Hi,
on Ubuntu 20.04, kernel 5.14.0-1034-oem I had nvidia-drivers running and had no issues. After upgrading or rebooting it was suddenly not working anymore. I have a Dell PC and an GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER.
$ nvidia-smi
NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running.
$ ubuntu-drivers devices
WARNING:root:_pkg_get_support nvidia-driver-510: package has invalid Support PBheader, cannot determine support level
WARNING:root:_pkg_get_support nvidia-driver-510-server: package has invalid Support PBheader, cannot determine support level
== /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 ==
modalias : pci:v000010DEd000021C4sv00001028sd00003796bc03sc00i00
vendor : NVIDIA Corporation
model : TU116 [GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER]
driver : nvidia-driver-470-server - distro non-free
driver : nvidia-driver-510 - distro non-free
driver : nvidia-driver-470 - distro non-free recommended
driver : nvidia-driver-450-server - distro non-free
driver : nvidia-driver-510-server - distro non-free
driver : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin
== /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.4 ==
modalias : pci:v00008086d000043A3sv00001028sd00000A52bc0Csc05i00
vendor : Intel Corporation
driver : oem-somerville-cubone-rkl-meta - third-party free
== /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id ==
modalias : dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.1.25:bd05/17/2021:br1.1:svnDellInc.:pnOptiPlex7090:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0P9XHK:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct3:cvr:sku0A52:
driver : oem-release - third-party free
driver : oem-somerville-meta - third-party free
When starting, I have multiple messages which i googled but did not get further:
nvidia-gpu 000:01:00.3 i2c timeout error ffffffff
uci_cgg 0-0008: i2c_transfer failed -110
ucsi_ccg 0-0008: ucsi_ccg_init failed - -110
Failed to start NVIDIA Persistence Daemon.
usb 1-13.4: 2:1: cannot get freq at ep 0x1
Stuff i tried
I tried many different solutions but nothing worked:
Reinstalling all drivers → No effect
sudo apt purge *nvidia*
sudo apt purge '^nvidia-.*'
sudo apt purge '^libnvidia-.*'
sudo apt purge '^cuda-.*'
sudo apt-get install nvidia-driver-470
sudo reboot
Tried both driver-470 & driver-510
Switched off Secure Boot in Bios → No effect
Blacklisting modules → No effect
blacklist nvidiafb
blacklist nouveau
Switching to 5.10-oem Kernel → Led to not being able to boot anymore.
Prime selecting nvidia → No effect
sudo prime-select nvidia
Nvidia bug report
nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (562.7 KB)
I would be so glad if somebody could help me. I have no idea left what to do next.
Thanks for your help!