I installed x11-video-nvidiaG05 as my nvidia-driver and after rebooting I tried “prime-select intel”. The result was disappointing:
prime-select intel
intel catched
Preparing first configuration
bbswitch not loaded. NVIDIA modules are NOT loaded
if you want energy saving bbswitch should be loaded in intel mode
Logout to switch graphics
When I logout I get a black screen and cannot switch to virtual terminals with Ctrl+F1 (or F2,…)
After a hard reboot, I can see the prime-select command did not have any effect.
For example:
xrandr --listproviders
xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
Providers: number : 0
Even or more strange, it seems that bbswitch is installed on my laptop (it happened during the installation process). Why is it so?
prime-select intel
intel catched
Preparing first configuration
bbswitch module not found. NVIDIA card will not be powered off
Logout to switch graphics
What I do not understand is why bbswitch still appears. It seems to have been installed during the installation of the system and I removed it afterwards but it seems the system is still looking for it.
Second thing: why are the nvidia modules not loaded? (lsmod | grep nvidia gives only this: i2c_nvidia_gpu 16384 0)
You installed nouveau during OS installation.
Then you installed Nvidia drivers.
To use Nvidia drivers you must disable nouveau drivers by preventing them from load or uninstalling them.
Now you’re trying to cope with 5.14 kernel and new glibc.
You need stronger skills to get working system with all that troubles. IMHO better to use Leap instead of TW.
As a matter of fact, my usual OS is Leap but from time to time I make tests with Tumbleweed.
This is the first time in many years that I am confronted with this problem.
Also, yes, I know, I have to disable nouveau.
When I read the official - wiki documentation, I understood that installing the nvidia drivers should lead to the automatic blacklisting of the nouveau driver. And this is not happening when you have Tumbleweed installed with one of the last snapshots.
And by the way, thanks for the idea of uninstalling the nouveau drivers but there is a little problem at the moment with it: in such a case, zypper wishes to uninstall xorg…
Next time, please do not read my messages any more, I would not like you to feel bad about them :sarcastic:
it should be no problem to have nouveau installed when the kernel-module is disabled in some .conf-file in /etc/modprobe.d “blacklist nouveau”
if starting x fails after install nvidia, i always check the modules (lsmod). if there is nouveau present, disabling nouveau has failed.
just for me, i am buying amd/radeon as gpu since a while, cause they are much better supported in linux general. nvidia is sort of :X, especially with older gpus