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telis80

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Registered: 2015-03-26

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[SOLVED] Problems with Nvidia card and boot

Hi, i recently bought a new ASUS laptop and installed arch. I had already been using in my previous one. I experienced lots of problems because after finally finishing install i saw that arch didn't recognise the graphics card(Nvidia GeForce GT940M ). When i installed the drivers (.run file) i couldn't boot. After installing and uninstalling lots of times both nvidia from pacman and drivers now i can boot but i cant login through gnome. When i press the passwd it drives me back to the login screen again. When i boot i have some errors from nouveau.

Picture: http://tinypic.com/r/2640ta8/9

Any answer would be really helpfull !

Last edited by telis80 (2015-11-18 07:56:31)

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Awebb

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Re: [SOLVED] Problems with Nvidia card and boot

Uninstall nouveau. Uninstall those manual drivers you installed. Install the nvidia package and the corresponding packages according to the nvidia wiki article. Then post the output of lspci (or maybe just the VGA lines). If this is a recent laptop with a GT(X)9xx, then chances are it has an Optimus setup. If so, read the NVIDIA Optimus and bumblebee wiki articles.

telis80

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Re: [SOLVED] Problems with Nvidia card and boot

Thnx for the reply. Well i managed to boot the pc. I have already uninstalled nouveau and installed nvidia package. I couldnt boot because when i was uninstalling the manual nvidia drivers the default option deleted the X screens! and the computer couldnt login! Now i can use it but i dont think that the drivers of the card are installed. How can i be sure if it has an Optimus setup and i wont have problems?

The output of lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Host Bridge -OPI (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics (rev 09)
00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Audio Controller (rev 09)
00:04.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Camarillo Device (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP USB xHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP MEI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev e3)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #3 (rev e3)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #4 (rev e3)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev e3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP LPC Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP SATA Controller [AHCI Mode] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP SMBus Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP Thermal Management Controller (rev 03)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 10)
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)
04:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM108M [GeForce 940M] (rev a2) 

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Re: [SOLVED] Problems with Nvidia card and boot

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00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics (rev 09)
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04:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM108M [GeForce 940M] (rev a2) 

You have both an Intel integrated GPU and an NVIDIA GPU, so this should be an Optimus setup. You should read the Wiki article.

telis80

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Re: [SOLVED] Problems with Nvidia card and boot

Yes thank you. But i am worried because i read that this setup causes lots of problems, is that true?

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Awebb

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Re: [SOLVED] Problems with Nvidia card and boot

Yes thank you. But i am worried because i read that this setup causes lots of problems, is that true?

That's ancient history.

telis80

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Re: [SOLVED] Problems with Nvidia card and boot

I ve found solution thnx.  Installed primus and optirun. Had some problems with the frames but i ve fixed it.

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