nvidia-xconfig doesnt do what i want it to, nor does nvidia-settings

generix · June 15, 2020, 7:35am

Looks like a driver regression, I can repoduce it on the 450 driver. Please run nvidia-bug-report.sh as root and mail the resulting nvidia-bug-report.log.gz with a description of the bug to linux-bugs[at]nvidia.com for additional attention.

seff · June 15, 2020, 8:57am

Thanks for your answer and time. Just out of curiosity and bc you were able to reproduce this bug, is it PRIME related? I have no non-OPTIMUS system to try this on so I cant tell.

generix · June 16, 2020, 10:41am

I came to testing this and it’s only an issue on PRIME, it’s working on a discrete nvidia system.

seff · June 24, 2020, 11:34pm

Is anyone tracking this bug @generix? I sent the report a while ago. I could use some older driver in the meantime

generix · June 25, 2020, 7:29am

IDK, I’m just a regular user, no nvidia employee.

seff · June 25, 2020, 1:02pm

Oh sorry, you sound like one! Thanks for your time

CsI78 · July 6, 2020, 9:17am

Hi, everybody!

I have a ASUS TUF FA506IV laptop. I have tried installed Ubuntu 20.04 dozens of time because I can not get Nvidia-settings work on my RTX2060. I’m aware this is an AMD/NVIDIA issue, I tried everything that was mentioned above and in other forums, but I still either get frozen after boot or get small empty window after starting nvidia-settings. I attached bug-report file…

Thanx

nvidia-bug-report.log.log (357.7 KB)

ashmit454 · July 9, 2020, 3:02pm

@generix
Description of Problem: When i am opening NVIDIA X server settings in Ubuntu it looks like this - Screenshot-from-2020-07-09-10-05-00 — ImgBB , totally blank and when i am running the command “nvidia-smi” it shows this - https://ibb.co/qJCSsrD

Computer Type:Laptop , HP pavilion 15-ec0062AX
GPU:Geforce GTX 1050 max-q,3GB of VRAM, No overclocking.
CPU: Ryzen 5 3550h, no overclock
Motherboard: NA
RAM: 8GB DDR4 2400MHz, no overclock
Operating System & Version: ubuntu 20.04LTS, Clean install
GPU Drivers: 440.100 , clean install
BIOS : Secure boot disabled

Troubleshooting: I tried clean install of ubuntu , adding repo , manually clean install of gpu driver , checking the option of installation of propreitary driver while installation of ubuntu, installed 435 same thing happened then upgrading to 440 didnt solved the issue and vice versa but issue still occurs.

and i this file - /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesnt exist.

CsI78 · July 9, 2020, 9:36pm

Welcome in the club… I’m having the same problem… As we can see it happens with AMD/NVIDIA hardware…

ashmit454 · July 13, 2020, 9:10am

Ok i solve the issue i just simply followed the steps here- drivers - Nvidia GTX 1650 not detected in Ubuntu 18.04.3 - Ask Ubuntu
and the steps generix said and boom and i can access my settings again.

simpson38 · July 13, 2020, 8:25pm

Hello,

Im new to this forum. I have Asus Zephyrus G15 with Ryzen 5 4800HS and Nvidia 2060 Super. Im trying to get the mode where i use radeon to display X and nvidia for certain application like games.

I think i have got it working but im not sure.

[22:22] chris@gentoo ~ $ __NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD=1 __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia glxinfo | grep vendor
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
client glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
[22:23] chris@gentoo ~ $

And without the variables :

[22:23] chris@gentoo ~ $ glxinfo | grep vendor
server glx vendor string: SGI
client glx vendor string: Mesa Project and SGI
OpenGL vendor string: X.Org
[22:23] chris@gentoo ~ $

So according to that it seems to work. But when i run glxgear with the variables to enable the NVIDIA gpu and then check nvidia-smi it says that NVIDIA 2060 Super is Off.

±----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes: |
| GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory |
| ID ID Usage |
|=============================================================================|
| 0 N/A N/A 5566 G /usr/bin/X 6MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 6853 G glxgears 3MiB |
±----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

So is it working or not ?

Best regards

simpson38 · July 13, 2020, 10:25pm

Also. xrandr --listproviders give:
Providers: number : 2
Provider 0: id: 0x45 cap: 0xf, Source Output, Sink Output, Source Offload, Sink Offload crtcs: 4 outputs: 2 associated providers: 1 name:modesetting
Provider 1: id: 0x1f8 cap: 0x2, Sink Output crtcs: 4 outputs: 2 associated providers: 1 name:NVIDIA-G0

So i guess the xrandr --setoutputprovidersource should use NVIDIA-G0 and not NVIDIA-0 ? But when i do xrandr --setoutputprovidersource modesetting NVIDIA-0 it says

[00:24] chris@gentoo ~ $ xrandr --setprovideroutputsource modesetting NVIDIA-0
Could not find provider with name NVIDIA-0

but with NVIDIA-G0 i get

[00:24] chris@gentoo ~ $ xrandr --setprovideroutputsource modesetting NVIDIA-G0
X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 139 (RANDR)
Minor opcode of failed request: 35 (RRSetProviderOutputSource)
Value in failed request: 0x1f8
Serial number of failed request: 16
Current serial number in output stream: 17

aplattner · July 15, 2020, 11:02pm

Yes, I think this means it’s working. The nvidia-smi table is a little confusing; the “Off” you’re referring to in the table is for the persistence mode feature, and this just means that persistence mode is disabled on that GPU. That’s fine since your X server is keeping the GPU initialized and persistence mode isn’t needed for your use case.

For xrandr, the --setprovideroutputsource option is for using outputs on one GPU to display the desktop from another GPU, a mode referred to as “display offload”. It’s not needed for “render offload”, which is the mode I think you’re trying to use.

simpson38 · July 16, 2020, 12:29pm

I see. Hmm when i try to start a game (Wow) with wine that has vulkan installed. The screen just freezes. Although when i alt tab the program selector shows up but the program i choose is not displayed (Wow is in windowed fullscreen mode). What can cause this? Where should i look to solve it?

utkarshtale · July 27, 2020, 3:14pm

Hello, there’s a option in ASUS TUF BIOS called “UMA Frame Buffer Size” with two options on latest BIOS

512M 2. Auto
This sets the iGPU vram size. Auto sets it to 2GB.

In old BIOS, it had options of 128M and 512M

I got both GPUs working by:

Disable Secure Boot
Install kernel 5.7 ( try new stable builds )
Install nvidia ppa
Install nvidia 450 drivers from additional drivers settings

I got HDMI working by disabling iGPU as said in post 7 first part.

grahampmerrick · September 16, 2020, 11:27am

Hi Thanks for the assistance ( @generix Nov 23, 2019 ) I was redirected here from Ask Ubuntu. The changes to the conf files as you had detailed has sorted out the HDMI output on my ASUS FX505D with GeForce GTX 1650 running Ubuntu 20.04.1LTS.

Appreciate the hard work…

dovybao · October 10, 2020, 3:48pm

many thanks, it save my Lenovo Ideapad Gaming 3 laptop

Oxyged · October 26, 2020, 3:57pm

This worked like a charm on Ubuntu 20.04. Thank you very much.
However I now installed Ubuntu 18.04 and upgraded to kernel 5.9.1-050901-generic. Then i followed the instructions:

/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-amdgpu.conf:

Section "OutputClass"
        Identifier "AMDgpu"
        MatchDriver "amdgpu"
        Driver "modesetting"
EndSection

in the same dir 10-nvidia.conf:

Section "OutputClass"
    Identifier "nvidia"
    MatchDriver "nvidia-drm"
    Driver "nvidia"
    Option "AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration"
    Option "PrimaryGPU" "Yes"
    ModulePath "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/nvidia/xorg"
EndSection

and added the two optimus.desktop startup files.

The Problem I have now is that the internal display does not get detected. The externals are running well.

xrandr --setprovideroutputsource modesetting NVIDIA-0 gives me the following error:
Could not find provider with name modesetting

xrandr --listproviders gives:
Providers: number : 1 Provider 0: id: 0x1b8 cap: 0x1, Source Output crtcs: 4 outputs: 5 associated providers: 0 name:NVIDIA-0

nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (415.3 KB)

c.pfarher · October 31, 2020, 6:34pm

Hello I have a Asus TFU505 with Ryzen7 and GTX1650. In my laptop screen all works fine but I get back screen on my output of my hdmi to a 23’ monitor. I follow the steps of this thread:

1-First I modified the /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-nivida.conf adding the line Option “PrimaryGPU” “YES”.

2- I Modified the 10-amdgpu.conf changing the Driver line form amdgpu to modesetting.

Now I have image on my 23’ hdmi external monitor but I have some problems with the resolution. When I maximized a window it goes outs from the screen resolution like in the image attached…

This is my nvidia bug report:
nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (347.6 KB)

I appreciate the help!
Thank you

filter182 · November 3, 2020, 4:55am

Hi Generix,

Maybe you can help me out here, I have a TUF FA506IV with AMD ryzen 7 and Nvidia 2060 laptop. I’m using Manjaro Gnome Release: 20.1.2 Mikah with kernel 5.8.16-2-MANJARO. what I’m trying to achieve is to make the Nvidia work on the USB type C displayport and keep the integrated AMD GPU working with the HDMI and the internal display (which is currently working as intended) but if I connect a monitor on the type C, it gets detected but just a black screen and no video, any advise?