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Ksmnn

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Registered: 2025-09-05

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[NVIDIA] Dell G16 7630: kernel panic with nvidia-dkms

Hello,

I am experiencing a reproducible kernel panic during boot on a new Dell G16 7630 laptop when trying to use the nvidia-dkms driver. The system is a fresh Arch Linux install without a graphical environment yet, so the issue is at the kernel/module level, not a display manager configuration.

I have searched the forum and found several historical threads about NVIDIA ACPI issues, but none with the specific rm_acpi_notify page fault on this kernel version, and the suggested solutions (e.g., using acpi_osi= parameters) have not worked in my case.

System Information
Laptop: Dell G16 7630

BIOS: 1.23.0 (2025-03-04)

CPU: 13th Gen Intel i7-13650HX (Alderlake-RPLS integrated graphics)

dGPU: NVIDIA Device 28e0 (RTX 4060 Mobile)

Kernel: 6.12.45-1-lts (Also tested with linux 6.12.xx, same result)

Driver: nvidia-dkms 580.82.07-1

Boot Parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-linux-lts root=UUID=d317ba73-8512-444d-ab6e-ab00dcb62165 rw loglevel=3 quiet

Problem Description
The kernel panics shortly after the NVIDIA kernel modules (nvidia, nvidia_modeset, nvidia_uvm, nvidia_drm) are loaded. The panic is triggered by an ACPI interrupt, which leads to a page fault in the NVIDIA driver's rm_acpi_notify function. The system is completely unstable and reboots or hangs.

The open-source nouveau driver does not cause a panic and allows the system to boot, confirming a fundamental issue with the proprietary driver.

Key dmesg Output (Leading to Panic)
text
[ +0.000001] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: fffffbeb5404a0c8
[ +0.000002] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[ +0.000001] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
[ +0.000001] PGD 0 P4D 0
[ +0.000002] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
[ +0.000003] CPU: 3 PID: 122 Comm: kworker/3:3 Not tainted 6.12.45-1-lts #1
[ +0.000002] Hardware name: Dell Inc. G16 7630/0P6FWP, BIOS 1.23.0 03/04/2025
[ +0.000001] Workqueue: kacpi_notify acpi_os_execute_deferred
[ +0.000002] RIP: 0010:kfree+0x6a/0x3a0
...
[ +0.000004] Call Trace:
[ +0.000001] <TASK>
[ +0.000001] ? _nv031312rm+0x55/0x380 [nvidia]
[ +0.000005] ? _nv056082rm+0x6e/0xd0 [nvidia]
[ +0.000003] ? _nv053813rm+0x1b3/0x220 [nvidia]
[ +0.000004] ? rm_acpi_notify+0x16e/0x220 [nvidia]
...
Steps Taken (Without Success)
Confirmed DKMS build: The nvidia module builds successfully against 6.12.45-1-lts headers.

Kernel Parameters: Tried numerous acpi_osi= variants ("Linux", "Windows", "Windows 2025"), acpi=off, pci=noacpi, nomodeset. Only acpi=off prevents the panic but breaks most hardware.

Kernel Types: Tested both linux-lts and linux kernels. Same result.

Module Blacklisting: Booting with modprobe.blacklist=nvidia allows a stable boot, proving the issue is 100% with the NVIDIA module load.

Analysis & Questions
The page fault in rm_acpi_notify suggests a severe incompatibility between the NVIDIA driver 580.82.07 and how ACPI interrupts are handled on this new platform with kernel 6.12.45.

Is this a known issue with the 6.12.y kernel series? Is there a tested DKMS patch or a downgrade path to a stable kernel version that works with this hardware?

Could this be a BIOS-related issue? My BIOS is reasonably recent. Are there specific BIOS settings (e.g., disabling Secure Boot, switching between Discrete/Hybrid graphics) that have proven effective for others on similar G-series laptops?

Given that this is a very new hardware stack, is the best course of action to wait for an updated nvidia-dkms package from Arch, or should I attempt to use a driver from a different source (e.g., the NVIDIA website directly)?

How can I best help debug this? I have full dmesg and journalctl logs available and can provide any other system information required.

Any guidance or pointers would be immensely helpful. Thank you for your time.

dizigma

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Re: [NVIDIA] Dell G16 7630: kernel panic with nvidia-dkms

Same issue on same laptop, the patch here seemed to fix it: https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/5 … ery/385856

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 20,715

Re: [NVIDIA] Dell G16 7630: kernel panic with nvidia-dkms

Welcome to the forums.
Using this opportunity to close this old thread.  I can reopen it upon request.

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