When the first beta 550 came out I was testing the driver and the laptop sometimes froze randomly. I didn’t know what was causing it until I went back to the 545 drivers and it was fixed. I thought it would be a problem because they were beta but no. It also happens to me with the stable version. When this happens to me, the laptop freezes and the “caps lock” light keeps flashing. (Watch video) [NVIDIA 550 freezes] I think it may be due to some change with the systemd services added in version 550 because that is when it happens the most. It has already happened to me twice when I am updating the system and it breaks it because the update cannot be completed. In the video it happens when the specific hooks are being processed (reloading system manager configuration). When I recovered the system I reviewed the logs and I did not see anything referring to the nvidia driver. So I can only provide the nvidia-bug-report with version 545. To add something else, it also happened to me the other day when I was testing the nvidia-powerd service. I had the service running with a game open and I tried stopping/starting it and the laptop froze the same way. That’s why I associate it with systemd. I also think it has happened to me sometimes with the desktop computer with manjaro, although I can’t be sure because I use the laptop more. System: EndeavourOS Linux x86_64 ASUS TUF Gaming A15 FA507XI_FA507XI 1.0 Kernel: 6.7.7-arch1-1 Plasma 5.27.10 CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS w/ Radeon 780M Graphics GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Max-Q / Mobile Driver: 550.54.14 Nvidia bug report version 545: nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (4.2 MB)

We have fixed a memory corruption issue specific to notebooks recently and request you to please test with driver 550.107.02 and share test results. https://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/550.107.02/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-550.107.02.run

I use endeavourOS(with kde) too on a lenovo legion 5(15h6h w/amd5600h+rtx3060) and can confirm random freezing on desktop use (currently ever since updating from 545 from nvidia-lts package i cannot also get nvidia to deep sleep which could affect stability?), REISUB works at least, when using nvidia-550 so i decided to wait for it and revert to 545, hope it gets fixed or else could be just distro specific. If needed i can revert to back to nvidia-550 and fill bug report, for now i leave mine from 545: nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (3.4 MB)

do you happen to get kernel panics with Call Trace’s related to zswap or anything memory management related?

Hi All, I would request everyone to share bug report from repro driver and share reliable repro steps if possible.

Here is the bug report from 550 stable: nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (1.1 MB) Repro Steps: Hard freeze while logging off/rebooting/shutting down 1.1 Use Laptop for a while ~30min+ (play some Games, watch some Videos) 1.2 Logging off/rebooting/shutting down via GUI or Terminal causes instant hard freeze Logging off/rebooting/shutting down works after I’ve just started the Laptop. Installing Packages e.g. virt-manager 2.1 Use Laptop for a while ~30min+ (play some Games, watch some Videos) 2.2 Install packages via pacman e.g. virt-manager 2.3 Hard freeze at “Reloading system manager configuration…” Forgot to add this happens on hybrid and dedicated mode.

No its not a kernel panic, as Input works from REISUB.

I got reports from last night, as I downgraded back to 545. I hope these are fine if not I will reproduce everything once again. nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (2.1 MB) kernel-panic.log (7.6 KB) Steps to reproduce: Unplug and plug charger over and over again until it freezes/kernel panics. Other cases: I found it to happen randomly, or just when chaining platform profiles. Sometimes just when rebooting/powering off the machine, or randomly while booting/on the login screen. It even happens when the GPU is not in use, powered off, on battery. To mention, I use TLP for battery management, although I don’t think that has to do anything with this, system is in hybrid mode (prime offload). System: EndeavourOS ASUS TUF Gaming F15 FX507ZM Kernel: 6.7.8-zen Plasma 5.27.10 CPU: i7-12700H GPU: RTX 3060 Laptop Driver: 550.54.14

@amrits i apologize for the incovenience caused. Here is the bug report from 550: nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (3.2 MB) Reinstalled the nvidia 550 driver(nvidia-lts package) version now, RTD works too by the way so no problems there it seems :). As for freezing, i just got one now and to reproduce: After installing and checking things were loaded, i suspended the machine and right away i had a freeze on kde(v.5.27) But this issue happens randomly, i just now did again and it did not happen, but in contrast e.g: the other day when i had vscode open, the app froze, then only mouse was working and then froze the system, REISUB worked still. $nvidia-smi Mon Mar 4 13:36:58 2024 ±----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NVIDIA-SMI 550.54.14 Driver Version: 550.54.14 CUDA Version: 12.4 | |-----------------------------------------±-----------------------±---------------------+ | 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 3060 … On | 00000000:01:00.0 Off | N/A | | N/A 31C P8 N/A / 55W | 8MiB / 6144MiB | 0% Default | | | | N/A | ±----------------------------------------±-----------------------±---------------------+ ±----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Processes: | | GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory | | ID ID Usage | |=========================================================================================| | 0 N/A N/A 1174 G /usr/lib/Xorg 4MiB | ±----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Specs/system: OS:EndeavourOS Laptop: Lenovo Legion 5 Kernel: 6.6.20-1-lts Plasma: 5.27.10 CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600H GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU Let me know if i missed anything more many thanks for the attention.

Hey Guys. Same Problem here with Arch Linux on Nvidia-dkms (550). I’m using a HP ZBook fury G9 with an NVIDIA RTX A2000 8GB dedicated GPU. Steps to reproduce: Just use the Laptop for 30 Minutes. It’s faster when you reactivate the Laptop from S3 Suspend. The Laptop and the Picture Freezes and you get a Kernel Panic. (see file) The second file shows the packages, which I’ve upgraded and then causes the Problem. I’ve now downgraded to the 535xx AUR Package. It works well. I hope this helps. -Roman pacman-upgrade.log (1.0 KB) kernel-panic.log (11.0 KB)

In my case I cannot provide the report with version 550 because I need the laptop operational and I cannot risk losing the system. At least until the weekend and in case it is necessary. But in the case of the video it happened to me as other users have already reported. I had the laptop in sleep, I woke it up, I watched some videos and when installing a package it freezes at the “Reloading system manager configuration…” step. I hope that with the information already provided it is enough to detect the problem.

Series 550 freezes laptop

Graphics / Linux Linux

bakabo8 March 4, 2024, 6:53am 4

I have the same Problem on CachyOS with KDE. The Laptop freezes most of the time while updating Packages or while logging off/shutting down the Laptop. Rarely happens when playing games. 545 works without Problems.
Specs:
Laptop: Lenovo Legion 7 Pro
Kernel: 6.7.8-2-cachyos
Plasma: 5.27.10
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU
The Bug Report is from 545:
nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (904.5 KB)

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