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mrw01f

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Registered: 2020-04-25

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[SOLVED] NV-CONTROL X extention not found

i am trying to run 'GreenWithEnvy' package also known as 'gwe' and i am getting this error, i also noticed that nvidia settings are not opening, whenever i click on it nothing happens. iam not sure what is wrong and where to look for problem.

i have installed propritary driver suggested in wiki

cpu : intel i5
gp : nvidia GeForce MX150

Last edited by mrw01f (2020-05-08 17:04:16)

Trilby

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Re: [SOLVED] NV-CONTROL X extention not found

Try starting nvidia-settings from a terminal emulator and post the output here in code tags.

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mrw01f

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Re: [SOLVED] NV-CONTROL X extention not found

Try starting nvidia-settings from a terminal emulator and post the output here in code tags.

└[%]> nvidia-settings 

(nvidia-settings:4004): Gtk-WARNING **: 21:06:43.849: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:4184:13: negative values are not allowed.

(nvidia-settings:4004): Gtk-WARNING **: 21:06:43.859: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:7705:4: Expected semicolon

(nvidia-settings:4004): Gtk-WARNING **: 21:06:43.859: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:7721:4: Expected semicolon

(nvidia-settings:4004): Gtk-WARNING **: 21:06:43.859: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:7727:4: Expected semicolon

(nvidia-settings:4004): Gtk-WARNING **: 21:06:43.859: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:7934:13: negative values are not allowed.

(nvidia-settings:4004): Gtk-WARNING **: 21:06:43.860: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:8118:19: negative values are not allowed.

(nvidia-settings:4004): Gtk-WARNING **: 21:06:43.861: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:8396:21: negative values are not allowed.

(nvidia-settings:4004): Gtk-WARNING **: 21:06:43.861: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:8397:24: negative values are not allowed.

ERROR: Unable to load info from any available system

Last edited by mrw01f (2020-05-08 15:33:17)

SuperBoby

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Re: [SOLVED] NV-CONTROL X extention not found

Can you show us the output of

$ lspci -v | grep -A 10 NVIDIA 

mrw01f

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Re: [SOLVED] NV-CONTROL X extention not found

Can you show us the output of

$ lspci -v | grep -A 10 NVIDIA 

[%]>  lspci -v | grep -A 10 NVIDIA 
01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP108M [GeForce MX150] (rev a1)
	Subsystem: Dell GP108M [GeForce MX150]
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
	Memory at de000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
	Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
	Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
	I/O ports at e000 [size=128]
	Expansion ROM at df000000 [virtual] [disabled] [size=512K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: nvidia
	Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia

V1del

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Re: [SOLVED] NV-CONTROL X extention not found

You have an optimus system and are currently running off of the intel chip, see for your available options: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVIDIA_Optimus

SuperBoby

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Re: [SOLVED] NV-CONTROL X extention not found

Ok I was wondering if the right driver was loaded, which seems to be the case. I see that the MX150 is a laptop graphics card, I don't know much about them but I read that there can be issues related to choosing the right GPU to use. Have you looked into that ? This is the post that gave me this hint and seems to maybe have some leads for you to follow : https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=244351

EDIT : V1del got me

Last edited by SuperBoby (2020-05-08 15:55:03)

mrw01f

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Re: [SOLVED] NV-CONTROL X extention not found

You have an optimus system and are currently running off of the intel chip, see for your available options: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVIDIA_Optimus

well i am not very expert into these technical things so can you please tell me what does intel only and nvidia only option really means, i also play some games on this device using WINE so what if i choose intel only to save power, does it means in games i won't be abel to use GPU in game ?

SuperBoby

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Re: [SOLVED] NV-CONTROL X extention not found

i also play some games on this device using WINE so what if i choose intel only to save power, does it means in games i won't be abel to use GPU in game ?

Yes, exactly. I think most Optimus users want to use the automatic switching option. That means the Intel GPU is used most of the time to save power, only to hand over graphics processing to the Nvidia GPU if an application requires it (such as a game).

mrw01f

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Re: [SOLVED] NV-CONTROL X extention not found

[solution]

i just installed optimus-manager and everytime i want toplay game on nvidia gpu i switch form intel mode to nvidia mode & with this gwe is opening and working perfectly fine and overclocking also working. thanks everyone for help.