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#1 2019-07-13 16:54:34

twolf
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Registered: 2019-07-13
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X cannot find screens after installing proprietary NVIDIA driver.

I am trying to install the proprietary NVIDIA driver for gaming and machine learning applications on my Razer Blade.

The laptop has a NVIDIA GTX 970M, of which I know that the driver is compatible with.

I have tried everything I could think of.

My screen was originally black but then I saw when I powered off the system it could not find screens.

I do have Intel Integrated Graphics so I followed the steps @ https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NV … grated_GPU
but kept getting the same result. This time the screen wasn't black but just had the error of it could not find screens.

uname -r returns "5.2.0-arch2-1-ARCH"

xorg.log: https://pastebin.com/raw/GfcXJVFw

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#2 2019-07-13 18:28:57

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Re: X cannot find screens after installing proprietary NVIDIA driver.


No, it didn't "fix" anything. It just shifted the brokeness one space to the right. - jasonwryan
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#3 2019-07-14 14:52:04

twolf
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Re: X cannot find screens after installing proprietary NVIDIA driver.

I was able to use Bumblebee but would like to always use the driver instead of only when running "optirun" before a command.

Can I do that? Would it be using bbswitch or something else? And if so how?

While I can launch games this way this could get annoying for machine learning applications which require the gpu such as Tensorflow.

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#4 2019-07-14 15:04:21

nicks
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Re: X cannot find screens after installing proprietary NVIDIA driver.

Hi

I found the easiest way for me was to install Optimus-Manager(along with the optimus-manager-qt package for a gui) from the AUR if your not bothered about having both graphics adapters working at once. This allows you to switch between just Intel when wanting to save battery or just using Nvidia/proprietary driver when you need power. It can be set to boot into either mode first. You just need to log out if you wish to switch adapters.

If like me you only really use the Intel driver to save on battery then this could be the easiest bet for you.

If you install Optimus-Manager make sure you remove your xorg.conf file before reboot or this will screw with optimus manager. Not sure if bumblebee will conflict with this. It does make use of bbswitch if your hardware requires it so you can keep it installed.

Link to the official readme is here:

https://github.com/Askannz/optimus-mana … /README.md

You basically to install it and enable the service for the next boot.

Last edited by nicks (2019-07-14 15:08:32)

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