System monitor fallen back into software rendering mode

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Hello,

So I noticed 2 days ago that my profile image and one of my desktop widgets (GPU monitor) quit working. I wanted to see if the gpu was ok so I opened the system monitor and none of the graphics there are working.

At the top of the system monitor window it says “system monitor has fallen back to software rendering because hardware acceleration is not available, and visual glitches may appear. Please check your graphics driver.”

So I checked the driver and compared with the recommended driver from nvidia and they do not match, I have quite an old card (1070) and the version nvidia suggests is older than the one I have.

I attempted to run the .run file in konsole and was met with 2 warnings.

  1. That I am running X server and that installing the driver while that is running can cause problems.
  2. That the nvidia kernel module is running and this would interfere with sanity checks.

The question I have is how do I install this .run file to role back my driver without this feature running?

A second question, if you will permit me, is how do I stop the garuda system updater from overriding this role back?

Pretty new to all this

System:
Kernel: 6.13.2-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=abf5a4a6-fca9-4da5-9d49-7084cfecb226 rw rootflags=subvol=@
loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.0 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 Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX X299-E GAMING v: Rev 1.xx
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU uuid: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: 0702 date: 08/08/2017
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-7800X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Skylake
gen: core 7 level: v4 note: check process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0x55 (85) stepping: 4 microcode: 0x2007006
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 6 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: 8.2 MiB desc: 1x8.2 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1200 min/max: 1200/4000 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: powersave cores: 1: 1200 2: 1200 3: 1200 4: 1200 5: 1200 6: 1200
7: 1200 8: 1200 9: 1200 10: 1200 11: 1200 12: 1200 bogomips: 83997
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP104 [GeForce GTX 1070] vendor: Gigabyte 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: Pascal code: GP10x
process: TSMC 16nm built: 2016-2021 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8
link-max: lanes: 16 ports: active: none off: DP-1, DP-2, DVI-D-1, HDMI-A-1
empty: DP-3 bus-ID: 65:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1b81 class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.15 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.5
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia
gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch d-rect: 5120x3060 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-1 pos: middle-c model: Asus VS278 serial: <filter>
built: 2013 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 82 gamma: 1.2
size: 598x336mm (23.54x13.23") diag: 686mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
Monitor-2: DP-2 pos: primary,top-left model: HP P201 serial: <filter>
built: 2014 res: mode: 1600x900 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 92 gamma: 1.2
size: 443x249mm (17.44x9.8") diag: 508mm (20") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1600x900 min: 640x480
Monitor-3: DVI-D-1 pos: top-right model: HP P201 serial: <filter>
built: 2014 res: mode: 1600x900 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 92 gamma: 1.2
size: 443x249mm (17.44x9.8") diag: 508mm (20") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1600x900 min: 640x480
Monitor-4: HDMI-A-1 pos: bottom-c model: Samsung C27F390 serial: <filter>
built: 2015 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 82 gamma: 1.2
size: 598x336mm (23.54x13.23") diag: 686mm (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 GTX 1070/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 7.81 GiB display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.303 layers: 5 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 driver: N/A device-ID: 10de:1b81
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: Intel 200 Series PCH HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:a2f0 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GP104 High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8
link-max: lanes: 16 bus-ID: 65:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f0 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Actions Captain 500 driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-11.4:6
chip-ID: 10d6:4801 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.13.2-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
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: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: e1000e v: kernel
port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15b8 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8822BE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WiFi adapter vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: rtw_8822be v: N/A modules: rtw88_8822be pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: 2000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:b822 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager,systemd-timesyncd
Bluetooth:
Device-1: ASUSTek Bluetooth Radio driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.1
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-13:7 chip-ID: 0b05:185c
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: <filter> bt-v: 4.2 lmp-v: 8
status: discoverable: no pairing: no
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 6.48 TiB used: 588.85 GiB (8.9%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Silicon Power
model: SPCC M.2 PCIe SSD size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: VC2S038D temp: 39.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Silicon Power
model: SPCC Solid State Disk size: 55.9 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: V3.7
scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Silicon Power
model: SPCC Solid State Disk size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: ae20
scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Silicon Power
model: SPCC Solid State Disk size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: AA20
scheme: GPT
ID-5: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM010-2EP102
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: CC43 scheme: GPT
ID-6: /dev/sde maj-min: 8:64 vendor: Silicon Power
model: SPCC Solid State Disk size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 115
scheme: GPT
ID-7: /dev/sdf maj-min: 8:80 vendor: Silicon Power
model: SPCC Solid State Disk size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 916a
scheme: GPT
ID-8: /dev/sdg maj-min: 8:96 vendor: SanDisk model: SDSSDA480G
size: 447.13 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 30RL scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 135.26 GiB (28.4%) 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: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 135.26 GiB (28.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 135.26 GiB (28.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 135.26 GiB (28.4%) 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: 46.73 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: 31.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 48 GiB note: est. available: 46.73 GiB used: 3.24 GiB (6.9%)
Processes: 356 Power: uptime: 6m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 18.63 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: 1475 pm: pacman pkgs: 1457 libs: 435 tools: octopi,paru
pm: flatpak pkgs: 18 Compilers: 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:     2025-01-26
Last full system update: 2025-02-16
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Failed units:
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Preferably not at all.
Please do not install drivers from the nvidia website, you are using Linux and NOT Windows.

All drivers are in the appropriate repositories, and you already have the correct driver installed:

and the drivers are also loaded:

For some reason the hardware acceleration is not working for you.

Open /var/log/Xorg.0.log with an editor and copy the entire content to Garuda PrivateBin and share the generated link here. If you do not have Xorg.0.log under the above path, then look here ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log.

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Thanks for the help

My bad on the attempted driver roll back, they are not too uncommon on windows. However I did make sure to download the linux_64 driver. But in the future I will refer issues here before fumbling around myself and use the repositories rather than nvidia’s site.

Here is the link you asked for

https://bin.garudalinux.org/?0ee30c7aecba09b7#E8rCRKwKDJCcP6LZxZb9uSzpFUGNRyf5z3d6znDHKR8V

While I waited for a reply I did some more poking around and found that green with envy is also not working and is giving me this message.

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GWE only works on x11 and not on wayland. On wayland you use

nvidia-settings

instead.

Edit: Xorg.0.log is clean.
Do you have more xorg.logs under /var/log/, for example Xorg.2.log?
If so → Garuda PrivateBin.

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Thanks for letting me know that green with envy is not needed, honestly never opened it before all this.

There is a Xorg.0.log.old here is the link

https://bin.garudalinux.org/?287b010e675ffd99#Cwg3Xcist9sJXXjc35Mc9LTZMWN8xqsfAx63Y4sF3Wgy

6

This is not helpful (but it is also clean).
What does it look like under ~/.local/share/xorg/?

7

use Lact if you want a tool like this for wayland an x11 as well

8

There is no Xorg in that directory.

9

Ok.

The problem should be that Plasma falls back to the software renderer. Do you get a dialog like “QtQuickRenderer-blah-blah” on the desktop from time to time?

Post the complete content of ~/.config/kdeglobals directly here in the forum (use a code block for it).

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10

Your BIOS is extremely out of date. You should update it as soon as possible as you are missing out on a ton of improvements to stability and performance (along with security updates and the like).

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I dont recall getting any dialog boxes.

heres the contents of that file.

[ColorEffects:Disabled]
ChangeSelectionColor=
Color=56,56,56
ColorAmount=0
ColorEffect=0
ContrastAmount=0.65
ContrastEffect=1
Enable=
IntensityAmount=0.1
IntensityEffect=2

[ColorEffects:Inactive]
ChangeSelectionColor=true
Color=112,111,110
ColorAmount=0.025000000000000001
ColorEffect=2
ContrastAmount=0.10000000000000001
ContrastEffect=2
Enable=false
IntensityAmount=0
IntensityEffect=0

[Colors:Button]
BackgroundAlternate=51,158,41
BackgroundNormal=30,34,51
DecorationFocus=61,212,37
DecorationHover=61,212,37
ForegroundActive=61,212,37
ForegroundInactive=102,106,115
ForegroundLink=61,212,37
ForegroundNegative=237,37,78
ForegroundNeutral=255,106,0
ForegroundNormal=195,199,209
ForegroundPositive=113,247,159
ForegroundVisited=82,148,226

[Colors:Complementary]
DecorationFocus=61,212,37
DecorationHover=61,212,37
ForegroundActive=61,212,37
ForegroundLink=61,212,37

[Colors:Selection]
BackgroundAlternate=49,155,37
BackgroundNormal=49,155,37
DecorationFocus=61,212,37
DecorationHover=61,212,37
ForegroundActive=61,212,37
ForegroundInactive=0,0,0
ForegroundLink=100,254,84
ForegroundNegative=237,37,78
ForegroundNeutral=255,106,0
ForegroundNormal=0,0,0
ForegroundPositive=113,247,159
ForegroundVisited=189,195,199

[Colors:Tooltip]
BackgroundAlternate=47,52,63
BackgroundNormal=53,57,69
DecorationFocus=61,212,37
DecorationHover=61,212,37
ForegroundActive=61,212,37
ForegroundInactive=102,106,115
ForegroundLink=61,212,37
ForegroundNegative=237,37,78
ForegroundNeutral=255,106,0
ForegroundNormal=211,218,227
ForegroundPositive=113,247,159
ForegroundVisited=82,148,226

[Colors:View]
BackgroundAlternate=31,35,51
BackgroundNormal=22,25,37
DecorationFocus=61,212,37
DecorationHover=61,212,37
ForegroundActive=61,212,37
ForegroundInactive=102,106,115
ForegroundLink=61,212,37
ForegroundNegative=237,37,78
ForegroundNeutral=255,106,0
ForegroundNormal=211,218,227
ForegroundPositive=113,247,159
ForegroundVisited=124,183,255

[Colors:Window]
BackgroundAlternate=47,52,63
BackgroundNormal=24,27,40
DecorationFocus=61,212,37
DecorationHover=61,212,37
ForegroundActive=61,212,37
ForegroundInactive=102,106,115
ForegroundLink=61,212,37
ForegroundNegative=237,37,78
ForegroundNeutral=255,106,0
ForegroundNormal=211,218,227
ForegroundPositive=113,247,159
ForegroundVisited=179,13,191

[DirSelect Dialog]
DirSelectDialog Size=1920,1007
History Items[$e]=file:///run/media/guradao/b42c642d-d747-401c-8797-de3498dccfe5/EVE,file:$HOME/Pictures,file:$HOME/Pictures,file:///run/media/guradao/b42c642d-d747-401c-8797-de3498dccfe5/SteamLibrary,file:///run/media/guradao/b42c642d-d747-401c-8797-de3498dccfe5

[General]
AccentColor=61,212,37
BrowserApplication=brave-browser.desktop
ColorScheme=Sweet
ColorSchemeHash=a054744e5da530142f039caa182148b170643d2e
LastUsedCustomAccentColor=34,76,27
fixed=FiraCode Nerd Font Mono,10,-1,5,400,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1
font=Fira Sans,10,-1,5,400,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1
menuFont=Fira Sans,10,-1,5,400,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1
smallestReadableFont=Fira Sans,8,-1,5,400,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1
toolBarFont=Fira Sans,10,-1,5,400,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1

[KDE]
LookAndFeelPackage=Dr460nized
SingleClick=true

[KFileDialog Settings]
Allow Expansion=false
Automatically select filename extension=true
Breadcrumb Navigation=true
Decoration position=2
LocationCombo Completionmode=5
PathCombo Completionmode=5
Show Bookmarks=false
Show Full Path=false
Show Inline Previews=true
Show Preview=false
Show Speedbar=true
Show hidden files=false
Sort by=Date
Sort directories first=true
Sort hidden files last=false
Sort reversed=true
Speedbar Width=134
View Style=Simple

[KScreen]
ScreenScaleFactors=DVI-D-1=1;HDMI-A-1=1;DP-1=1;DP-2=1;
XwaylandClientsScale=false

[PreviewSettings]
EnableRemoteFolderThumbnail=false
MaximumRemoteSize=0

[QtQuickRendererSettings]
SceneGraphBackend=software

[WM]
activeBackground=47,52,63
activeBlend=47,52,63
activeFont=Fira Sans,10,-1,5,75,0,0,0,0,0,Bold
activeForeground=211,218,227
inactiveBackground=47,52,63
inactiveBlend=47,52,63
inactiveForeground=102,106,115
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Remove these two lines:

save and close the editor → reboot.

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Yeah, I’ve always been wary of bios flashes, obviously. but hey its probably time to just dive in.

14

That seems to have worked.

Thanks so much

15

I also updated the bios thanks for the suggestion.

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