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#1 2026-01-30 14:57:47
- rastsislaux
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[SOLVED] NVIDIA Driver issues on my laptop
I can't run any games via Steam and Proton. I've tried different guides from internet and following instructions from https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA (I tried nvidia-open and nvidia-580xx-dkms, as they both seem to support my GPU).
I've tried downloading nvidia-prime, but nothing helps.
I also tried setting ibt=off in kernel parameters, as i have 11gen Intel CPU and a fresh linux kernel, but it didn't change anything, I've verified that param was applied:
[ 0.033102] Kernel command line: initrd=\initramfs-linux-zen.img root=PARTUUID=38fca4c3-a4e9-40b7-8f93-65f8deaa5bdd ibt=off zswap.enabled=0 rw quiet splash nvidia_drm.modeset=1 rootfstype=xfsAs far as I understand, for some reason nvidia module is not loaded on my system for some reason, but I don't know what to do with that. Also, I've seen that arch switched to open kernel modules, but I don't really understand a difference between kernel module and a driver, so...
I've recently made a switch from Fedora, didn't have any issues there.
Outputs of different commands:
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-` rastsislau@archlinux
.o+` --------------------
`ooo/ OS: Arch Linux x86_64
`+oooo: Host: A31
`+oooooo: Kernel: Linux 6.18.7-zen1-1-zen
-+oooooo+: Uptime: 4 mins
`/:-:++oooo+: Packages: 684 (pacman)
`/++++/+++++++: Shell: bash 5.3.9
`/++++++++++++++: Display (NCP005C): 2560x1600 @ 1.6x in 14", 120 ]
`/+++ooooooooooooo/` WM: Hyprland 0.53.3 (Wayland)
./ooosssso++osssssso+` Cursor: Adwaita
.oossssso-````/ossssss+` Terminal: kitty 0.45.0
-osssssso. :ssssssso. Terminal Font: NotoSansMono-Regular (11pt)
:osssssss/ osssso+++. CPU: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-11370H (8) @ z
/ossssssss/ +ssssooo/- GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile [Discrete]
`/ossssso+/:- -:/+osssso+- GPU 2: Intel Iris Xe Graphics @ 1.35 GHz [Integr]
`+sso+:-` `.-/+oso: Memory: 1.86 GiB / 15.40 GiB (12%)
`++:. `-/+/ Swap: 0 B / 4.00 GiB (0%)
.` `/ Disk (/): 11.32 GiB / 46.94 GiB (24%) - xfs
Disk (/home): 27.57 GiB / 428.73 GiB (6%) - xfs
Local IP (wlan0): 192.168.100.254/24
Battery (R14B05W): 99% [AC Connected]
Locale: en_US.UTF-8lspci -k -d ::03xx
[rastsislau@archlinux ~]$ lspci -k -d ::03xx
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Xiaomi Device 2033
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915, xe
01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GA107M [GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile] (rev a1)
Subsystem: Xiaomi Device 2033
Kernel modules: nouveaunvidia-smi
[rastsislau@archlinux ~]$ 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.sudo dmesg | grep nvidia
[rastsislau@archlinux ~]$ sudo dmesg | grep nvidia
[sudo] password for rastsislau:
[ 0.000000] Command line: initrd=\initramfs-linux-zen.img root=PARTUUID=38fca4c3-a4e9-40b7-8f93-65f8deaa5bdd zswap.enabled=0 rw quiet splash nvidia_drm.modeset=1 rootfstype=xfs
[ 0.033175] Kernel command line: initrd=\initramfs-linux-zen.img root=PARTUUID=38fca4c3-a4e9-40b7-8f93-65f8deaa5bdd zswap.enabled=0 rw quiet splash nvidia_drm.modeset=1 rootfstype=xfslsmod | grep nvidia:
[rastsislau@archlinux ~]$ lsmod | grep nvidia
(nothing outputs)lsmod
[rastsislau@archlinux ~]$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
snd_seq_dummy 12288 0
rfcomm 106496 4
snd_hrtimer 12288 1
snd_seq 143360 7 snd_seq_dummy
snd_seq_device 16384 1 snd_seq
ccm 20480 3
algif_aead 12288 0
des3_ede_x86_64 45056 0
des_generic 12288 0
libdes 24576 2 des_generic,des3_ede_x86_64
algif_skcipher 12288 1
snd_ctl_led 24576 0
snd_soc_skl_hda_dsp 16384 4
snd_soc_intel_sof_board_helpers 28672 1 snd_soc_skl_hda_dsp
cmac 12288 3
snd_soc_intel_hda_dsp_common 16384 1 snd_soc_intel_sof_board_helpers
snd_sof_probes 36864 0
md4 12288 0
bnep 32768 2
algif_hash 16384 1
af_alg 32768 7 algif_hash,algif_skcipher,algif_aead
hid_sensor_als 16384 0
hid_sensor_trigger 20480 2 hid_sensor_als
industrialio_triggered_buffer 12288 1 hid_sensor_trigger
snd_hda_codec_intelhdmi 28672 1
kfifo_buf 12288 1 industrialio_triggered_buffer
hid_sensor_iio_common 20480 2 hid_sensor_trigger,hid_sensor_als
snd_hda_codec_alc269 143360 1
industrialio 155648 4 industrialio_triggered_buffer,hid_sensor_trigger,kfifo_buf,hid_sensor_als
snd_hda_scodec_component 20480 1 snd_hda_codec_alc269
hid_sensor_custom 28672 0
snd_hda_codec_realtek_lib 69632 1 snd_hda_codec_alc269
snd_hda_codec_generic 131072 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek_lib,snd_hda_codec_alc269
hid_sensor_hub 32768 4 hid_sensor_trigger,hid_sensor_iio_common,hid_sensor_als,hid_sensor_custom
snd_soc_dmic 12288 1
snd_hda_intel 73728 0
intel_ishtp_hid 28672 0
snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl 12288 0
snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl 20480 1 snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
snd_sof_intel_hda_generic 40960 2 snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl
soundwire_intel 94208 1 snd_sof_intel_hda_generic
snd_sof_intel_hda_sdw_bpt 24576 1 soundwire_intel
snd_sof_intel_hda_common 204800 4 snd_sof_intel_hda_sdw_bpt,snd_sof_intel_hda_generic,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl
snd_soc_hdac_hda 24576 1 snd_sof_intel_hda_common
snd_sof_intel_hda_mlink 36864 4 snd_sof_intel_hda_sdw_bpt,soundwire_intel,snd_sof_intel_hda_common,snd_sof_intel_hda_generic
snd_sof_intel_hda 20480 2 snd_sof_intel_hda_common,snd_sof_intel_hda_generic
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 61440 1 snd_hda_codec_intelhdmi
soundwire_cadence 61440 1 soundwire_intel
snd_sof_pci 24576 3 snd_sof_intel_hda_generic,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl
snd_sof_xtensa_dsp 16384 1 snd_sof_intel_hda_generic
snd_sof 499712 7 snd_sof_intel_hda_sdw_bpt,snd_sof_pci,snd_sof_intel_hda_common,snd_sof_intel_hda_generic,snd_sof_probes,snd_sof_intel_hda,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl
snd_sof_utils 16384 1 snd_sof
snd_soc_acpi_intel_match 143360 4 snd_soc_intel_sof_board_helpers,snd_sof_intel_hda_generic,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl
intel_uncore_frequency 12288 0
snd_soc_acpi_intel_sdca_quirks 12288 1 snd_soc_acpi_intel_match
intel_uncore_frequency_common 20480 1 intel_uncore_frequency
soundwire_generic_allocation 20480 1 soundwire_intel
vfat 20480 1
snd_soc_acpi 16384 2 snd_soc_acpi_intel_match,snd_sof_intel_hda_generic
fat 110592 1 vfat
soundwire_bus 1212416 3 soundwire_intel,soundwire_generic_allocation,soundwire_cadence
snd_soc_sdca 102400 2 snd_soc_acpi_intel_sdca_quirks,soundwire_bus
crc8 12288 1 soundwire_cadence
x86_pkg_temp_thermal 16384 0
snd_soc_avs 270336 0
intel_powerclamp 20480 0
coretemp 20480 0
snd_soc_hda_codec 28672 1 snd_soc_avs
snd_hda_ext_core 36864 7 snd_sof_intel_hda_sdw_bpt,snd_soc_avs,snd_soc_hda_codec,snd_sof_intel_hda_common,snd_soc_hdac_hda,snd_sof_intel_hda_mlink,snd_sof_intel_hda
snd_hda_codec 229376 12 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_soc_avs,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_soc_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_soc_intel_hda_dsp_common,snd_hda_codec_realtek_lib,snd_soc_hdac_hda,snd_hda_codec_alc269,snd_sof_intel_hda,snd_soc_skl_hda_dsp,snd_hda_codec_intelhdmi
kvm_intel 532480 0
processor_thermal_device_pci_legacy 12288 0
snd_hda_core 147456 14 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_soc_avs,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_soc_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_ext_core,snd_hda_codec,snd_soc_intel_hda_dsp_common,snd_sof_intel_hda_common,snd_hda_codec_realtek_lib,snd_soc_hdac_hda,snd_hda_codec_alc269,snd_sof_intel_hda,snd_hda_codec_intelhdmi
processor_thermal_device 20480 1 processor_thermal_device_pci_legacy
snd_intel_dspcfg 45056 5 snd_soc_avs,snd_hda_intel,snd_sof,snd_sof_intel_hda_common,snd_sof_intel_hda_generic
processor_thermal_wt_hint 12288 1 processor_thermal_device
snd_intel_sdw_acpi 16384 2 snd_intel_dspcfg,snd_sof_intel_hda_generic
platform_temperature_control 16384 1 processor_thermal_device
snd_hwdep 24576 1 snd_hda_codec
processor_thermal_soc_slider 12288 1 processor_thermal_device
kvm 1531904 1 kvm_intel
snd_soc_core 450560 11 snd_soc_avs,snd_soc_hda_codec,soundwire_intel,snd_sof,snd_soc_intel_sof_board_helpers,snd_soc_sdca,snd_sof_intel_hda_common,snd_soc_hdac_hda,snd_sof_probes,snd_soc_dmic,snd_soc_skl_hda_dsp
platform_profile 20480 1 processor_thermal_soc_slider
ucsi_acpi 12288 0
uvcvideo 180224 0
typec_ucsi 81920 1 ucsi_acpi
iwlmvm 765952 0
iTCO_wdt 16384 0
irqbypass 16384 1 kvm
btusb 86016 0
processor_thermal_rfim 40960 1 processor_thermal_device
snd_compress 32768 3 snd_soc_avs,snd_soc_core,snd_sof_probes
videobuf2_vmalloc 20480 1 uvcvideo
intel_pmc_bxt 16384 1 iTCO_wdt
joydev 24576 0
typec 114688 1 typec_ucsi
polyval_clmulni 12288 0
ac97_bus 12288 1 snd_soc_core
processor_thermal_rapl 16384 1 processor_thermal_device
uvc 12288 1 uvcvideo
ghash_clmulni_intel 12288 0
mousedev 28672 0
snd_pcm_dmaengine 20480 1 snd_soc_core
iTCO_vendor_support 12288 1 iTCO_wdt
btmtk 36864 1 btusb
videobuf2_memops 16384 1 videobuf2_vmalloc
roles 16384 1 typec_ucsi
mac80211 1794048 1 iwlmvm
snd_pcm 233472 14 snd_soc_avs,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,soundwire_intel,snd_sof,snd_soc_sdca,snd_sof_intel_hda_common,snd_compress,snd_sof_intel_hda_generic,snd_soc_core,snd_sof_utils,snd_hda_core,snd_pcm_dmaengine
intel_rapl_msr 20480 0
mei_hdcp 28672 0
mei_pxp 20480 0
aesni_intel 102400 5
btrtl 32768 1 btusb
videobuf2_v4l2 45056 1 uvcvideo
intel_rapl_common 57344 2 intel_rapl_msr,processor_thermal_rapl
i2c_i801 36864 0
snd_timer 61440 3 snd_seq,snd_hrtimer,snd_pcm
videobuf2_common 98304 4 videobuf2_vmalloc,videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo,videobuf2_memops
btbcm 24576 1 btusb
ptp 53248 1 iwlmvm
processor_thermal_wt_req 12288 1 processor_thermal_device
videodev 413696 2 videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo
snd 163840 26 snd_ctl_led,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_sof,snd_soc_sdca,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_realtek_lib,snd_compress,snd_hda_codec_alc269,snd_soc_core,snd_pcm
intel_ish_ipc 40960 0
btintel 69632 1 btusb
i2c_smbus 20480 1 i2c_i801
rapl 20480 0
processor_thermal_power_floor 12288 1 processor_thermal_device
spi_nor 196608 0
redmi_wmi 16384 0
pps_core 32768 1 ptp
mei_me 57344 2
hid_multitouch 40960 0
intel_cstate 20480 0
processor_thermal_mbox 12288 4 processor_thermal_power_floor,processor_thermal_wt_req,processor_thermal_rfim,processor_thermal_wt_hint
intel_uncore 278528 0
bluetooth 1175552 34 btrtl,btmtk,btintel,btbcm,bnep,btusb,rfcomm
pcspkr 12288 0
libarc4 12288 1 mac80211
mtd 114688 3 spi_nor
sparse_keymap 12288 1 redmi_wmi
8250_dw 24576 0
soundcore 16384 2 snd_ctl_led,snd
wmi_bmof 12288 0
xiaomi_wmi 12288 0
mc 98304 4 videodev,videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo,videobuf2_common
i2c_mux 16384 1 i2c_i801
iwlwifi 643072 1 iwlmvm
mei 208896 5 mei_hdcp,mei_pxp,mei_me
intel_soc_dts_iosf 16384 1 processor_thermal_device_pci_legacy
igen6_edac 36864 0
thunderbolt 606208 1 typec
intel_ishtp 86016 2 intel_ishtp_hid,intel_ish_ipc
i2c_hid_acpi 12288 0
i2c_hid 45056 1 i2c_hid_acpi
intel_pmc_core 151552 0
int3403_thermal 16384 0
intel_oc_wdt 12288 0
intel_skl_int3472_tps68470 20480 0
int340x_thermal_zone 16384 2 int3403_thermal,processor_thermal_device
pmt_telemetry 16384 1 intel_pmc_core
pmt_discovery 20480 1 pmt_telemetry
tps68470_regulator 12288 0
clk_tps68470 12288 0
pmt_class 20480 2 pmt_telemetry,pmt_discovery
intel_skl_int3472_discrete 28672 0
int3400_thermal 24576 0
intel_skl_int3472_common 16384 2 intel_skl_int3472_tps68470,intel_skl_int3472_discrete
pinctrl_tigerlake 28672 1
acpi_tad 24576 0
acpi_pad 184320 0
acpi_thermal_rel 24576 1 int3400_thermal
intel_pmc_ssram_telemetry 16384 1 intel_pmc_core
mac_hid 12288 0
cfg80211 1474560 3 iwlmvm,iwlwifi,mac80211
rfkill 45056 10 iwlmvm,bluetooth,cfg80211
crypto_user 16384 0
pkcs8_key_parser 12288 0
nfnetlink 20480 2
zram 65536 1
842_decompress 16384 1 zram
842_compress 24576 1 zram
lz4hc_compress 20480 1 zram
lz4_compress 24576 1 zram
xfs 4329472 2
xe 4202496 0
intel_vsec 28672 3 intel_pmc_ssram_telemetry,pmt_telemetry,xe
drm_ttm_helper 16384 1 xe
drm_suballoc_helper 20480 1 xe
gpu_sched 73728 1 xe
drm_gpuvm 53248 1 xe
drm_exec 12288 2 drm_gpuvm,xe
drm_gpusvm_helper 40960 1 xe
spi_pxa2xx_platform 12288 0
dw_dmac 12288 0
i915 5091328 24
spi_pxa2xx_core 32768 1 spi_pxa2xx_platform
nvme 73728 3
nvme_core 282624 4 nvme
nvme_keyring 20480 1 nvme_core
nvme_auth 32768 1 nvme_core
serio_raw 20480 0
i2c_algo_bit 24576 2 xe,i915
hkdf 12288 1 nvme_auth
drm_buddy 28672 2 xe,i915
ttm 135168 3 drm_ttm_helper,xe,i915
video 81920 2 xe,i915
intel_gtt 32768 1 i915
intel_lpss_pci 28672 2
spi_intel_pci 12288 0
drm_display_helper 303104 2 xe,i915
intel_lpss 12288 1 intel_lpss_pci
spi_intel 36864 1 spi_intel_pci
idma64 20480 0
wmi 36864 4 video,redmi_wmi,wmi_bmof,xiaomi_wmi
cec 110592 3 drm_display_helper,xe,i915glxinfo -B:
[rastsislau@archlinux ~]$ glxinfo -B
name of display: :0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
Extended renderer info (GLX_MESA_query_renderer):
Vendor: Intel (0x8086)
Device: Mesa Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics (TGL GT2) (0x9a49)
Version: 25.3.4
Accelerated: yes
Video memory: 15765MB
Unified memory: yes
Preferred profile: core (0x1)
Max core profile version: 4.6
Max compat profile version: 4.6
Max GLES1 profile version: 1.1
Max GLES[23] profile version: 3.2
OpenGL vendor string: Intel
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics (TGL GT2)
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.6 (Core Profile) Mesa 25.3.4-arch1.1
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.60
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
OpenGL version string: 4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 25.3.4-arch1.1
OpenGL shading language version string: 4.60
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL profile mask: compatibility profile
OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.2 Mesa 25.3.4-arch1.1
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.20vulkaninfo:
[rastsislau@archlinux ~]$ vulkaninfo
ERROR: [Loader Message] Code 0 : setup_loader_term_phys_devs: Failed to detect any valid GPUs in the current config
ERROR at /usr/src/debug/vulkan-tools/Vulkan-Tools/vulkaninfo/./vulkaninfo.h:247:vkEnumeratePhysicalDevices failed with ERROR_INITIALIZATION_FAILEDLast edited by rastsislaux (2026-01-31 10:48:51)
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#2 2026-01-30 15:15:28
- Scimmia
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Re: [SOLVED] NVIDIA Driver issues on my laptop
What did you install, exactly?
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#3 2026-01-30 15:17:50
- rastsislaux
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Re: [SOLVED] NVIDIA Driver issues on my laptop
Scimmia wrote:
What did you install, exactly?
Last thing I did was
sudo pacman -Rdd xf86-video-nouveau vulkan-nouveau nvidia-580xx-utils nvidia-580xx-dkms lib32-vulkan-nouveau egl-x11 egl-wayland2 egl-wayland egl-gbmAfter which vulkaninfo gave me an error, which said no driver found.
Then I did:
sudo pacman -S nvidia-openAnd after that I've captured all commands, that I've posted.
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#4 2026-01-30 15:20:03
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Re: [SOLVED] NVIDIA Driver issues on my laptop
The wiki link you gave specifically says that the 'nvidia-open' package is only for the kernel in the 'linux' package, but that's not what you're running.
Last edited by Scimmia (2026-01-30 15:20:21)
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#5 2026-01-30 15:46:38
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Re: [SOLVED] NVIDIA Driver issues on my laptop
Thank you for noticing! Somehow I actually didn't realize that that linux-zen is not the same as default linux.
I've installed `linux-zen-headers` (that's what I was missing, when installing dkms driver previously) and installed `nvidia-580xx-dkms` from AUR, which solved my problem.
p.s. also, I needed to install lib32-nvidia-580xx-dkms in order to run my specific game.
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#6 2026-01-30 15:47:55
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Re: [SOLVED] NVIDIA Driver issues on my laptop
Why did you decide to use legacy drivers, though?
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#7 2026-01-30 15:57:43
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Re: [SOLVED] NVIDIA Driver issues on my laptop
Wiki table says that my GPU is supported by nvidia-open (not suitable for my kernel?) and nvidia-580xx-dkms (that's what I use).
What do you think I should try? nvidia-open-dkms? Wiki says it supports blackwell and newer.
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#8 2026-01-30 20:23:19
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Re: [SOLVED] NVIDIA Driver issues on my laptop
Turing and newer - blackwell is *only* supported by nvidia-open.
You can try either - the biggest issue around nvidia-open r/n seems to be w/ resuming from STR.
Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.
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#9 2026-01-31 10:47:38
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Re: [SOLVED] NVIDIA Driver issues on my laptop
I've ended up replacing legacy driver with `nvidia-open-dkms` and that worked for my laptop and kernel. Thanks everyone.
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