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b1tw1se

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Registered: 2024-08-27

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Nvidia Driver is not loading

Hello! I recently attempted to install Nvidia drivers with the nvidia package.

However, the driver failed to load after rebooting.
I'm running the 6.10.6-arch1-1 kernel with an Nvidia GT640.

$ nvidia-settings
ERROR: NVIDIA driver is not loaded

(nvidia-settings:1662): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 22:37:59.177: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

** (nvidia-settings:1662): CRITICAL **: 22:37:59.214: ctk_powermode_new: assertion '(ctrl_target != NULL) && (ctrl_target->h != NULL)’ failed

ERROR: nvidia-settings could not find the registry key file or the X server is not accessible. This file should
       have been installed along with this driver at
       /usr/share/nvidia/nvidia-application-profiles-key-documentation. The application profiles will continue to
       work, but values cannot be prepopulated or validated, and will not be listed in the help text. Please see
       the README for possible values and descriptions.

$ sudo dmesg | grep nvidia
[   40.212020] nvidia: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
[   40.212032] nvidia: module license ‘NVIDIA’ taints kernel.
[   40.212036] nvidia: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
[   40.212037] nvidia: module license taints kernel.
[   40.683133] nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being initialized, major device number 240
[   40.684819] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: vgaarb: VGA decodes changed: olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=io+mem
               NVRM:  Please visit http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html

I tried downgrading my kernel and headers but they didnt worked either. How can i fix my nvidia drivers?

Last edited by b1tw1se (2024-08-27 21:09:55)

cryptearth

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Registered: 2024-02-03

Posts: 2,167

Re: Nvidia Driver is not loading

EndeavourOS

wrong forum https://bbs.archlinux.org/misc.php?action=rules

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: Nvidia Driver is not loading

And if you want to know what's wrong: don't grep, grep for better tokens or grep with more context.

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cryptearth

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Registered: 2024-02-03

Posts: 2,167

Re: Nvidia Driver is not loading

@OP
removing that you're not using vanilla arch from the initial post won't help you - sooner or later you will be asked for system logs which will reveal it anyway
and trying to hide it after it got "exposed" won't get you far here