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seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: Nvidia version > 465.24 and Linux kernel version > 5.12 failure

Do you get any errors in dmesg/the system journal when enforcing the monitor and edid?

I keep Intel disabled usually because the onboard chip is literally a sloth and there was no point of using both GPUs AFAIK

The idea is https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA_Optimus and you https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PRIME# … er_offload more demanding clients.

I enabled it just to experiment now, but I'm finding that it doesnt work, nor does it solve the problem in any way.

"Doesn't work" isn't an error description, but if it's not down to the "mis"configured X11 server (what is most likely, though), then problem would indeed not be in the nvidia modules but the general drm stack.

The next step is probably to diff the kernel sources between 5.12.9 and 5.13.x

That's gonna be tens of thousands of LOC. If at all, you want to bisect the kernel, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Kernel … egressions

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rep_movsd

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Registered: 2013-08-24

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Re: Nvidia version > 465.24 and Linux kernel version > 5.12 failure

Sorry to wake up this half alseep thread:

I had pretty much given up on getting the kernel to update, but I just purchased a new system - a 7760M, so I tried my luck with that.
It came with an Ubuntu Focal installed
Unlike the older 7710 it has a NVIDIA RTX A3000

I immediately copied my old installation onto the drive and it booted fine
Made a second copy on a separate disk and tried updated the kernel and nvidia - it hung on booting
This time however it wasnt a GPU display freeze, but some kernel snafu.

I tried many combos of kernels and nvidia versions, finally I installed the linux-lts and nvidia-lts and it finally came to life.

The older system will soon be formatted and converted to Windows, but before that I will attempt to try the latest linux LTS and nvidia-lts with it to make sure if this question is resolved

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: Nvidia version > 465.24 and Linux kernel version > 5.12 failure

I installed the linux-lts and nvidia-lts and it finally came to life.

You might simply hit the IBT situation here, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA#Installation

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rep_movsd

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Registered: 2013-08-24

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Re: Nvidia version > 465.24 and Linux kernel version > 5.12 failure

I installed the linux-lts and nvidia-lts and it finally came to life.

You might simply hit the IBT situation here, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA#Installation

Wow - you're right - I looked at an older journalctl entry and it has this

Jun 11 04:31:53 archaic kernel: traps: Missing ENDBR: _nv011433rm+0x0/0x10 [nvidia]
Jun 11 04:31:53 archaic kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------
Jun 11 04:31:53 archaic kernel: kernel BUG at arch/x86/kernel/traps.c:252!

I am just glad nvidia opensourced the driver finally, hopefully we will be free of all these shenanigans