Recent updates seem to have broken my GUI when using NVIDIA drivers.
The x11-video-nvidiaG06 packages were no longer available. Seem to have been replaced with nvidia-video-G06? After that change my external monitor (HDMI) would only work with Wayland.
Weekend updates (kernel and libav from what I can recall) left me with no GUI. (I currently need to add “nomodeset” to GRUB so as to get a graphical login)
When force re-installing (sudo zypper in --force nvidia-driver-G06-kmp-default), I get the following failure:
dracut: *** Including module: kernel-modules-extra ***
realpath: updates/nvidia-modeset.ko: No such file or directory
realpath: updates/nvidia-peermem.ko: No such file or directory
realpath: updates/nvidia-drm.ko: No such file or directory
realpath: updates/nvidia-uvm.ko: No such file or directory
realpath: updates/nvidia.ko: No such file or directory
dracut: installkernel failed in module kernel-modules-extra
warning: %posttrans(nvidia-driver-G06-kmp-default-525.85.05_k5.14.21_150400.22-lp154.4.1.x86_64.rpm) scriptlet failed, exit status 1
As reference, here is the lspci output for my VGA:
End goal is having dual-monitor setup. When not in NVIDIA mode, the HDMI port is “dead”. So far the only way to get extended desktop is using prime-select. I am definitely open to alternate suggestions…
@Nam_tech so when in X11, what is the output from xrandr --listproviders and xrandr --listmonitors from running with intel and nvidia (as in switch between both options).
Running the last switch to “intel” somehow broke the NVIDIA, i.e., switching back to nvidia or using “next-boot nvidia” and rebooting just results in black screen. Setting “boot intel” gets laptop display running at least.
Regarding, bbswitch, definitely installed (currently in intel mode):
S | Name | Type | Version | Arch | Repository
—±---------------------±--------±--------------------------------------±-------±----------------------
i+ | bbswitch | package | 0.8-lp154.2.2.1 | x86_64 | Main Update Repository
i | bbswitch-kmp-default | package | 0.8_k5.14.21_150400.24.33-lp154.2.2.1 | x86_64 | Main Update Repository
~> cat /proc/acpi/bbswitch
0000:01:00.0 OFF
I got some (hopefully relevant) logs from being in nvidia mode:
From journalctl regarding prime-select.service:
Jan 30 19:23:21 kernel: [drm] Initialized nvidia-drm 0.0.0 20160202 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 1
Jan 30 19:23:21 prime-select[1810]: /usr/sbin/prime-select: line 282: nvidia-xconfig: command not found
Jan 30 19:23:21 suse-prime[1813]: PCI BusID of NVIDIA card could not be detected!
Jan 30 19:23:21 prime-select[1416]: Configuration failed
Jan 30 19:23:21 suse-prime[1816]: Configuration failed
Jan 30 19:23:21 systemd[1]: prime-select.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jan 30 19:23:21 systemd[1]: prime-select.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jan 30 19:23:21 systemd[1]: Failed to start SUSEPrime systemd service.
From journalctl regarding nvidia (just a grep for nvidia):
Jan 30 19:23:17 kernel: audit: type=1400 audit(1675099397.730:6): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="nvidia_modprobe" pid=660 comm="apparmor_parser"
Jan 30 19:23:17 kernel: audit: type=1400 audit(1675099397.730:7): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="nvidia_modprobe//kmod" pid=660 comm="apparmor_parser"
Jan 30 19:23:17 systemd-udevd[709]: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/99-bumblebee-nvidia-dev.rules:10 Invalid value "/bin/bash -c '/bin/mknod -m 666 /dev/nvidia-uvm c $(grep nvidia-uvm /proc/devices | cut -d \ -f 1) 0;'" for RUN (char 51: invalid substitution type), ignoring.
Jan 30 19:23:19 suse-prime[1508]: Boot: forcing booting with nvidia, boot preference ignored
Jan 30 19:23:19 kernel: nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Jan 30 19:23:19 kernel: nvidia: externally supported module, setting X kernel taint flag.
Jan 30 19:23:19 kernel: nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being initialized, major device number 235
Jan 30 19:23:19 kernel: nvidia 0000:01:00.0: enabling device (0006 -> 0007)
Jan 30 19:23:19 kernel: nvidia 0000:01:00.0: vgaarb: changed VGA decodes: olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=none
Jan 30 19:23:20 kernel: nvidia_uvm: module uses symbols from proprietary module nvidia, inheriting taint.
Jan 30 19:23:20 kernel: nvidia_uvm: externally supported module, setting X kernel taint flag.
Jan 30 19:23:20 systemd-udevd[715]: nvidia_uvm: Process '/bin/bash -c '/bin/mknod -m 666 /dev/nvidia-uvm c $(grep nvidia-uvm /proc/devices | cut -d \ -f 1) 0;'' failed with exit code 1.
Jan 30 19:23:20 kernel: nvidia-uvm: Loaded the UVM driver, major device number 511.
Jan 30 19:23:20 kernel: nvidia_modeset: externally supported module, setting X kernel taint flag.
Jan 30 19:23:20 kernel: nvidia-modeset: Loading NVIDIA Kernel Mode Setting Driver for UNIX platforms 525.85.05 Sat Jan 14 00:40:03 UTC 2023
Jan 30 19:23:20 kernel: nvidia_drm: externally supported module, setting X kernel taint flag.
Jan 30 19:23:20 kernel: [drm] [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00000100] Loading driver
Jan 30 19:23:21 kernel: [drm] Initialized nvidia-drm 0.0.0 20160202 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 1
Jan 30 19:23:21 prime-select[1810]: /usr/sbin/prime-select: line 282: nvidia-xconfig: command not found
And from Xorg.0.log:
[ 28.378] (EE) modeset(G0): Failed to create pixmap
[ 28.378] (EE)
Fatal server error:
[ 28.378] (EE) failed to create screen resources(EE)
[ 28.378] (EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[ 28.378] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[ 28.378] (EE)
[ 28.378] (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch
[ 28.410] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
The last one is a paradox since it is the Xorg.0.log file.
Fair enough. But as I have installed all nvidia-G06 related packages and it is not present, I also tried to see if it was available as a stand alone. No luck there either.
