Nvidia drama with potential solution!

FlameHazeNylocke · January 20, 2025, 4:08pm

I saw this post regarding my brightness situation but when I check in octopi many seem to be in conflict with what I have which is nvidia-dkms. I’m not really sure which one to replace it with exactly since the “update” and exchange itself in the forum is from 2021…

> System:
> Kernel: 6.12.10-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
> clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
> parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
> root=UUID=be2baabb-680e-435e-a284-2cd7f35957a1 rw rootflags=subvol=@
> sysrq_always_enabled=1 brightnessctl set 50%
> Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.2.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.10.0
> wm: kwin_wayland tools: avail: gtklock vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda
> base: Arch Linux
> Machine:
> Type: Laptop System: HP product: OMEN Gaming Laptop 17z-db000 v: N/A
> serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
> Mobo: HP model: 8C74 v: 03.35 serial: <superuser required>
> part-nu: 9A9V4AV uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: AMI v: F.10
> date: 07/11/2024
> Battery:
> ID-1: BAT0 charge: 47.1 Wh (56.7%) condition: 83.0/83.0 Wh (100.0%)
> power: 35.7 W volts: 11.2 min: 11.6 model: HP Primary type: Li-ion
> serial: <filter> status: discharging cycles: 26
> CPU:
> Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 8645HS w/ Radeon 760M Graphics bits: 64
> type: MT MCP arch: Zen 4 gen: 4 level: v4 note: check built: 2022+
> process: TSMC n5 (5nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x75 (117) stepping: 2
> microcode: 0xA705206
> Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2
> smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 6 MiB
> desc: 6x1024 KiB L3: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
> Speed (MHz): avg: 1395 min/max: 400/4301 boost: enabled scaling:
> driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 1395 2: 1395 3: 1395
> 4: 1395 5: 1395 6: 1395 7: 1395 8: 1395 9: 1395 10: 1395 11: 1395 12: 1395
> bogomips: 103010
> Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
> Vulnerabilities: <filter>
> Graphics:
> Device-1: NVIDIA AD107M [GeForce RTX 4060 Max-Q / Mobile]
> vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: nvidia v: 565.77
> alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550/565.xx+
> status: current (as of 2025-01) arch: Lovelace code: AD1xx
> process: TSMC n4 (5nm) built: 2022+ pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8
> ports: active: none empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:28a0
> class-ID: 0300
> Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Phoenix3
> vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-3 code: Phoenix
> process: TSMC n4 (4nm) built: 2023+ pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
> ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DP-4, DP-5, DP-6, DP-7,
> DP-8, Writeback-1 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1900 class-ID: 0300
> temp: 31.0 C
> Device-3: Quanta HP True Vision FHD Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB
> rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-1:2 chip-ID: 0408:548d
> class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
> Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.15 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4
> compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu,nvidia
> unloaded: modesetting,nouveau alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa dri: radeonsi
> gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 0
> Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: BOE Display 0x0cd3 built: 2024 res:
> mode: 1920x1080 hz: 144 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 128 gamma: 1.2
> size: 382x215mm (15.04x8.46") diag: 438mm (17.3") ratio: 16:9 modes:
> max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
> API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0
> drv: nvidia gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: radeonsi
> x11: drv: radeonsi
> API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.6 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.3.3-arch1.2
> glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi
> gfx1103_r1 LLVM 19.1.6 DRM 3.59 6.12.10-zen1-1-zen) device-ID: 1002:1900
> memory: 500 MiB unified: no display-ID: :1.0
> API: Vulkan v: 1.4.303 layers: 5 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: AMD
> Radeon Graphics (RADV GFX1103_R1) driver: N/A device-ID: 1002:1900
> surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
> GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU driver: N/A device-ID: 10de:28a0
> surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 2 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM
> 19.1.6 256 bits) driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000
> surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
> Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
> de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
> wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
> Audio:
> Device-1: NVIDIA AD107 High Definition Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
> driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8
> bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:22be class-ID: 0403
> Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Rembrandt Radeon High
> Definition Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
> pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 05:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1640
> class-ID: 0403
> Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor
> vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_pci_ps v: kernel
> alternate: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_rn_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x, snd_pci_acp6x,
> snd_acp_pci, snd_rpl_pci_acp6x, snd_sof_amd_renoir,
> snd_sof_amd_rembrandt, snd_sof_amd_vangogh, snd_sof_amd_acp63,
> snd_sof_amd_acp70 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 05:00.5
> chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
> Device-4: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio
> vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4
> speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 05:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
> API: ALSA v: k6.12.10-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
> type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
> Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 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: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
> vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
> lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
> IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
> Device-2: Realtek RTL8852BE PCIe 802.11ax Wireless Network
> vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: rtw89_8852be v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
> speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:b852
> class-ID: 0280
> IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
> Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
> Bluetooth:
> Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth Radio driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.0
> speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-4:3 chip-ID: 0bda:b85c
> class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
> Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
> rfk-block: hardware: no software: no address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2 lmp-v: 11
> status: discoverable: no pairing: no
> Drives:
> Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 116.28 GiB (12.2%)
> SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
> ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: KIOXIA model: N/A
> size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
> lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: HP01AP40 temp: 29.9 C
> scheme: GPT
> Partition:
> ID-1: / raw-size: 953.57 GiB size: 953.57 GiB (100.00%)
> used: 116.28 GiB (12.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
> ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
> used: 584 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
> ID-3: /home raw-size: 953.57 GiB size: 953.57 GiB (100.00%)
> used: 116.28 GiB (12.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
> ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 953.57 GiB size: 953.57 GiB (100.00%)
> used: 116.28 GiB (12.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
> ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 953.57 GiB size: 953.57 GiB (100.00%)
> used: 116.28 GiB (12.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
> Swap:
> Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
> ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 30.61 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
> comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 max-streams: 12
> dev: /dev/zram0
> Sensors:
> System Temperatures: cpu: 37.2 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 31.0 C
> Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 0 fan-2: 0
> Info:
> Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 30.61 GiB used: 5.47 GiB (17.9%)
> Processes: 339 Power: uptime: 48m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle
> wakeups: 1 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume
> image: 12.19 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,upowerd Init: systemd v: 257
> default: graphical tool: systemctl
> Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 2060 libs: 453 tools: octopi,paru Compilers:
> clang: 19.1.7 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 3.7.1
> running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.37
> Garuda (2.6.26-1.1):
> System install date:     2025-01-03
> Last full system update: 2025-01-20 ↻
> Is partially upgraded:   No
> Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
> Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
> Failed units:            grub-btrfs-snapper.service

BluishHumility · January 20, 2025, 7:19pm

I do not think you should follow that advice. See this warning from the ArchWiki:

NVIDIA - ArchWiki

Warning: Avoid installing the NVIDIA driver through the package provided from the NVIDIA website. Installation through pacman allows upgrading the driver together with the rest of the system.

Have you tried any of these suggestions? https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA#Enabling_brightness_control

Enabling brightness control

[…]

Add to kernel parameters:
nvidia.NVreg_RegistryDwords=EnableBrightnessControl=1
Alternatively, add the following under section Device:
Option "RegistryDwords" "EnableBrightnessControl=1"

I believe the “section Device” they are referring to is a specific section in the Xorg configuration file, probably either in /etc/X11/xorg.conf or in a file within the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ directory. You may need to switch to a X11 session if you want to test that suggestion, I’m not sure.

FlameHazeNylocke · January 20, 2025, 8:12pm

I’m unable to install nvidia-bl-dkms it seems. Not sure why I couldn’t find it in pacman or octopi. But I did have the kernal perimeters set to nvidia.NVreg_RegistryDwords=EnableBrightnessControl=1. I did learn this is my card atleast under that code name thing NV197 (AD107) GeForce RTX 4060 .

BluishHumility · January 20, 2025, 8:19pm

It is in the AUR.

❯ paru -Ss nvidia-bl-dkms
aur/nvidia-bl-dkms 18.11.0-2 [+4 ~0.00] [Out-of-date: 2020-07-26] [Orphaned]
    Driver to adjust display backlight on legacy mobile NVidia graphics adapters - DKMS edition.

But I would not install that package if I were you, it has been flagged out of date for many years. Even in the wiki it says that suggestion is out of date.

How do you have it set? It is not showing up in your kernel parameters in the inxi output.

FlameHazeNylocke · January 20, 2025, 11:08pm

that’s weird, I stuck it in the Garuda boot area

FlameHazeNylocke · January 23, 2025, 10:19pm

The situation seems to have worked itself out and I have no idea how or why. I updated on hybrid when it was at 100% brightness and after I did an update I switched back to discreet but then after booting to the desktop everything locked up and my screen froze. Switching boot options didn’t help and my snaps would have put me all the way back to the 5th of January so then I thought, lemme switch back to hybrid and see what happens. Then boom I switch back to hybrid, have brightness control, battery save mode on, and everything the way I need it !! Thanks again for your patience

edits: now my HDMI port doesn’t work which sucks because instead of being able to take the sound from the other source I have to turn my sound way up to max which is not nearly loud enough in a large room with such tiny sound. I do know there’s a setting called UWA or something between hybrid and discreet and that one disables your HDMI but I never used that one and am currently on hybrid right now

system · February 6, 2025, 10:19pm

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