optimus manager not loading nvidia driver | Arch Linux Community | Page 1

cosmic harness Apr 29, 2023, 9:55 AM

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hi, i switched from linux to linux lts and installed nvidia-lts package. Optimus manager is trying to load nvidia package, but failed.
output of my switch log
[6] INFO: # Xorg pre-start hook [7] INFO: Previous state was: {'type': 'pending_pre_xorg_start', 'requested_mode': 'nvidia', 'current_mode': None} [7] INFO: Requested mode is: nvidia [30] INFO: Available modules: ['nouveau'] [30] INFO: Unloading modules ['nouveau'] (if loaded) [32] INFO: switching=none, nothing to do [48] INFO: Loading module nvidia [48] ERROR: Xorg pre-start setup error Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/optimus_manager/hooks/pre_xorg_start.py", line 51, in main setup_kernel_state(config, prev_state, requested_mode) File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/optimus_manager/kernel.py", line 22, in setup_kernel_state _nvidia_up(config, hybrid=(requested_mode == "hybrid")) File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/optimus_manager/kernel.py", line 95, in _nvidia_up _load_nvidia_modules(config, available_modules) File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/optimus_manager/kernel.py", line 164, in _load_nvidia_modules _load_module(available_modules, "nvidia", options=nvidia_options) File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/optimus_manager/kernel.py", line 241, in _load_module raise KernelSetupError( optimus_manager.kernel.KernelSetupError: module nvidia is not available for current kernel. Is the corresponding package installed ? [48] INFO: Removing /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-optimus-manager.conf (if present) [48] INFO: Writing state {'type': 'pre_xorg_start_failed', 'switch_id': '20230429T112943', 'requested_mode': 'nvidia'}
thanks for help

mystic comet Apr 29, 2023, 9:57 AM

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Do you need optimus manager for some reason?
It is an old and quite problematic way to manage Optimus.

cosmic harness Apr 29, 2023, 9:57 AM

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its the best way i found for switching gpus

mystic comet Apr 29, 2023, 9:58 AM

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Since Nvidia implemented Prime in its Linux driver, there is no need to install bumblebee / optimus manager / etc. and they quite often cause issues due to their additions to xorg.conf and such.

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To solve such issues:

Remove optimus manager
Check ls -al /etc/X11/xorg.conf*
Remove everything in those configs related to graphics.
Install nvidia-prime and use prime-run in front of a command to run anything with the dGPU.

cosmic harness Apr 29, 2023, 10:00 AM

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thanks, i will try it

mystic comet Apr 29, 2023, 10:04 AM

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btw if you have xf86-video-intel, remove it.

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except for potentially some older iGPUs, the default modesetting driver in the kernel is better, and that is an older driver.

cosmic harness Apr 29, 2023, 10:10 AM

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its done, but if i want to start steam, it says yhis

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Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1682573004)/tid(4405)
SteamUpdateUI: An X Error occurred
X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)

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but if i want to start minecraft, launcher starts but game refuses to start because this

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GLFW error 65543: GLX: Failed to create context: GLXBadFBConfig. Please make sure you have up-to-date drivers (see aka.ms/mcdriver for instructions).

mystic comet Apr 29, 2023, 10:12 AM

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do you have multilib enabled in pacman for 32-bit packages?

cosmic harness Apr 29, 2023, 10:12 AM

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yes, i have

mystic comet Apr 29, 2023, 11:46 AM

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oh btw are you starting steam with prime-run? shouldn't do that.

cosmic harness Apr 29, 2023, 1:06 PM

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i make it somehow work. it seems that prime-run depends on some newer library

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thanks a lot

cosmic harness May 10, 2023, 9:06 AM

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hi, i switched to prime but i cannot use hdmi. i have lenovo legion 5 with archlinux with plasma

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i can see connected monitor but i cant set it as output

mystic comet May 10, 2023, 1:18 PM

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I have a Lenovo Legion Y520

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Intel + Nvidia GTX 1050 TI

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Did you clear xorg.conf's ?

cosmic harness May 11, 2023, 10:52 AM

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Yes i did

mystic comet May 12, 2023, 1:12 AM

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If you'd like, let's do my common pre-checks for Optimus issues:

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