Nvidia 495 driver doesnt work [solved]

lith/heli · 2021-10-31 17:01:08

Hello, after updating to the just released nvidia 495 driver my computer wont recognize my gtx 1050ti anymore and instead falls back to my intergrated graphics.
yes my hdmi is connected to my graphics card.

Last edited by lith/heli (2021-10-31 17:47:22)

Ammako · 2021-10-31 17:03:38

Did you rebuild initramfs after, for early KMS and stuff?

lith/heli · 2021-10-31 17:08:48

i get this error

mkinitcpio -P
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'default'
-> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
==> ERROR: Unable to write to /boot/initramfs-linux.img
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'fallback'
-> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect
==> ERROR: Unable to write to /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img

Oxyd · 2021-10-31 17:21:00

If you installed the nvidia package, the issue is that the package is built for kernel 5.14.15 but the current kernel in core is 5.14.14 so the installed module won't load. I solved it by installing the nvidia-dkms package.

smsteward92 · 2021-10-31 17:21:28

I’ve got a similar issue. After upgrade, mkinitcpio had issue with the “nvidia” module I had in the MODULES section of the conf file. I removed it, rebuilt using “mkinitcpio -p linux” and rebooted. Now, I can’t boot into a graphical environment at all. I have verbose boot enabled, and it gets hung at “reached target graphical interface” and just sits there. I can get into multi-user mode by appending “systemd.unit=multi-user.target” to my GRUB kernel options, but the graphical environment is not working at all. I’ve got a Nvidia 2070 Super.

EDIT:

The 5.14.15 kernel is available in “core” repo. This fixed the issue immediately for me after upgrade and rerunning mkinitcpio.

Last edited by smsteward92 (2021-10-31 17:28:23)

pitchtheripoff22 · 2021-10-31 17:35:35

smsteward92 wrote:

EDIT:
The 5.14.15 kernel is available in “core” repo. This fixed the issue immediately for me after upgrade and rerunning mkinitcpio.

What do you mean? I can't upgrade to it through pacman -Syu, and nvidia-dkms doesn't work.

Last edited by pitchtheripoff22 (2021-10-31 17:35:54)

lith/heli · 2021-10-31 17:42:25

now that i updated to the new kernel the nvidia drivers work but i still get the error when rebuilding initramfs, which i find very concerning

pitchtheripoff22 · 2021-10-31 17:45:34

how do i update to the new kernel?? i try pacman -syu but nothing's coming, and installing the linux package only reinstalls 5.14.14

lith/heli · 2021-10-31 17:46:39

wait till the update is pushed to the server youre using for packages.

pitchtheripoff22 · 2021-10-31 17:48:02

oh right i must've forgotten about that

i'm glad there's a solution though

smsteward92 · 2021-10-31 17:48:19

pitchtheripoff22 wrote:

how do i update to the new kernel?? i try pacman -syu but nothing's coming, and installing the linux package only reinstalls 5.14.14

Try using "sudo pacman -Syyu" to force a repository sync and see if that helps. You may be using slightly outdated metadata, if only by a few minutes.

Ammako · 2021-10-31 18:08:09

https://archlinux.org/mirrors/status/

Pick a successfully syncing mirror with low delay, place it at the front of your mirrorlist.

Alternatively, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Reflector

pitchtheripoff22 · 2021-10-31 18:25:21

Ammako wrote:

https://archlinux.org/mirrors/status/
Pick a successfully syncing mirror with low delay, place it at the front of your mirrorlist.
Alternatively, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Reflector

That worked, thank you!

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