NVidia Driver Installed but N/A

[Stefano]

Hello

I have the following issue .

The Nvidia drivers are installed properly but it seems that something is going wrong

Device-2: NVIDIA GM108M [GeForce MX110] driver: N/A bus ID: 01:00.0

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inxi -Fxxxrz;lspci;dkms status;cat /proc/cmdline;lshw -c video

see attached file from driver manager

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[hglee]

The Nvidia drivers are installed properly but it seems that something is going wrong

Device-2: NVIDIA GM108M [GeForce MX110] driver: N/A bus ID: 01:00.0

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inxi -Fxxxrz;lspci;dkms status;cat /proc/cmdline;lshw -c video

We need to see the output of that.


Open a Terminal (Ctrl-Alt-T), click on SELECT ALL and copy-and-paste this command-line...

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inxi -Fxxxrz;lspci;dkms status;cat /proc/cmdline;lshw -c video

Copy the result output text of that command. In a reply, paste that text between BBCode code-block tags: [code] result output [/code].

[Stefano]

Hello

Apologies.

Here's the output

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stefano@StefanoLaptop:~$ inxi -Fxxxrz;lspci;dkms status;cat /proc/cmdline;lshw -c video
System:
  Kernel: 5.4.0-71-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 
  Desktop: Cinnamon 4.8.6 wm: muffin 4.8.1 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 
  Distro: Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Laptop 15-da1xxx 
  v: Type1ProductConfigId serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 
  serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: HP model: 8533 v: 70.22 serial: <filter> UEFI: Insyde v: F.16 
  date: 12/05/2018 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 21.6 Wh condition: 22.7/41.9 Wh (54%) volts: 12.1/11.6 
  model: Hewlett-Packard PABAS0241231 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> 
  status: Discharging 
CPU:
  Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-8265U bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Kaby Lake rev: B L2 cache: 6144 KiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx 
  bogomips: 28800 
  Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 400/3900 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 
  3: 801 4: 800 5: 801 6: 801 7: 800 8: 800 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915 
  v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:3ea0 
  Device-2: NVIDIA GM108M [GeForce MX110] driver: N/A bus ID: 01:00.0 
  chip ID: 10de:174e 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
  resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (WHL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.2.6 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Point-LP High Definition Audio 
  vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3 
  chip ID: 8086:9dc8 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-71-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
  vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 4000 bus ID: 02:00.0 
  chip ID: 10ec:8168 
  IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter 
  vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: rtl8821ce v: v5.5.2.1_35598.20191029 
  port: 3000 bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:c821 
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 72.38 GiB (7.8%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: MQ04ABF100 size: 931.51 GiB 
  speed: 6.0 Gb/s rotation: 5400 rpm serial: <filter> rev: 4C scheme: GPT 
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci 
  v: 3.0 port: 6060 bus ID: 00:17.0 chip ID: 8086.282a rev: 30 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 45.58 GiB used: 31.53 GiB (69.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6 
  ID-2: /home size: 422.15 GiB used: 40.79 GiB (9.7%) fs: ext4 
  dev: /dev/sda7 
  ID-3: swap-1 size: 3.81 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda5 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8 C mobo: 28.0 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/alexlarsson-flatpak-focal.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/alexlarsson/flatpak/ubuntu focal main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bookworm-team-bookworm-focal.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/bookworm-team/bookworm/ubuntu focal main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list 
  1: deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/c_falco-mame-focal.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/c.falco/mame/ubuntu focal main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/home:selmf.list 
  1: deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/selmf/xUbuntu_20.04/ /
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/linrunner-tlp-focal.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/linrunner/tlp/ubuntu focal main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
  1: deb http://ftp.icm.edu.pl/pub/Linux/dist/linuxmint/packages ulyssa main upstream import backport
  2: deb http://ftp.agh.edu.pl/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
  3: deb http://ftp.agh.edu.pl/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
  4: deb http://ftp.agh.edu.pl/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
  5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
  6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/team-xbmc-ppa-focal.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu focal main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/thierry-f-fork-michael-gruz-focal.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/thierry-f/fork-michael-gruz/ubuntu focal main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/touchegg-stable-focal.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/touchegg/stable/ubuntu focal main
Info:
  Processes: 252 Uptime: 6m Memory: 7.66 GiB used: 1.65 GiB (21.5%) 
  Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash 
  v: 5.0.17 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.0.38 
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Coffee Lake HOST and DRAM Controller (rev 0b)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation UHD Graphics 620 (Whiskey Lake)
00:04.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Thermal Subsystem (rev 0b)
00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/v6 / E3-1500 v5 / 6th/7th/8th Gen Core Processor Gaussian Mixture Model
00:12.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Point-LP Thermal Controller (rev 30)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Point-LP USB 3.1 xHCI Controller (rev 30)
00:14.2 RAM memory: Intel Corporation Cannon Point-LP Shared SRAM (rev 30)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Point-LP MEI Controller #1 (rev 30)
00:17.0 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] (rev 30)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev f0)
00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #9 (rev f0)
00:1d.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #10 (rev f0)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Point-LP LPC Controller (rev 30)
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Cannon Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller (rev 30)
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Cannon Point-LP SMBus Controller (rev 30)
00:1f.5 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Cannon Point-LP SPI Controller (rev 30)
01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM108M [GeForce MX110] (rev a2)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
03:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
nvidia, 460.39, 5.4.0-58-generic, x86_64: installed
nvidia, 460.39, 5.4.0-70-generic, x86_64: installed
nvidia, 460.39, 5.4.0-71-generic, x86_64: installed
rtl8821ce, 5.5.2.1, 5.4.0-58-generic, x86_64: installed
rtl8821ce, 5.5.2.1, 5.4.0-70-generic, x86_64: installed
rtl8821ce, 5.5.2.1, 5.4.0-71-generic, x86_64: installed
virtualbox, 6.1.16, 5.4.0-70-generic, x86_64: installed
virtualbox, 6.1.16, 5.4.0-71-generic, x86_64: installed
BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-71-generic root=UUID=9851e7a3-2570-46f9-9b42-88cccdb5bede ro quiet splash
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
  *-display                 
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: UHD Graphics 620 (Whiskey Lake)
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
       version: 00
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
       resources: irq:128 memory:b2000000-b2ffffff memory:80000000-9fffffff ioport:6000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff
  *-display UNCLAIMED
       description: 3D controller
       product: GM108M [GeForce MX110]
       vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: a2
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:b3000000-b3ffffff memory:a0000000-afffffff memory:b0000000-b1ffffff ioport:5000(size=128)
WARNING: output may be incomplete or inaccurate, you should run this program as super-user.
stefano@StefanoLaptop:~$ ^C
stefano@StefanoLaptop:~$ 

I launched once an autoremove command. Could it have removed something?

[SMG]

The output below indicates you are running with the Intel iGPU right now. The last person I helped with a fresh LM20.1 install showed the same information when using the Intel graphics even though the Nvidia drivers were installed. In that case the code was blacklisting both the Nvidia and the nouveau drivers which results in a power savings.

Graphics:
Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915
v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:3ea0
Device-2: NVIDIA GM108M [GeForce MX110] driver: N/A bus ID: 01:00.0
chip ID: 10de:174e
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (WHL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.2.6
direct render: Yes

You can run dpkg -l | grep -i nvidia and post the results here for us to verify the all Nvidia driver files installed.

Then run mokutil --sb-state to see if Secure Boot is on. That can prevent the Nvidia drivers from loading on boot.

However, it is likely all are installed and you may just be running into the disappearing nvidia-prime-applet issue. The fourth post in this thread Disappearing Nvidia drivers :Prime the prime suspect? describes a one line code fix (editing line 34) for a know bug with some of the graphics files related to Nvidia.

After making that change, I expect you will be able to see the nvidia-prime-applet and can switch to On-Demand mode or Nvidia mode and when you reboot you will see nvidia instead of N/A.

However, not all laptops are responding the same way to the code changes, so let us know the output of inxi -Gx after you make the change.