No GUI after upgrade (on Kernel 6)

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How’s everybody? nelejanbbi here, total newbie. I’ve been using Linux for close to a year, of which 2 months have been in Tumbleweed. I would like to ask for a little help here.

Today is my weekly upgrade day, I did a snapshot with Timeshift, then zypper dup, and it seems the upgrade was successfull, it installed new KDE packages and Kernel 6.0.1 (i think), however i can’t use it. No GUI, no KDE, only a login prompt in terminal. In Kernel 5.19.10 there is no problem, everything is as normal. I can still use my computer without problems in 5.19, but if there is a problem that either I caused or is some form of compatibility issue, how would you try to spot it? Is there a way this can be fixed or worked around?

Sorry if these are some open-ended questions, I’m new to the whole rolling-release thing, and it’d be great to learn some good habits for using Tumbleweed, I’ve been enjoying it so much! If this is of any help, my hardware is:
Ryzen 5600X
RTX 3070
ASUS TUF MB

Has anyone had a similar issue with this upgrade?

Thank you very much! Greetings!

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Hello, I’ve similar problem: https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/576397-Can-t-start-GDM-after-latest-system-upgrade
(I did not try Kernel 5.19.10)

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Possibly relevant, (you didn’t state which driver you’re using)

Bug 1204143](1204143 – Nvidia G06 & G05 drivers fail to build against kernel 6.0.0) - Nvidia G06 drivers fail to build against kernel 6.0.0

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That might be it, I’m using the propietary driver version 515.65.01, I might try upgrading that or reinstalling.

Thank you so much for your answer!

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Major new kernel versions routinely break NVidia’s proprietary drivers. NVidia doesn’t provide drivers for new kernels until after their official release. It takes time to do so, and NVidia’s in no rush to accommodate Linux users who jump on new releases the instant they become available. It could be 6.0.2 before they are ready. If 5.19.13 still works, keep using it, and don’t let it be removed until you know you no longer need it: zypper al kernel-default-5.19.1*.

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Hi
Not in this case, the released 515.76 has been around a few weeks (2022-09-14) with 6.0 support, just the openSUSE maintainers have not updated…


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System:
  Kernel: 6.0.0-1-default arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1
    Desktop: GNOME v: 43.0 tk: GTK v: 3.24.34 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM
    Distro: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20221006

Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU117GLM [Quadro T400 Mobile] driver: nvidia v: 515.76
    arch: Turing pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none
    off: DP-1,DP-2,DP-3 empty: none bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1fb2
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP108 [GeForce GT 1030] vendor: eVga.com. driver: nvidia
    v: 515.76 arch: Pascal pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4 ports: active: none
    empty: DVI-D-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1d01
  Display: server: X.Org v: 21.1.4 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.3
    compositor: gnome-shell v: 43.0 driver: X: loaded: nvidia
    gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x2160 s-dpi: 92
  Monitor-1: DP-1 note: disabled pos: primary,top-left model: Sceptre E24
    res: 1920x1080 dpi: 94 diag: 604mm (23.8")
  Monitor-2: not-matched mapped: DP-3 pos: primary,bottom-r res: 1920x1080
    dpi: 94 diag: 598mm (23.53")
  Monitor-3: not-matched mapped: DP-5 pos: top-center res: 1920x1080
    dpi: 94 diag: 598mm (23.53")
  OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA T400/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 515.76
    direct render: Yes
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Same issue here. So what is the recommended solution? To wait? Or is there a chance OpenSUSE devs will skip 515.76 driver since it is buggy?
Should I just install the 515.76 “the hard way”?

Thank you!

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Hi and welcome to the Forum :slight_smile:
What GPU do you have? My T400 and GT1030 are not having issues, work fine for my use cases video encoding/decoding, minecraft and offload in general.


/sbin/lspci -nnk | egrep -A3 "VGA|Display|3D"
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Hello @malcolmlewis,
I have a Desktop version of the 3080.

I just tried the “hard way” and looks like I am up and running on 515.76 and kernel 6.0.
I’ll uninstall it if/when the OpenSUSE devs release 515.75 to the nVidia repo.

Thank you!

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This has impacted my systems running the G05 and G06 Nvidia packages. Will they both be rebuilt for kernel 6.* or only the G06 ones?

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Conment-8 of https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1204143
says G04 and G05 have been also updated.

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Hello all…
Same problem is with series 470 of Nvidia drivers…
I’ve a (older) DELL Precision M4800 laptop with G05 Nvidia card and faced same problem (no GUI) after upgrading (05/10/2022) to kernel 6.0.
Previous day, a fellow openSuSE’r filled a bug report to Nvidia for Tumbleweed problem…
https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/470xx-drivers-and-linux-6-0-kernel/229735
Unfortunately, didn’t have the time to verify it during weekend . I’ll do it today and will report back…

Theodore

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515.76 posted to the official repo.
Uninstalled “the hard way” driver and installed the one from the repo and everything is good!

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Hello all…
Updated tumbleweed and new 470 drivers are fully working with v6 kernel…

Theodore

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Hi,
Is this the nvidia rpm of 470 driver?
My kernel 19.x.x is still locked, I am using the .run driver and it’s not yet updated.
I never use the rpm driver for the life of me. Any good soul can point me how to do it, replacing the .run nvidia driver.:frowning:

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Hi
Add the Nvidia repo, boot to runlevel 3, use the nvidia installer to uninstall the run file.

Remove the lock and zypper dup to the latest kernel 6.0.0.1 and reboot your system to runlevel 3 again

Refresh your system and install the nvidia driver rpms, reboot your system.

See: SDB:NVIDIA drivers - openSUSE Wiki

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Hi,
Thanks, got it running on kernel 6