Hi,
I’m running Plasma X11 and it appears as though my drivers aren’t loading after the update and llvmpipe is overriding nvidia for openGL.
inxi -SGaxxz:
System:
Kernel: 6.12.9-1-default arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.12.9-1-default
root=UUID=1e527ff3-fab2-4de0-97d1-98661131c6f4 splash=silent
mitigations=auto quiet security=apparmor
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.2.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.10.0
wm: kwin_x11 tools: avail: xscreensaver vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: openSUSE
Tumbleweed 20250130
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3070 Ti] vendor: eVga.com. driver: N/A
alternate: nouveau non-free: 550/565.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-01;
EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 11:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2482 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3070 Ti] vendor: eVga.com. driver: N/A
alternate: nouveau non-free: 550/565.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-01;
EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 4 link-max: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 12:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2482 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.15 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: vesa
failed: nvidia alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv gpu: N/A display-ID: :0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1024x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 270x203mm (10.63x7.99")
s-diag: 338mm (13.3")
Monitor-1: Unknown-1 mapped: None-1 res: mode: 1024x768 hz: 60
scale: 100% (1) size: N/A modes: 1024x768
API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 0 drv: swrast surfaceless: drv: swrast
x11: drv: swrast inactive: gbm,wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 24.3.4 glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes
renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.7 256 bits) device-ID: ffffffff:ffffffff
memory: 30.51 GiB unified: yes
API: Vulkan Message: No Vulkan data available.
Info: Tools: api: eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-smi wl: wayland-info
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
nvidia-smi
NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running.
zypper se -i nvidia
S | Name | Summary | Type
---+----------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+--------
i+ | kernel-firmware-nvidia | Kernel firmware files for Nvidia Tegra and graphics drivers | package
i | libnvidia-egl-gbm1 | The GBM EGL external platform library | package
i | libnvidia-egl-gbm1-32bit | The GBM EGL external platform library | package
i+ | libnvidia-egl-wayland1 | The EGLStream-based Wayland external platform | package
i | libnvidia-egl-wayland1-32bit | The EGLStream-based Wayland external platform | package
i | libnvidia-egl-x111 | NVIDIA XLib and XCB EGL Platform Library | package
i | libnvidia-egl-x111-32bit | NVIDIA XLib and XCB EGL Platform Library | package
i | nvidia-common-G06 | Common files for the NVIDIA driver packages | package
i+ | nvidia-compute-G06 | NVIDIA driver for computing with GPGPU | package
i+ | nvidia-compute-G06-32bit | 32bit NVIDIA driver for computing with GPGPU | package
i+ | nvidia-compute-utils-G06 | NVIDIA driver tools for computing with GPGPU | package
i+ | nvidia-driver-G06-kmp-default | NVIDIA graphics driver kernel module for GeForce 700 serie-> | package
i+ | nvidia-gl-G06 | NVIDIA OpenGL libraries for OpenGL acceleration | package
i+ | nvidia-gl-G06-32bit | 32bit NVIDIA OpenGL libraries for OpenGL acceleration | package
i | nvidia-modprobe | NVIDIA kernel module loader | package
i | nvidia-persistenced | A daemon to maintain persistent software state in the NVID-> | package
i+ | nvidia-video-G06 | NVIDIA graphics driver for GeForce 700 series and newer | package
i+ | nvidia-video-G06-32bit | 32bit NVIDIA graphics driver for GeForce 700 series and ne-> | package
i+ | openSUSE-repos-Tumbleweed-NVIDIA | openSUSE NVIDIA repository definitions | package
Secure boot enabled?
Do you add the key to the Mok?
Secure boot is not enabled
hui
February 5, 2025, 3:16pm
4
Your system seems not up to date. Are there any package locks applied? Why do you have the latest snapshot but an old kernel?
I don’t think there are any locks applied to my system. How would I check?
Yes I have 2 of the same GPU.
hui
February 5, 2025, 3:20pm
6
gooddeadfish:
How would I check
zypper ll aka zypper locks
I just ran zypper up again and it’s showing a kernel update. I’m going to try and run it now.
hui
February 5, 2025, 3:21pm
8
On Tumbleweed you need to use zypper dup.zypper up is only for Leap.
Thanks. I will update the thread in a bit.
I did the update and the issue didn’t go away. I ran inxi -SGaxxz again and it’s still showing that I’m using an old kernel. Also, zypper ll showed no locks.
hui
February 5, 2025, 3:45pm
11
Check your bootloader settings (YaST->Bootloader) that it boots with Tumbleweed standard (latest) kernel.
Also check in the bootloader screen->advanced if you are able to choose the latest kernel (6.13.x).
Have you rebootet?
If not, post:zypper se -si kernel-defaultzypper lr -d
-Bootloader settings show Tumbleweed standard selected. The drop down menu shows kernels 6.13.1-1, 6.13.0-1 and 6.12.9-1. However in the bootloader screen → advanced, I’m only seeing 6.12.9-1.
zypper se -si kernel-default:
S | Name | Type | Version | Arch | Repository
---+----------------------+---------+------------+--------+------------------
i+ | kernel-default | package | 6.13.0-1.1 | x86_64 | (System Packages)
i+ | kernel-default | package | 6.12.9-1.1 | x86_64 | (System Packages)
i+ | kernel-default | package | 6.13.1-1.1 | x86_64 | repo-oss
i | kernel-default-devel | package | 6.13.0-1.1 | x86_64 | (System Packages)
i | kernel-default-devel | package | 6.12.9-1.1 | x86_64 | (System Packages)
i | kernel-default-devel | package | 6.13.1-1.1 | x86_64 | repo-oss
zypper lr -d
–±---------------------------±-------------------±--------±----------±--------±-----±---------±-------±----------------------------------------------------------------------------------±--------http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/CrossToolchain:/avr/openSUSE_Tumbleweed |Index of /opensuse/tumbleweed | NVIDIA/tumbleweed/repo/non-oss - openSUSE Download | openSUSEIndex of /openh264/openSUSE_Tumbleweed | openSUSE/tumbleweed/repo/oss - openSUSE Download | openSUSE/debug/tumbleweed/repo/oss - openSUSE Download | openSUSE/source/tumbleweed/repo/oss - openSUSE Download | openSUSE/update/tumbleweed - openSUSE Download | openSUSEIndex of /pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/
zypper lr -d
# | Alias | Name | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh | Keep | Priority | Type | URI | Service
--+----------------------------+--------------------+---------+-----------+---------+------+----------+--------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------
1 | CrossToolchain:avr | CrossToolchain:avr | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/CrossToolchain:/avr/openSUSE_Tumbleweed |
2 | NVIDIA:repo-non-free | repo-non-free | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 99 | rpm-md | https://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/tumbleweed | NVIDIA
3 | openSUSE:repo-non-oss | repo-non-oss | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 99 | rpm-md | http://cdn.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/non-oss | openSUSE
4 | openSUSE:repo-openh264 | repo-openh264 | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 99 | rpm-md | http://codecs.opensuse.org/openh264/openSUSE_Tumbleweed | openSUSE
5 | openSUSE:repo-oss | repo-oss | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 99 | rpm-md | http://cdn.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss | openSUSE
6 | openSUSE:repo-oss-debug | repo-oss-debug | No | ---- | ---- | - | 99 | N/A | http://cdn.opensuse.org/debug/tumbleweed/repo/oss | openSUSE
7 | openSUSE:repo-oss-source | repo-oss-source | No | ---- | ---- | - | 99 | N/A | http://cdn.opensuse.org/source/tumbleweed/repo/oss | openSUSE
8 | openSUSE:update-tumbleweed | update-tumbleweed | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 99 | rpm-md | http://cdn.opensuse.org/update/tumbleweed | openSUSE
9 | packman | packman | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 90 | rpm-md | https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/
Install nvidia once more:
zypper in -f nvidia-driver-G06-kmp-default
I’ll try that but it’s going to take me awhile to provide an update. I have something else running that’s going at a glacial pace.
Just made an account to say I am having exactly the same issue currently. Reinstalling NVIDIA drivers did not work. I have followed the other troubleshooting steps in this thread, and have updated my kernel and am using the latest version (6.13.1-1)
Running dmesg | grep -i nvidia I did see the following errors however -
[ 270.762215] [ T5233] nvidia: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
[ 270.762223] [ T5233] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
[ 270.762226] [ T5233] nvidia: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
[ 270.762226] [ T5233] nvidia: module license taints kernel.
[ 270.921310] [ T5233] nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being initialized, major device number 234
[ 270.921316] [ T5233] NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
[ 270.922745] [ T5233] nvidia-nvlink: Unregistered Nvlink Core, major device number 234
Hi all, in my case, the nvidia drivers 570.86 fail to load under Plasma Wayland but are ok on a Plasma X11 session. Kernel is also default 6.13.1-1 and I don’t have any lock on my system.
What is not standard in my system is the Packman repo:
# | Alias | Name | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh | Priority
---+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------+---------
7 | packman | Packman | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 90
1 | download.nvidia.com-tumbleweed | nVidia Graphics Drivers | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99
2 | download.opensuse.org-non-oss | Main Repository (NON-OSS) | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99
3 | download.opensuse.org-oss | Main Repository (OSS) | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99
4 | download.opensuse.org-tumbleweed | Main Update Repository | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99
5 | https-download.opensuse.org-1097d555 | multimedia:proaudio | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99
No luck reinstalling nvidia