I need a cable to run wifi ? 
Seriously this was a major blow. I was trying to get NVIDIA working, and now WIFI disappeard. There is at the moment no realistic way to get a connection whitout wifi. Ill guess Iāll have to think about next step.
People with newer or odd hardware often need wired network in order to get required drivers off the internet to configure that newer or odd wireless hardware. The other option is some other computer to fetch those drivers and save them on something the newer can read from and install to enable successful configuring of wireless.
Ok, now I have internet again (through powercord)! Never again do I need to shabble with rpm packages on usb stick.
Now its just the NVIDIA left.
where did we left of?
One thing that Ive noticed is that when I type: āsudo zypper install kernel-develā he downloads a lot of files, but I dont get /usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h which the NVIDIA installer complained about
Perhaps thats the source of my troubles? How to get that file?
No such file here and no problems with Nvidia either, so first please post:
zypper se -si kernel-def kernel-dev nvidia
then maybe you should retry what I suggested here
staffan@h-46-59-93-100:~/Downloads> zypper se -si kernel-def kernel-dev nvidia
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
S | Name | Type | Version | Arch | Repository
---+-------------------------------------------+---------+--------------------------+--------+------------------
i+ | kernel-default | package | 6.11.5-1.1 | x86_64 | (System Packages)
i+ | kernel-default | package | 6.11.6-2.1 | x86_64 | repo-oss
i | kernel-default-devel | package | 6.11.6-2.1 | x86_64 | repo-oss
i+ | kernel-devel | package | 6.11.6-2.1 | noarch | repo-oss
i | kernel-firmware-nvidia | package | 20241018-1.1 | noarch | repo-oss
i | libnvidia-egl-wayland1 | package | 1.1.16-2.1 | x86_64 | (System Packages)
i+ | nvidia-compute-G06 | package | 550.127.05-27.1 | x86_64 | repo-non-free
i | nvidia-compute-G06-32bit | package | 550.127.05-27.1 | x86_64 | repo-non-free
i+ | nvidia-gl-G06 | package | 550.127.05-27.1 | x86_64 | repo-non-free
i | nvidia-gl-G06-32bit | package | 550.127.05-27.1 | x86_64 | repo-non-free
i+ | nvidia-open-driver-G06-signed-kmp-default | package | 550.127.05_k6.11.6_2-1.4 | x86_64 | repo-oss
i+ | nvidia-video-G06 | package | 550.127.05-27.1 | x86_64 | repo-non-free
i | nvidia-video-G06-32bit | package | 550.127.05-27.1 | x86_64 | repo-non-free
i+ | openSUSE-repos-Tumbleweed-NVIDIA | package | 20240712.dd8c2eb-1.2 | x86_64 | repo-oss
staffan@h-46-59-93-100:~/Downloads>
Based on that, what do you suggest?
kernel-firmware-nvidia-gspx-G06
is missing.
Also make sure that /usr/src/linux points to the 6.11.6 kernel:
bruno@LT-B:~> ls -l /usr/src/linux
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 nov 6 21:43 /usr/src/linux -> linux-6.11.6-2
bruno@LT-B:~>
ok, I installed the missing package, so now:
staffan@h-46-59-93-100:~/Downloads> zypper se -si kernel-def kernel-dev nvidia
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
S | Name | Type | Version | Arch | Repository
---+-------------------------------------------+---------+--------------------------+--------+------------------
i+ | kernel-default | package | 6.11.5-1.1 | x86_64 | (System Packages)
i+ | kernel-default | package | 6.11.6-2.1 | x86_64 | repo-oss
i | kernel-default-devel | package | 6.11.6-2.1 | x86_64 | repo-oss
i+ | kernel-devel | package | 6.11.6-2.1 | noarch | repo-oss
i | kernel-firmware-nvidia | package | 20241018-1.1 | noarch | repo-oss
i+ | kernel-firmware-nvidia-gspx-G06 | package | 550.127.05-69.1 | x86_64 | repo-non-free
i | libnvidia-egl-wayland1 | package | 1.1.16-2.1 | x86_64 | (System Packages)
i+ | nvidia-compute-G06 | package | 550.127.05-27.1 | x86_64 | repo-non-free
i | nvidia-compute-G06-32bit | package | 550.127.05-27.1 | x86_64 | repo-non-free
i+ | nvidia-gl-G06 | package | 550.127.05-27.1 | x86_64 | repo-non-free
i | nvidia-gl-G06-32bit | package | 550.127.05-27.1 | x86_64 | repo-non-free
i+ | nvidia-open-driver-G06-signed-kmp-default | package | 550.127.05_k6.11.6_2-1.4 | x86_64 | repo-oss
i+ | nvidia-video-G06 | package | 550.127.05-27.1 | x86_64 | repo-non-free
i | nvidia-video-G06-32bit | package | 550.127.05-27.1 | x86_64 | repo-non-free
i+ | openSUSE-repos-Tumbleweed-NVIDIA | package | 20240712.dd8c2eb-1.2 | x86_64 | repo-oss
staffan@h-46-59-93-100:~/Downloads>
and also
staffan@h-46-59-93-100:~/Downloads> ls -l /usr/src/linux
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Nov 13 09:26 /usr/src/linux -> linux-6.11.6-2
staffan@h-46-59-93-100:~/Downloads> ^C
staffan@h-46-59-93-100:~/Downloads>
but somehow still lsmod | grep nvidia only return a few rows 
Staffan@h-46-59-93-100:~/Downloads> lsmod | grep nvidia
i2c_nvidia_gpu 12288 0
i2c_ccgx_ucsi 12288 1 i2c_nvidia_gpu
even after reboot
What does
bruno@LT-B:~/Downloads> ls /usr/lib/modules/6.11.6-2-default/updates
nvidia-drm.ko nvidia.ko nvidia-modeset.ko nvidia-peermem.ko nvidia-uvm.ko
bruno@LT-B:~/Downloads> sudo modinfo nvidia
report?
Thanks for not giving up.
Here is the first one:
staffan@h-46-59-93-100:~/Downloads> ls /usr/lib/modules/6.11.6-2-default/updates a-drm.ko nvidia-drm.ko nvidia.ko nvidia-modeset.ko nvidia-peermem.ko nvidia-uvm.ko
ls: cannot access 'a-drm.ko': No such file or directory
ls: cannot access 'nvidia-drm.ko': No such file or directory
ls: cannot access 'nvidia.ko': No such file or directory
ls: cannot access 'nvidia-modeset.ko': No such file or directory
ls: cannot access 'nvidia-peermem.ko': No such file or directory
ls: cannot access 'nvidia-uvm.ko': No such file or directory
/usr/lib/modules/6.11.6-2-default/updates:
nvidia-drm.ko.zst nvidia.ko.zst nvidia-modeset.ko.zst nvidia-uvm.ko.zst
and the second one:
staffan@h-46-59-93-100:~/Downloads> sudo modinfo nvidia
[sudo] password for root:
filename: /usr/lib/modules/6.11.6-2-default/updates/nvidia.ko.zst
import_ns: DMA_BUF
alias: char-major-195-*
version: 550.127.05
supported: external
license: Dual MIT/GPL
firmware: nvidia/550.127.05/gsp_tu10x.bin
firmware: nvidia/550.127.05/gsp_ga10x.bin
softdep: pre: ecdh_generic,ecdsa_generic
suserelease: openSUSE Tumbleweed
srcversion: E021EBA21ED617729128042
alias: pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc06sc80i00*
alias: pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc03sc02i00*
alias: pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc03sc00i00*
depends:
retpoline: Y
name: nvidia
vermagic: 6.11.6-2-default SMP preempt mod_unload modversions
sig_id: PKCS#7
signer: openSUSE Secure Boot CA
sig_key: FA:BE:D8:BF:40:9A:5E:65
sig_hashalgo: sha256
signature: 24:1B:E0:CC:D9:63:AC:A2:6C:84:79:CE:D9:4C:28:22:59:A2:36:2D:
49:C1:DD:5D:49:6D:09:AF:83:C3:94:27:51:CA:98:EE:92:D5:07:BE:
CB:BB:3F:14:7B:C5:19:A3:5B:46:D1:70:8A:DA:36:1C:46:0E:1C:59:
59:26:09:61:0B:AD:85:F2:46:38:28:55:44:E8:F6:C5:37:A7:F4:F3:
50:C0:CF:61:4C:74:66:91:31:9F:A8:AE:6C:6E:15:93:3D:FD:D4:91:
74:2E:85:1B:ED:4F:7F:5B:F7:8C:65:A3:01:52:F8:FB:EA:62:E5:DF:
DD:28:F5:3C:02:CD:FB:2D:AE:15:FF:12:C3:92:30:90:C7:C4:CB:8E:
31:A0:6B:37:83:1E:64:97:D7:A8:0C:51:55:AB:D5:E4:00:54:77:13:
F1:7D:95:80:E0:40:87:06:CE:A7:E9:77:E9:27:24:33:9C:92:56:75:
D9:96:F2:4B:7C:50:A0:1D:77:92:EE:E8:DC:8E:11:A1:A8:BF:D9:DF:
1C:42:A0:E4:DA:DB:B8:E0:45:2D:95:28:28:6E:05:96:7D:1E:0C:3B:
B3:FE:9F:64:E4:6B:4C:CE:3D:DD:B4:9C:A8:BB:A1:ED:72:F4:E2:00:
7D:68:CB:DD:4C:CC:CB:A3:90:24:C6:36:9E:56:1D:6C
parm: NvSwitchRegDwords:NvSwitch regkey (charp)
parm: NvSwitchBlacklist:NvSwitchBlacklist=uuid[,uuid...] (charp)
parm: NVreg_ResmanDebugLevel:int
parm: NVreg_RmLogonRC:int
parm: NVreg_ModifyDeviceFiles:int
parm: NVreg_DeviceFileUID:int
parm: NVreg_DeviceFileGID:int
parm: NVreg_DeviceFileMode:int
parm: NVreg_InitializeSystemMemoryAllocations:int
parm: NVreg_UsePageAttributeTable:int
parm: NVreg_EnablePCIeGen3:int
parm: NVreg_EnableMSI:int
parm: NVreg_TCEBypassMode:int
parm: NVreg_EnableStreamMemOPs:int
parm: NVreg_RestrictProfilingToAdminUsers:int
parm: NVreg_PreserveVideoMemoryAllocations:int
parm: NVreg_EnableS0ixPowerManagement:int
parm: NVreg_S0ixPowerManagementVideoMemoryThreshold:int
parm: NVreg_DynamicPowerManagement:int
parm: NVreg_DynamicPowerManagementVideoMemoryThreshold:int
parm: NVreg_EnableGpuFirmware:int
parm: NVreg_EnableGpuFirmwareLogs:int
parm: NVreg_OpenRmEnableUnsupportedGpus:int
parm: NVreg_EnableUserNUMAManagement:int
parm: NVreg_MemoryPoolSize:int
parm: NVreg_KMallocHeapMaxSize:int
parm: NVreg_VMallocHeapMaxSize:int
parm: NVreg_IgnoreMMIOCheck:int
parm: NVreg_NvLinkDisable:int
parm: NVreg_EnablePCIERelaxedOrderingMode:int
parm: NVreg_RegisterPCIDriver:int
parm: NVreg_EnableResizableBar:int
parm: NVreg_EnableDbgBreakpoint:int
parm: NVreg_EnableNonblockingOpen:int
parm: NVreg_RegistryDwords:charp
parm: NVreg_RegistryDwordsPerDevice:charp
parm: NVreg_RmMsg:charp
parm: NVreg_GpuBlacklist:charp
parm: NVreg_TemporaryFilePath:charp
parm: NVreg_ExcludedGpus:charp
parm: NVreg_DmaRemapPeerMmio:int
parm: NVreg_RmNvlinkBandwidth:charp
parm: NVreg_ImexChannelCount:int
parm: rm_firmware_active:charp
Hmm I see the words secure boot in there. I dont have secure boot enabled though.
Thats a lot of hex and stuff. Hope it makes sense
The modules appear to be there, letās find why they donāt engage.
Please post (as already asked above):
/sbin/lspci -nnk | grep -EiA3 'vga|display|3d'
then
sudo modprobe nvidia
including the command line, the full output and the trailing prompt.
ok, they both come here:
staffan@h-46-59-93-100:~/Downloads> /sbin/lspci -nnk | grep -EiA3 'vga|display|3d'
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation TU116 [GeForce GTX 1660] [10de:2184] (rev a1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:86bb]
Kernel driver in use: nouveau
Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia
staffan@h-46-59-93-100:~/Downloads> sudo modprobe nvidia
[sudo] password for root:
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'nvidia': No such device
staffan@h-46-59-93-100:~/Downloads>
I also tried sudo modprobe NVIDIA (capital letters) and got something else:
staffan@h-46-59-93-100:~/Downloads> sudo modprobe NVIDIA
modprobe: FATAL: Module NVIDIA not found in directory /usr/lib/modules/6.11.6-2-default
staffan@h-46-59-93-100:~/Downloads>
Can you force the reinstallation of the kernel module via
sudo zypper in --force nvidia-open-driver-G06-signed-kmp-default
and capture the complete output.
Sure thing!
staffan@h-46-59-93-100:~/Downloads> sudo zypper in --force nvidia-open-driver-G06-signed-kmp-default
[sudo] password for root:
Refreshing service 'NVIDIA'.
Refreshing service 'openSUSE'.
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Forcing installation of 'nvidia-open-driver-G06-signed-kmp-default-550.127.05_k6.11.6_2-1.4.x86_64' from repository 'repo-oss'.
Resolving package dependencies...
The following package is going to be reinstalled:
nvidia-open-driver-G06-signed-kmp-default-550.127.05_k6.11.6_2-1.4
1 package to reinstall.
Package download size: 6.5 MiB
Package install size change:
| 6.4 MiB required by packages that will be installed
0 B | - 6.4 MiB released by packages that will be removed
Backend: classic_rpmtrans
Continue? [y/n/v/...? shows all options] (y): y
Retrieving: nvidia-open-driver-G06-signed-kmp-default-550.127.05_k6.11.6_2-1.4.x86_64 (repo-oss)
(1/1), 6.5 MiB
Retrieving: nvidia-open-driver-G06-signed-kmp-default-550.127.05_k6.11.6_2-1.4.x86_64.rpm ..[done (2.1 MiB/s)]
Checking for file conflicts: ...........................................................................[done]
warning: %triggerin(nvidia-open-driver-G06-signed-kmp-default-550.127.05_k6.11.6_2-1.4.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 1
(1/1) Installing: nvidia-open-driver-G06-signed-kmp-default-550.127.05_k6.11.6_2-1.4.x86_64 ............[done]
Running post-transaction scripts .......................................................................[done]
staffan@h-46-59-93-100:~/Downloads>
If the GPU is engaged by the nouveau driver, the proprietary nvidia driver doesnāt load of course.
Please see:
bruno@LT-B:~/Downloads> ls /lib/modprobe.d/ |grep nvidia
50-nvidia-default.conf
50-nvidia-default.conf.rpmsave
nvidia-default.conf
bruno@LT-B:~/Downloads>
The nvidia-default.conf (if there is one) should read:
bruno@LT-B:~/Downloads> cat /lib/modprobe.d/nvidia-default.conf
blacklist nouveau
bruno@LT-B:~/Downloads>
I think were on to somehting now
staffan@h-46-59-93-100:~/Downloads> ls /lib/modprobe.d/ |grep nvidia
59-nvidia-default.conf
61-nvidia-default.conf
staffan@h-46-59-93-100:~/Downloads> cat /lib/modprobe.d/nvidia-default.conf
cat: /lib/modprobe.d/nvidia-default.conf: No such file or directory
staffan@h-46-59-93-100:~/Downloads>
Shall I just create the nvidia-default.conf and add āblacklist nouveauā?
Better to test first adding āmodprobe.blacklist=nouveauā (without quotes) to the boot command line and reboot; if that works, yes, create nvidia-default.conf with the single line āblacklist nouveauā.
To add to the boot command line hit āEā for āEditā at the grub menu screen, look for the line beginning with ālinuxefiā and append modprobe.blacklist=nouveau then F10 to boot.
Friends! You helped me so far and answered quickly, so I fell obligated to tell you that Im putting this down for the evening. I will tell you tomorrow or in the next few days if it worked
Post:
grep -i 'blacklist nouveau' /lib/modprobe.d/*
and
grep -i 'blacklist nouveau' /etc/modprobe.d/*
to see, if nouveau is blacklisted by a file.
OK, I coudnt hold myself
I entered the grub, coudnt find a linuxefi line, but I did find a linux line, and this post Can't find command linuxefi and initrdefi while booting from uefi - #8 by ghuntress - Rocky Linux Tech Help - Rocky Linux Forum saying that linuxefi was deprecated.
So I pressed E and added modprobe.blacklist=nouveau to the linux lineā¦ and nowā¦
staffan@h-46-59-93-100:~/Downloads> lsmod | grep nvidia
nvidia_drm 126976 26
nvidia_modeset 1888256 52 nvidia_drm
nvidia_uvm 6815744 0
nvidia 10186752 864 nvidia_uvm,nvidia_modeset
drm_ttm_helper 16384 2 nvidia_drm
i2c_nvidia_gpu 12288 0
i2c_ccgx_ucsi 12288 1 i2c_nvidia_gpu
video 81920 2 asus_wmi,nvidia_modeset
You cannot understand how much joy this gives me!
So, should I now remove the line from grub and create that file with modprobe.blacklist=nouveau instead?
Im so happy!