Arch Linux 5.18.7,GTX 1080 Ti NVIDIA 515.48.07 Kernel Panic when starting GNOME

[blackout24]

nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (275.4 KB)

dmesg.log (121.5 KB)

Hi,

I’m able to boot to GDM, but when I try to launch gnome-shell after entering my password and start the regular GNOME Xorg Session the Monitor tries to modeset and nothing happens. I was able to see in dmesg that the kernel paniced with some nvidia related calls.

The bugreport was generated before this issue happened (still on GDM). I tried to do it after the kernel panics, but the bug report script hangs. I tried the recommeded parameters but nothing happens for minutes until suddenly the fans are blasting at 100% so I turned the PC of to avoid damaging the card. Check the dmesg dump I attached separately which is after the panic.

Unfortunately I don’t know which last driver version was working fine as I haven’t used this PC for some time.

Regards,

Tim

[generix]

Please check whether your user is added to the correct group to use the nvidia gpu
ls -l /dev/nvid*

[blackout24]

Hi these are the permissions which seem quite normal. I can’t remember that the regular user ever had permissions for the device file so all is root.

tim@archlinux ~ % ls -l /dev/nvid*
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 195, 0 30. Jun 2022 /dev/nvidia0
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 195, 255 30. Jun 2022 /dev/nvidiactl
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 195, 254 30. Jun 2022 /dev/nvidia-modeset
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 234, 0 30. Jun 2022 /dev/nvidia-uvm
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 234, 1 30. Jun 2022 /dev/nvidia-uvm-tools

Also since I use the system packages all of that is setup automatically anyways and permissions should not cause kernel panics in the driver.

[generix]

Your wifi is missing firmware (unrelated).
The kernel trace is really not giving much information about where the problem might be. Tried downgrading to the 470 legacy driver?

[blackout24]

It’s a desktop PC using Ethernet so I never bothered with Wifi. Using 470 driver series works. However, for me this is just a work around.

I was also able to get to the desktop with the current driver 2-3 times, but the chance of getting through the modesetting without crashing the driver is something like 1 in 20.

[generix]

https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/driver-515-43-04-515-48-07-crash-using-gtx980m/216615

[blackout24]

New driver works for me. Thanks for pointing it out.