The Latest NVIDIA Linux Driver Release.

kjhambrick · 04-16-2023, 02:29 PM

yvesjv --

I am curious -- do you have more than one GPU on your System ?

I've only got the one NVidia

-- kjh

Code:

# lspci 

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 4c43 (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 4c01 (rev 01)
00:06.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 4c09 (rev 01)
00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 4c11 (rev 01)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-H USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 xHCI Host Controller (rev 11)
00:14.2 RAM memory: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-H Shared SRAM (rev 11)
00:14.3 Network controller: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake PCH CNVi WiFi (rev 11)
00:15.0 Serial bus controller: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-H Serial IO I2C Controller #0 (rev 11)
00:15.1 Serial bus controller: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-H Serial IO I2C Controller #1 (rev 11)
00:15.2 Serial bus controller: Intel Corporation Device 43ea (rev 11)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-H Management Engine Interface (rev 11)
00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Device 43d2 (rev 11)
00:19.0 Serial bus controller: Intel Corporation Device 43ad (rev 11)
00:19.2 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Device 43a7 (rev 11)
00:1b.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 43c0 (rev 11)
00:1b.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 43c4 (rev 11)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-H PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev 11)
00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-H PCI Express Root Port #9 (rev 11)
00:1d.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 43b5 (rev 11)
00:1d.6 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 43b6 (rev 11)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Device 4385 (rev 11)
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-H HD Audio Controller (rev 11)
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-H SMBus Controller (rev 11)
00:1f.5 Serial bus controller: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-H SPI Controller (rev 11)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GA104M [GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile / Max-Q] (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GA104 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
02:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd NVMe SSD Controller PM9A1/PM9A3/980PRO
03:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd NVMe SSD Controller SM981/PM981/PM983
04:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd NVMe SSD Controller SM981/PM981/PM983
05:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Thunderbolt 4 Bridge [Maple Ridge 4C 2020] (rev 02)
06:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Thunderbolt 4 Bridge [Maple Ridge 4C 2020] (rev 02)
06:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Thunderbolt 4 Bridge [Maple Ridge 4C 2020] (rev 02)
06:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Thunderbolt 4 Bridge [Maple Ridge 4C 2020] (rev 02)
06:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Thunderbolt 4 Bridge [Maple Ridge 4C 2020] (rev 02)
07:00.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Thunderbolt 4 NHI [Maple Ridge 4C 2020]
3a:00.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Thunderbolt 4 USB Controller [Maple Ridge 4C 2020]
3b:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Thunderbolt 4 Bridge [Goshen Ridge 2020] (rev 03)
3c:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Thunderbolt 4 Bridge [Goshen Ridge 2020] (rev 03)
3c:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Thunderbolt 4 Bridge [Goshen Ridge 2020] (rev 03)
3c:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Thunderbolt 4 Bridge [Goshen Ridge 2020] (rev 03)
3c:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Thunderbolt 4 Bridge [Goshen Ridge 2020] (rev 03)
3c:04.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Thunderbolt 4 Bridge [Goshen Ridge 2020] (rev 03)
6e:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd NVMe SSD Controller SM981/PM981/PM983
6f:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Killer E3000 2.5GbE Controller (rev 06)
70:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5260 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)

or better:

Code:

# lspci |grep -i vga

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GA104M [GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile / Max-Q] (rev a1)

yvesjv · 04-25-2023, 01:18 PM

Hi,

No, I have two as mine is an optimus
But I pass everything to the Nvidia and do not use the intel at all.
That is thanks to Daedra in his post; https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...ml#post6216314

Daedra · 04-25-2023, 07:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yvesjv

Hi,

No, I have two as mine is an optimus
But I pass everything to the Nvidia and do not use the intel at all.
That is thanks to Daedra in his post; https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...ml#post6216314

Ironically I recently reformatted my laptop to enable LUKS and forgot how to configure my Laptop for Nvidia only and had to pull out my notes. For anyone who may find it useful here is my steps. I usually do this after installing the nvidia driver.

1) Create a file named /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-nvidia-drm-outputclass.conf with the following contents

Code:

Section "OutputClass"
    Identifier "amd"
    MatchDriver "amdgpu"
    Driver "modesetting"
EndSection

Section "OutputClass"
    Identifier "nvidia"
    MatchDriver "nvidia-drm"
    Driver "nvidia"
    Option "AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration"
    Option "PrimaryGPU" "yes"
    ModulePath "/usr/lib/nvidia/xorg"
    ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
EndSection

This will have to be tweaked if you have an intel based APU laptop

2) add these modules to your initrd.gz

Code:

nvidia, nvidia_modeset, nvidia_uvm, nvidia_drm

On my laptop I can get away with just adding the nvidia module to my initrd.gz but to play it safe its not a bad idea to add all four.

3) add this option to your boot loader, I use grub so you will have to figure out how to add this elilo/lilo

Code:

nvidia-drm.modeset=1

4) add these lines to your /home/<user>/.xinitrc file

Code:

xrandr --setprovideroutput modesetting NVIDIA=0
xrandr --auto

You should now be ready to reboot. After reboot to confirm that the nvidia is being used run the command

Code:

glxinfo | grep -i nvidia

If you see nvidia then you are good to do. After you launch X you need to run nvidia-settings and under the "X Server Display Configuration" tab you should see "Synchronization: On". This is important because if prime synchronization is not enabled you will get terrible screen tearing.

I think this is everything, if I missed a step I will edit this, but from memory I think this covers it all.

kjhambrick · 04-26-2023, 04:45 PM

All --

I didn't notice when I ran my 'new kernel installer script' today but it detected and downloaded a new NVidia Production Blob ( NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-525.116.03.run )

Info is here: Linux X64 (AMD64/EM64T) Display Driver ( Version 525.116.03 )

Released yesterday, 25 Apr 2023

Have fun !

-- kjh

cwizardone · 05-30-2023, 09:16 AM

Nvidia's latest Beta driver, version 535.43.02, has been released.
The "release highlights," a list of supported products and a download link can be found at, https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driv.../205039/en-us/

Installation instructions can be found under the heading, "Additional Information" at the above link. Under that same heading you can find detailed installation instructions by clicking on "README."

jkh2cpu · 05-30-2023, 10:52 AM

I just tried the new beta, and it does not fix the problem of no terminal screen after I exit a plasma session.

SunnyJim · 05-30-2023, 12:02 PM

have you tried 530.41.03
It might be a bit more stable. Or you might have hardware problems or software configuration problems. Also are you using grub in an uefi environment ?
I have had problems with lilo which were resolved with grub (virtual terminal switching). Grub loads and runs things in a more up to date manner than lilo
unless lilo has been updated.

jkh2cpu · 05-30-2023, 12:07 PM

My problem is a known issue. The kernel changed a line or two, and ate Nvidia's lunch. I've been runnning kernel-6.0.18 since. The problem is this: I boot into run level 3 and then startx. When I exit plasma, I have no terminal screen, but the keyboard still works. The only way to regain a terminal screen is to reboot. That's a pain.

SunnyJim · 05-30-2023, 12:11 PM

hmm have you tried slackware current kernel (6.1.30) it doesn't cr^p out on a terminal when i log out.

jkh2cpu · 05-30-2023, 12:15 PM

Yes. I installed the latest slackware kernel (6.1.30), built the new beta, and ran a plasma session. When I logged out, no terinal window. Reload 6.0.18, rebuild the new beta, and then I can exit plasma and regain a terminal window.

SunnyJim · 05-30-2023, 12:16 PM

sounds a bit hinky, i wonder why. Just curious are you using grub by the way?

garpu · 05-30-2023, 01:16 PM

Scroll back...it's a known issue with the 6.1 and nvidia drivers.

mickski56 · 05-30-2023, 02:10 PM

I was experiencing this until I changed boot loader to limine. The screen was a bit messed up until kernel 6.3.4. Now I have virtual consols with ctrl + alt + fn and consol if I telinit 3.

SunnyJim · 05-30-2023, 03:06 PM

it's the first i have heard of limine, also it is available for my distro always good to see another alternative (especially if grub is not maintained properly).
@ mickski56 what were you using before limine i wonder?

mickski56 · 05-31-2023, 04:10 AM

I was using elilo and getting initial boot messages but no virtaul consoles and no console on telinit 3. I think it was the same kind of symptoms as many other posters here. Discrete graphics card only.