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VladTbk

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Registered: 2024-02-17

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[SOLVED] NVIDIA-SMI has failed becouse it couldn't communicate

I know this question has been asked before, but I am at a breakpoint. I've tried running nvidia-smi after installing my Arch, but I got the error mentioned in the title. Here is what lspci for drivers got:

0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation TigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics] (rev 01)
        DeviceName: Onboard - Video
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. TigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics]
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0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GA106M [GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile / Max-Q] (rev a1)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. GA106M [GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile / Max-Q]
        Kernel modules: nouveau

I am still new, if I can post logs I will gladly do

Last edited by VladTbk (2024-02-26 14:37:52)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: [SOLVED] NVIDIA-SMI has failed becouse it couldn't communicate

The nvidia kernel module is neither loaded nor present judging by that lspci output. Which kernel are you running and did you install the appropriate nvidia package? https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA#Installation especially noting the need for nvidia-dkms (and appropriate linux-xxx-headers) if you aren't using the linux or linux-lts kernels.

If you've installed optimus-manager or envycontrol or whatever, uninstall and remove any config they might've generated.

If you think you set this up correctly, post the link you get from

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

Last edited by V1del (2024-02-26 13:57:48)

VladTbk

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Re: [SOLVED] NVIDIA-SMI has failed becouse it couldn't communicate

I am running 6.6.18-1-lts and yes I followed the steps on the arch wiki. Here is journalctl output https://pastebin.pl/view/67a488a8

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: [SOLVED] NVIDIA-SMI has failed becouse it couldn't communicate

What does pacman -Qs nvidia show?

VladTbk

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Re: [SOLVED] NVIDIA-SMI has failed becouse it couldn't communicate

pacman -Qs nvidia                                   (paranghelia) 
local/cuda 12.3.2-1
    NVIDIA's GPU programming toolkit
local/egl-wayland 2:1.1.13-1
    EGLStream-based Wayland external platform
local/libvdpau 1.5-2
    Nvidia VDPAU library
local/libxnvctrl 545.29.06-1
    NVIDIA NV-CONTROL X extension
local/nvidia 545.29.06-20
    NVIDIA drivers for linux
local/nvidia-settings 545.29.06-1
    Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
local/nvidia-utils 545.29.06-4
    NVIDIA drivers utilities
local/opencl-nvidia 545.29.06-4
    OpenCL implemention for NVIDIA

Scimmia

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Re: [SOLVED] NVIDIA-SMI has failed becouse it couldn't communicate

So back to step 3: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA#Installation

You installed the driver for the 'linux' kernel package only.

VladTbk

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Re: [SOLVED] NVIDIA-SMI has failed becouse it couldn't communicate

Indeed, apparently I had the normal Nvidia driver, not Nvidia-lts, for my Linux-lts... Thanks.