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alastair010

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Registered: 2022-11-06

Posts: 7

issue with latest kernel package for nvidia cards.

using the nvidia package and the linux kernel package, the nvidia driver is not loaded. only novacore.  displaymanager never starts. I tried many nvidia versions including dkms versions nothing worked. turns out its the kernel, i booted into an old kernel i had installed and now everything works fine. the faulting kernel is the one on the offical package. linux 6.15.1.arch1-2, everything was working fine the last time i updated. currently now im using an older kernel i can continue using my pc, but if anyone else has this issue, the only solution i found was to simply boot into a different kernel.
4070ti, tried many nvidia drivers, openmodules, closed etc. issue with kernel package

_artem_

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Registered: 2010-09-17

Posts: 39

Re: issue with latest kernel package for nvidia cards.

same here. 4060ti.
downgrading to 6.14.10.arch1-1 fixes the issue

yay -S core/linux

loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

Posts: 18,463

Re: issue with latest kernel package for nvidia cards.

Please post the full system journal for a boot with the issue.

BS86

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Registered: 2022-11-03

Posts: 75

Re: issue with latest kernel package for nvidia cards.

linux 6.15.1.arch1-2

that is only available in testing repo's

downgrading to 6.14.10.arch1-1 fixes the issue

that is the current kernel in stable  - do you also have testing repo's enabled?

Last edited by BS86 (2025-06-08 19:18:01)

_artem_

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Registered: 2010-09-17

Posts: 39

Re: issue with latest kernel package for nvidia cards.

fixed the issue by blocking nova driver. regenerate initram or reinstall 6.15 kernel
yes i just switched to -testing repos. nova core and nova drm are not ready for production.. wondering why it was activated in configs..

https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/ … _6948_6993
+ CONFIG_NOVA_CORE=m

❯ cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nova.conf 
───────┬───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
       │ File: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nova.conf
───────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   1   │ blacklist nova_core
   2   │ blacklist nova_drm
───────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

❯ uname -r
6.15.1-arch1-2

loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

Posts: 18,463

Re: issue with latest kernel package for nvidia cards.

fixed the issue by blocking nova driver. regenerate initram or reinstall 6.15 kernel
yes i just switched to -testing repos. nova core and nova drm are not ready for production.. wondering why it was activated in configs..

Please open a issue on the archlinux gitlab instance against either the linux package requesting the modules removal or the nvidia-utils packages requesting they be added to the default module blacklist as conflicting with nvidia.

WorMzy

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Registered: 2010-06-16

Posts: 12,816

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Re: issue with latest kernel package for nvidia cards.

Mod note: Moving to Testing Kernel and Hardware.

Last edited by WorMzy (2025-06-10 12:40:58)

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dimich

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From: Kharkiv, Ukraine

Registered: 2009-11-03

Posts: 359

Re: issue with latest kernel package for nvidia cards.

It looks like no longer in testing. nvidia-575.57.08-4 from [extra] fails to load under linux-6.15.1-arch1-2 from [core] due to nova_core module autoloaded at boot.

delboni

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Registered: 2025-06-10

Posts: 2

Re: issue with latest kernel package for nvidia cards.

Just updated my base installation (official image) and got this problem, this kernel isn't in test anymore.

_artem_  solution of blocklisting nova driver + manual initram `mkinitcpio -p linux` solved for me.

BS86

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Registered: 2022-11-03

Posts: 75

Re: issue with latest kernel package for nvidia cards.

that should be fixed with the nvidia-utils update that was released 15 minutes ago

delboni

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Registered: 2025-06-10

Posts: 2

Re: issue with latest kernel package for nvidia cards.

that should be fixed with the nvidia-utils update that was released 15 minutes ago

Just deleted the blocklist, installed the current nvidia-utils and the hook regenerated the initram and I can confirm is working fine now.
Thanks!