Desktop Environment no longer boots after NVIDIA driver install

jsquared800 · 2023-09-17 00:10:55

Hardware:
CPU - i7-6820HQ
GPU - Intel Corporation HD Graphics 530 (with CPU) and NVIDIA Quadro M2200 Mobile (Discrete I believe)
Laptop model - Dell Precision 7520
Kernel - Linux
Hi all, recently was working with hashcat and installed the "nvidia" drivers to get the correct GPU working. I installed the standard nvidia package, then after a reboot the system gets me to the grub boot menu, but after selecting the correct OS, I'm pushed into a black screen with a singular "_" character.
I can access other TTYs with CTRL + ALT + (2-6)
In my /etc/default/grub file I have

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="loglevel=3 nomodeset i915.modeset=0 nouveau.modeset=0 rcutree.rcu_idle_gp_delay=1"

When I run

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

, I get the following output:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 530 (rev06)
        DeviceName:  Onboard IGD
        Subsystem: Dell HD Graphics 530
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM206GLM [Quadro M2200 Mobile] (rev a1)
        Subsystem: Dell GM206GLM [Quadro M2200 Mobile]
        Kernel driver in use: nvidia

I also have a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf with the contents

blacklist nouveau
blacklist rivafb
blacklist nvidiafb
blacklist rivatv
blacklist nv
blacklist uvcvideo

I'm no longer sure what else I can do...I've tried doing the standard

pacman -S nvidia
pacman -S nvidia-utils
sudo modprobe nvidia

but with no dice

seth · 2023-09-17 05:18:01

Remove "nomodeset i915.modeset=0 nouveau.modeset=0 rcutree.rcu_idle_gp_delay=1" from the kernel parameters and try to boot the multi-user.target (2nd link below, you can edit teh kernel comandline at grub by pressing "e")
If that works, please post your complete system journal for the boot:

sudo journalctl -b | curl -F 'file=@-' 0x0.st

What is your graphical target? (eg. lightdm?)
Please post your Xorg log, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xorg#General

@SpareEnderboy, report your post on this thread for deletion; do not again spamjack other threads with completely unrelated stuff. That's not just a friendly suggestion.

jsquared800 · 2023-09-17 15:10:34

Just removed those kernel parameters and booted into multi-user.target
system journal https://0x0.st/HOaG.txt
My graphical target is lightdm (I believe, that's the login screen that SHOULD be showing)
xorg log https://0x0.st/HOaD.txt

loqs · 2023-09-17 15:20:18

The journal is for a boot of linux-lts while you listed nvidia rather than nvidia-lts as installed.
What is the output of:

pacman -Qs nvidia

seth · 2023-09-17 15:20:59

Neither nvidia nor nouveau (blacklisted by nvidia-utils) loads.
You've a GM206GLM [Quadro M2200 Mobile] Maxwell chip which would be supported by the nvidia driver, but you're booting the LTS kernel and according to your OP don't have (?) nvidia-lts?

It's also a hybrid system and your xorg log shows (booting the main kernel) that the intel chip is the default, but some config file including 'Device "MyGPU"' sets the system to use the nvidia GPU where no outputs are attached.

grep -r MyGPU /{etc,usr/share}/X11/xorg.conf*

Get rid of that config, if you want to use the nvidia GPU as primary GPU, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PRIME# … rimary_GPU and https://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/ … ndr14.html

jsquared800 · 2023-09-17 15:28:39

Update: Moved a random 20-nvidia.conf file out of /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ after doing a lot more research on this issue, finally fixed the issue. Login screen feels a little slower and laggier now but doesn't seem related to the fix. Thanks!

seth · 2023-09-17 15:31:48

Post an updated Xorg log

jsquared800 · 2023-09-17 16:01:45

Here's the updated Xorg log after I stopped booting from the linux-lts kernel.
https://0x0.st/HOBP.txt

seth · 2023-09-17 18:57:09

You're running a regular optimus setup on the intel chip, nvidia is available for DRI_PRIME - not sure whether things are laggier or that's just felings, but if you want to use nvidia as the primary GPU, see the links in #5

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