[SOLVED] Nvidia GPU no longer working.

eom.dev · 2023-06-17 19:59:26

I have Arch installed on a bootable SSD for use on several machines. One machine that was working previously is now having trouble with graphics during boot. Grub starts fine, but freezes shortly after the message:

[OK] Starting Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status

There are sometimes additional messages about kernel modules being loaded, and the monitor usually refreshes at this point (goes black briefly then returns to grub output before the login screen) during a successful boot; however, the display now gets stuck at this point. It is only the display that is frozen as well, as I can still log in and execute commands without visual feedback; moreover, this only occurs when I have the display connected to the Nvidia graphics card - integrated graphics work as before.

This error began after I installed Steam from multilib with the lib32-nvidia-utils option. I have tried uninstalling Steam, installing Nouveau drivers, but not installing Nvidia drivers as I did not have them before and do not always boot this system on a machine with Nvidia cards. Currently the system has neither Steam nor Nouveau installed (as the system was prior to this issue), though it seems to still be trying to load nouveau drivers:

% lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)"
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050] (rev a1)
        Subsystem: Dell GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050]
        Kernel modules: nouveau

I searched through dmesg and journalctl -b, and this was the only thing I noticed:

systemd-modules-load[251]: Failed to find module 'nvidia-uvm'

What do I need to do to get my system back to its original state? The root partition is separate from my personal data, so reinstalling is an option, but I'd prefer to understand what changed so I can revert.

Last edited by eom.dev (2023-06-17 22:45:38)

seth · 2023-06-17 20:16:19

This error began after I installed Steam from multilib with the lib32-nvidia-utils option.

Partial update?

not installing Nvidia drivers as I did not have them before

nvidia-utils blacklists nouveau

lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)"

If you're gonna grep, A3, not A2 - the crucial line is missing.

pacman -Qs 'nvidia|linux'
uname -a
lsmod | grep -E 'nvidia|nouveau'

Edit: also try to boot the multi-user.target (2nd link below)

Last edited by seth (2023-06-17 20:16:55)

eom.dev · 2023-06-17 22:45:22

seth wrote:

nvidia-utils blacklists nouveau

Uninstalled nvidia-utils and the card works again. Thanks!

seth wrote:

If you're gonna grep, A3, not A2 - the crucial line is missing.

In my defense, I copied it from the wiki

seth wrote:

Edit: also try to boot the multi-user.target (2nd link below)

That signature is hilarious. Have you gotten these questions before?

seth · 2023-06-18 05:32:38

In defense of the wiki: the used module is actually listed first (so it'd skip the available ones and the missing line showed that no module was loaded)
Thing in my signature come up a lot.
There'd be more but the signature length is limited and I don't want to use url shorteners.

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#1 2023-06-17 19:59:26

[SOLVED] Nvidia GPU no longer working.

#2 2023-06-17 20:16:19

Re: [SOLVED] Nvidia GPU no longer working.

#3 2023-06-17 22:45:22

Re: [SOLVED] Nvidia GPU no longer working.

#4 2023-06-18 05:32:38

Re: [SOLVED] Nvidia GPU no longer working.

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