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Software - Support / Login Manager not working with Nvidia Driver

« Last post by Sir_Aim on 2024/04/02, 17:17:42 »

Hi, I did a fresh install this weekend, and all seems to be fine - but after I switched to the Nvidia Driver I can not log in from the graphical login manager.

After login the screen turns black for a few seconds and throws me back to the login screen...
When I login in a new terminal and launch KDE with startx it works without a promblem.

Does anyone know this issue and how to fix it?

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System:
  Host: i9 Kernel: 6.8.2-1-siduction-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
    v: 14.0.1
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.10 Distro: siduction 2023.1.1 giants - kde -
    (202403291554) base: Debian GNU/Linux trixie/sid
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME Z370-A II v: Rev X.0x
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI-[Legacy]: American Megatrends v: 0602
    date: 03/12/2019
CPU:
  Info: 8-core model: Intel Core i7-9700K bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Coffee Lake
    rev: D cache: L1: 512 KiB L2: 2 MiB L3: 12 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/4900 cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800
    5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 bogomips: 57600
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU116 [GeForce GTX 1660 Ti] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
    v: 550.67 arch: Turing bus-ID: 01:00.0
  Display: server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.4 driver: X:
    loaded: nvidia unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa gpu: nvidia
    resolution: 1: 1920x1200~60Hz 2: 1920x1200~60Hz 3: 1920x1200~60Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 550.67
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti/PCIe/SSE2


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Upgrade Warnings / Re: Nvidia-Treiber Modulbau schlägt mit Kernel 6.8 fehl

« Last post by Mte90 on 2024/04/02, 16:36:48 »

You are right.
I have the nvidia debian repository because I have cuda installed so this is the reason why I am not getting the siduction package.

I will wait for nvidia do update those packages for the latest linux kernel.

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Upgrade Warnings / Re: Nvidia-Treiber Modulbau schlägt mit Kernel 6.8 fehl

« Last post by ro_sid on 2024/04/02, 16:29:21 »

I tried reinstalling the headers and adding the other repository but I still have issues with Virtualbox dkms.

No, not with "Virtualbox dkms", but with "nvidia( dkms)":

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Error: Installation has failed.
If you'd like to file a bug report please include '/var/log/nala/dpkg-debug.log'
dkms autoinstall on 6.8.2-1-siduction-amd64/x86_64 succeeded for virtualbox
dkms autoinstall on 6.8.2-1-siduction-amd64/x86_64 failed for nvidia-current(10)
Error! One or more modules failed to install during autoinstall.
[...]

Most likely, you (still) have not installed the "right" nvidia-package from the Siduction(!), not Debian repository.

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Upgrade Warnings / Re: Nvidia-Treiber Modulbau schlägt mit Kernel 6.8 fehl

« Last post by Mte90 on 2024/04/02, 14:43:52 »

I tried reinstalling the headers and adding the other repository but I still have issues with Virtualbox dkms.


Update:

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Error: Installation has failed.
If you'd like to file a bug report please include '/var/log/nala/dpkg-debug.log'
dkms autoinstall on 6.8.2-1-siduction-amd64/x86_64 succeeded for virtualbox
dkms autoinstall on 6.8.2-1-siduction-amd64/x86_64 failed for nvidia-current(10)
Error! One or more modules failed to install during autoinstall.
Refer to previous errors for more information.
dkms: autoinstall for kernel: 6.8.2-1-siduction-amd64 failed!
run-parts: /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms exited with return code 11
Failed to process /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-headers-6.8.2-1-siduction-amd64.postinst line 11.


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Software - Support / Re: Nouveau ----> Nvidia, trouble changing driver

« Last post by towo on 2024/04/02, 14:40:49 »

Normaly, the nvidia packages do all needed, inclusive blacklisting nouveau.
If nouveau is loaded anyway, you have to search for the cause, maybe, your initrd was not rebuilded after nvidia install.

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Software - Support / Re: Nouveau ----> Nvidia, trouble changing driver

« Last post by dibl on 2024/04/02, 14:14:11 »

Thanks, @towo. With your hints, I was able to see it build the nvidia-current module. But, of course the GPU is already bound to the nouveau module, and so when it is unloaded the screen is lost, and apparently some keyboard input is also terminated. I attempted some commands "while blind" like

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rmmod nouveau && modprobe nvidia-current && systemctl isolate multi-user.target(didn't work). I know the keyboard is not totally dead, because Ctrl-Alt-Del will still sent the reboot signal.

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Software - Support / Re: Nouveau ----> Nvidia, trouble changing driver

« Last post by towo on 2024/04/02, 08:38:41 »

nvidia-driver is only a metapackage, so reinstalling it, will never trigger a rebuild for the kernel modules.

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dpkg-reconfigure nvidia-kernel-dkmswould do that, as also

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apt install --reinstall nvidia-kernel-dkms

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Software - Support / Re: Nouveau ----> Nvidia, trouble changing driver

« Last post by ro_sid on 2024/04/02, 00:35:50 »

Oh, well, sorry, the name of the Nvidia-Siduction-driver 550 is "nvidia-current", not just "nvidia"!
And I built the 550 driver version immediately before the actual one (supplied by towo, also) successfully with kernel version 6.7(.10), too!
[I deleted that kernel now, but I see no reason, why this version should not compile with a 6.7 kernel, also.]

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Software - Support / Re: Nouveau ----> Nvidia, trouble changing driver

« Last post by dibl on 2024/04/02, 00:05:01 »

Digging, digging, digging ...

I watched closely while attempting to install --reinstall nvidia-driver. It appears to me that the dkms process to build the nvidia module is not actually working (I have dkms and nvidia-kernel-dkms installed). Here is the output of the installation command:

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Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  libabsl20220623t64
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove it.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 520 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 https://cdn.liquorix.net/siduction/fixes unstable/non-free amd64 nvidia-driver amd64 550.67-0siduction2 [520 kB]
Fetched 520 kB in 1s (637 kB/s)
(Reading database ... 282371 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../nvidia-driver_550.67-0siduction2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking nvidia-driver (550.67-0siduction2) over (550.67-0siduction2) ...
Setting up nvidia-driver (550.67-0siduction2) ...
root@dibl-MOW:~#
That's all of it -- no dkms module build output.

Following that exercise, here is the output of

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modprobe nvidia

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modprobe: FATAL: Module nvidia not found in directory /lib/modules/6.7.6-1-siduction-amd64
Question: Is the 550.67 driver ONLY for kernel 6.8 and later?  I'm still on 6.7.

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Software - Support / Re: Nouveau ----> Nvidia, trouble changing driver

« Last post by dibl on 2024/04/01, 22:53:45 »

Thank you, @ro_sid. Tomorrow will bring new energy to attack this issue.