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I have a GeForce GTX660 and I'm trying to install the latest nvidia driver to ultimately be able to mine dogecoins with these instructions
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Nv … tom_kernel
It says to put my kernel version in my PKGBUILD and nvidia.install file. From uname -r I get 3.12.8-1-ARCH but it cant find /usr/lib/modules/extramodules-3.12.8-1-ARCH/version when I run makepkg -ci but extramodules-3.12-ARCH exists. So I just set it to 3.12-ARCH and installed the package.
cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version gives me the output:
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 331.38 Wed Jan 8 19:32:30 PST 2014
GCC version: gcc version 4.8.2 20131219 (prerelease) (GCC)
However running nvidia-smi gives me:
NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running.
Running cudaminer gives me:
Unable to query CUDA driver version! Is an nVidia driver installed?
I also tried running it with the official nvidia-304xx driver but that didn't work either...
Thanks for any help.
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What is the problem with the stock nvidia package, doesn't it work for you? What do you mean by "the latest nvidia driver", which package is that?
You seem to be using the stock Arch kernel, why are you trying to do all this?
Edit: I don't see /usr/lib/modules/extramodules-3.12.8-1-ARCH/version , only /usr/lib/modules/extramodules-3.12-ARCH/version . Did you reboot after installing the kernel?
Last edited by karol (2014-01-24 15:36:22)
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Yes, cudaminer didn't work, so I thought it was because the driver was a bit older.
You can see from my output I'm trying to install version 331.38 of the nvidia driver.
I haven't installed a new kernel.. Is it necessary?
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After installing the kernel, you should reboot your computer, but I think you already did.
How exactly are you trying to install the driver? What's wrong with the stock nvidia package? It's version 331.38-2 too.
Are you using cudaminer from the AUR https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/cudaminer/ ? What is the exact error you get? "cudaminer didn't work" is not enough info to figure out what is the problem here.
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Okay, So I removed the driver I had and reinstalled with the stock package.
pacman -S nvidia
and rebooted.
In my first post I said Unable to query CUDA driver version! Is an nVidia driver installed?... I still get the same message.
Is there anything else I can tell you?
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