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I've been having issues with low FPS when playing games the past few months. I noticed the following error in my logs recently and found out that it first appeared on May 09. I
❯ journalctl --since="3 month ago" -p err
...
May 09 12:10:39 teonnik-trx40 kernel: [drm:__nv_drm_gem_nvkms_prime_dup [nvidia_drm]] *ERROR* [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00002100] Failed to import NVKMS memory to GEM object
May 09 12:10:40 teonnik-trx40 kernel: [drm:__nv_drm_gem_nvkms_prime_dup [nvidia_drm]] *ERROR* [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00002100] Failed to import NVKMS memory to GEM object
May 09 12:10:41 teonnik-trx40 kernel: [drm:__nv_drm_gem_nvkms_prime_dup [nvidia_drm]] *ERROR* [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00002100] Failed to import NVKMS memory to GEM object
...I looked at the pacman log for `nvidia` package updates in the weeks before the error appeared in the journal but I don't see anything too unusual:
❯ grep -i "nvidia" /var/log/pacman.log
...
[2025-04-22T05:51:48+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] WARNING: updating nvidia-utils version (570.133.07 -> 570.144) in /etc/cdi/nvidi.yaml using plain string substitution.
[2025-04-22T05:51:48+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] nvidia-ctk cdi generate --output="/etc/cdi/nvidia.yaml"
[2025-04-28T09:28:22+0100] [ALPM] upgraded libnvidia-container (1.17.5-1 -> 1.17.6-1)
[2025-04-28T09:28:25+0100] [ALPM] upgraded nvidia (570.144-1 -> 570.144-2)
[2025-04-28T09:28:25+0100] [ALPM] upgraded nvidia-container-toolkit (1.17.5-1 -> 1.17.6-1)
[2025-04-28T09:28:52+0100] [ALPM] running 'nvidia-ctk-cdi.hook'...
[2025-05-01T08:44:23+0100] [ALPM] upgraded nvidia-utils (570.144-1 -> 570.144-3)
[2025-05-01T08:44:32+0100] [ALPM] upgraded nvidia (570.144-2 -> 570.144-3)
[2025-05-01T08:44:32+0100] [ALPM] upgraded opencl-nvidia (570.144-1 -> 570.144-3)
[2025-05-01T08:45:02+0100] [ALPM] running 'nvidia-ctk-cdi.hook'...
[2025-05-08T20:41:00+0100] [ALPM] upgraded nvidia (570.144-3 -> 570.144-4)
...`dmesg` logs:
❯ sudo dmesg | grep -i "nvidia\|drm"
[ 2.118985] ACPI: bus type drm_connector registered
[ 2.348740] simple-framebuffer simple-framebuffer.0: [drm] Registered 1 planes with drm panic
[ 2.348743] [drm] Initialized simpledrm 1.0.0 for simple-framebuffer.0 on minor 0
[ 2.353412] simple-framebuffer simple-framebuffer.0: [drm] fb0: simpledrmdrmfb frame buffer device
[ 6.139256] systemd[1]: Starting Load Kernel Module drm...
[ 6.163573] systemd[1]: modprobe@drm.service: Deactivated successfully.
[ 6.163796] systemd[1]: Finished Load Kernel Module drm.
[ 6.349418] nvidia: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
[ 6.349430] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
[ 6.349436] nvidia: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
[ 6.349437] nvidia: module license taints kernel.
[ 7.015753] nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being initialized, major device number 237
[ 7.021316] nvidia 0000:21:00.0: vgaarb: VGA decodes changed: olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=none
[ 7.072127] nvidia 0000:4b:00.0: vgaarb: VGA decodes changed: olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=none
[ 7.125501] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 575.64.03 Wed Jun 25 18:40:52 UTC 2025
[ 7.147916] nvidia_uvm: module uses symbols nvUvmInterfaceDisableAccessCntr from proprietary module nvidia, inheriting taint.
[ 7.157854] nvidia-modeset: Loading NVIDIA Kernel Mode Setting Driver for UNIX platforms 575.64.03 Wed Jun 25 18:07:15 UTC 2025
[ 7.333195] [drm] [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00002100] Loading driver
[ 7.400876] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:40/0000:40:03.1/0000:4b:00.1/sound/card3/input16
[ 7.401026] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:20/0000:20:03.1/0000:21:00.1/sound/card1/input12
[ 7.401078] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as /devices/pci0000:40/0000:40:03.1/0000:4b:00.1/sound/card3/input17
[ 7.401173] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as /devices/pci0000:20/0000:20:03.1/0000:21:00.1/sound/card1/input13
[ 7.401319] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=8 as /devices/pci0000:40/0000:40:03.1/0000:4b:00.1/sound/card3/input18
[ 7.401443] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=8 as /devices/pci0000:20/0000:20:03.1/0000:21:00.1/sound/card1/input14
[ 7.401515] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=9 as /devices/pci0000:40/0000:40:03.1/0000:4b:00.1/sound/card3/input19
[ 7.401738] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=9 as /devices/pci0000:20/0000:20:03.1/0000:21:00.1/sound/card1/input15
[ 9.516689] [drm] Initialized nvidia-drm 0.0.0 for 0000:21:00.0 on minor 1
[ 9.551574] nvidia 0000:21:00.0: vgaarb: deactivate vga console
[ 9.619220] fbcon: nvidia-drmdrmfb (fb0) is primary device
[ 9.927953] nvidia 0000:21:00.0: [drm] fb0: nvidia-drmdrmfb frame buffer device
[ 9.933163] [drm] [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00004b00] Loading driver
[ 11.707430] [drm] Initialized nvidia-drm 0.0.0 for 0000:4b:00.0 on minor 0
[ 11.708723] nvidia 0000:4b:00.0: [drm] Cannot find any crtc or sizes
[ 20.418691] [drm:__nv_drm_gem_nvkms_prime_dup [nvidia_drm]] *ERROR* [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00002100] Failed to import NVKMS memory to GEM object
[ 20.825416] [drm:__nv_drm_gem_nvkms_prime_dup [nvidia_drm]] *ERROR* [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00002100] Failed to import NVKMS memory to GEM object
[ 21.178267] [drm:__nv_drm_gem_nvkms_prime_dup [nvidia_drm]] *ERROR* [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00002100] Failed to import NVKMS memory to GEM object
[ 34.908701] [drm:__nv_drm_gem_nvkms_prime_dup [nvidia_drm]] *ERROR* [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00002100] Failed to import NVKMS memory to GEM object
[ 35.341431] [drm:__nv_drm_gem_nvkms_prime_dup [nvidia_drm]] *ERROR* [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00002100] Failed to import NVKMS memory to GEM object
[ 35.725988] [drm:__nv_drm_gem_nvkms_prime_dup [nvidia_drm]] *ERROR* [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00002100] Failed to import NVKMS memory to GEM objectSystem information:
OS: Arch Linux x86_64
Host: TRX40 DESIGNARE -CF
Kernel: 6.15.6-arch1-1
Uptime: 17 hours, 37 mins
Packages: 1240 (pacman)
Shell: zsh 5.9
Resolution: 2560x1440
DE: Hyprland
WM: sway
Theme: Adwaita [GTK3]
Icons: Adwaita [GTK3]
Terminal: foot
CPU: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X (64) @ 3.700GHz
GPU: NVIDIA RTX A6000
GPU: NVIDIA RTX A6000
Memory: 7585MiB / 128668MiB GPUs:
❯ nvidia-smi
Sat Jul 19 08:56:32 2025
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 575.64.03 Driver Version: 575.64.03 CUDA Version: 12.9 |
|-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU Name Persistence-M | Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap | Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. |
| | | MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
| 0 NVIDIA RTX A6000 Off | 00000000:21:00.0 On | Off |
| 30% 50C P5 67W / 300W | 1779MiB / 49140MiB | 0% Default |
| | | N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| 1 NVIDIA RTX A6000 Off | 00000000:4B:00.0 Off | Off |
| 30% 37C P8 6W / 300W | 15MiB / 49140MiB | 0% Default |
| | | N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes: |
| GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory |
| ID ID Usage |
|=========================================================================================|
| 0 N/A N/A 1963 G Hyprland 387MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 2294 G Xwayland 4MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 4803 G /usr/lib/firefox/firefox 271MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 24964 G ...ess --variations-seed-version 932MiB |
| 1 N/A N/A 1963 G Hyprland 4MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+Last edited by teonnik (2025-07-19 07:57:18)
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