot.
I’m having to switch to a TTY and manually load “nvidia-drm” to get to a xorg session
I’ve also already checked to make sure that the modules are not blacklisted I can post the contents of /etc/modprobe.d/ if needed.
as part of my debugging process, i’ve also installed nvidia-dkms (in case the module somehow got incompatible? even though i could load them)
@Mirdarthos I had installed the drivers initially this way, and they were working.
I’ve re-run the commands in that first section purely for interest sake and completion.
Yes, if you installed the system while booting with free drivers, then yes, that happened. Then you installed video-nvidia without removing video-linux … then you went on the dkms road that was unnecessary.
Remove video-linux and force reinstall of video-nvidia.
You can do them from terminal if you have acces to the UI, if not, then from TTY, and yes, reboot after that.
Then we can check if in /etc/modprobe.d/mhwd-gpu.conf you have:
blacklist nouveau
blacklist ttm
blacklist drm_kms_helper
blacklist drm
and if in /etc/modules-load.d/mhwd-gpu.conf are this lines:
@anon89812132 I’ve done as you suggested and removed video-linux & reinstalled video-nvidia
for posterity, could you edit the “-F” to “-f” as this is the correct flag
unfortunately i’m still having the same issue
[jpycroft@ManjaroRGB ~]$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/*
##
## Generated by mhwd - Manjaro Hardware Detection
##
blacklist nouveau
blacklist ttm
blacklist drm_kms_helper
blacklist drm
[jpycroft@ManjaroRGB ~]$ ^C
[jpycroft@ManjaroRGB ~]$ cat /etc/modules-load.d/*
##
## Generated by mhwd - Manjaro Hardware Detection
##
nvidia
nvidia-drm
# List of modules to load at boot
[jpycroft@ManjaroRGB ~]$ cat /etc/default/grub
GRUB_DEFAULT=saved
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="Manjaro"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet apparmor=1 security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
# If you want to enable the save default function, uncomment the following
# line, and set GRUB_DEFAULT to saved.
GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=true
# Uncomment to disable submenus in boot menu
#GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU=y
# Preload both GPT and MBR modules so that they are not missed
GRUB_PRELOAD_MODULES="part_gpt part_msdos"
# Uncomment to enable booting from LUKS encrypted devices
#GRUB_ENABLE_CRYPTODISK=y
# Uncomment to use basic console
GRUB_TERMINAL_INPUT=console
# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal
#GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT=console
# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command 'videoinfo'
GRUB_GFXMODE=auto
# Uncomment to allow the kernel use the same resolution used by grub
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep
# Uncomment if you want GRUB to pass to the Linux kernel the old parameter
# format "root=/dev/xxx" instead of "root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/xxx"
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true
# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY=true
# Uncomment this option to enable os-prober execution in the grub-mkconfig command
GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false
# Uncomment and set to the desired menu colors. Used by normal and wallpaper
# modes only. Entries specified as foreground/background.
GRUB_COLOR_NORMAL="light-gray/black"
GRUB_COLOR_HIGHLIGHT="green/black"
# Uncomment one of them for the gfx desired, a image background or a gfxtheme
#GRUB_BACKGROUND="/usr/share/grub/background.png"
GRUB_THEME="/usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/theme.txt"
# Uncomment to get a beep at GRUB start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"
# Uncomment to ensure that the root filesystem is mounted read-only so that
# systemd-fsck can run the check automatically. We use 'fsck' by default, which
# needs 'rw' as boot parameter, to avoid delay in boot-time. 'fsck' needs to be
# removed from 'mkinitcpio.conf' to make 'systemd-fsck' work.
# See also Arch-Wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fsck#Boot_time_checking
#GRUB_ROOT_FS_RO=true
[jpycroft@ManjaroRGB ~]$
@gog on the #manjaro IRC suggested i add MODULES=“nvidia nvidia-modeset”
This didn’t change anything as far as logs etc
[jpycroft@ManjaroRGB ~]$ cat /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
# vim:set ft=sh
# MODULES
# The following modules are loaded before any boot hooks are
# run. Advanced users may wish to specify all system modules
# in this array. For instance:
# MODULES=(piix ide_disk reiserfs)
MODULES="nvidia nvidia-modeset"
# BINARIES
# This setting includes any additional binaries a given user may
# wish into the CPIO image. This is run last, so it may be used to
# override the actual binaries included by a given hook
# BINARIES are dependency parsed, so you may safely ignore libraries
BINARIES=()
# FILES
# This setting is similar to BINARIES above, however, files are added
# as-is and are not parsed in any way. This is useful for config files.
FILES=""
# HOOKS
# This is the most important setting in this file. The HOOKS control the
# modules and scripts added to the image, and what happens at boot time.
# Order is important, and it is recommended that you do not change the
# order in which HOOKS are added. Run 'mkinitcpio -H <hook name>' for
# help on a given hook.
# 'base' is _required_ unless you know precisely what you are doing.
# 'udev' is _required_ in order to automatically load modules
# 'filesystems' is _required_ unless you specify your fs modules in MODULES
# Examples:
## This setup specifies all modules in the MODULES setting above.
## No raid, lvm2, or encrypted root is needed.
# HOOKS=(base)
#
## This setup will autodetect all modules for your system and should
## work as a sane default
# HOOKS=(base udev autodetect block filesystems)
#
## This setup will generate a 'full' image which supports most systems.
## No autodetection is done.
# HOOKS=(base udev block filesystems)
#
## This setup assembles a pata mdadm array with an encrypted root FS.
## Note: See 'mkinitcpio -H mdadm' for more information on raid devices.
# HOOKS=(base udev block mdadm encrypt filesystems)
#
## This setup loads an lvm2 volume group on a usb device.
# HOOKS=(base udev block lvm2 filesystems)
#
## NOTE: If you have /usr on a separate partition, you MUST include the
# usr, fsck and shutdown hooks.
HOOKS="base udev autodetect modconf block keyboard keymap consolefont filesystems fsck"
# COMPRESSION
# Use this to compress the initramfs image. By default, gzip compression
# is used. Use 'cat' to create an uncompressed image.
#COMPRESSION="gzip"
#COMPRESSION="bzip2"
#COMPRESSION="lzma"
#COMPRESSION="xz"
#COMPRESSION="lzop"
#COMPRESSION="lz4"
#COMPRESSION="zstd"
# COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
# Additional options for the compressor
#COMPRESSION_OPTIONS=()
[jpycroft@ManjaroRGB ~]$
I haven’t touched /etc/X11/ apart from to look since install about a week ago.
systemd-modules-load.service is an early boot service that loads kernel modules. It reads static configuration from files in /usr/ and /etc/, but also runtime configuration from /run/ and the kernel command line (see below).
See modules-load.d(5) for information about the configuration format of this service and paths where configuration files can be created.
It depends on nvidia, nvidia_modeset & nvidia_uvm, so it might be denied because it’s dependencies are denied?
Also, do you know of anything in /usr that systemd might be reading?
I’ll try your mkinitcpio stuff.
I’m not interested in wayland tbh, too buggy and i don’t see the advantage?
Since @person1873 tested the nvidia-dkms thing, i wonder if that is still present in the system and it creates some custom stuff, but i honestly have no clue. I always avoided dkms stuff …
