Hi,
I have a system using nouveau at the moment, and am trying to switch to nvidia drivers so I can use CUDA with a titan rtx.
Using mhwd to switch from video-linux to video-nvidia causes the boot process to fail. It hangs on the manufacturer’s logo when booting (grub is fine). I have been able to chroot from a live USB and switch back to nouveau, and the system boots as normal.
It seems like it might be gnome hanging on start - the logs disappear very quickly, leaving me with a blank screen.
For context:
> Installed PCI configs:
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NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
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video-linux 2018.05.04 true PCI
Display controller nVidia Corporation TU102 [TITAN RTX]
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> INSTALLED:
NAME: video-linux
ATTACHED: PCI
VERSION: 2018.05.04
INFO: Standard open source drivers.
PRIORITY: 2
FREEDRIVER: true
DEPENDS: -
CONFLICTS: -
CLASSIDS: 0300 0380 0302
VENDORIDS: 1002 8086 10de
> AVAILABLE:
NAME: video-nvidia
ATTACHED: PCI
VERSION: 2020.11.30
INFO: Closed source NVIDIA drivers for linux.
PRIORITY: 4
FREEDRIVER: false
DEPENDS: -
CONFLICTS: video*nvidia*
CLASSIDS: 0300 0302
VENDORIDS: 10de
NAME: video-linux
ATTACHED: PCI
VERSION: 2018.05.04
INFO: Standard open source drivers.
PRIORITY: 2
FREEDRIVER: true
DEPENDS: -
CONFLICTS: -
CLASSIDS: 0300 0380 0302
VENDORIDS: 1002 8086 10de
NAME: video-modesetting
ATTACHED: PCI
VERSION: 2020.01.13
INFO: X.org modesetting video driver.
PRIORITY: 1
FREEDRIVER: true
DEPENDS: -
CONFLICTS: -
CLASSIDS: 0300
VENDORIDS: *
NAME: video-vesa
ATTACHED: PCI
VERSION: 2017.03.12
INFO: X.org vesa video driver.
PRIORITY: 0
FREEDRIVER: true
DEPENDS: -
CONFLICTS: -
CLASSIDS: 0300
VENDORIDS: *
$ sudo pacman -Q | grep nvidia
mhwd-nvidia 465.31-1
mhwd-nvidia-390xx 390.143-1
and I have linux 5.10
any thoughts much appreciated!
sudo mhwd -r pci video-linux
then
sudo mhwd -i pci video-nvidia
On gnome you might have to enable early kms. As administrator edit the /etc/mkinitcpio.conf and make the MODULES= line like this
MODULES=(nvidia nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm)
then run from terminal:
sudo mkinitcpio -P
sudo update-grub
Also, you probably have autologin on and is trying wayland session and not always starts (at least on my end does funky things)
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This didn’t fix it unfortunately
System:
Kernel: 5.10.42-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64
root=UUID=4b4cff75-8cb5-4976-9831-b2fe6f6d4d54 rw quiet splash apparmor=1
security=apparmor resume=UUID=6a9dcfad-1151-4b6e-9629-3112572406c8
udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: GNOME 3.38.4 tk: GTK 3.24.29 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM 40.0
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: PC Specailist product: Tornado R5 v: N/A
serial: <filter>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME B450-PLUS v: Rev X.0x serial: <filter>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1820 date: 09/12/2019
Memory:
RAM: total: 23.48 GiB used: 3.97 GiB (16.9%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2
family: 17 (23) model-id: 71 (113) stepping: 0 microcode: 8701013 cache:
L2: 3 MiB bogomips: 86268
Speed: 2769 MHz min/max: 2200/3600 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz):
1: 2769 2: 1890 3: 2196 4: 2196 5: 1990 6: 2196 7: 2196 8: 2196 9: 2565
10: 2020 11: 1879 12: 2196
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy
constant_tsc cpb cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total cqm_occup_llc
cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid
fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb ibs irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm
mba mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc
nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq
pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse
pse36 rdpid rdpru rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sep sev sev_es sha_ni
skinit smap smca sme smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 stibp
succor svm svm_lock syscall tce topoext tsc tsc_scale umip v_vmsave_vmload
vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall wbnoinvd wdt xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr
xsaveopt xsaves
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
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 AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, STIBP:
always-on, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU102 [TITAN RTX] driver: nouveau v: kernel bus-ID: 05:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:1e02 class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org 1.20.11 compositor: gnome-shell driver:
loaded: nouveau note: n/a (using device driver) - try sudo/root
display-ID: 0 resolution: <missing: xdpyinfo>
OpenGL: renderer: NV162 v: 4.3 Mesa 21.1.2 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU102 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 05:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f7 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 08:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487
class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.42-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 0.125.0 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.30 running: no
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel port: f000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Device-2: Realtek RTL8192EE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter driver: rtl8192ee
v: kernel port: e000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:818b class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
Permissions: Unable to run lvs. Root privileges required.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.93 TiB used: 612.16 GiB (31.0%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: WDS100T3X0C-00SJG0 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 rotation: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: 111110WD temp: 50.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM010-2EP102
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
rotation: 7200 rpm serial: <filter> rev: CC43 scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: A-Data model: SU650 size: 111.79 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s rotation: SSD
serial: <filter> rev: 1c45 scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 905.39 GiB size: 890.1 GiB (98.31%)
used: 264.12 GiB (29.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
label: N/A uuid: 4b4cff75-8cb5-4976-9831-b2fe6f6d4d54
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 296 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
label: NO_LABEL uuid: 24A8-73A8
ID-3: /mnt/archive raw-size: 488.28 GiB size: 479.62 GiB (98.23%)
used: 348.04 GiB (72.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5
label: linux_storage uuid: 07cb8824-4d60-4cec-9b0a-3b3720820458
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 25.83 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 label: N/A
uuid: 6a9dcfad-1151-4b6e-9629-3112572406c8
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-2: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 94.16 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: D4AC546BAC5449DE
ID-3: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 size: 335.42 GiB fs: ext4 label: home_partition
uuid: e65d53a2-12fe-41d9-bac1-a6cc9cb31b0d
ID-4: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 size: 13.63 GiB fs: ntfs label: New Volume
uuid: F05AB91F5AB8E40E
ID-5: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 260 MiB fs: fat (32 bit) label: SYSTEM
uuid: C496-433A
ID-6: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 size: 128 MiB fs: <superuser required>
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-7: /dev/sdb3 maj-min: 8:19 size: 500 MiB fs: ntfs label: Recovery
uuid: EA9096D69096A899
ID-8: /dev/sdb4 maj-min: 8:20 size: 110.92 GiB fs: ntfs label: Windows
uuid: 503C99EB3C99CC7A
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 10 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-7:2 info: Holtek USB-HID Keyboard type: Keyboard,HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
power: 100mA chip-ID: 04d9:0192 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: 1-10:3 info: Logitech M-UAS144 [LS1 Laser Mouse] type: Mouse
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s
power: 98mA chip-ID: 046d:c062 class-ID: 0301
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-6: 5-2:2 info: Microchip (formerly SMSC) Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 0424:2744 class-ID: 0900
Hub-7: 6-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Hub-8: 6-2:2 info: Microchip (formerly SMSC) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
speed: 5 Gb/s chip-ID: 0424:5744 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 42.6 C mobo: 0 C gpu: nouveau temp: 43.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nouveau fan: 783
Info:
Processes: 335 Uptime: 23m wakeups: 1 Init: systemd v: 248 tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 Packages: 1427 pacman: 1406 lib: 411 flatpak: 7
snap: 14 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.8 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.04
What error do you get when you try to install the nvidia drivers?
Boot fails, I think Gnome fails to start.
Could it have something to do with Wayland? I gather it doesn’t play nicely with nvidia proprietary drivers.
Here’s the state after swtiching but before reboot:
$ sudo inxi -G
Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA TU102 [TITAN RTX] driver: nouveau v: kernel
Display: server: X.org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: nvidia resolution: <missing: xdpyinfo>
OpenGL: renderer: NV162 v: 4.3 Mesa 21.1.2
That can be,because you are installing 465 drivers that doesn’t support wayland while the 470 drivers beta has support for wayland,and GNOME boots up in Wayland by default (if you don’t install the propietary drivers during the installation).
If you type in a terminal
echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE
And it says Wayland then:
Edit the file /etc/gdm/custom.conf and remove the # before the line #WaylandEnable=false
Save,reboot,try the above command again,it should say X11,if its then install the drivers normally,it should now boot fine with GNOME.
Appreciate the advice - I did manage to switch from Wayland to X11, but sadly I had the same boot problem.
Must be something else!