Nvidia-580 drivers with the linux-lts 6.18.16-1 kernel?

cyberpunkrocker · 2026-03-07 13:25:26

Today's updates included the new linux-lts 6.18.16-1 kernel. Unfortunately after upgrading the kernel and rebooting the X server refused to start. I found in the Xorg.0.log the following error message:

(EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Failed to acquire modesetting permission

I was able to download and reinstall the previous linux-lts 6.12.75-1 kernel, which fixed the problem. making the system usable again.
All nvidia-related drivers and programs are of version 580.126.18-2

Has anyone managed to make the combination of nvidia-580 series drivers and linux-lts 6.18.16-1 working?

Last edited by cyberpunkrocker (2026-03-07 13:26:56)

seth · 2026-03-07 16:42:48

https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/ … 7d1b35cef8
Did you update the AUR package?
Does the dkms module not build?
Do you need to update the initramfs?

cyberpunkrocker · 2026-03-07 17:11:20

Did you update the AUR package?

- Yes, I did. 580.126.18 release 2, as I said earlier (git pull -> Already up to date)

Does the dkms module not build?

- It built beautifully without any errors

Do you need to update the initramfs?

- Pacman does it automatically when you are installing a kernel or a dkms module, right?

seth · 2026-03-07 17:17:34

Pacman does it automatically when you are installing a kernel or a dkms module, right?

Ideally… do you have a journal of the failing system?

cyberpunkrocker · 2026-03-07 17:39:53

I might have, locating the correct one may take some time.
What should I specially look for? I don't want to post the whole journal, if possible.

seth · 2026-03-07 17:42:45

"problems" - idk if, what, how or why fails wrt the nvidia driver, https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/nvid … nt-1062049 sounds like you and is explicitly about a dated module in the initramfs…

cyberpunkrocker · 2026-03-09 09:12:11

Sorry, I hadn't time to do this during the weekend, but I now went through the first journal with 6.18.16 kernel line by line, and found nothing which could be interpreted as a problem or error...

Just a thought: does the newer kernels like 6.18.x require the nvidia framebuffer device to be enabled to work? I have disabled the framebuffer in the kernel command line (nvidia_drm.fbdev=0), because I don't really like it; the fonts in the TTY became very small, too small for my less-than-perfect eyesight. I don't use any DM's, just TTY and 'startx' to start the AwesomeWM window manager.

seth · 2026-03-09 13:48:53

You'll have to get rid or take over from of the simpledrm device.
Next to enabling fbdev you could try to add "initcall_blacklist=simpledrm_platform_driver_init" to the https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Kernel_parameters - but from https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=312541 that might not work at all.
In any event you first want to get things working and then care about the prettiness

the fonts in the TTY became very small, too small for my less-than-perfect eyesight

setfont ter-v32n

https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/any/terminus-font/
And "setfont -d" will just double the size, so theoretically this is easily solved (famous last words, I know… )

WorMzy · 2026-03-09 14:13:16

Mod note: Moving to AUR Issues.

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#1 2026-03-07 13:25:26

Nvidia-580 drivers with the linux-lts 6.18.16-1 kernel?

#2 2026-03-07 16:42:48

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