NVIDIA drivers not running on start-up

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Hey Folks!

I have an NVIDIA issue…probably.

I try to be good about updating every time I start my PC.
Come home from work yesterday to only one of my monitors
displaying anything.

First thought: Check to make sure our drivers are running.
Sure enough, output of nvidia-smi is:


NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running.

That’s weird, but not unduely so.
Go check my NVIDIA packages with pacman -Qs nvidia and see:


local/egl-gbm 1.1.2-1
    The GBM EGL external platform library
local/garuda-nvidia-config 2:1.1.6-1.1
    Meta configuration package for nvidia systems on Garuda Linux
local/gwe 0.15.9-1.1
    A system utility for controlling NVIDIA GPUs
local/lib32-libvdpau 1.5-3
    Nvidia VDPAU library
local/lib32-nvidia-utils-tkg 565.77-263
    NVIDIA driver utilities and libraries for 'nvidia-tkg' (32-bit)
local/lib32-opencl-nvidia-tkg 565.77-263
    NVIDIA's OpenCL implemention for 'lib32-nvidia-utils-tkg'
local/libvdpau 1.5-3
    Nvidia VDPAU library
local/libxnvctrl 570.86.16-1
    NVIDIA NV-CONTROL X extension
local/mhwd-nvidia 570.86.16.2-1
    NVIDIA pci id list for MHWD
local/mhwd-nvidia-390xx 390.143-1
    mhwd-nvidia-390xx PCI ID database
local/mhwd-nvidia-470xx 470.94-1
    mhwd-nvidia-470xx PCI ID database
local/nvidia-dkms-tkg 565.77-263
    NVIDIA kernel module sources (DKMS)
local/nvidia-egl-wayland-tkg 565.77-263
    NVIDIA EGL Wayland library (libnvidia-egl-wayland.so.1.1.17) for 'nvidia-utils-tkg'
local/nvidia-settings-tkg 565.77-263
    Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
local/nvidia-utils-tkg 565.77-263
    NVIDIA driver utilities and libraries for 'nvidia-tkg'
local/opencl-nvidia-tkg 565.77-263
    NVIDIA's OpenCL implemention for 'nvidia-utils-tkg'
local/xf86-video-nouveau 1.0.18-1 (xorg-drivers)
    Open Source 3D acceleration driver for nVidia cards

Now, I don’t exactly know what I’m looking at here.
But it looks to me like the drivers are installed correctly.

To double check, I go to Hardware Configuration in Garuda Settings Manager. Everything looks in order, but clearly isn’t so I reinstalled video-nvidia-dkmsvia the provided context menu in the GUI, then Reboot. No success there.

I then consulted the Forum, thinking perhaps someone recently had the same issue as I did. I found these posts:

Neither of which provided much in the ways of solutions to my problem although I did read through them and attempt installing linux-znver4-headers to see if that might fix the problem (as you can likely guess it has not).

I am, regrettably, at the end of my ability to solve this problem alone.

It is potentially (and I suspect likely) a simple oversight I have made
due to my comparative new-ness.

I beseech thee, oh wizards of Unix, what have I done wrong?

garuda-inxi as required by the rules:

System:
Kernel: 6.13.1-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=bd08a06f-ec73-45e5-82d9-09344bfdd6f6 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0 loglevel=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.2.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.10.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Micro-Star product: MS-7B86 v: 5.0
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Micro-Star model: B550 GAMING GEN3 (MS-7B86) v: 5.0
serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American
Megatrends LLC. v: P.91 date: 08/29/2024
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 3
level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25)
model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xA201210
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 8 threads: 16 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB
desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 96 MiB desc: 1x96 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3595 min/max: 550/4149 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: performance cores: 1: 3595 2: 3595 3: 3595
4: 3595 5: 3595 6: 3595 7: 3595 8: 3595 9: 3595 10: 3595 11: 3595 12: 3595
13: 3595 14: 3595 15: 3595 16: 3595 bogomips: 95998
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU102 [GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Rev. A] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: N/A alternate: nouveau non-free: 550/565.xx+ status: current (as of
2025-01; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Turing code: TUxxx process: TSMC 12nm FF
built: 2018-2022 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 2b:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1e07 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: webcamvendor NexiGo N60 FHD Webcam Audio
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-1:2 chip-ID: 3443:60bb class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.15 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.5
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nouveau
alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa gpu: N/A display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: Unknown-1 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 178% (1.78)
to: 1080x1920 dpi: 96 size: 508x285mm (20x11.22") diag: 582mm (22.93")
modes: 1920x1080
API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 0 drv: swrast surfaceless: drv: swrast
wayland: drv: swrast x11: drv: swrast inactive: gbm
API: OpenGL v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 24.3.4-arch1.1 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.7 256 bits)
device-ID: ffffffff:ffffffff memory: 30.53 GiB unified: yes
display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.303 layers: 16 device: 0 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
(LLVM 19.1.7 256 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: corectrl, nvidia-settings,
nvidia-smi wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU102 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
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: 2b:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f7
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: webcamvendor NexiGo N60 FHD Webcam Audio
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-1:2 chip-ID: 3443:60bb class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Device-3: Medeli WMT800 Microphone
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 5-2:3 chip-ID: 0a67:d061 class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.13.1-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: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 2a:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp42s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 3.64 TiB used: 1.47 TiB (40.3%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1B6Q scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 2TB
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD10EACS-00ZJB0 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s tech: N/A serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1B01
scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%) used: 1.47 TiB (80.6%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 584 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
used: 1.47 TiB (80.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
used: 1.47 TiB (80.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
used: 1.47 TiB (80.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.27 GiB used: 112.7 MiB (0.4%)
priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842
max-streams: 16 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.27 GiB used: 8.68 GiB (27.8%)
Processes: 337 Power: uptime: 20m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 12.48 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: 2714 pm: pacman pkgs: 2700 libs: 606 tools: octopi,paru pm: rpm
pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 14 Compilers: clang: 19.1.7 gcc: 14.2.1
Shell: garuda-inxi default: Bash v: 5.2.37 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.37
Garuda (2.6.26-1.1):
System install date:     2023-08-06
Last full system update: 2025-02-05
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Failed units:
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Reboot and restore a working snapshot from grub.

3

Thank you for the reply!

after looking through the snapshots, none of them seem to get past the part of the load sequence that is Starting Switch Root.

Specifically, it says:

[FAILED] Failed to start Switch Root.
See 'systemctl status initrd-switch-root.service' for details.

Generating "/run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt"

Entering emergency mode. Exit the shell to continue.
Type "journalctl" to view system logs.
You might want to save "/run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt" to a USB stick or /boot
after mounting them and attach it to a bug report.

Cannot open access to console, the root account is locked.
See sulogin(8) man page for more details.

Press Enter to continue.

Pressing Enter to continue generates one further line of text:

Failed to connect to system scope bus via local transport: No such file or directory

Before repeating the bulk of the previous text (starting from Generating "path/to/report")

To be clear, I can load into Garuda like normal from the GRUB menu. It just doesn’t seem to switch on the NVIDIA drivers.

Thank you again for the message, I’ll take whatever help I can get in resolving this.

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just an idea .Before chance drivers and after install. helped me (but for amd drivers).

maybe you try to rebuild the initramfs before ?

sudo dracut-rebuild
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Hey! Thanks for the response.

I tried running sudo dracut-rebuild before and after going through the reinstall in the Hardware Config.

Regrettably, it has not solved the issue.

Output from sudo dracut-rebuild here:

:: Building initramfs for linux (6.13.1-arch1-1)
Creating group 'nobody' with GID 65534.
Creating group 'audio' with GID 996.
Creating group 'disk' with GID 995.
Creating group 'input' with GID 994.
Creating group 'kmem' with GID 993.
Creating group 'kvm' with GID 992.
Creating group 'lp' with GID 991.
Creating group 'optical' with GID 990.
Creating group 'render' with GID 989.
Creating group 'sgx' with GID 988.
Creating group 'storage' with GID 987.
Creating group 'tty' with GID 5.
Creating group 'uucp' with GID 986.
Creating group 'video' with GID 985.
Creating group 'users' with GID 984.
Creating group 'systemd-journal' with GID 983.
Creating user 'root' (Super User) with UID 0 and GID 0.
Creating user 'nobody' (Kernel Overflow User) with UID 65534 and GID 65534.
:: Building fallback initramfs for linux (6.13.1-arch1-1)
Creating group 'nobody' with GID 65534.
Creating group 'audio' with GID 996.
Creating group 'disk' with GID 995.
Creating group 'input' with GID 994.
Creating group 'kmem' with GID 993.
Creating group 'kvm' with GID 992.
Creating group 'lp' with GID 991.
Creating group 'optical' with GID 990.
Creating group 'render' with GID 989.
Creating group 'sgx' with GID 988.
Creating group 'storage' with GID 987.
Creating group 'tty' with GID 5.
Creating group 'uucp' with GID 986.
Creating group 'video' with GID 985.
Creating group 'users' with GID 984.
Creating group 'systemd-journal' with GID 983.
Creating user 'root' (Super User) with UID 0 and GID 0.
Creating user 'nobody' (Kernel Overflow User) with UID 65534 and GID 65534.
:: Building initramfs for linux-zen (6.13.1-zen1-1-zen)
Creating group 'nobody' with GID 65534.
Creating group 'audio' with GID 996.
Creating group 'disk' with GID 995.
Creating group 'input' with GID 994.
Creating group 'kmem' with GID 993.
Creating group 'kvm' with GID 992.
Creating group 'lp' with GID 991.
Creating group 'optical' with GID 990.
Creating group 'render' with GID 989.
Creating group 'sgx' with GID 988.
Creating group 'storage' with GID 987.
Creating group 'tty' with GID 5.
Creating group 'uucp' with GID 986.
Creating group 'video' with GID 985.
Creating group 'users' with GID 984.
Creating group 'systemd-journal' with GID 983.
Creating user 'root' (Super User) with UID 0 and GID 0.
Creating user 'nobody' (Kernel Overflow User) with UID 65534 and GID 65534.
:: Building fallback initramfs for linux-zen (6.13.1-zen1-1-zen)
Creating group 'nobody' with GID 65534.
Creating group 'audio' with GID 996.
Creating group 'disk' with GID 995.
Creating group 'input' with GID 994.
Creating group 'kmem' with GID 993.
Creating group 'kvm' with GID 992.
Creating group 'lp' with GID 991.
Creating group 'optical' with GID 990.
Creating group 'render' with GID 989.
Creating group 'sgx' with GID 988.
Creating group 'storage' with GID 987.
Creating group 'tty' with GID 5.
Creating group 'uucp' with GID 986.
Creating group 'video' with GID 985.
Creating group 'users' with GID 984.
Creating group 'systemd-journal' with GID 983.
Creating user 'root' (Super User) with UID 0 and GID 0.
Creating user 'nobody' (Kernel Overflow User) with UID 65534 and GID 65534.

Thanks again for commenting.

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what is your pacman -Qs nvidiaoutput.

Your driver is not loaded but may we see.

try

sudo modprobe nvidia
7

Hey!

It’s included in the original post, but I’ll post it again so it is easier to see outside of that brick of text.

local/egl-gbm 1.1.2-1
    The GBM EGL external platform library
local/garuda-nvidia-config 2:1.1.6-1.1
    Meta configuration package for nvidia systems on Garuda Linux
local/gwe 0.15.9-1.1
    A system utility for controlling NVIDIA GPUs
local/lib32-libvdpau 1.5-3
    Nvidia VDPAU library
local/lib32-nvidia-utils-tkg 565.77-263
    NVIDIA driver utilities and libraries for 'nvidia-tkg' (32-bit)
local/lib32-opencl-nvidia-tkg 565.77-263
    NVIDIA's OpenCL implemention for 'lib32-nvidia-utils-tkg'
local/libvdpau 1.5-3
    Nvidia VDPAU library
local/libxnvctrl 570.86.16-1
    NVIDIA NV-CONTROL X extension
local/mhwd-nvidia 570.86.16.2-1
    NVIDIA pci id list for MHWD
local/mhwd-nvidia-390xx 390.143-1
    mhwd-nvidia-390xx PCI ID database
local/mhwd-nvidia-470xx 470.94-1
    mhwd-nvidia-470xx PCI ID database
local/nvidia-dkms-tkg 565.77-263
    NVIDIA kernel module sources (DKMS)
local/nvidia-egl-wayland-tkg 565.77-263
    NVIDIA EGL Wayland library (libnvidia-egl-wayland.so.1.1.17) for 'nvidia-utils-tkg'
local/nvidia-settings-tkg 565.77-263
    Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
local/nvidia-utils-tkg 565.77-263
    NVIDIA driver utilities and libraries for 'nvidia-tkg'
local/opencl-nvidia-tkg 565.77-263
    NVIDIA's OpenCL implemention for 'nvidia-utils-tkg'
local/xf86-video-nouveau 1.0.18-1 (xorg-drivers)
    Open Source 3D acceleration driver for nVidia cards

Edit: Missed the modprobe command.

running sudo modprobe nvidia returns:

modprobe: FATAL: Module nvidia not found in directory /lib/modules/6.13.1-zen1-1-zen
8

I would recommend trying to get rid of all these tkg packages, and try installing the packages recommended for your hardware in the ArchWiki. See this chart here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA#Installation. You have a Turing card so the recommended package for your kernel is nvidia-open-dkms.

I am guessing you followed the guidance here for getting those other packages installed: GitHub - Frogging-Family/nvidia-all: Nvidia driver latest to 396 series AIO installer. Fortunately, they also have some guidance for uninstalling and reverting to normal packages:

GitHub - Frogging-Family/nvidia-all: Nvidia driver latest to 396 series AIO installer

How to uninstall and revert to distro provided packages

For arch and its derivatives you can uninstall using:

sudo pacman -Rdd lib32-nvidia-utils-tkg lib32-opencl-nvidia-tkg nvidia-dkms-tkg nvidia-egl-wayland-tkg nvidia-settings-tkg nvidia-utils-tkg opencl-nvidia-tkg

And install the distro dkms packages:

sudo pacman -S nvidia-dkms egl-wayland lib32-nvidia-utils lib32-opencl-nvidia nvidia-settings opencl-nvidia nvidia-utils

Alternatively install the dkms open kernel modules (Turing or newer hardware only!!!) with:

sudo pacman -S nvidia-open-dkms egl-wayland lib32-nvidia-utils lib32-opencl-nvidia nvidia-settings opencl-nvidia nvidia-utils

After installing the drivers provided by your distro everything should function as normal after a reboot.

In your case, use the first line to uninstall and the third line to install the normal packages. Then give it a reboot and see how it goes.

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Hey! Thanks for replying.

Yeah you’ve just about got it in one on why those packages are there. That must have been months ago I did that.

After following the advice of running the first and third pacman instructions we’re far closer to a complete solution. In fact, by some standards that is a solution and what I have now is a new problem (which I’m happy to make a new post about after some digging if that would be more proper).

I now have the drivers back up and running. And the monitor on displayport instead of HDMI isn’t getting a signal (probably an unrelated issue to this post, but felt worth mentioning).

Updated…everything:

pacman -Qs nvidia

local/egl-gbm 1.1.2-1
The GBM EGL external platform library
local/egl-wayland 4:1.1.17-1
EGLStream-based Wayland external platform
local/egl-x11 1.0.0-1
NVIDIA XLib and XCB EGL Platform Library
local/garuda-nvidia-config 2:1.1.6-1.1
Meta configuration package for nvidia systems on Garuda Linux
local/gwe 0.15.9-1.1
A system utility for controlling NVIDIA GPUs
local/lib32-libvdpau 1.5-3
Nvidia VDPAU library
local/lib32-nvidia-utils 570.86.16-1
NVIDIA drivers utilities (32-bit)
local/lib32-opencl-nvidia 570.86.16-1
OpenCL implemention for NVIDIA (32-bit)
local/libvdpau 1.5-3
Nvidia VDPAU library
local/libxnvctrl 570.86.16-1
NVIDIA NV-CONTROL X extension
local/mhwd-nvidia 570.86.16.2-1
NVIDIA pci id list for MHWD
local/mhwd-nvidia-390xx 390.143-1
mhwd-nvidia-390xx PCI ID database
local/mhwd-nvidia-470xx 470.94-1
mhwd-nvidia-470xx PCI ID database
local/nvidia-open-dkms 570.86.16-2
NVIDIA open kernel modules - module sources
local/nvidia-settings 570.86.16-1
Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
local/nvidia-utils 570.86.16-2
NVIDIA drivers utilities
local/opencl-nvidia 570.86.16-2
OpenCL implemention for NVIDIA
local/xf86-video-nouveau 1.0.18-1 (xorg-drivers)
Open Source 3D acceleration driver for nVidia cards

nvidia-smi

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 570.86.16              Driver Version: 570.86.16      CUDA Version: 12.8     |
|-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name                 Persistence-M | Bus-Id          Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp   Perf          Pwr:Usage/Cap |           Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                                         |                        |               MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
|   0  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti     Off |   00000000:2B:00.0  On |                  N/A |
|  0%   35C    P8             33W /  300W |     946MiB /  11264MiB |      4%      Default |
|                                         |                        |                  N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                                              |
|  GPU   GI   CI              PID   Type   Process name                        GPU Memory |
|        ID   ID                                                               Usage      |
|=========================================================================================|
|    0   N/A  N/A            1088      G   /usr/lib/Xorg                            23MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            4269      G   /usr/bin/kwin_wayland                    84MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            4428      G   /usr/bin/Xwayland                        27MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            4511      G   /usr/bin/ksmserver                        2MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            4513      G   /usr/bin/kded6                            2MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            4585      G   /usr/bin/plasmashell                    162MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            4617      G   /usr/lib/kactivitymanagerd                2MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            4618      G   /usr/bin/gmenudbusmenuproxy               2MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            4619      G   /usr/bin/kaccess                          2MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            4620      G   ...it-kde-authentication-agent-1          2MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            4621      G   /usr/lib/org_kde_powerdevil               2MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            4622      G   /usr/bin/xembedsniproxy                   2MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            5577      G   ...bin/garuda-system-maintenance          2MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            5580      G   /usr/bin/kdeconnectd                      2MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            5606      G   /usr/bin/kalendarac                       2MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            5718      G   /usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal-kde           2MiB |
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garuda-inxi

System:
Kernel: 6.13.1-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=bd08a06f-ec73-45e5-82d9-09344bfdd6f6 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0 loglevel=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.2.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.10.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Micro-Star product: MS-7B86 v: 5.0
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Micro-Star model: B550 GAMING GEN3 (MS-7B86) v: 5.0
serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American
Megatrends LLC. v: P.91 date: 08/29/2024
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 3
level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25)
model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xA201210
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 8 threads: 16 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB
desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 96 MiB desc: 1x96 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3236 min/max: 550/4149 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: performance cores: 1: 3236 2: 3236 3: 3236
4: 3236 5: 3236 6: 3236 7: 3236 8: 3236 9: 3236 10: 3236 11: 3236 12: 3236
13: 3236 14: 3236 15: 3236 16: 3236 bogomips: 96002
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU102 [GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Rev. A] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: nvidia v: 570.86.16 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm
non-free: 550/565.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-01; EOL~2026-12-xx)
arch: Turing code: TUxxx process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-2022 pcie:
gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none off: DP-2,HDMI-A-1
empty: DP-1,DP-3,Unknown-2 bus-ID: 2b:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1e07
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: webcamvendor NexiGo N60 FHD Webcam Audio
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-1:2 chip-ID: 3443:60bb class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.15 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.5
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia
unloaded: modesetting,nouveau alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa
gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch d-rect: 3840x1080 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-2 pos: right model: Dell P2414H serial: <filter> built: 2014
res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 178% (1.78) to: 1080x1920 dpi: 93
gamma: 1.2 size: 527x297mm (20.75x11.69") diag: 605mm (23.8") ratio: 16:9
modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 pos: primary,left model: Dell U2713HM serial: <filter>
built: 2014 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 82 gamma: 1.2
size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia gbm:
drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 vendor: nvidia v: 570.86.16 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 10.74 GiB display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.303 layers: 16 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti driver: N/A device-ID: 10de:1e07
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM
19.1.7 256 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: corectrl, nvidia-settings,
nvidia-smi wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU102 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 2b:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f7 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: webcamvendor NexiGo N60 FHD Webcam Audio
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-1:2 chip-ID: 3443:60bb class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Device-3: Medeli WMT800 Microphone
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 5-2:3 chip-ID: 0a67:d061 class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.13.1-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: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 2a:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp42s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 3.64 TiB used: 1.47 TiB (40.3%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1B6Q scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 2TB
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD10EACS-00ZJB0 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s tech: N/A serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1B01
scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%) used: 1.47 TiB (80.7%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 584 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
used: 1.47 TiB (80.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
used: 1.47 TiB (80.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
used: 1.47 TiB (80.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.27 GiB used: 52.8 MiB (0.2%)
priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842
max-streams: 16 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 45.8 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.27 GiB used: 6.49 GiB (20.8%)
Processes: 362 Power: uptime: 7m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 12.45 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: 2715 pm: pacman pkgs: 2701 libs: 606 tools: octopi,paru pm: rpm
pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 14 Compilers: clang: 19.1.7 gcc: 14.2.1
Shell: garuda-inxi default: Bash v: 5.2.37 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.37
Garuda (2.6.26-1.1):
System install date:     2023-08-06
Last full system update: 2025-02-05
Is partially upgraded:   Yes
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Failed units:

Thank you for helping, this is huge.

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i dont know i dont have nvidia and cant test it but you can try this for boot the right driver.idk

Set Kernel Parameters :

  • Append the following kernel parameters to your bootloader configuration to ensure the NVIDIA driver is loaded correctly:
    • For GRUB:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="nvidia-drm.modeset=1 nvidia-drm.fbdev=1"

i had updates few minutes ago may some fix.or reinstall 570 driver with yay. my looks little diffrent for testing.your driver isnt loaded correctly may some other tipps help.

Device-1: NVIDIA TU102 [GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Rev. A] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver*: *

> N/A

** alternate: 
nouveau

blacklist maybe nouveau to load non free 550/565.


 non-free: 550/565.xx+ status: current (as of
2025-01; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Turing code: TUxxx process: TSMC 12nm FF
built: 2018-2022 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 2b:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1e07 class-ID: 0300

reinstall

yay -S nvidia-dkms

my output diffrent to yours :wink:

local/egl-gbm 1.1.2-1
The GBM EGL external platform library
local/egl-wayland 4:1.1.17-1
EGLStream-based Wayland external platform
local/egl-x11 1.0.0-1
NVIDIA XLib and XCB EGL Platform Library
local/lib32-libvdpau 1.5-3
Nvidia VDPAU library
local/libvdpau 1.5-3
Nvidia VDPAU library
local/libxnvctrl 570.86.16-1
NVIDIA NV-CONTROL X extension
local/mhwd-nvidia 570.86.16.2-1
NVIDIA pci id list for MHWD
local/mhwd-nvidia-390xx 390.143-1
mhwd-nvidia-390xx PCI ID database
local/mhwd-nvidia-470xx 470.94-1
mhwd-nvidia-470xx PCI ID database
local/nvidia-dkms 570.86.16-2
NVIDIA kernel modules - module sources
local/nvidia-utils 570.86.16-2
NVIDIA drivers utilities
local/xf86-video-nouveau 1.0.18-1 (xorg-drivers)
Open Source 3D acceleration driver for nVidia cards
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This Dell monitor?

It is definitely detected, that output looks good as far as I can tell. Check in the KDE settings that the display was not set to disabled when the GPU drivers were missing.

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Sorry! I was unclear.

There are two dell monitors who are detected and working again (thank you so much).

There is a third (a Yeyian, which would normally be my primary) that isn’t. It’s connected via DisplayPort whereas the two dells are connected via HDMI. I likewise don’t see it in the System Settings::Display Configuration menu.

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One of the Dell monitors is showing that it is connected by DisplayPort.

Did you switch any cables around while you were troubleshooting?

Check also that the Yeyian monitor is set to the correct output type (i.e., not set to HDMI by accident).

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Aaaaaaaaand in a move of pure technological incompetence, when I did my initial inspection of the cables last night I failed to fully plug in one of the cables.

Thanks to everyone for helping! And thank you, especially, BluishHumility for your aid. Everything appears to be working again, at the small cost of embarrassing myself in front of everyone over a weird set of packages and an unplugged cable. Gonna go mark the above answer as the solution as it’s most relevant to the title.

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