How to switch my display driver from open source to nvidia

deepankar · 8 August 2022 20:09

Hello Garuda users,

I downloaded the nvidia-470xx-dkms but for some reason it does not check the installed box in the garuda settings manager instead it uses the open source one.

How do i change the driver from open source one to nvidia?

garuda-inxi

System: Kernel: 5.18.16-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.1.1 
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen root=UUID=b317b7ac-7ad9-4765-b0ed-d38240800acd
 rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0 
 resume=UUID=83399753-dae2-4f50-a8c1-61257372a49c loglevel=3 ibt=off 
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.25.4 tk: Qt v: 5.15.5 info: latte-dock wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 
dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux 
Machine: Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Nitro AN515-54 v: V1.02 serial: <superuser required> 
Mobo: CFL model: Octavia_CFS v: V1.02 serial: <superuser required> 
UEFI: Insyde v: 1.02 date: 03/26/2019 
Battery: 
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 28.3 Wh (70.4%) condition: 40.2/58.8 Wh (68.4%) volts: 15.0 min: 15.4 
model: Simplo PABAS0241231 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: discharging 
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard serial: <filter> 
charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging 
Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging 
CPU:
 Info: model: Intel Core i5-9300H bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Coffee Lake gen: core 9
 built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xF0
 Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache: L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB Speed (MHz): avg: 804 high: 837 min/max: 800/4100 
scaling: driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 837 8: 800 bogomips: 38400 
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx 
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable 
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics: 
Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: none bus-ID: 0000:00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:3e9b class-ID: 0300 
Device-2: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q] vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: nvidia v: 515.65.01 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 515.xx+ status: current (as of 2022-07) arch: Turing code: TUxxx process: TSMC 12nm built: 2018-22 bus-ID: 0000:01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1f91 class-ID: 0300 
Device-3: Quanta HD Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-5:3 chip-ID: 0408:a060 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter> Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.4 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.3 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: nouveau alternate: fbdev,intel,nv,vesa gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1 Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22") s-diag: 582mm (22.93") Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x21ed built: 2016 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080 OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 22.1.4 direct render: Yes 
Audio: 
Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 0000:00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a348 class-ID: 0403 
Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 0000:01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10fa class-ID: 0403 Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.18.16-zen1-1-zen running: yes Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.56 running: yes 
Network: 
Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 0000:00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:a370 class-ID: 0280 IF: wlp0s20f3 state: down mac: <filter> 
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 bus-ID: 0000:06:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200 IF: enp6s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Bluetooth: 
Device-1: Intel Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP) type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-14:4 chip-ID: 8087:0aaa class-ID: e001 Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter> 
RAID: Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: intel_nvme_remap v: N/A port: 5060 bus-ID: 0000:00:17.0 chip-ID: 8086:282a rev: N/A class-ID: 0104 
Drives: Local Storage: total: 1.14 TiB used: 221.43 GiB (18.9%) 
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: SK Hynix model: HFM256GDJTNG-8310A size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 80002C00 temp: 37.9 C scheme: GPT 
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000LM049-2GH172 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: ACM1 scheme: GPT 
Partition: 
ID-1: / raw-size: 38.56 GiB size: 38.56 GiB (100.00%) used: 13.32 GiB (34.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:7
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%) used: 576 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5 
ID-3: /home raw-size: 38.56 GiB size: 38.56 GiB (100.00%) used: 13.32 GiB (34.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:7 
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 38.56 GiB size: 38.56 GiB (100.00%) used: 13.32 GiB (34.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:7 
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 38.56 GiB size: 38.56 GiB (100.00%) used: 13.32 GiB (34.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:7 
Swap: Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 7.61 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100 dev: /dev/zram0 ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 9.77 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6 
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0 C pch: 59.0 C mobo: N/A Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A Info: Processes: 250 Uptime: 42m wakeups: 9 Memory: 7.61 GiB used: 3.1 GiB (40.7%) Init: systemd v: 251 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.1.1 Packages: pacman: 1169 lib: 304 Shell: fish v: 3.5.1 default: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.20 
Garuda (2.6.5-1):
 System install date:     2022-08-09 Last full system update: 2022-08-09 
Is partially upgraded:   No 
Relevant software:       NetworkManager 
Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify) 
Snapshots:               Snapper 
Failed units:

dalto · 8 August 2022 20:24

Can you try to copy and paste your garuda-inxi again?

I tried to format it for you but it seems to be a single line of text. Without the line breaks, it is unreadable.

mrvictory · 8 August 2022 22:01

Closed source drivers already installed.

deepankar · 9 August 2022 07:47

on the garuda settings manager, it shows the driver but the installed tick mark isn't there.
i can't add a screeshot to show it as "new users can't add images" but the default driver is still the open source one.

mrvictory · 9 August 2022 08:09

The system info clearly shows that closed source drivers are installed.
What does nvidia-smi show?

deepankar · 9 August 2022 08:10

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes: |
| GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory |
| ID ID Usage |
|=============================================================================|
| 0 N/A N/A 589 G /usr/lib/Xorg 4MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

mrvictory · 9 August 2022 08:15

This also shows that closed source drivers are active and used. (for an Xorg process)
What are you trying to achieve?

deepankar · 9 August 2022 08:45

how do i make it the proprietary driver and remove the open source one.

deepankar · 9 August 2022 09:01

i'm sorry if i have not made myself clear so far..

In the refernce screenshot, next to the nvidia driver it shows a tick under the installed column.

Mine does not.
All the boxes next to the nvidia drivers are unchecked.

refernce screenshot

my screenshot:

mrvictory · 9 August 2022 09:30

You cannot uninstall open source driver because it is builtin to kernel, but you can blacklist it, which is done automatically by propriearty drivers.
I don’t know why settings manager shows propriearty drivers are not installed. Choose nvidia-dkms and then perhaps settings manager will show as “installed”.

deepankar · 9 August 2022 09:36

it says command not found.

jonathon · 9 August 2022 10:06

You don't need to do anything. The NVIDIA driver is installed.

If you want to run an application on the dGPU then use the prime-run wrapper script. KDE might even have a right-click "Run using GPU" option...

deepankar · 9 August 2022 10:10

Ok thank you for the help.

Great community i must admit.