Problem with the latest nvidia drivers

brutico · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 16 Feb 2014 Posts: 130

[Moderator note: this thread was posted twice. The first response to this thread was in one copy. The second response was in the other copy. I combined the two threads into one. -Hu]

I did not start X with version 410.57 and I had to download the version. Has anyone had the same?

My video card GTX 1080

DawgG · l33t Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 866

yes, same problem. run ~amd64 with 4.18.9 on a two-kernel-solution as descibed https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Nouveau_%26_nvidia-drivers_switching#Switching_using_two_kernels
the script supposed to "modpropbe nvidia" hangs at just this point. i checked via ssh and nvidia IS loaded, but cannot be unloaded even if the hanging

Keruskerfuerst · Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2018 3:31 pm Post subject:

Can you give some more information ?

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DawgG · l33t Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 866

as per https://www.nvidia.es/Download/driverResults.aspx/138290/es i say

runningnak3d · n00b Joined: 05 Sep 2018 Posts: 62

I am running 410.57 (on a GTX 1050) without problems on OpenRC .

I use Dantrell's Gnome overlay for Gnome 3.28 if that matters.

I can post any other relevant info that could help you.

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ct85711 · Veteran Joined: 27 Sep 2005 Posts: 1791

Well, I checked on my system and I have no problem with running 410.57 drivers with openrc, xfce on a 4.15.10 kernel. From what I have seen, the 2 parts that minimizes the problems with nvidia-drivers I get is NOT updating the kernel as often (nvidia is known to be slow on supporting the newest kernel, so if you are running unstable branch, don't go and use the newest kernel right away unless you need to). The other part, is that it tends to work much better if you do a full system reboot after you updated the nvidia drivers. You may be able to get the drivers reloaded, but I find rebooting instead avoids those problems. The part to keep in mind, if that the nvidia drivers is not just one file; so when you get them reloaded, that doesn't mean all of it's libraries are also reloaded along with it.

Note: I my system has a GT 740 card in it.

i4dnf · Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 6:57 am Post subject:

No go on a 760 here, with a 4.18.9 kernel

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ct85711, runningnak3d do you by any chance have NUMA and/or CGROUPS enabled in your kernel config?
(both are disabled here, but I've noticed on some CUDA related issues that NUMA/CGROUPS were [unintended] requirements)
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arnvidr · l33t Joined: 19 Aug 2004 Posts: 629 Location: Oslo, Norway

Running normally for me, on a 4.18.7 kernel
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Nikmind · n00b Joined: 26 Jun 2002 Posts: 18

I got the same problem and reverting to the previous driver works. As far as I can see when looking into the Xorg log files, is that it does not recognize that I have a monitor connected. I just says that it can't find anything connected to any of the ports on the graphics card. But I for sure have one connected

On the previous version of the drivers it finds the monitor just fine.
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ct85711 · Veteran Joined: 27 Sep 2005 Posts: 1791

I know I have NUMA enabled by default for all kernels that I build, cgroup is enabled but I never use it (mainly just some useless bloat that I haven't trimmed away in the kernel yet). I don't use CUDA, so I never cared about that stuff.

Edit: I have seen the monitor not detected issue, I've seen once and a while; but sadly I don't know anything for sure to fix it. One cause I've seen, is if the monitor isn't turned on before the computer is booted.

j_c_p · Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 2:48 pm Post subject:

NVIDIA Driver 410.57, kernel 4.18.10 and GTX960 without problem here (KDE desktop).

runningnak3d · n00b Joined: 05 Sep 2018 Posts: 62

i4dnf · Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 6:13 pm Post subject:

Thanks to both of you. Unfortunately neither NUMA nor CGROUPS help.
Guess I'll just wait for the next driver version.
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ct85711 · Veteran Joined: 27 Sep 2005 Posts: 1791

What you may want to do, is just define the screen/monitor for xorg and not rely on the autodetect. I've seen before that the xorg autodetect feature does not always work too well, so setting it up saves you from having to worry if xorg sees it or not (as it will already know what to setup.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/xorg#Monitor_settings

i4dnf · Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2018 7:21 am Post subject:

I do have "Monitor" and "Screen" sections, so at least in my case it's not caused by failing autodetect.
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krinn · Watchman Joined: 02 May 2003 Posts: 7470

that whole thread is made of:
1: it doesn't work
2: it work

you guys are going for stats or expect to get real help just from "it doesn't work" ?

i4dnf · Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2018 9:07 am Post subject:

AFAIKT there's not much we can do other than gathering reports and trying to find a common denominator either for working systems or for not working ones (so far GPU generation doesn't seem to matter, kernel series doesn't seem to mater, some kernel settings like CGROUPS/NUMA don't seem to make a difference, [not] relying on autodetect doesn't make a difference, etc.).
There's not much other info to provide since when/where it hangs, it simply hangs, there's no log output anymore neither in Xorg.log, nor in dmesg or messages, and this on system[s] where the only change is the nvidia driver.
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Josef.95 · Advocate Joined: 03 Sep 2007 Posts: 4553 Location: Germany

nvidia-drivers-410.57 is the current beta release: --> https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/533434/linux/current-graphics-driver-releases
I think you should report bugs upstream.

schnitz81 · n00b Joined: 05 Dec 2011 Posts: 10 Location: Sweden

I just ran into this and everything turned black. For a quick fix, just mask the latest version in package.mask and reemerge nvidia-drivers (to get the old 396.54 driver back, which seems to work fine with the latest kernel).

Cthulhu666 · Apprentice Joined: 02 Apr 2004 Posts: 195

There's a new revision of the 410.57 driver that installs some more (new) libraries. I haven't tried it yet, but it may fix the black screen problem some, myself included, have been experiencing.
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Aradayn · n00b Joined: 16 Jul 2017 Posts: 19

I am getting "No Screens Found" with a 1080 on 410.57. I am running an extremely stripped-down custom kernel.
I tried reverting to the previous driver release and I'm getting the same issues. Also, the video card isn't listed in lspci.

Please let me know if I can provide any additional information that can assist in discovering the problem.

Cthulhu666 · Apprentice Joined: 02 Apr 2004 Posts: 195

Aradayn · n00b Joined: 16 Jul 2017 Posts: 19

I can't seem to post my full dmesg log. I copied everything mentioning NVIDIA:

Cthulhu666 · Apprentice Joined: 02 Apr 2004 Posts: 195

The snippet is too limited to be really useful.

You can upload the file to pastebin and link to it.
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