I have an NVIDIA nvidia, 525.60.11, 5.15.0-56-generic, x86_64: installed on my system. I just did a fresh install of Ubuntu 20.04.
$ lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation UHD Graphics 630 (Mobile)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU116M [GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile] (rev a1)
$ 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
$ nvidia-settings
ERROR: NVIDIA driver is not loaded
ERROR: Unable to load info from any available system
i have also reinstalled nvidia driver
sudo apt install nvidia-driver-525
reboot
nvidia-smi – not working
dkms status
nvidia, 525.60.11, 5.15.0-56-generic, x86_64: installed
sudo update-initramfs -u
[sudo] password for energyguru:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.15.0-56-generic
I: The initramfs will attempt to resume from /dev/sda2
I: (UUID=31e2596f-d7c8-46cf-a20e-68cdf07432a6)
I: Set the RESUME variable to override this.
sudo dkms install nvidia/525.60.11 -k 5.15.0-56-generic –force
reboot
nvidia – smi not working
sudo dkms remove nvidia/525.60.11 –all
sudo dkms --force install nvidia/525.60.11 -k 5.15.0-56-generic
modinfo nvidia
filename: /lib/modules/5.15.0-56-generic/updates/dkms/nvidia.ko
firmware: nvidia/525.60.11/gsp_tu10x.bin
firmware: nvidia/525.60.11/gsp_ad10x.bin
alias: char-major-195-*
version: 525.60.11
supported: external
license: NVIDIA
srcversion: E6E92E3273CC30C56A44147
alias: pci:v000010DEdsvsdbc06sc80i00
alias: pci:v000010DEdsvsdbc03sc02i00
alias: pci:v000010DEdsvsdbc03sc00i00
depends: drm
retpoline: Y
name: nvidia
vermagic: 5.15.0-56-generic SMP mod_unload modversions
sig_id: PKCS#7
signer: MyNotebook Secure Boot Module Signature key
sig_key: 31:9D:74:9A:92:DC:7F:90:09:BA:4F:19:EF:5F:0A:6A:13:2F:3B:F6
sig_hashalgo: sha512
signature: A8:AE:22:22:A9:1D:08:B1:D7:A9:1E:3C:72:E0:40:68:BC:91:BB:03:
11:20:37:36:6E:6F:D9:6F:61:71:98:DC:AB:DB:0C:3D:4A:17:09:EB:
72:41:6F:55:0D:7D:A4:75:DC:8A:2B:25:6C:48:0E:1F:E4:14:C9:ED:
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E7:5C:85:C2:CD:88:ED:45:01:8A:67:6B:BD:32:4B:84:B2:EB:2B:AF:
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06:83:FD:DA:6C:F0:B6:70:FA:D6:C8:84:6F:3B:A2:EC:2E:86:F3:06:
EB:81:77:F0:C8:AD:20:76:B9:3B:0A:F1:AD:CE:9D:92:68:7E:1C:21:
83:99:70:59:A7:F3:0F:FE:74:CA:F9:4B:42:4D:24:2A:3D:BF:DE:CD:
47:CB:09:46:87:90:72:6B:2C:D3:58:3F:E2:08:8B:14:F6:2F:BA:16:
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parm: NvSwitchRegDwords:NvSwitch regkey (charp)
parm: NvSwitchBlacklist:NvSwitchBlacklist=uuid[,uuid…] (charp)
parm: NVreg_ResmanDebugLevel:int
parm: NVreg_RmLogonRC:int
parm: NVreg_ModifyDeviceFiles:int
parm: NVreg_DeviceFileUID:int
parm: NVreg_DeviceFileGID:int
parm: NVreg_DeviceFileMode:int
parm: NVreg_InitializeSystemMemoryAllocations:int
parm: NVreg_UsePageAttributeTable:int
parm: NVreg_EnablePCIeGen3:int
parm: NVreg_EnableMSI:int
parm: NVreg_TCEBypassMode:int
parm: NVreg_EnableStreamMemOPs:int
parm: NVreg_RestrictProfilingToAdminUsers:int
parm: NVreg_PreserveVideoMemoryAllocations:int
parm: NVreg_EnableS0ixPowerManagement:int
parm: NVreg_S0ixPowerManagementVideoMemoryThreshold:int
parm: NVreg_DynamicPowerManagement:int
parm: NVreg_DynamicPowerManagementVideoMemoryThreshold:int
parm: NVreg_EnableGpuFirmware:int
parm: NVreg_EnableGpuFirmwareLogs:int
parm: NVreg_OpenRmEnableUnsupportedGpus:int
parm: NVreg_EnableUserNUMAManagement:int
parm: NVreg_MemoryPoolSize:int
parm: NVreg_KMallocHeapMaxSize:int
parm: NVreg_VMallocHeapMaxSize:int
parm: NVreg_IgnoreMMIOCheck:int
parm: NVreg_NvLinkDisable:int
parm: NVreg_EnablePCIERelaxedOrderingMode:int
parm: NVreg_RegisterPCIDriver:int
parm: NVreg_EnableDbgBreakpoint:int
parm: NVreg_RegistryDwords:charp
parm: NVreg_RegistryDwordsPerDevice:charp
parm: NVreg_RmMsg:charp
parm: NVreg_GpuBlacklist:charp
parm: NVreg_TemporaryFilePath:charp
parm: NVreg_ExcludedGpus:charp
parm: NVreg_DmaRemapPeerMmio:int
parm: rm_firmware_active:charp
inxi -GS
System: Host: MyNotebook Kernel: 5.15.0-56-generic x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Gnome 3.36.9
Distro: Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS (Focal Fossa)
Graphics: Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 630 driver: i915 v: kernel
Device-2: NVIDIA TU116M [GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile] driver: N/A
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: N/A resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.6sudo gpu-manager
last_boot_file: /var/lib/ubuntu-drivers-common/last_gfx_boot
new_boot_file: /var/lib/ubuntu-drivers-common/last_gfx_boot
can’t access /run/u-d-c-nvidia-was-loaded file
can’t access /opt/amdgpu-pro/bin/amdgpu-pro-px
Looking for nvidia modules in /lib/modules/5.15.0-56-generic/kernel
Looking for nvidia modules in /lib/modules/5.15.0-56-generic/updates/dkms
Found nvidia.ko module in /lib/modules/5.15.0-56-generic/updates/dkms/nvidia.ko
Looking for amdgpu modules in /lib/modules/5.15.0-56-generic/kernel
Looking for amdgpu modules in /lib/modules/5.15.0-56-generic/updates/dkms
Is nvidia loaded? no
Was nvidia unloaded? no
Is nvidia blacklisted? no
Is intel loaded? yes
Is radeon loaded? no
Is radeon blacklisted? no
Is amdgpu loaded? no
Is amdgpu blacklisted? no
Is amdgpu versioned? no
Is amdgpu pro stack? no
Is nouveau loaded? no
Is nouveau blacklisted? yes
Is nvidia kernel module available? yes
Is amdgpu kernel module available? no
Vendor/Device Id: 8086:3e9b
BusID “PCI:0@0:2:0”
Is boot vga? yes
Vendor/Device Id: 10de:2191
BusID “PCI:1@0:0:0”
Is boot vga? no
Error: can’t access /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/driver
The device is not bound to any driver.
Chassis type: “10”
Laptop detected
/etc/u-d-c-nvidia-runtimepm-override found. Will try runtimepm if the kernel supports it.
Linux 5.15 detected.
Is nvidia runtime pm supported for “0x2191”? yes
Trying to create new file: /run/nvidia_runtimepm_supported
Checking power status in /proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0000:01:00.0/power
Error while opening /proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0000:01:00.0/power
Is nvidia runtime pm enabled for “0x2191”? no
Skipping “/dev/dri/card0”, driven by “i915”
Skipping “/dev/dri/card0”, driven by “i915”
Skipping “/dev/dri/card0”, driven by “i915”
Found “/dev/dri/card0”, driven by “i915”
output 0:
card0-eDP-1
Number of connected outputs for /dev/dri/card0: 1
Does it require offloading? yes
last cards number = 2
Has amd? no
Has intel? yes
Has nvidia? yes
How many cards? 2
Loading nvidia with “no” parameters
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert ‘nvidia’: Operation not permitted
Has the system changed? No
can’t access /run/u-d-c-nvidia-drm-was-loaded file
Takes 10000ms to wait for nvidia udev rules completed.
Intel IGP detected
NVIDIA hybrid system
Creating /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/11-nvidia-prime.conf
Setting power control to “on” in /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power/control
Loading nvidia with “no” parameters
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert ‘nvidia’: Operation not permitted