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FracturedMentality

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[SOLVED] Nvidia driver suddenly not working

Hi, not sure what details exactly to give, but I'm in panic mode, my graphics have worked fine for months, not sure why it's suddenly not working.

Only 1 of 4 screens turns on and it runs at a low resolution. I did do updates yesterday, but I've restarted since then and it worked. I've tried reinstalling my driver, but I don't really know enough to confidently do anything more. I'm trying to avoid a reinstall of the whole os because I don't have time to fight with all the installs and such right now. (I will if I can't find an answer, but I'm avoiding it)

pacman -Q | grep nvidia
lib32-nvidia-utils 575.57.08-1
nvidia-dkms 575.57.08-1
nvidia-utils 575.57.08-1
opencl-nvidia 575.57.08-1

These two give me nothing

sudo dmesg | grep nvidia
lsmod | grep nvidia

Edit: I'm on KDE Plasma (Wayland) with a 3060ti

Update: Just tried putting it into initramfs (Trying to troubleshoot with the wiki), no avail. No change. I'm about ready to say screw it and reinstall everything because as much as I don't have time for it, I have less time to keep trying things that don't work.

Last edited by FracturedMentality (2025-06-08 21:15:47)

FracturedMentality

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Re: [SOLVED] Nvidia driver suddenly not working

Alright, I can't figure it out and it's too hard to get anything done in 640x480, so I'm just gonna go ahead and reinstall (I've been wanting to trying another Desktop Environment anyway). I'll leave this as unsolved until I get it back running just incase it's something wiping can't fix.

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Nvidia driver suddenly not working

These two give me nothing

dkms status
lspci -k

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FracturedMentality

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Re: [SOLVED] Nvidia driver suddenly not working

Okay, so I'm back because I did a clean install and it's still not fixed. Maybe a bug caused by a recent update? The only thing wiping the system did was change the resolution to 1080p, it's still listed as "Unknown-1-unknown"

loqs

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Re: [SOLVED] Nvidia driver suddenly not working

In addition to the outputs seth requested please post the full system journal from a boot with the issue.

FracturedMentality

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Re: [SOLVED] Nvidia driver suddenly not working

In addition to the outputs seth requested please post the full system journal from a boot with the issue.

Sorry, I've been tired and stressed and missed what he asked for.

dkms status
nvidia/575.57.08, 6.15.1-arch1-2, x86_64: installed

lspci -k
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Root Complex
        Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Root Complex
00:01.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
00:01.2 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse GPP Bridge
        Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 1453
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:02.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
00:03.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
00:03.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse GPP Bridge
        Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 1453
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:04.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
00:05.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
00:07.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
00:07.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to bus[E:B]
        Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to bus[E:B]
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:08.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
00:08.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to bus[E:B]
        Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to bus[E:B]
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller (rev 61)
        Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device ffff
        Kernel driver in use: piix4_smbus
        Kernel modules: i2c_piix4, sp5100_tco
00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge (rev 51)
        Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device ffff
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse/Vermeer Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 0
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse/Vermeer Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 1
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse/Vermeer Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 2
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse/Vermeer Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 3
        Kernel driver in use: k10temp
        Kernel modules: k10temp
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse/Vermeer Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 4
00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse/Vermeer Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 5
00:18.6 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse/Vermeer Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 6
00:18.7 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse/Vermeer Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 7
01:00.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] 500 Series Chipset USB 3.1 XHCI Controller
        Subsystem: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042A USB 3.0 Host Controller
        Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
01:00.1 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] 500 Series Chipset SATA Controller
        Subsystem: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1062 Serial ATA Controller
        Kernel driver in use: ahci
01:00.2 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] 500 Series Chipset Switch Upstream Port
        Subsystem: ASMedia Technology Inc. Device 0201
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
02:08.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 43ea
        Subsystem: ASMedia Technology Inc. Device 3308
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
02:09.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 43ea
        Subsystem: ASMedia Technology Inc. Device 3308
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
        Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Motherboard (one of many)
        Kernel driver in use: r8169
        Kernel modules: r8169
04:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168NGW [Stone Peak] (rev 10)
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 2110
        Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
        Kernel modules: iwlwifi
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GA104 [GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Lite Hash Rate] (rev a1)
        Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 405a
        Kernel driver in use: NovaCore
        Kernel modules: nouveau, nova_core, nvidia_drm, nvidia
05:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GA104 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
        Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 405a
        Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
        Kernel modules: nova_core, snd_hda_intel
06:00.0 Non-Essential Instrumentation [1300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Function
        Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Function
07:00.0 Non-Essential Instrumentation [1300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Reserved SPP
        Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Reserved SPP
07:00.1 Encryption controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Cryptographic Coprocessor PSPCPP
        Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Cryptographic Coprocessor PSPCPP
        Kernel driver in use: ccp
        Kernel modules: ccp
07:00.3 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse USB 3.0 Host Controller
        Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device ffff
        Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
07:00.4 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller
        Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 1204
        Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
        Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel

For the journal, what's the best way to acquire and post it? I know of the journalctl command, but I don't know how to use it well yet.

FracturedMentality

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Re: [SOLVED] Nvidia driver suddenly not working

Oh, also, since the wipe, the other commands I said I used do show different info:

pacman -Q | grep nvidia
libva-nvidia-driver 0.0.13-1
nvidia-dkms 575.57.08-1
nvidia-utils 575.57.08-1

sudo dmesg | grep nvidia
[    4.887127] nvidia: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
[    4.887139] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
[    4.887145] nvidia: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
[    4.887146] nvidia: module license taints kernel.
[    5.641060] nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being initialized, major device number 237
[    5.651457] nvidia-nvlink: Unregistered Nvlink Core, major device number 237
[    6.907937] nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being initialized, major device number 237
[    6.917419] nvidia-nvlink: Unregistered Nvlink Core, major device number 237
[ 1358.226817] nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being initialized, major device number 237
[ 1358.235230] nvidia-nvlink: Unregistered Nvlink Core, major device number 237
[ 1359.428520] nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being initialized, major device number 237
[ 1359.436203] nvidia-nvlink: Unregistered Nvlink Core, major device number 237
[ 1360.627471] nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being initialized, major device number 237
[ 1360.635164] nvidia-nvlink: Unregistered Nvlink Core, major device number 237

not sure if they help, but I want to make sure everything is up to date.

loqs

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Re: [SOLVED] Nvidia driver suddenly not working

NovaCore conflicting with nvidia.  Please see https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 2#p2245332.

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Nvidia driver suddenly not working

Kernel driver in use: NovaCore

https://www.phoronix.com/news/NOVA-Driv … Linux-6.15
Probaly not blacklisted by nvidia-utils, so provide that locally.

Edi: not. fair.

Last edited by seth (2025-06-08 20:49:17)

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FracturedMentality

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Re: [SOLVED] Nvidia driver suddenly not working

I was starting to think that, but had troubles finding anything. I don't even know how it installed because I just did a fresh install.

Does that link include everything I need to remove or fix it? And do you know if that will affect anything else?

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Nvidia driver suddenly not working

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Kernel … and_line_2 explains how to blacklist modules, blacklisting "nova-core" will prevent it from loading and nvidia will take over.
Since the nova-core module is nvidia-specific, I don't see what else would be affected by this.

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Re: [SOLVED] Nvidia driver suddenly not working

Alright, thank you, I'll read through and get back to you with an update whether good or bad.

FracturedMentality

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Re: [SOLVED] Nvidia driver suddenly not working

It worked, there is an immense weight lifted from my mind. Now for the fun of reinstalling stuff because I jumped the gun on wiping the system. That's on me though. Thank you again for your time, now hopefully I can get what I need done quickly.