Nvidia graphics card is no longer recognized after full system upgrade

gxzeph · 2021-12-20 20:54:05

Hi, I'm pretty new to Arch Linux, I've been using the OS for about 6 months now, and this has been the second time where performing a full-system upgrade has messed up my graphics card. I've been using the proprietary nvidia package for my GTX 1650 Super and the card has been working just fine, but whenever I upgrade my system while nvidia has an update, my graphics card becomes unrecognizable, and I cannot start gdm or gnome-shell. I was able to fix this problem earlier with reinstalling the nvidia package, however this time, I cannot figure out how to fix it.

What logs/information do I need to properly identify the problem, what can I do to solve it, and what can I do to prevent this happening in the future?'

NOTE: When running 'gnome-shell --display-server' from a tty in an attempt to start gnome, the command errors with this:

mutter-message: 15:47:16.164: Running GNOME Shell (using mutter 41.2) as a Wayland display server
(gnome-shell:16621): GLib-CRITICAL **: 15:47:16.215: g_hash_table_destroy: assertion 'hash_table != NULL' failed
(gnome-shell:16621): mutter-WARNING **: 15:47:16.215: Failed to open gpu '/dev/dri/card0': No suitable mode setting backend found
Failed to setup: No GPUs found

seth · 2021-12-20 21:13:04

You added the nvidia modules to the initramfs and don't have a pacman hook to update that w/ the nvidia driver?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA#pacman_hook

gxzeph · 2021-12-20 21:16:14

I do have a pacman hook set up for this, sorry for not specifying beforehand.

Last edited by gxzeph (2021-12-20 21:17:43)

seth · 2021-12-20 21:34:49

Please post the complete system journal for a "bad" boot ("sudo journalctl -b" for the current one, you can use the tip in the 1st link below to paste it from the console) and your pacman log.

But since you do have the module in the initramfs, some issue there is most likely.
Is your /boot partition mounted by default?

gxzeph · 2021-12-20 21:48:49

Here is my system journal: http://ix.io/3IZk

How can I check if /boot is mounted?

seth · 2021-12-20 22:07:13

"mount" will list all mounts and "lsblk -f" all partitions along their mountpoints.

However you're running the nvidia-470xx driver - if it's not the dkms package it won't get rebuild w/ *kernel* updates and the nvidia module falls out of sync.

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Nvidia graphics card is no longer recognized after full system upgrade

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