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barren igloo Jul 5, 2025, 5:48 AM

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I'm having issues with a new rtx 5070 that my troubleshooting says "the NVIDIA DRM kernel module is not compatible with your GPU because it expects the open kernel modules, but the proprietary ones are loaded or partially loaded."

dmesg | grep -i drm
[ 3.198056] [drm] [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00000100] Loading driver
[ 3.198911] [drm:nv_drm_load [nvidia_drm]] ERROR [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00000100] Failed to allocate NvKmsKapiDevice
[ 3.198973] [drm:nv_drm_register_drm_device [nvidia_drm]] ERROR [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00000100] Failed to register device
[ 5.613898] systemd[1]: Starting Load Kernel Module drm...
[ 5.618738] systemd[1]: modprobe@drm.service: Deactivated successfully.
[ 5.618875] systemd[1]: Finished Load Kernel Module drm.

Any help on this would be much appreciated.

cedar frost Jul 5, 2025, 6:39 AM

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barren igloo I'm having issues with a new rtx 5070 that my troubleshooting says "the NVIDIA D...

@barren igloo I have a solution, try to temporarily switch to the new drivers or other new Open source Nvidia drivers, and then reinstall the proprietary ones, Use Linux Mint graphical driver software, every time you do an installation reboot your PC

barren igloo Jul 5, 2025, 4:02 PM

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I've tried using the included drivers from the drivers program but it doesn't work

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Do you mean to then install them again from ubuntu in the cli without removing the old ones?

copper hemlock Jul 5, 2025, 4:24 PM

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Can you show us

inxi -SGxxx
mokutil --sb-state

output?

barren igloo Jul 5, 2025, 4:54 PM

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barren igloo Jul 5, 2025, 4:55 PM

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copper hemlock Can you show us inxi -SGxxx mokutil --sb-state output?

heres that

copper hemlock Jul 5, 2025, 4:57 PM

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The kernel version is way too old for rtx 5070. You'll need kernel 6.8 or better yet 6.11. If you intend to stick with mint 21.3

barren igloo Jul 5, 2025, 4:58 PM

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maybe a noob question but how do i update it

copper hemlock Jul 5, 2025, 4:59 PM

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You can upgrade to mint 22.1, or you can try getting a new kernel via update manager - view - linux kernels

barren igloo Jul 5, 2025, 5:01 PM

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oh so sudo mint upgrade

copper hemlock Jul 5, 2025, 5:02 PM

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No, if you want to upgrade to 22, first install all the regular updates in the update manager, then you should have an option to upgrade in the Edit menu of the upgrade manager

barren igloo Jul 5, 2025, 5:03 PM

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ok trying now

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edit menu only have preferences and software sources

copper hemlock Jul 5, 2025, 5:05 PM

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Do you have all the regular updates?

barren igloo Jul 5, 2025, 5:05 PM

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it says its up to date

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in update manager

copper hemlock Jul 5, 2025, 5:06 PM

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Ok, then go to the terminal and use these commands

sudo apt clean
sudo apt update
sudo apt install mintupgrade
sudo mintupgrade

barren igloo Jul 5, 2025, 5:09 PM

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is it making me make a snapshot

copper hemlock Jul 5, 2025, 5:12 PM

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Yes, in case something goes wrong, it's better to have a snapshot

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Use Timeshift to make one

barren igloo Jul 5, 2025, 5:18 PM

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what is noble

copper hemlock Jul 5, 2025, 5:21 PM

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Can you screenshot the whole window for context?

barren igloo Jul 5, 2025, 5:22 PM

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copper hemlock Jul 5, 2025, 5:23 PM

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barren igloo what is noble

Noble Numbat is a codename for ubuntu 24.04, which Mint 22 is based off

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So these repositories will be disabled (press fix)

barren igloo Jul 5, 2025, 5:25 PM

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from there i can find the tailscale and disable it but i cant find the grub customizer

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could any of this help

copper hemlock Jul 5, 2025, 5:26 PM

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Check "software sources" app, PPAs or additional repositories tab

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Or just click fix in the upgrader

barren igloo Jul 5, 2025, 5:27 PM

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ok i think i did it, might have to restart the updater because it wont continue

copper hemlock Jul 5, 2025, 5:28 PM

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did you click check again?

barren igloo Jul 5, 2025, 5:30 PM

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It was just loading forever so I restarted it and now it's working

copper hemlock Jul 5, 2025, 5:31 PM

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ok

barren igloo Jul 5, 2025, 6:02 PM

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That took a long time but now it's done and the card is showing up and the other monitors have display so I see this as an absolute win

copper hemlock Jul 5, 2025, 6:03 PM

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Could you show us the new

inxi-SGxxx

output?

barren igloo Jul 5, 2025, 6:05 PM

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need to plug in the 3rd onitor

copper hemlock Jul 5, 2025, 6:06 PM

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Yeah, looks good, might want to update further to 22.1 (that should be a shorter process)

barren igloo Jul 5, 2025, 6:06 PM

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my wallpapers and panels got messed up but should be an easy fix

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fixed it.

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Thank you very much

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