Problem with nvidia drivers on 9.1/9.2

[fredex]

A few weeks ago I installed 9.1 on my AMD box, followed a few days later by installing the nvidia drivers (It has a GTX 750 Ti card) and they worked fine.

a few days/weeks later I noticed a message during boot that said something to this effect: Nvidia module failed to load, reverting to Nouveau. (that’s not exact, but is the gist).

I did a reinstall of the nvidia drivers and it seemed to be working, but more recently it recurred and nothing I have tried now makes the nvidia drivers work, not even reinstalling them again.

an excerpt from /var/log/messages:

May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: Starting Fallback to nouveau as nvidia did not load...
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox lm_sensors-modprobe-wrapper[1334]: No sensors with loadable kernel modules configured.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox lm_sensors-modprobe-wrapper[1334]: Please, run 'sensors-detect' as root in order to search for available sensors.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: Starting nvidia-powerd service...
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: Auto-connect to subsystems on FC-NVME devices found during boot was skipped because of an unmet condition check (ConditionPathExists=/sys/class/fc/fc_udev_device/nvme_discovery).
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: Read-Only Sysroot Migration was skipped because of an unmet condition check (ConditionPathIsReadWrite=/sysroot).
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: Starting Authorization Manager...
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: Starting System Logging Service...
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox /usr/bin/nvidia-powerd[1342]: nvidia-powerd version:1.0(build 1)
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: Starting RealtimeKit Scheduling Policy Service...
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: Starting Self Monitoring and Reporting Technology (SMART) Daemon...
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: System Security Services Daemon was skipped because no trigger condition checks were met.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: Reached target User and Group Name Lookups.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: Starting Accounts Service...
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox /usr/bin/nvidia-powerd[1342]: Allocate client failed 89
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox /usr/bin/nvidia-powerd[1342]: Failed to initialize RM Client
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: Starting User Login Management...
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: Starting Disk Manager...
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: Starting Daemon for power management...
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: Starting VirtualBox Linux kernel module...
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: VGAuth Service for open-vm-tools was skipped because of an unmet condition check (ConditionVirtualization=vmware).
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: Service for virtual machines hosted on VMware was skipped because of an unmet condition check (ConditionVirtualization=vmware).
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox rsyslogd[1346]: [origin software="rsyslogd" swVersion="8.2102.0-113.el9_2" x-pid="1346" x-info="https://www.rsyslog.com"] start
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: Started Windscribe helper service.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: Started System Logging Service.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: Finished Restore /run/initramfs on shutdown.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: Started LSB: Init script for live image..
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: Started Software RAID monitoring and management.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: nvidia-powerd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: nvidia-powerd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: Failed to start nvidia-powerd service.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox avahi-daemon[1328]: Successfully dropped root privileges.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox avahi-daemon[1328]: avahi-daemon 0.8 starting up.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox avahi-daemon[1328]: WARNING: No NSS support for mDNS detected, consider installing nss-mdns!
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox avahi-daemon[1328]: Successfully called chroot().
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox avahi-daemon[1328]: Successfully dropped remaining capabilities.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox polkitd[1343]: Started polkitd version 0.117
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: Started RealtimeKit Scheduling Policy Service.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox avahi-daemon[1328]: No service file found in /etc/avahi/services.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox journal[1358]: udisks daemon version 2.9.4 starting
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox avahi-daemon[1328]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface lo.IPv6 with address ::1.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox avahi-daemon[1328]: New relevant interface lo.IPv6 for mDNS.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox avahi-daemon[1328]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface lo.IPv4 with address 127.0.0.1.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox avahi-daemon[1328]: New relevant interface lo.IPv4 for mDNS.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox avahi-daemon[1328]: Network interface enumeration completed.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox avahi-daemon[1328]: Registering new address record for ::1 on lo.*.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox avahi-daemon[1328]: Registering new address record for 127.0.0.1 on lo.IPv4.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: Started Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: Starting NTP client/server...
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: Starting SYSV: Late init script for live image....
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox smartd[1351]: smartd 7.2 2020-12-30 r5155 [x86_64-linux-5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2.x86_64] (local build)
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox smartd[1351]: Copyright (C) 2002-20, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox smartd[1351]: Opened configuration file /etc/smartmontools/smartd.conf
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox smartd[1351]: Configuration file /etc/smartmontools/smartd.conf was parsed, found DEVICESCAN, scanning devices
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: Started SYSV: Late init script for live image..
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox smartd[1351]: Device: /dev/sda, type changed from 'scsi' to 'sat'
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox smartd[1351]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], opened
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox smartd[1351]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], SanDisk SSD PLUS 1000GB, S/N:22520C801202, WWN:5-001b44-8bdf3d9c2, FW:UH4504RL, 1.00 TB
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: Finished Hardware Monitoring Sensors.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox smartd[1351]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], found in smartd database: Marvell based SanDisk SSDs
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: Starting Load Kernel Module drm...
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: modprobe@drm.service: Deactivated successfully.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: Finished Load Kernel Module drm.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox smartd[1351]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], can't monitor Current_Pending_Sector count - no Attribute 197
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox smartd[1351]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], can't monitor Offline_Uncorrectable count - no Attribute 198
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox smartd[1351]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], is SMART capable. Adding to "monitor" list.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox smartd[1351]: Device: /dev/sdb, type changed from 'scsi' to 'sat'
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox smartd[1351]: Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], opened
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd-logind[1355]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event1 (Power Button)
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd-logind[1355]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event0 (Power Button)
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd-logind[1355]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event2 (Cypress USB Keyboard)
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd-logind[1355]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event3 (Cypress USB Keyboard Consumer Control)
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd-logind[1355]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event4 (Cypress USB Keyboard)
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox smartd[1351]: Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], SanDisk SSD PLUS 1000GB, S/N:22520C801263, WWN:5-001b44-8bdf3db7e, FW:UH4504RL, 1.00 TB
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd-logind[1355]: New seat seat0.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox smartd[1351]: Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], found in smartd database: Marvell based SanDisk SSDs
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox chronyd[1438]: chronyd version 4.3 starting (+CMDMON +NTP +REFCLOCK +RTC +PRIVDROP +SCFILTER +SIGND +ASYNCDNS +NTS +SECHASH +IPV6 +DEBUG)
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox chronyd[1438]: Frequency -5.231 +/- 0.094 ppm read from /var/lib/chrony/drift
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox chronyd[1438]: Using right/UTC timezone to obtain leap second data
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox chronyd[1438]: Loaded seccomp filter (level 2)
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: Started User Login Management.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: Started NTP client/server.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox smartd[1351]: Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], can't monitor Current_Pending_Sector count - no Attribute 197
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox smartd[1351]: Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], can't monitor Offline_Uncorrectable count - no Attribute 198
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox smartd[1351]: Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], is SMART capable. Adding to "monitor" list.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox smartd[1351]: Device: /dev/sdc [SAT], opened
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox smartd[1351]: Device: /dev/sdc [SAT], WDC WD20EFRX-68EUZN0, S/N:WD-WCC4M5UDYX0X, WWN:5-0014ee-2b984afbb, FW:82.00A82, 2.00 TB
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox smartd[1351]: Device: /dev/sdc [SAT], found in smartd database: Western Digital Red
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox rsyslogd[1346]: imjournal: journal files changed, reloading...  [v8.2102.0-113.el9_2 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/0 ]
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox kernel: microcode: CPU4: new patch_level=0x06000852
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox kernel: microcode: CPU0: new patch_level=0x06000852
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox kernel: microcode: CPU2: new patch_level=0x06000852
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox kernel: x86/CPU: CPU features have changed after loading microcode, but might not take effect.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox kernel: x86/CPU: Please consider either early loading through initrd/built-in or a potential BIOS update.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox kernel: microcode: Reload completed, microcode revision: 0x6000852
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: microcode.service: Deactivated successfully.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: Finished Load CPU microcode update.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: Started Authorization Manager.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox accounts-daemon[1353]: started daemon version 0.6.55
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: Starting Modem Manager...
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: Starting firewalld - dynamic firewall daemon...
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: Started Accounts Service.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox smartd[1351]: Device: /dev/sdc [SAT], is SMART capable. Adding to "monitor" list.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox smartd[1351]: Device: /dev/sdd [SAT], opened
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox smartd[1351]: Device: /dev/sdd [SAT], WDC WD40NMZW-11GX6S1, S/N:WD-WX51DA83LSUZ, WWN:5-0014ee-059f09aad, FW:01.01A01, 4.00 TB
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox journal[1358]: Error probing device: Error sending ATA command IDENTIFY DEVICE to '/dev/sdd': Unexpected sense data returned:#0120000: f0 00 01 00  50 00 01 0a  80 00 00 00  00 1d 00 00    ....P...........#0120010: 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00    ................#012 (g-io-error-quark, 0)
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox smartd[1351]: Device: /dev/sdd [SAT], found in smartd database: Western Digital Elements / My Passport (USB, AF)
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox ModemManager[1464]: <info>  ModemManager (version 1.20.2-1.el9) starting in system bus...
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox vboxdrv.sh[1360]: vboxdrv.sh: Starting VirtualBox services.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox vboxdrv.sh[1485]: Starting VirtualBox services.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox vboxdrv.sh[1486]: libkmod: kmod_module_get_holders: could not open '/sys/module/nouveau/holders': No such file or directory
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: Started Daemon for power management.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox kernel: vboxdrv: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox kernel: vboxdrv: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox kernel: MXM: GUID detected in BIOS
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox kernel: Console: switching to colour dummy device 80x25
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: vgaarb: deactivate vga console
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: NVIDIA GM107 (117000a2)
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox kernel: NET: Registered PF_QIPCRTR protocol family
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox systemd[1]: Started Modem Manager.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox smartd[1351]: Device: /dev/sdd [SAT], is SMART capable. Adding to "monitor" list.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox smartd[1351]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], --capabilites is set, mail notification may not work.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox smartd[1351]: Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], --capabilites is set, mail notification may not work.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox smartd[1351]: Device: /dev/sdc [SAT], --capabilites is set, mail notification may not work.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox smartd[1351]: Device: /dev/sdd [SAT], --capabilites is set, mail notification may not work.
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox smartd[1351]: Monitoring 4 ATA/SATA, 0 SCSI/SAS and 0 NVMe devices
May 22 11:00:36 rockybox kernel: vboxdrv: TSC mode is Invariant, tentative frequency 3511879275 Hz
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: bios: version 82.07.55.00.34
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fb: 2048 MiB GDDR5
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: bus: MMIO read of 00000000 FAULT at 3e6684 [ PRIVRING ]
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox systemd[1]: Started Self Monitoring and Reporting Technology (SMART) Daemon.
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox kernel: VBoxNetFlt: Successfully started.
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox kernel: VBoxNetAdp: Successfully started.
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox avahi-daemon[1328]: Server startup complete. Host name is rockybox.local. Local service cookie is 449440946.
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: VRAM: 2048 MiB
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: GART: 1048576 MiB
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: TMDS table version 2.0
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB version 4.0
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB outp 00: 02000f00 00000000
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB outp 01: 01011f12 00020030
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB outp 02: 08022f82 00020030
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB outp 03: 02033f62 00020010
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB conn 00: 00000000
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB conn 01: 00010131
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB conn 02: 01000231
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB conn 03: 00020361
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: MM: using COPY for buffer copies
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox kernel: snd_hda_intel 0000:01:00.1: bound 0000:01:00.0 (ops nv50_audio_component_bind_ops [nouveau])
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: allocated 2048x1152 fb: 0x80000, bo 000000006d0be2e4
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox kernel: fbcon: nouveaudrmfb (fb0) is primary device
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox vboxdrv.sh[1582]: VirtualBox services started.
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox systemd[1]: Started VirtualBox Linux kernel module.
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox kernel: Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 256x72
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox systemd[1]: Started firewalld - dynamic firewall daemon.
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: [drm] fb0: nouveaudrmfb frame buffer device
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox journal[1358]: Applying configuration from /etc/udisks2/WDC-WD20EFRX-68EUZN0-WD-WCC4M5UDYX0X.conf to /dev/sdc
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox systemd[1]: Reached target Preparation for Network.
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox systemd[1]: Starting Network Manager...
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox journal[1358]: Set standby timer to 300 seconds (value 60) on /dev/sdc [WDC-WD20EFRX-68EUZN0-WD-WCC4M5UDYX0X]
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox systemd[1]: Starting vboxautostart-service.service...
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox systemd[1]: Starting vboxballoonctrl-service.service...
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox kernel: [drm] Initialized nouveau 1.3.1 20120801 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox systemd[1]: Started vboxautostart-service.service.
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox systemd[1]: Started vboxballoonctrl-service.service.
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox kernel: sdc: sdc1
May 22 11:00:37 rockybox systemd[1]: Finished Fallback to nouveau as nvidia did not load.

I also note this earlier on in /var/log/messages:

May 22 11:00:24 rockybox kernel: Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=(md/boot)/vmlinuz-5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2.x86_64 root=UUID=1b5bd43a-70e5-4c93-b4fb-f479ac58a9fe ro crashkernel=1G-4G:192M,4G-64G:256M,64G-:512M resume=UUID=afcebf64-6659-4c41-b243-dad6e087e822 rd.md.uuid=6b31c437:5cc1a5f1:35fe0b04:e4fd168e rd.md.uuid=03ef8d2a:46171271:d40d15b6:05a8b1a9 rd.md.uuid=463986fa:9edb25fa:60d32d1f:88ac2932 rhgb quiet rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau modprobe.blacklist=nouveau nvidia-drm.modeset=1

which seems to imply that nouveau is blacklisted and nvidia not.

Over the weekend I installed 9.2 on another PC, this one an Intel chip with a (now old) Nvidia 790 video card (much more powerful than my 750), and it exhibits the same symptoms. Whatta pain!

Anyone got any clues for me on this? Guidance gladly appreciated, and thanks in advance!

Fred

[timppu]

Are you using secure boot?

Not sure if this helps, but I had problems trying to install NVidia drivers on my laptop (running Rocky Linux 9.1, now upgraded to 9.2), and finally managed to install the drivers with these instructions (with secure boot enabled):

How to Install NVIDIA Driver and CUDA on Rocky 9.1

I actually found instructions that seem to be working, without having to disable Secure Boot: https://www.reddit.com/r/RockyLinux/comments/woqgij/rocky_9_nvidia_drivers_secure_boot_success/ I changed the instructions a bit, e.g. the non-working “sudo echo >” commands in the original instructions: sudo dnf install epel-release sudo dnf upgrade sudo reboot After the reboot: sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/rhel9/$(uname -i)/cuda-rhel9…

[fredex]

Thanks for the reply!

I saw that posting online yesterday, but since I’m NOT using secureboot I assumed it didn’t apply to me. Am I assuming too much?

Fred

[timppu]

I guess it isn’t necessarily solution to you, but I also fought with the nvidia drivers not getting loaded, and I guess in my case the reason was secure boot.

Not probably related to your problem, but I noticed you have “nvidia-drm.modeset=1” in your kernel parameters. While I am not exactly sure what the meaning of that parameter is and why and when it is needed, in my case it causes my laptop to hang completely (when I try to use some program that utilizes the NVidia GPU on my laptop, e.g. running the Steam gaming client).

I ran into this when trying to find instructions how to enable vsync, as my laptop was running too hot as it was running games as fast as it can, at 160 frames per second or so. I wanted to limit the framerates to max 60 fps so that the laptop would run cooler, hence vsync.

Since my laptop uses Optimus (NVidia GPU + Intel HD graphics), I can’t set the needed parameters in the NVidia XServer settings utility. So I tried that same kernel parameter as suggested in this discussion:

Can't enable prime sync

(I just added that parameter to kernel options in grub edit mode). The laptop would run fine until I tried to run e.g. Steam, at which point the system became completely unresponsive, the mouse wouldn’t move etc., and for some reason the CAPS LOCK light on the keyboard was blinking. Rebooting the machine again without that option fixed it, but still no vsync.

Since I couldn’t find a way to enable vsync, I just don’t use that option (at least as a kernel parameter, not sure if it can be set somewhere else too), and instead I used MangoHUD as a frame limiter, without vsync:

GitHub - flightlessmango/MangoHud: A Vulkan and OpenGL overlay for monitoring...

In Steam games this launch option limits the framerate to 60 fps:

MANGOHUD_CONFIG=no_display,fps_limit=60 mangohud %command%

So long story short: are you sure you need that kernel parameter, and if not, could it be causing problems for you too? I guess you could safely test it by editing that in the grub boot menu; if it doesn’t work, rebooting will bring the option back.

Sorry I am merely grasping at straws here, there’s a lot I don’t understand about the way the proprietary NVidia drivers work (or don’t work) in Linux…

[nchauvet]

if using rpmfusion, you can get newer driver for Rocky 8 / 9 by using
dnf update --enablerepo=rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-testing

Theses 525 drivers serie will be in stable updates in a couple of days…

Feedbacks welcomed.

[fredex]

yeah, those are the ones I have.

Fred

[james-p]

I’m also having problems with the Nvidia drivers on Rocky 9

I’ve recently installed Rocky 9.2 on a host with an Nvidia Quadro P4000 using Nvidia drivers installed via a ‘run’ file downloaded directly from Nvidia - I’m also using lightdm/Mate (no Wayland involved)

I’ve tried various latest versions on the Nvidia drivers (525.116.04, 530.41.03) - all have the same issue:

Xorg locks up almost immediately after starting - top shows Xorg using 100% CPU - and is restarting every few seconds

nvidia-smi hangs for a few seconds and then returns ‘No devices were found’

dmesg reports every few seconds:

[Tue May 23 09:31:57 2023] NVRM: GPU 0000:02:00.0: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x25:0x65:1462)
[Tue May 23 09:31:57 2023] NVRM: GPU 0000:02:00.0: rm_init_adapter failed, device minor number 0
[Tue May 23 09:32:06 2023] NVRM: GPU 0000:02:00.0: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x25:0x65:1462)
[Tue May 23 09:32:06 2023] NVRM: GPU 0000:02:00.0: rm_init_adapter failed, device minor number 0
[Tue May 23 09:32:14 2023] NVRM: GPU 0000:02:00.0: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x25:0x65:1462)
[Tue May 23 09:32:14 2023] NVRM: GPU 0000:02:00.0: rm_init_adapter failed, device minor number 0

(I’m assuming each of the above sets of messages coincide with Xorg restarting ?)

There is nothing obvious wrong reported in /var/log/Xorg.0.log

I’ve used very similar configs/setups on CentOS 7.9 and Rocky 8.7 - and haven’t had this issue

I don’t know if my issue is connected to what has been reported here ?

[nchauvet]

If you have any issue with nvidia driver packaged from rpmfusion. Please create an issue to bugzilla.rpmfusion.org with the generated report: Howto/NVIDIA - RPM Fusion

[fredex]

Well, to my surprise, when I ran ‘dnf update’ earlier today it showed a bunch of nvidia packages for updates, and even nicer, once installed and rebooted, they worked! Unlike the earlier ones–I’m guessing there was something wrong with the 525.78 packages–the newer 525.116 ones that I now have are working both on my main computer and the “spare” I was testing with.

[james-p]

The problem I reported in this thread appears to have been fixed by updating the BIOS on the workstation