Help Needed with Nvidia Drivers

Issues & Assistance
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Hi,

I am currently having an issue with graphics on my desktop running Garuda Dragonized.
PC Spec is a AMD 5900x CPU
NVIDIA 1050 Ti GPU.

I initially was having issues with glitchy screens and when checking Journal Events I could see that Kernel Drivers did not match the installed drivers.
The Kernel driver was 545.29.06 while the installed driver was 550.67

I therefore accessed the Garuda Settings Manager, and opted to Auto Install Open-Source Driver thinking that this would resolve the issue.

Upon reboot, I now have only one monitor working and resolution is at 1024x768.

I tried accessing the Garuda settings manager again and tried to Auto install proprietary drivers again, but following a reboot, this made no difference.

Any assistance with this issue would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks in advance

My Inxi log

Kernel: 6.8.1-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=e339e179-2086-4304-a66f-e9c940454e6b rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0 loglevel=3
ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.0.2 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.0.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 3 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG CROSSHAIR VIII FORMULA v: Rev X.0x
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU uuid: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: 4702 date: 10/20/2023
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 4
level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25)
model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 0 microcode: 0xA20102B
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 12 tpc: 2 threads: 24 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 768 KiB desc: d-12x32 KiB; i-12x32 KiB L2: 6 MiB desc: 12x512 KiB
L3: 64 MiB desc: 2x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3680 high: 3700 min/max: 2200/4950 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 3700 2: 3700
3: 3700 4: 3700 5: 3700 6: 3700 7: 3700 8: 3700 9: 3598 10: 3700 11: 3700
12: 3598 13: 3700 14: 3605 15: 3700 16: 3700 17: 3700 18: 3700 19: 3599
20: 3700 21: 3700 22: 3626 23: 3700 24: 3700 bogomips: 177619
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti] vendor: Gigabyte driver: N/A
alternate: nouveau non-free: 545.xx+ status: current (as of 2024-02;
EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Pascal code: GP10x process: TSMC 16nm
built: 2016-2021 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 0a:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c82 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Logitech Logitech Webcam C925e driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-2.4:7
chip-ID: 046d:085b class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.4
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nouveau
alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa gpu: N/A display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: Unknown-1 res: 1024x768 size: N/A modes: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 0 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast
surfaceless: drv: swrast wayland: drv: swrast x11: drv: swrast
API: OpenGL v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 24.0.3-arch1.2 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 17.0.6 256 bits)
device-ID: ffffffff:ffffffff memory: 30.52 GiB unified: yes
display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 10 device: 0 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
(LLVM 17.0.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 24.0.3-arch1.2 (LLVM
17.0.6) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP107GL High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 0a:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fb9
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 0c:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Logitech Logitech Webcam C925e driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-2.4:7
chip-ID: 046d:085b class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.8.1-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.0.4 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Aquantia AQC111 NBase-T/IEEE 802.3bz Ethernet [AQtion]
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: atlantic v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
lanes: 1 link-max: lanes: 4 port: N/A bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 1d6a:11b1
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igb v: kernel
pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 05:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp5s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-3: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp6s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-6:10 chip-ID: 8087:0029
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2
lmp-v: 11 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.31 TiB used: 31.22 GiB (1.3%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 PRO 500GB
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 5B2QGXA7 temp: 39.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000LM048-2E7172
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> fw-rev: SDM1 scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD5000BPVT-75HXZT1 size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Samsung model: SP0812C
size: 74.56 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 1.5 Gb/s
tech: N/A serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0-27 scheme: GPT
ID-5: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD3200AVJS-63B6A0 size: 298.09 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s tech: N/A serial: <filter> fw-rev: 3A01
scheme: GPT
ID-6: /dev/sde maj-min: 8:64 vendor: SanDisk model: USB 3.2Gen1
size: 114.6 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 3.2 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: N/A serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
ID-7: /dev/sdf maj-min: 8:80 vendor: Kingston model: DataTraveler 2.0
size: 14.64 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 2.0 spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: N/A serial: <filter>
fw-rev: PMAP scheme: GPT
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 232.88 GiB size: 232.88 GiB (100.00%)
used: 31.16 GiB (13.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%)
used: 60.8 MiB (63.3%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-3: /home raw-size: 232.88 GiB size: 232.88 GiB (100.00%)
used: 31.16 GiB (13.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 232.88 GiB size: 232.88 GiB (100.00%)
used: 31.16 GiB (13.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 232.88 GiB size: 232.88 GiB (100.00%)
used: 31.16 GiB (13.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.25 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 24 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0 C mobo: 32.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 0
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.25 GiB used: 5.34 GiB (17.1%)
Processes: 439 Power: uptime: 26m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 12.46 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,upowerd
Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 2258 libs: 615 tools: octopi,pamac,paru
Compilers: clang: 17.0.6 gcc: 13.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: Bash
v: 5.2.26 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.33
Garuda (2.6.23-1):
System install date:     2024-01-31
Last full system update: 2024-03-23
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager mkinitcpio
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Failed units:
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try running sudo pacman -S --needed linux linux-headers nvidia after which , reboot . On boot select advanced options for garuda linux and choose the option which states linux arch 6.8 smthng like dat and then see if it boots successfully without issues.

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Thanks for coming back to me. I’ll give that a try and get back to you. :slight_smile:

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No change unfortunately, still just 1 monitor at 1024x768 resolution. I did access the advanced settings at the grub screen but there was no entry that stated kernel 6.8.1, just linux-zen. Got a feeling that it’s on currently nomodest for graphics, but I could be wrong

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after installing the linux package ? Could you send a photo of the advanced grub menu options please ?

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Sure. I will post it via mobile, but will need to pick this back up tomorrow.

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okay if this doesn’t work then run sudo pacman -R linux linux-headers nvidia && sudo pacman -S linux-lts linux-lts-headers nvidia-lts reboot and in advanced options choose linux lts if available.

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Great! Apparently new users cannot upload photos, so here are the entries:

Garuda Linux, with Linux linux-zen
Garuda Linux, with Linux linux-zen (fallback initramfs)
Garuda Linux, with Linux linux-zen (recovery mode)
Garuda Linux, with Linux linux
Garuda Linux, with Linux linux (fallback initramfs)
Garuda Linux, with Linux linux (recovery mode)

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well linux linux is the entry I am talking about , so before running the command I posted above , try booting into linux linux entry.

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Ok, so we have 2 screens again… But no greeter yet. Just a cursor on a black screen.

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you din’t run the command above , did you ? I mean anyways you are NOT supposed to run it.

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No I didn’t run the last CMD, only the prior one you gave me. Worth trying to log in via TTY??

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Hmm , just so you know I am a intel igpu guy so I know NOTHING about nvidia . So , all the trials and error commands I will give you are based on wikis and my common linux user sense so sorry if I can’t help you.

Anyways run the prior command and try booting into linux lts entry .

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Will try this tomorrow… so to clarify run sudo pacman -S --needed linux linux-headers nvidia then try and login via Linux LTS, right?

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Nope , see my 3rd reply.

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Got you! Will update again tomorrow. Thanks for your help :slight_smile:

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If you want to keep using the Zen kernel, you will need to install the DKMS version of the Nvidia drivers.

sudo pacman -S nvidia-dkms

A lot of folks are reporting issues running a Wayland session on proprietary Nvidia drivers. You may need to set additional kernel parameters (see this post for example), or switch to an X11 session on the login screen before you sign in.

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Thank you for the advice, I ran sudo pacman -S nvidia-dkms and that bought back the 2 screens however upon login using Wayland, I just ended up having black background and no dock loading. I have therefore resorted to using X11 at the login screen and now functionality seems to be back to normal.

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