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morybuzz

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Registered: 2024-11-02

Posts: 5

[SOLVED] CS2 wont launch after installing the latest NVIDIA driver

Hello. I'm an absolute beginner at Arch. Today I just installed Arch and wanted to see how much fps i will get in Counter Strike 2. I launched the game, and it was lagging so much. Then I thought maybe I had to install the drivers like in windows (I already had 1080p and 144hz settings I think I already had the drivers).

After downloading the latest drivers using

 sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-550.127.05.run 

(I had the file installed), CS2 didn't launch. When I click play, it first says launching, then turns to play again (doesn't launch)

Also, I guess don't actually use my RTX 3050 (I don't have an integrated gpu though) because on System Information it says

 Video Card:

Driver: Mesa llvmpipe (LLVM 18.1.8, 256 bits)

Driver Version: 4.5 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 24.2.5 (git-3b9fcb7e4d)

So I think steam sees my gpu as Mesa llvmpipe? How do I fix this? I also don't remember having issues with the driver installer and on Nvidia x server my gpu is RTX3050 (which is true ).

I don't know what more information I can write about. So ask me and I will answer.

Sorry if I made grammar mistakes and for bad question layout. This is my first time asking a question.

Last edited by morybuzz (2024-11-03 14:09:00)

freanux

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From: Switzerland

Registered: 2015-03-29

Posts: 20

Re: [SOLVED] CS2 wont launch after installing the latest NVIDIA driver

After downloading the latest drivers using

 sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-550.127.05.run 

(I had the file installed), CS2 didn't launch. When I click play, it first says launching, then turns to play again (doesn't launch)

First of all, welcome to Arch Linux. As a general rule, NEVER install drivers this way. The NVIDIA drivers are available in the main repository and can be installed via pacman:

# pacman -S nvidia

Last edited by freanux (2024-11-02 19:57:17)

morybuzz

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Registered: 2024-11-02

Posts: 5

Re: [SOLVED] CS2 wont launch after installing the latest NVIDIA driver

As a general rule, NEVER install drivers this way. The NVIDIA drivers are available in the main repository and can be installed via pacman:

# pacman -S nvidia

Thank you for answering. I downloaded the drivers using pacman (in root) and I still have the same issue.

Thanks again for the info. I will use pacman if i do another driver update.

freanux

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From: Switzerland

Registered: 2015-03-29

Posts: 20

Re: [SOLVED] CS2 wont launch after installing the latest NVIDIA driver

To find out if NVIDIA drivers are loaded, you can run the following command as a normal user:

$ lsmod | grep nvidia
nvidia_drm            143360  13
drm_ttm_helper         16384  3 nvidia_drm,xe
nvidia_uvm           3981312  0
nvidia_modeset       1982464  22 nvidia_drm
video                  81920  3 xe,i915,nvidia_modeset
nvidia              11419648  301 nvidia_uvm,nvidia_modeset

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 12,119

Re: [SOLVED] CS2 wont launch after installing the latest NVIDIA driver

Go to the NVIDIA wiki page and read the installation section carefully. It's not as simple as just installing that one package.

morybuzz

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Registered: 2024-11-02

Posts: 5

Re: [SOLVED] CS2 wont launch after installing the latest NVIDIA driver

Sorry for the late reply.

Go to the NVIDIA wiki page and read the installation section carefully. It's not as simple as just installing that one package.

I did everything in the installation guide, and i can't start startx right now. (I downloaded nvidia-open)

Also

 lsmod | grep nvidia
nvidia_drm 143360 0
nvidia_modeset 1982464 1 nvidia_drm
drm_ttm_helper 16384 2 nvidia_drm
video 81920 1 nvidia_modeset
nvidia_uvm 3981312 0
nvidia 11419648 2 nvidia_uvm,nvidia_modeset

morybuzz

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Registered: 2024-11-02

Posts: 5

Re: [SOLVED] CS2 wont launch after installing the latest NVIDIA driver

I ended up reinstalling Arch. I think i finally did it the right way.

$  lsmod | grep nvidia
nvidia_drm            143360  23
nvidia_modeset       1982464  74 nvidia_drm
drm_ttm_helper         16384  2 nvidia_drm
nvidia_uvm           3977216  0
nvidia              11419648  778 nvidia_uvm,nvidia_modeset
video                  81920  1 nvidia_modeset

And now steam sees my GPU as RTX3050.

Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050/PCIe/SSE2
Driver Version: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 565.57.01
OpenGL Version: 4.6

Thank you guys for helping me. I will be more careful next time before doing something big.