Problems with nvidia GC software

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Hi, I have a computer with OpenSuse Leap 15.4 and an nvidia graphics card that has lately been giving some problems. From the begining the graphics card wasn’t working well (videos worked slow and some 3d programs dodn’t work at all) and I thought it might be a software issue so I tried to update the drivers from nvidia (I had nouveau drivers), first I found out what graphics card it was and took all the info, this is what I got:


 jarvis:/home/nacho # lspci | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF108 [GeForce GT 630] (rev a1)

jarvis:/home/nacho # hwinfo --gfxcard | grep Model
  Model: "nVidia GF108 [GeForce GT 630]"
jarvis:/home/nacho # hwinfo --arch
Arch: X86_64/grub  
jarvis:/home/nacho # inxi -G
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA GF108 [GeForce GT 630] driver: N/A
           Device-2: Jieli USB PHY 2.0 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
           Display: server: X.org 1.20.3 driver: loaded: nvidia unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa tty: 178x58
           Message: Advanced graphics data unavailable in console for root.
           
jarvis:/home/nacho # inxi -Ga
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA GF108 [GeForce GT 630] vendor: ZOTAC driver: N/A alternate: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia
           bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:0f00 class-ID: 0300
           Device-2: Jieli USB PHY 2.0 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 4-1.4:4 chip-ID: 1224:2a25
           class-ID: 0102
           Display: server: X.org 1.20.3 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: loaded: nvidia unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa
           alternate: nouveau,nv tty: 178x58
           Message: Advanced graphics data unavailable in console for root.

After this I installed and updated the repositories of nvidia through Yast and downloaded the G05 drivers, also through Yast, which were the ones nvidia said worked for my card. After updating and restarting my computer the configuration of the pc went off, it didn’t pick one of my screens and the other one had a different resolution and I couldn’t change it. After this I tried to install G04 drivers but the same problem happened, then I tried to install them manually, from nvidia’s page not through Yast, and this message came out and the problem was still there:


WARNING: The NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 GPU installed in this system is supported through the NVIDIA 390.xx legacy Linux graphics drivers.  Please visit
           http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html for more information.  The 470.182.03 NVIDIA Linux graphics driver will ignore this GPU.
WARNING: You do not appear to have an NVIDIA GPU supported by the 470.182.03 NVIDIA Linux graphics driver installed in this system.  For further details, please see the       
           appendix SUPPORTED NVIDIA GRAPHICS CHIPS in the README available on the Linux driver download page at www.nvidia.com.

Finally I tried to uninstall all the drivers and install the nouveau drivers again but it didn’t change anything. Someone knows what’s happening? Is it a software or a hardware problem? The graphics card worked well before trying all of this, it worked kind of slow but worked at least.

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@Ninja_410 Hi, that card is to old for current repo drivers, you need the G03 (390.xx) series which is gone… Install the hardway, but may need patching to create a custom run file…

Patches can usually be found on the Nvidia Forums.

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I’m a bit confused about that, you say the driver is G03=390.xx but the name of the G04 is computeG04-390.157-lp154.27.1.x86_64.rpm

And searching in nvidia drivers for GeForce GT630 it returns 470.182.03

And… searching for G03 I find that the last G03 in the opensuse repos was in Opensuse 15.1 and the package is called nvidia-computeG03-340.108-lp151.26.1.x86_64.rpm

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@fperal yes, that’s my bad, the G04 driver should work… but maybe not on openSUSE if it’s showing the warning…

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In fact I would think that it should be supported by the G05 as the package is called nvidia-computeG05-470.182.03-lp154.56.1.x86_64.rpm but as @Ninja_410 reports the error

You do not appear to have an NVIDIA GPU supported by the 470.182.03 NVIDIA Linux graphics driver installed in this system

I’m confussed, and I’m tryying to remember that I have experienced something similar, I mean that the driver returned by nvidia driver downloads did not match the driver that worked for me.

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It is not always clear as it seems at the first view. But Nvidia clearly states on the driver download page, that some manufactures use hardware setups that are incompatible with the drivers even if this graphics card should be supported.

Note that the list of supported GPU products is provided to indicate which GPUs are supported by a particular driver version. Some designs incorporating supported GPUs may not be compatible with the NVIDIA Linux driver: in particular, notebook and all-in-one desktop designs with switchable (hybrid) or Optimus graphics will not work if means to disable the integrated graphics in hardware are not available. Hardware designs will vary from manufacturer to manufacturer, so please consult with a system’s manufacturer to determine whether that particular system is compatible.