[SOLVED]How do activate the NVIDIA drm?

Idhu · 2026-10-15 12:06:28

I think i deactiveted it while i was troubleshooting the nvidia drivers and i can't reactivate it.

Last edited by Idhu (2026-10-16 16:54:29)

seth · 2026-10-15 12:26:07

cat /proc/cmdline
modprobe -c | grep -v alias | grep nvidia
lspci -knnd ::03xx
pacman -Qs 'nvidia|kernel' | grep -E 'nvidia|local/linux'

Idhu · 2026-10-15 12:41:55

Thank you

seth · 2026-10-15 12:48:06

In case you sorted it out please briefly address how, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Genera … way_street

and then 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.

Idhu · 2026-10-16 15:27:07

seth wrote:

In case you sorted it out please briefly address how, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Genera … way_street
and then 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.

It outputs that the drm_modeset = 1, so ithink its just that i had it wrong in the beginning.

Doing the

cat /sys/module/nvidia_drm/parameters/modeset

of the wiki still outputs a N

seth · 2026-10-16 15:31:11

So it's off.
What are the outputs of the first two commands in #2?

Idhu · 2026-10-16 15:37:54

It outputs:

BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=85a4d356-1c3b-44a6-84a7-985ec494e96c rw loglevel=3 quiet
options nvidia_drm modeset=1
options nvidia NVreg_UseKernelSuspendNotifiers=1
options nvidia NVreg_TemporaryFilePath=/var/tmp
options nvidia_drm modeset=0
softdep nvidia pre: ecdh_generic,ecdsa_generic
softdep nvidia post: nvidia-uvm nvidia-drm
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation AD107M [GeForce RTX 4060 Max-Q / Mobile] [10de:28a0] (rev a1)
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:1758]
	Kernel driver in use: nvidia
	Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia
74:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Rembrandt [Radeon 680M] [1002:1681] (rev 0a)
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:1758]
	Kernel driver in use: amdgpu
	Kernel modules: amdgpu
local/libva-nvidia-driver 0.0.18-1
local/linux 7.2.9.arch1-1
local/linux-api-headers 7.2-1
local/linux-firmware-nvidia 20260916-1
local/linux-headers 7.2.9.arch1-1
local/nvidia-open 615.71.09-7
local/nvidia-utils 615.71.09-1

seth · 2026-10-16 15:48:08

Well, there:

options nvidia_drm modeset=0

you added some modprobe config overriding this.
After removing it you might have to regenerate the initramfs.

Idhu · 2026-10-16 15:59:17

If i do

ls /etc/modprobe.d/

it returns:

auto-nvidia-drm.conf  linuwu-sense.conf  nvidia_drm.conf

if i revise the relevant files with cat it returns

cat /etc/modprobe.d/auto-nvidia-drm.conf
options nvidia_drm modeset=1
cat /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia_drm.conf
options nvidia_drm modeset=0

gabrielsec · 2026-10-16 16:52:19

Your configuration has conflicting settings: `modeset=1` in `auto-nvidia-drm.conf` and `modeset=0` in `nvidia_drm.conf`.

As explained in the ArchWiki modprobe.d documentation, a later `options` line for the same module replaces the previous one.

Edit the conflicting file:

sudoedit /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia_drm.conf

Remove `options nvidia_drm modeset=0` and save the file.

Check the configuration before rebooting:

systemd-analyze cat-config modprobe.d

Then reboot so the module can load with the updated configuration.

After rebooting, run:

cat /sys/module/nvidia_drm/parameters/modeset

The expected output is `Y`, as documented in the ArchWiki NVIDIA guide.

Regards,
Gabriel

Idhu · 2026-10-16 16:52:29

Fixed it
i just modified the second file to be

options nvidia_drm modeset=1

then i regenerated the initramfs and rebooted.

Idhu · 2026-10-16 16:54:11

gabrielsec wrote:

Your configuration has conflicting settings: `modeset=1` in `auto-nvidia-drm.conf` and `modeset=0` in `nvidia_drm.conf`.
As explained in the ArchWiki modprobe.d documentation, a later `options` line for the same module replaces the previous one.
Edit the conflicting file:
sudoedit /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia_drm.conf
Remove `options nvidia_drm modeset=0` and save the file.
Check the configuration before rebooting:
systemd-analyze cat-config modprobe.d
Then reboot so the module can load with the updated configuration.
After rebooting, run:
cat /sys/module/nvidia_drm/parameters/modeset
The expected output is `Y`, as documented in the ArchWiki NVIDIA guide.
Regards,
Gabriel

Thank you Gabriel for your time.

gabrielsec · 2026-10-16 16:57:49

You're welcome! Glad you got it working. Thanks for sharing the solution here; it may help someone else facing the same issue.

Regards,
Gabriel

Idhu · 2026-10-16 17:01:34

And thank you too Seth.

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