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MioKira

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Registered: 2024-01-08

Posts: 7

GPU Stops working randomly

hello ,

I sometimes when I boot my laptop it shows login successfully but then after I login it shows my wallpaper for a split second then it does dark
My laptop is an ASUSFX504GD

and after running

 sudo journalctl -b  

I fount this issue which may be the root cause

Jan 14 11:07:18 ArchAsus supergfxd[523]: DEBUG: Did CommandArgs { inner: ["start", "nvidia-powerd.service"] }
Jan 14 11:07:18 ArchAsus supergfxd[523]: DEBUG: set_runtime_pm: pm = Auto, [Device { dev_path: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0", hotplug_path: None, vendor: Nvidia, is_dgpu: true, name: "0000:01:00.0", pci_id: "10DE:1C8D" }]
Jan 14 11:07:18 ArchAsus supergfxd[523]: INFO: set_runtime_pm: Set PM on "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0" to Auto
Jan 14 11:07:18 ArchAsus supergfxd[523]: INFO: reload: Reloaded gfx mode: Hybrid
Jan 14 11:07:18 ArchAsus /usr/bin/nvidia-powerd[607]: nvidia-powerd version:1.0(build 1)
Jan 14 11:07:18 ArchAsus systemd[1]: Starting Hostname Service...
Jan 14 11:07:18 ArchAsus /usr/bin/nvidia-powerd[607]: SBIOS support not found for NVPCF GET_SUPPORTED function
Jan 14 11:07:18 ArchAsus /usr/bin/nvidia-powerd[607]: No matching GPU found
Jan 14 11:07:18 ArchAsus /usr/bin/nvidia-powerd[607]: Failed to initialize RM Client
Jan 14 11:07:18 ArchAsus systemd[1]: nvidia-powerd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jan 14 11:07:18 ArchAsus systemd[1]: nvidia-powerd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

the output of

inxi -Gxx  

 Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1
    bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:3e9b
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile] vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: nvidia v: 545.29.06 arch: Pascal pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c8d
  Device-3: IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-7:3 chip-ID: 13d3:5666
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.10 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.3
    compositor: Hyprland driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
    alternate: fbdev,intel,nouveau,nv,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: 1
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: Najing CEC Panda 0x0029 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 142
    diag: 395mm (15.5")
  API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: iris
    device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: iris surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland:
    drv: iris x11: drv: iris inactive: device-2
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 545.29.06
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050/PCIe/SSE2
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.274 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 0
    type: discrete-gpu driver: nvidia device-ID: 10de:1c8d 

Last edited by MioKira (2024-01-14 08:25:34)

MioKira

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Registered: 2024-01-08

Posts: 7

Re: GPU Stops working randomly

[Update]
after reading a bit it seems that if you don't have an RTX 30 card you should disable this service

so I ran

sudo systemctl stop nvidia-powerd
sudo systemctl disable nvidia-powerd

and it gets enabled again for some reason so I masked it

 sudo systemctl mask nvidia-powerd

I rebooted 2 times and it seems like it worked the problem for the time being

RandomRanger

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Registered: 2023-06-26

Posts: 40

Re: GPU Stops working randomly

If additional testing shows that this has resolved your issue, please remember to mark your threaded as [SOLVED]

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