My nvidia driver is not loading

Chickn · 2022-01-30 04:09:27

I have an MSI GF65 10UE with an RTX 3060 gpu. Im running Arch of course

My driver is not loading right so i cant use my hdmi port or run games on my gpu.
My driver version is 495.46
My kernel version is 5.16.3-arch1-1

dkms status output:
nvidia/495.46, 5.16.3-arch1-1, x86_64: installed
vboxhost/6.1.32_OSE, 5.16.3-arch1-1, x86_64: installed

nvidia-settings output:
ERROR: NVIDIA driver is not loaded

ERROR: Unable to load info from any available system

seth · 2022-01-30 09:38:48

My driver is not loading right

What's that supposed to mean?
Is this an optimus system and can you run "prime-run nvidia-settings" and are you looking for https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PRIME#Reverse_PRIME to access the HDMI output?

Chickn · 2022-01-30 21:58:09

seth wrote:

My driver is not loading right
What's that supposed to mean?
Is this an optimus system and can you run "prime-run nvidia-settings" and are you looking for https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PRIME#Reverse_PRIME to access the HDMI output?

The Driver isn't loaded at all meaning I can't use the gpu period. I've been having problems where the driver will load sometimes but not at other times and now it wont load at all.

Last edited by Chickn (2022-01-30 22:03:08)

seth · 2022-01-30 22:08:58

I can read the error message as well, but that doesn't explain "right". The problem can be w/ the kernel module, the DDX driver or the GPU not being read (early KMS situation)
Since you have no actual idea why it fails, I suggest we start w/ your xorg log, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xorg#General

Chickn · 2022-01-30 22:25:30

https://pastebin.com/Bva1ytqB

seth · 2022-01-30 22:45:30

It's an optimus system and you're running on the intel chip.
The nvidia chip isn't considered at all - it's possibly deactivated (eg. w/ bbswitch)
You'll have to make it available and then use prime offloading or chose a different approach from https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA_Optimus

Chickn · 2022-01-30 23:18:08

I dont Believe the gpu Is deactivated as I haven't done anything to do so. I just ran kmod list | grep nvidia and it returned nothing.

loqs · 2022-01-30 23:45:51

What is the output of `lspci -k` for the GPU? Another check would be `modinfo nvidia`.

Chickn · 2022-01-30 23:54:49

modinfo nvidia:
filename: /lib/modules/5.16.3-arch1-1/updates/dkms/nvidia.ko.zst
firmware: nvidia/495.46/gsp.bin
alias: char-major-195-*
version: 495.46
supported: external
license: NVIDIA
srcversion: 0FE1E5862ECC0FE78FEB54F
alias: pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc03sc02i00*
alias: pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc03sc00i00*
depends:
retpoline: Y
name: nvidia
vermagic: 5.16.3-arch1-1 SMP preempt mod_unload
parm: NvSwitchRegDwords:NvSwitch regkey (charp)
parm: NvSwitchBlacklist:NvSwitchBlacklist=uuid[,uuid...] (charp)
parm: NVreg_ResmanDebugLevel:int
parm: NVreg_RmLogonRC:int
parm: NVreg_ModifyDeviceFiles:int
parm: NVreg_DeviceFileUID:int
parm: NVreg_DeviceFileGID:int
parm: NVreg_DeviceFileMode:int
parm: NVreg_InitializeSystemMemoryAllocations:int
parm: NVreg_UsePageAttributeTable:int
parm: NVreg_RegisterForACPIEvents:int
parm: NVreg_EnablePCIeGen3:int
parm: NVreg_EnableMSI:int
parm: NVreg_TCEBypassMode:int
parm: NVreg_EnableStreamMemOPs:int
parm: NVreg_RestrictProfilingToAdminUsers:int
parm: NVreg_PreserveVideoMemoryAllocations:int
parm: NVreg_EnableS0ixPowerManagement:int
parm: NVreg_S0ixPowerManagementVideoMemoryThreshold:int
parm: NVreg_DynamicPowerManagement:int
parm: NVreg_DynamicPowerManagementVideoMemoryThreshold:int
parm: NVreg_EnableGpuFirmware:int
parm: NVreg_EnableUserNUMAManagement:int
parm: NVreg_MemoryPoolSize:int
parm: NVreg_KMallocHeapMaxSize:int
parm: NVreg_VMallocHeapMaxSize:int
parm: NVreg_IgnoreMMIOCheck:int
parm: NVreg_NvLinkDisable:int
parm: NVreg_EnablePCIERelaxedOrderingMode:int
parm: NVreg_RegisterPCIDriver:int
parm: NVreg_RegistryDwords:charp
parm: NVreg_RegistryDwordsPerDevice:charp
parm: NVreg_RmMsg:charp
parm: NVreg_GpuBlacklist:charp
parm: NVreg_TemporaryFilePath:charp
parm: NVreg_ExcludedGpus:charp
parm: rm_firmware_active:charp

lspci -k:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 10th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 02)
DeviceName: Onboard - Other
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device 12f2
Kernel driver in use: skl_uncore
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6th-10th Gen Core Processor PCIe Controller (x16) (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation CometLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics] (rev 05)
DeviceName: Onboard - Video
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device 12f2
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915
00:12.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH Thermal Controller
DeviceName: Onboard - Other
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device 12f2
Kernel driver in use: intel_pch_thermal
Kernel modules: intel_pch_thermal
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Comet Lake USB 3.1 xHCI Host Controller
DeviceName: Onboard - Other
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device 12f2
Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
Kernel modules: xhci_pci
00:14.2 RAM memory: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH Shared SRAM
DeviceName: Onboard - Other
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 7270
00:14.3 Network controller: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH CNVi WiFi
DeviceName: Onboard - Ethernet
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX201 160MHz
Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
Kernel modules: iwlwifi
00:15.0 Serial bus controller: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH Serial IO I2C Controller #0
DeviceName: Onboard - Other
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device 12f2
Kernel driver in use: intel-lpss
Kernel modules: intel_lpss_pci
00:15.2 Serial bus controller: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH Serial IO I2C Controller #2
DeviceName: Onboard - Other
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device 12f2
Kernel driver in use: intel-lpss
Kernel modules: intel_lpss_pci
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Comet Lake HECI Controller
DeviceName: Onboard - Other
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device 12f2
Kernel driver in use: mei_me
Kernel modules: mei_me
00:1b.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCI Express Root Port #17 (rev f0)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1b.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCI Express Root Port #21 (rev f0)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCI Express Root Port #9 (rev f0)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1d.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 06b4 (rev f0)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Comet Lake LPC Controller
DeviceName: Onboard - Other
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device 12f2
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH cAVS
DeviceName: Onboard - Sound
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device 12f2
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_skl, snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH SMBus Controller
DeviceName: Onboard - Other
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device 12f2
Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c_i801
00:1f.5 Serial bus controller: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH SPI Controller
DeviceName: Onboard - Other
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device 12f2
Kernel driver in use: intel-spi
Kernel modules: intel_spi_pci
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GA106M [GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile / Max-Q] (rev a1)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device 12f2
Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation Device 228e (rev a1)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device 12f2
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
03:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Phison Electronics Corporation E12 NVMe Controller (rev 01)
Subsystem: Phison Electronics Corporation E12 NVMe Controller
Kernel driver in use: nvme
04:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Micron Technology Inc Device 5404 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Micron Technology Inc Device 1100
Kernel driver in use: nvme
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device 12f2
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169

Chickn · 2022-01-31 00:49:59

Issue has been solved on Nvidia Developer Forums
https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/m … ing/202008

V1del · 2022-01-31 01:32:54

Please wrap the output on your previous to last post in code tags and edit the first post in the title to mark it as [SOLVED].

As for the resolution... I don't think I've ever seen a board vendor with this many random specific issues like MSI, starting with not properly implementing UEFI, announcing a weird jack setup for their onboard audio cards, and apparently now not loading PCI drivers normally.

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