mizumi
22 September 2020 21:16
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TLDR; I had a horrible experience while installing Nvidia drivers for the first time, and I’d like to choose carefully this time. Please help!
Full Story:
I just installed Manjaro yesterday and I installed the video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-bumblebee driver cuz I read that it works well with laptops somewhere, and it was the worst decision I’d made in a while, because the next reboot would get stuck at the company logo. And for some reason using mhwd
in tty mode froze my system. Somehow I found my way out of it(after digging through a million forum chats). And I don’t want to make the same mistake this time. Here are my device specifications:
CPU: Intel i7-8750H (12) @ 4.100GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile
GPU: Intel UHD Graphics 630
Currently, I switched back to the manjaro default drivers. I’m ready to give any more info if needed, thanks in advance!
Folks will probably need more info on your integrated GPU topology to recommend drivers. Can you post the output of:
inxi -Fazy
as described here ?
mizumi
22 September 2020 21:30
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Sure, here is the log
System:
Kernel: 5.8.6-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.8-x86_64
root=UUID=e5d3f35d-1831-4ee5-a878-082c3f3af78c rw quiet apparmor=1
security=apparmor resume=UUID=59e2fe0d-e463-40a2-aa77-dc5a94ab457b
udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: GNOME 3.36.6 tk: GTK 3.24.23 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM 3.36.3
Distro: Manjaro Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Pavilion Notebook v: N/A
serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter>
Mobo: HP model: 84F8 v: 08.11 serial: <filter> UEFI: AMI v: F.25
date: 05/28/2019
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 46.0 Wh condition: 52.7/52.7 Wh (100%) volts: 11.8/11.6
model: HP Primary type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: Discharging
CPU:
Topology: 6-Core model: Intel Core i7-8750H bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Kaby Lake family: 6 model-id: 9E (158) stepping: A (10) microcode: D6
L2 cache: 9216 KiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
bogomips: 52815
Speed: 900 MHz min/max: 800/4100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 899 2: 900 3: 900
4: 900 5: 900 6: 900 7: 900 8: 900 9: 900 10: 900 11: 917 12: 901
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf
mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
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 status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 630 vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915
v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:3e9b
Device-2: NVIDIA GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: nouveau v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1c8d
Device-3: Chicony HP Wide Vision HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus ID: 1-6:3
chip ID: 04f2:b56d
Display: x11 server: X.org 1.20.8 compositor: gnome-shell
driver: modesetting,nouveau alternate: fbdev,intel,nv,vesa
resolution: <xdpyinfo missing>
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.1.7
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci
bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:a348
Device-2: NVIDIA GP107GL High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:0fb9
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.8.6-1-MANJARO
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 4000 bus ID: 02:00.0
chip ID: 10ec:8168
IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8822BE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WiFi adapter
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: rtw_8822be v: N/A modules: rtw88_8822be
port: 3000 bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:b822
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 585.00 GiB used: 9.23 GiB (1.6%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: MZNLN128HAHQ-000H1 size: 119.24 GiB
block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
rev: 3H3Q scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Crucial model: CT500MX500SSD1 size: 465.76 GiB
block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
rev: 023 scheme: GPT
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci
v: 3.0 port: 6060 bus ID: 00:17.0 chip ID: 8086.282a rev: 10
Partition:
ID-1: / raw size: 115.50 GiB size: 113.19 GiB (98.00%) used: 9.23 GiB (8.2%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 4.00 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/sdb4
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 35 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 344 Uptime: 51m Memory: 7.59 GiB used: 2.24 GiB (29.6%)
Init: systemd v: 246 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 Packages: 1140 pacman: 1137
lib: 302 flatpak: 0 snap: 3 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8 running in: gnome-terminal
inxi: 3.1.05
kurdy
22 September 2020 21:31
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I used the tools mhwd
It works fine for me and on different notebook. See wiki Configure Graphics Cards
mizumi
22 September 2020 21:54
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Thanks but I’ve read that wiki page already, and installing a driver that it suggested using the
mhwd -l --pci
broke my display manager and I wasn’t able to boot into a GUI. I just want to know which driver I can safely install without breaking my display manager.
Like @kurdy , I usually use mhwd
; I would probably suggest video-nvidia-450xx
unless your card isn’t supported. This post from the archived forum seems directly relevant to your situation. I’m a fan of optimus-switch
, which you can find here .
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mizumi
22 September 2020 22:02
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I’m too tired today, it was a pretty long day 4 AM here, will check the posts tomorrow and get back to you, thanks!
cscs
22 September 2020 22:23
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bumblebee is considered ‘legacy’ these days …
for optimus or dual-gfx setups PRIME is usually preferred.
(ex - video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-450xx-prime
)
mizumi
23 September 2020 04:07
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video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-450xx-prime 2019.10.25 false PCI
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-440xx-prime 2019.10.25 false PCI
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-435xx-prime 2019.10.25 false PCI
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-430xx-bumblebee 2019.10.25 false PCI
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-418xx-bumblebee 2019.10.25 false PCI
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-390xx-bumblebee 2019.10.25 false PCI
video-nvidia-450xx 2019.10.25 false PCI
video-nvidia-440xx 2019.10.25 false PCI
video-nvidia-435xx 2019.10.25 false PCI
video-nvidia-430xx 2019.10.25 false PCI
video-nvidia-418xx 2019.10.25 false PCI
video-nvidia-390xx 2019.10.25 false PCI
video-linux 2018.05.04 true PCI
video-modesetting 2020.01.13 true PCI
video-vesa 2017.03.12 true PCI
for optimus or dual-gfx setups PRIME is usually preferred.
This is what the mhwd -l
outputs for me. They all seem pretty out dated, but I’ll try prime later today, will get back to you if it works.
cscs
23 September 2020 04:47
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Those dates probably dont mean what you think they mean.
nvidia-450 was only released recently for example.
Those are mhwd profiles, not packages.
kurdy
23 September 2020 05:52
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I had also an issue after reboot on some devices. To solve it I just switch off for few minutes and then restart. It seems in my case the reboot doesn’t fully reset the hardware
mizumi
27 September 2020 19:05
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Would you recommend just using this?
sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300
P.S: Sorry for the late response, had a busy week.
cscs
27 September 2020 19:08
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Possibly. But I rarely trust automation.
If it is working correctly then it should be the same as
sudo mhwd -i pci video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-450xx-prime
(and who knows … maybe you dont want 450 or whatever it serves automatically)
mizumi
27 September 2020 19:10
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Thanks! Will try that and let you know if it went well. The only issue I don’t want to run into is a black screen when I reboot. #fingers_crossed
cscs
27 September 2020 19:11
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Please double-check some similar threads about malforming of lightdm or whatever then
(specifically the 450 driver had some hiccups I believe)
Also … might as well leave this here…
When we have problems gaining access to our systems it is difficult to gather information, let alone fix any problems. Here we will cover common causes and solutions to ‘manjaro wont boot’.
TTY
If your desktop does not load properly then you might still be able to use most, if not all, functionality by dropping to a non-graphical TTY.
By default your system will have multiple TTYs, with each corresponding to an Fx key. Your desktop is assigned to one as well - most often F1.
You can change…
mizumi
27 September 2020 20:15
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So I just, installed video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-440xx-prime (just to be safe), and the reboot was successful, however I just opened nvidia-settings from my terminal, and it shows:
(nvidia-settings:2005): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 01:41:15.055: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
ERROR: nvidia-settings could not find the registry key file. 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.
Is this something that should not happen?
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cscs
27 September 2020 20:19
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Dual/hybrid GPU setup (optimus)
Using PRIME
Intel runs by default
Nvidia is invoked with prime-run
nvidia tools need the nvidia card
ex:
glxinfo | grep renderer
prime-run glxinfo | grep renderer
In the case of nvidia-settings
… its the same thing
prime-run nvidia-settings
And because nvidia is such … a … ‘nice guy’ … it breaks a number of rules … and, for example, if you want that nvidia-settings to do anything … you need to use sudo
(even though you shouldnt use sudo with GUI apps ever … nvidia … is osum)
ex:
sudo prime-run nvidia-settings
(I think … cant check as I avoid those things)
https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php?title=Configure_Graphics_Cards
mizumi
27 September 2020 20:27
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Wait a minute… so how would I use the nvidia card then?
~ >>> glxinfo | grep OpenGL
OpenGL vendor string: Intel
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2)
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.6 (Core Profile) Mesa 20.1.7
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.60
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
OpenGL core profile extensions:
OpenGL version string: 4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 20.1.7
OpenGL shading language version string: 4.60
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL profile mask: compatibility profile
OpenGL extensions:
OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.2 Mesa 20.1.7
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.20
OpenGL ES profile extensions:
cscs
27 September 2020 20:27
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I showed you above … please enter the second command.
(and the first, apparently )