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syhomadara

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Registered: 2024-03-25

Posts: 23

[SOLVED] nvidia-smi graphic driver problem

Hi i can not nvidia-sim this is what it shows i tried to do what is in documentation
i installed this Fermi (NVC0/GF1XX) nvidia-390xx-dkms but i get this error:

nvidia-smi

NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running.

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

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1457
	Kernel driver in use: i915
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01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF119M [GeForce 610M] (rev a1)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1457
	Kernel modules: nouveau

pacman -Qs nvidia

local/egl-wayland 4:1.1.19-1
    EGLStream-based Wayland external platform
local/libvdpau 1.5-3
    Nvidia VDPAU library
local/linux-firmware-nvidia 20250708-1
    Firmware files for Linux - Firmware for NVIDIA GPUs and SoCs
local/nvidia-390xx-dkms 390.157-17
    NVIDIA drivers - module sources
local/nvidia-390xx-utils 390.157-17
    NVIDIA drivers utilities

uname -a                                 
Linux hosein 6.15.7-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu, 17 Jul 2025 21:05:29 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

ls /boot                                       
efi   initramfs-linux-fallback.img  lost+found
grub  initramfs-linux.img           vmlinuz-linux

And i updated my system 2 minute ago

Last edited by syhomadara (2025-07-22 16:32:06)

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] nvidia-smi graphic driver problem

dkms status

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dynami … ld_modules - pay attention to pot. build errors.

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syhomadara

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Registered: 2024-03-25

Posts: 23

Re: [SOLVED] nvidia-smi graphic driver problem

dkms status

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dynami … ld_modules - pay attention to pot. build errors.

Thanks for answering. it doesn't show any thing i tired with sudo and without it but nothing dkms status

I tried to install it again i get this error:

(2/3) Install DKMS modules
==> ERROR: Missing lost+found kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing bin kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing lib64 kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing mnt kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing run kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing dev kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing home kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing tmp kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing opt kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing root kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing lib kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing etc kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing boot kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing sys kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing proc kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing var kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing usr kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing srv kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing sbin kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.

Last edited by syhomadara (2025-07-22 16:23:11)

syhomadara

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Registered: 2024-03-25

Posts: 23

Re: [SOLVED] nvidia-smi graphic driver problem

dkms status

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dynami … ld_modules - pay attention to pot. build errors.

I installed headers and it work thank for help