Ubuntu 22.04 nvidia-driver-515 not working/starting

I just installed Ubuntu 22.04 on a Lenovo Extreme Gen 5 laptop, and it started with the nouveau driver (which worked fairly well, but had some issues with an external USB-C monitor). So I installed nvidia-driver-515, which was recommended. Now the laptop won’t even detect the external monitor, and it seems like the Nvidia driver is not active:

$ 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.

I’ll attach the bug report, hoping someone can point me in the right direction.
nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (76.5 KB)

There are a lot of AER errors flooding the logs, please check for a bios update first.
Regarding the driver, there are no kernel modules available/built. Please post the output of
cc -v
and
dpkg -l |grep nvidia

I have tried to go through the other posts, and think I’ve tried most of the suggested solutions.
BIOS update was the first I did when I got the laptop on Friday, so that’s up to date.

I don’t have cc installed, is it necessary?

$  cc -v
Command 'cc' not found, but can be installed with:
sudo apt install gcc              # version 4:11.2.0-1ubuntu1, or
sudo apt install clang            # version 1:14.0-55~exp2
sudo apt install pentium-builder  # version 0.21ubuntu1
sudo apt install tcc              # version 0.9.27+git20200814.62c30a4a-1

I had to go back to nouveau to get some work done, so now most of the nvidia packages have been removed:

$ dpkg -l | grep nvidia
rc  libnvidia-compute-515:amd64                515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA libcompute package
rc  linux-modules-nvidia-515-5.15.0-47-generic 5.15.0-47.51                            amd64        Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.15.0-47
ii  linux-objects-nvidia-515-5.15.0-47-generic 5.15.0-47.51                            amd64        Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.15.0-47 (objects)
ii  linux-signatures-nvidia-5.15.0-47-generic  5.15.0-47.51                            amd64        Linux kernel signatures for nvidia modules for version 5.15.0-47-generic
rc  nvidia-compute-utils-515                   515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA compute utilities
rc  nvidia-kernel-common-515                   515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        Shared files used with the kernel module
rc  nvidia-prime                               0.8.17.1                                all          Tools to enable NVIDIA's Prime
rc  nvidia-settings                            510.47.03-0ubuntu1                      amd64        Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver

I’ll switch back to nvidia-driver and give you the updated list in a few hours.

Just to mention it, another challenge I have is that the latest Ubuntu kernel (5.15.0-47) doesn’t work (no network, because iwlwifi is missing), so I keep booting with the previous one (5.15.0-46). And I notice now that there are references to -47 in the nvidia package list. Not sure if that’s because I’m using the GUI tool for updating the drivers. Based on suggestions in another post, I purged all nvidia packages, then switched from nouvaeu to nvidia-driver in the GUI.

Btw, I’ve been trying with nvidia-driver-515, is it worth trying 510 or 470 (which also show up in the list) ?

$ dpkg -l | grep nvid
ii  libnvidia-cfg1-515:amd64                   515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA binary OpenGL/GLX configuration library
ii  libnvidia-common-515                       515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              all          Shared files used by the NVIDIA libraries
ii  libnvidia-compute-515:amd64                515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA libcompute package
ii  libnvidia-compute-515:i386                 515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              i386         NVIDIA libcompute package
ii  libnvidia-decode-515:amd64                 515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA Video Decoding runtime libraries
ii  libnvidia-decode-515:i386                  515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              i386         NVIDIA Video Decoding runtime libraries
ii  libnvidia-egl-wayland1:amd64               1:1.1.9-1.1                             amd64        Wayland EGL External Platform library -- shared library
ii  libnvidia-encode-515:amd64                 515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVENC Video Encoding runtime library
ii  libnvidia-encode-515:i386                  515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              i386         NVENC Video Encoding runtime library
ii  libnvidia-extra-515:amd64                  515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        Extra libraries for the NVIDIA driver
ii  libnvidia-fbc1-515:amd64                   515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA OpenGL-based Framebuffer Capture runtime library
ii  libnvidia-fbc1-515:i386                    515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              i386         NVIDIA OpenGL-based Framebuffer Capture runtime library
ii  libnvidia-gl-515:amd64                     515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES GLVND libraries and Vulkan ICD
ii  libnvidia-gl-515:i386                      515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              i386         NVIDIA OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES GLVND libraries and Vulkan ICD
ii  linux-modules-nvidia-515-5.15.0-47-generic 5.15.0-47.51                            amd64        Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.15.0-47
ii  linux-modules-nvidia-515-generic-hwe-22.04 5.15.0-47.51                            amd64        Extra drivers for nvidia-515 for the generic-hwe-22.04 flavour
ii  linux-objects-nvidia-515-5.15.0-47-generic 5.15.0-47.51                            amd64        Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.15.0-47 (objects)
ii  linux-signatures-nvidia-5.15.0-47-generic  5.15.0-47.51                            amd64        Linux kernel signatures for nvidia modules for version 5.15.0-47-generic
ii  nvidia-compute-utils-515                   515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA compute utilities
ii  nvidia-driver-515                          515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA driver metapackage
ii  nvidia-kernel-common-515                   515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        Shared files used with the kernel module
ii  nvidia-kernel-source-515                   515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA kernel source package
ii  nvidia-prime                               0.8.17.1                                all          Tools to enable NVIDIA's Prime
ii  nvidia-settings                            510.47.03-0ubuntu1                      amd64        Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
ii  nvidia-utils-515                           515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA driver support binaries
ii  screen-resolution-extra                    0.18.2                                  all          Extension for the nvidia-settings control panel
ii  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-515              515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA binary Xorg driver

Please create a new bug-report.log with the driver fully installed right after boot, possibly with kernel parameter pci=noaer set.

Thank you for taking time to help out. After rebooting (with the latest 5.15.0-47 kernel) and without changing any kernel parameters, I’m now back to my original problem - the external USB-C monitor not detected. It’s what first happened, then I spent the whole of Thursday trying different forum suggestions to solve it, and ended up with the problem I described above. Anyway, here’s the outputs now:

$ nvidia-smi
Sat Sep 3 09:10:41 2022
±----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 515.65.01 Driver Version: 515.65.01 CUDA Version: 11.7 |
|-------------------------------±---------------------±---------------------+
| 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 … Off | 00000000:01:00.0 Off | N/A |
| N/A 52C P3 N/A / N/A | 5MiB / 4096MiB | 0% Default |
| | | N/A |
±------------------------------±---------------------±---------------------+

±----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes: |
| GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory |
| ID ID Usage |
|=============================================================================|
| 0 N/A N/A 2464 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 4MiB |
±----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
$ uname -r
5.15.0-47-generic

Since my current (and original) problem is not exactly as described in this topic, I’m sure you will prefer me to create a new topic for my current problem - so I’ll do that

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Hi,
Also, have the same trouble on Ubuntu 22.04.1 with the HWE kernel.
Fixed after switching to OEM kernel (5.17.0-1016-oem) - now running as expected.

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 515.65.01    Driver Version: 515.65.01    CUDA Version: 11.7     |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| 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 ...  Off  | 00000000:01:00.0  On |                  N/A |
| N/A   57C    P0    31W /  N/A |   1096MiB /  8192MiB |      0%      Default |
|                               |                      |                  N/A |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
                                                                               
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                                  |
|  GPU   GI   CI        PID   Type   Process name                  GPU Memory |
|        ID   ID                                                   Usage      |
|=============================================================================|
|    0   N/A  N/A      4015    C+G   ...ome-remote-desktop-daemon       99MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      4052      G   /usr/bin/gnome-shell              435MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      4422      G   /usr/bin/Xwayland                   7MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      5507      G   ...es=WebRTCPipeWireCapturer      254MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A     11106      G   ...AAAAAAAAA= --shared-files       37MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+