system gie this message aftr I ‘migratied’ to Leap 16 using the migration-tool
localhost:~ # 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.
The nvidia drivers are all installed per myrlyn
Do i have to wait on Nvidia for something?
I really do not want to do a fresh install.
from system info, so it is there. Just can’t access it after the migration to leap 16
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK208B [GeForce GT 710] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
The screenshot is useless as it hides all relevant information.
show the output of
zypper se -si nvidia
and post it here in preformatted text tags </>
Also show
inxi -GSaz
Better not to jump to conclusions before anybody has seen any relevant output.
Nvidia-smi is a way to see if the cuda driver is installed and being used. In your screenshot there is no nvidia-cuda driver at all. Is it installed but not in the picture, or isn’t it installed?
Furthermore you have the 64 and the 32 bits drivers installed. Why? Is that necessary?
This is irrelevant. 32bit packages are pulled as dependency by several applications e.g Steam.
I just looked at my other laptop with Fedora KDE 42 where I use an Nvidia card, but there I only have 64 bits drivers and other packages.
That’s why I responded.
There are differences for package names and dependencies between different distributions.
Best I can do. Don’t know what 'preformatted text </> means
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
S | Name | Type | Version | Arch | Repository
---+----------------------------+---------+----------------------------------------+--------+------------------
i+ | kernel-firmware-nvidia | package | 20250516-160000.2.2 | noarch | repo-oss (16.0)
i | nvidia-computeG05 | package | 470.256.02-lp156.80.1 | x86_64 | (System Packages)
i | nvidia-computeG05-32bit | package | 470.256.02-lp156.80.1 | x86_64 | (System Packages)
i+ | nvidia-gfxG05-kmp-default | package | 470.256.02_k6.4.0_150600.21-lp156.80.1 | x86_64 | (System Packages)
i | nvidia-glG05 | package | 470.256.02-lp156.80.1 | x86_64 | (System Packages)
i | nvidia-glG05-32bit | package | 470.256.02-lp156.80.1 | x86_64 | (System Packages)
i | openSUSE-repos-Leap-NVIDIA | package | 20250714.a450212-lp160.2.1 | x86_64 | repo-oss (16.0)
i | x11-video-nvidiaG05 | package | 470.256.02-lp156.80.1 | x86_64 | (System Packages)
i | x11-video-nvidiaG05-32bit | package | 470.256.02-lp156.80.1 | x86_64 | (System Packages)
Note: For an extended search including not yet activated remote resources please use 'zypper
search-packages'.
localhost:~ # inxi -GSaz
System:
Kernel: 6.12.0-160000.5-default arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
v: 13.4.0 clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.12.0-160000.5-default
root=UUID=f6d75b37-11d1-4622-9649-d5442ce50c95 showops fastboot
mitigations=auto nosimplefb=1
Console: pty pts/0 wm: kwin_x11 DM: SDDM Distro: openSUSE Leap 16.0
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GK208B [GeForce GT 710] vendor: ZOTAC driver: N/A
alternate: nouveau non-free: series: 470.xx+
status: legacy-active (EOL~2024-09-xx) arch: Fermi-2 code: GF119/GK208
process: TSMC 28nm built: 2010-2016 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 8
bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:128b class-ID: 0300
Display: unspecified server: X.Org v: 21.1.15 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nouveau unloaded: vesa
failed: nvidia alternate: fbdev,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: 1024x768 hz: 60 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: 24.3.3 glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes
renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.7 256 bits) device-ID: ffffffff:ffffffff
memory: 30.53 GiB unified: yes
API: Vulkan Message: No Vulkan data available.
Mod edit: Preformatted text
There is no ‘cuda’ in the list of nvidia drivers for the G05 series drivers that I can find by a myrlyn search
sorry my bad. I looked past that option. old man, old eyes, old brain function.
I’ve done it for you. 
Thanks, nxt time I’ll know better.
if it makes a difference this is the repo list using zypper. I see ther is still a 15.6 repo there.
zypper repos
Repository priorities are without effect. All enabled repositories share the same priority.
# | Alias | Name | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh
---+-----------------------------+---------------------------+---------+-----------+--------
1 | Google-Chrome | Google-Chrome | Yes | (r ) Yes | No
2 | NVIDIA:repo-non-free | repo-non-free (16.0) | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes
3 | brave-browser | Brave Browser | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes
4 | openSUSE-Leap-15.6-1 | openSUSE-Leap-15.6-1 | No | ---- | ----
5 | openSUSE:repo-non-oss | repo-non-oss (16.0) | No | ---- | ----
6 | openSUSE:repo-non-oss-debug | repo-non-oss-debug (16.0) | No | ---- | ----
7 | openSUSE:repo-openh264 | repo-openh264 (16.0) | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes
8 | openSUSE:repo-oss | repo-oss (16.0) | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes
9 | openSUSE:repo-oss-debug | repo-oss-debug (16.0) | No | ---- | ----
10 | openSUSE:repo-oss-source | repo-oss-source (16.0) | No | ---- | ----
Always best to use zypper lr -d when sharing configured repos. That way the URI is shown as well. In any case it is disabled in your system, but best practice would be to remove it.
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 is based on the Fermi-2 (GK208/GF119) architecture, which is considered legacy. NVIDIA support ended for this old hardware with the 470.xx series drivers. The nouveau driver provides basic support for this hardware, but best to upgrade the video card really.
I don’t see the nvidia repo as ‘disabled’.
Remove what? the repo?
zypper lr -d
# | Alias | Name | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh | Keep | Priority | Type | URI | Service
---+-----------------------------+---------------------------+---------+-----------+---------+------+----------+--------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------
1 | Google-Chrome | Google-Chrome | Yes | (r ) Yes | No | - | 99 | rpm-md | http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64 |
2 | NVIDIA:repo-non-free | repo-non-free (16.0) | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 99 | rpm-md | https://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/leap/16.0 | NVIDIA
3 | brave-browser | Brave Browser | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 99 | rpm-md | https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com/x86_64 |
4 | openSUSE-Leap-15.6-1 | openSUSE-Leap-15.6-1 | No | ---- | ---- | - | 99 | rpm-md | hd:/?device=/dev/disk/by-id/usb-PNY_USB_2.0_FD_AF210H39YE07001621-0:0-part2 |
5 | openSUSE:repo-non-oss | repo-non-oss (16.0) | No | ---- | ---- | - | 99 | rpm-md | http://cdn.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/16.0/repo/non-oss/x86_64 | openSUSE
6 | openSUSE:repo-non-oss-debug | repo-non-oss-debug (16.0) | No | ---- | ---- | - | 99 | N/A | http://cdn.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/leap/16.0/repo/non-oss/x86_64 | openSUSE
7 | openSUSE:repo-openh264 | repo-openh264 (16.0) | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 99 | rpm-md | http://codecs.opensuse.org/openh264/openSUSE_Leap_16 | openSUSE
8 | openSUSE:repo-oss | repo-oss (16.0) | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 99 | rpm-md | http://cdn.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/16.0/repo/oss/x86_64 | openSUSE
9 | openSUSE:repo-oss-debug | repo-oss-debug (16.0) | No | ---- | ---- | - | 99 | N/A | http://cdn.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/leap/16.0/repo/oss/x86_64 | openSUSE
10 | openSUSE:repo-oss-source | repo-oss-source (16.0) | No | ---- | ---- | - | 99 | N/A | http://cdn.opensuse.org/source/distribution/leap/16.0/repo/oss | openSUSE
localhost:~ #