Hello, I’ve been trying to install these nvidia drivers for several days without any luck. I’ll explain what I have done and what I have tried so far.
I’m running Manjaro i3 and I have a Dell Precision 5540 which has the following GPUs:
> lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)"
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation CoffeeLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] (rev 02)
DeviceName: Onboard IGD
Subsystem: Dell CoffeeLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics 630]
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01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU117GLM [Quadro T1000 Mobile] (rev a1)
Subsystem: Dell TU117GLM [Quadro T1000 Mobile]
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
As of now I have the following drivers installed:
> mhwd -li
> Installed PCI configs:
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NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
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video-linux 2018.05.04 true PCI
video-modesetting 2020.01.13 true PCI
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime 2023.03.23 false PCI
The only reason I’m able to write this post is because video-linux is installed. I think by removing that one the system will fallback to use prime but it doesn’t work.
As far as I can see, the driver for the Nvidia card are correctly installed since running inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --width gives the following output:
System:
Kernel: 5.10.205-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc available: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64
root=UUID=bccef332-0aea-4a4c-b423-2a67b9ab5b72 rw
systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=0 quiet udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: i3 v: 4.23 info: i3bar vt: 2 dm: 1: GDM v: 45.0.1 2: LightDM
v: 1.32.0 note: stopped Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Precision 5540 v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Dell model: 03G9D9 v: A00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell
v: 1.4.0 date: 11/11/2019
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 78.0 Wh (100.0%) condition: 78.0/97.0 Wh (80.4%)
volts: 12.7 min: 11.4 model: SMP DELL GPM0365 type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: full
Memory:
System RAM: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 30.99 GiB
used: 3.19 GiB (10.3%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-9850H bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Coffee Lake
gen: core 9 level: v3 note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 0xD (13) microcode: 0xFA
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB desc: 6x256 KiB
L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1604 high: 2229 min/max: 800/4600 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 1979 2: 1247 3: 1704
4: 1059 5: 1659 6: 1969 7: 2229 8: 1672 9: 1386 10: 2010 11: 1109 12: 1229
bogomips: 62431
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
arch_capabilities arch_perfmon art avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush
clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64
dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu
fsgsbase fxsr ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs
ibrs_enhanced ida intel_pt invpcid invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce
md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe
pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pts rdrand
rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep smap smep smx ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1
sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust
tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt
xsaves xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: retbleed mitigation: Enhanced IBRS
Type: spec_rstack_overflow 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 status: Vulnerable: eIBRS with unprivileged eBPF
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: TSX disabled
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] vendor: Dell driver: i915
v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports:
active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,DP-3 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:3e9b
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA TU117GLM [Quadro T1000 Mobile] vendor: Dell driver: nvidia
v: 545.29.06 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 545.xx+ status: current
(as of 2023-11; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Turing code: TUxxx
process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-2022 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1fb9 class-ID: 0302
Device-3: Microdia Integrated_Webcam_HD driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-12:4 chip-ID: 0c45:6723
class-ID: 0e02
Display: server: X.Org v: 21.1.10 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.3 driver: X:
loaded: intel dri: i965 gpu: i915 display-ID: :1 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x2160 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1016x571mm (40.00x22.48")
s-diag: 1165mm (45.88")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP1 model: Sharp 0x14b9 built: 2019
res: 3840x2160 hz: 60 dpi: 287 gamma: 1.2 size: 340x190mm (13.39x7.48")
diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 3840x2160
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: iris device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: iris
surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: iris inactive: wayland,device-2
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 23.1.9-manjaro1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2)
device-ID: 8086:3e9b memory: 30.27 GiB unified: yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:a348 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k5.10.205-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-3: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: off with: wireplumber status: active
tools: pw-cli,wpctl
Server-4: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active with: pulseaudio-alsa
type: plugin tools: pacat,pactl,pavucontrol
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3b:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2526 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp59s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Bluetooth Adapter driver: btusb v: 0.8
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-4:2
chip-ID: 8087:0025 class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.1
lmp-v: 10 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c010c
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 128.43 GiB (53.9%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Micron model: 2200S NVMe 256GB
size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 22001030 temp: 34.9 C
scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 238.17 GiB size: 233.38 GiB (97.99%)
used: 128.43 GiB (55.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
label: N/A uuid: bccef332-0aea-4a4c-b423-2a67b9ab5b72
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 304 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
label: NO_LABEL uuid: 59F8-D5CB
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 16 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-4:2 info: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Bluetooth Adapter
type: bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 8087:0025 class-ID: e001
Device-2: 1-7:3 info: Shenzhen Goodix Fingerprint Reader
type: abstract (modem),CDC-data driver: N/A interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 27c6:5395 class-ID: 0a00 serial: <filter>
Device-3: 1-12:4 info: Microdia Integrated_Webcam_HD type: video
driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1
mode: 2.0 power: 500mA chip-ID: 0c45:6723 class-ID: 0e02
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 10 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 61.0 C pch: 58.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 2384 fan-2: 2407
Info:
Processes: 275 Uptime: 27m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 254 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 clang: 16.0.6 Packages:
pm: nix-default pkgs: 0 pm: nix-sys pkgs: 0 pm: nix-usr pkgs: 0 pm: pacman
pkgs: 1466 libs: 402 tools: pamac,yay Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: kitty
inxi: 3.3.31
If I remove the video-linux, I’m not even able to get to the login screen (I’m using gdm but I also have tried lightdm without success).
I don’'t have an xorg.conf in /etc/X11 but if I try to generate it with X -configure I get an error saying
Number of cerated screens does not match number of detected devises. Configuration failed
When it comes to xorg I have no clue on how to configure it correctly and I have looked everywhere for 2 days without any luck. Let me know if you need any extra information and thank you!
EDIT additional info:
Anything ran with prime-run results into this:
> prime-run glxinfo
name of display: :1
X Error of failed request: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 151 (GLX)
Minor opcode of failed request: 5 (X_GLXMakeCurrent)
Serial number of failed request: 0
Current serial number in output stream: 29
and this is the output of xrandr --listproviders
Providers: number : 1
Provider 0: id: 0x47 cap: 0xb, Source Output, Sink Output, Sink Offload crtcs: 4 outputs: 5 associated providers: 0 name:Intel