Nvidia Hardware Acceleration

[gfrank227]

Hi all,
I've seen a few threads on this but none that seem to solve my problem. I'm running HP Pavilion with Nvidia graphics card. I have installed Linux Mint and the proprietary drivers. The OS works with the 470 and the 495 drivers. But both say no video hardware acceleration.

I have found another thread that had an issue regarding the nouveau drivers loading first; this solution did not work for me.

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jerry@jerry-HP-Pavilion-Gaming-Laptop-15z-ec200:~$ lspci -nnk | grep -EA3 "3D|VGA"; echo +; ls /lib/modprobe.d/; echo +; dpkg -l | grep nvidia; echo +; mokutil --sb-state
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation Device [10de:1f99] (rev a1)
	DeviceName: NVIDIA Graphics Device
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:88dd]
	Kernel driver in use: nvidia
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05:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Device [1002:1638] (rev c6)
	DeviceName:  Onboard IGD
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:88dd]
05:00.2 Encryption controller [1080]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 10h-1fh) Platform Security Processor [1022:15df]
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aliases.conf                           fbdev-blacklist.conf
blacklist_linux_5.4.0-91-generic.conf  nvidia-graphics-drivers.conf
blacklist_linux_5.4.0-96-generic.conf  systemd.conf
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ii  libnvidia-cfg1-495:amd64                   495.46-0ubuntu0.20.04.1               amd64        NVIDIA binary OpenGL/GLX configuration library
ii  libnvidia-common-495                       495.46-0ubuntu0.20.04.1               all          Shared files used by the NVIDIA libraries
rc  libnvidia-compute-460:amd64                460.91.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1            amd64        NVIDIA libcompute package
ii  libnvidia-compute-495:amd64                495.46-0ubuntu0.20.04.1               amd64        NVIDIA libcompute package
ii  libnvidia-compute-495:i386                 495.46-0ubuntu0.20.04.1               i386         NVIDIA libcompute package
ii  libnvidia-decode-495:amd64                 495.46-0ubuntu0.20.04.1               amd64        NVIDIA Video Decoding runtime libraries
ii  libnvidia-decode-495:i386                  495.46-0ubuntu0.20.04.1               i386         NVIDIA Video Decoding runtime libraries
ii  libnvidia-encode-495:amd64                 495.46-0ubuntu0.20.04.1               amd64        NVENC Video Encoding runtime library
ii  libnvidia-encode-495:i386                  495.46-0ubuntu0.20.04.1               i386         NVENC Video Encoding runtime library
ii  libnvidia-extra-495:amd64                  495.46-0ubuntu0.20.04.1               amd64        Extra libraries for the NVIDIA driver
ii  libnvidia-fbc1-495:amd64                   495.46-0ubuntu0.20.04.1               amd64        NVIDIA OpenGL-based Framebuffer Capture runtime library
ii  libnvidia-fbc1-495:i386                    495.46-0ubuntu0.20.04.1               i386         NVIDIA OpenGL-based Framebuffer Capture runtime library
ii  libnvidia-gl-495:amd64                     495.46-0ubuntu0.20.04.1               amd64        NVIDIA OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES GLVND libraries and Vulkan ICD
ii  libnvidia-gl-495:i386                      495.46-0ubuntu0.20.04.1               i386         NVIDIA OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES GLVND libraries and Vulkan ICD
rc  nvidia-compute-utils-460                   460.91.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1            amd64        NVIDIA compute utilities
ii  nvidia-compute-utils-495                   495.46-0ubuntu0.20.04.1               amd64        NVIDIA compute utilities
rc  nvidia-dkms-460                            460.91.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1            amd64        NVIDIA DKMS package
ii  nvidia-dkms-495                            495.46-0ubuntu0.20.04.1               amd64        NVIDIA DKMS package
ii  nvidia-driver-495                          495.46-0ubuntu0.20.04.1               amd64        NVIDIA driver metapackage
rc  nvidia-kernel-common-460                   460.91.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1            amd64        Shared files used with the kernel module
ii  nvidia-kernel-common-495                   495.46-0ubuntu0.20.04.1               amd64        Shared files used with the kernel module
ii  nvidia-kernel-source-495                   495.46-0ubuntu0.20.04.1               amd64        NVIDIA kernel source package
ii  nvidia-prime                               0.8.16~0.20.04.1                      all          Tools to enable NVIDIA's Prime
ii  nvidia-settings                            470.57.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.2            amd64        Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
ii  nvidia-utils-495                           495.46-0ubuntu0.20.04.1               amd64        NVIDIA driver support binaries
ii  screen-resolution-extra                    0.18build1                            all          Extension for the nvidia-settings control panel
ii  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-495              495.46-0ubuntu0.20.04.1               amd64        NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
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Platform is in Setup Mode
jerry@jerry-HP-Pavilion-Gaming-Laptop-15z-ec200:~$ 

https://termbin.com/dwt1

I found one solution posted saying someone needed to delete their xorg.conf file. I don't seem to have one.

any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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I'm running HP Pavilion with Nvidia graphics card.

Actually, you are running an HP laptop with dual graphics--it has both AMD and Nvidia. It appears you only have the drivers for Nvidia installed.

Install the nvidia-prime-applet that is missing from your system. This is a Linux Mint file and not an Nvidia driver file.
sudo apt-get install nvidia-prime-applet

AMD graphics drivers are in the kernel, but the 5.4 kernel you currently have installed does not have the drivers your Ryzen 5000 series system needs. Please install the latest 5.14-oem kernel with sudo apt install linux-oem-20.04d and reboot.

Then provide the output of inxi -SMCGx and let us know what mode the nvidia-prime-applet says your computer is running in.

[gfrank227]

AMD graphics drivers are in the kernel, but the 5.4 kernel you currently have installed does not have the drivers your Ryzen 5000 series system needs. Please install the latest 5.14-oem kernel with sudo apt install linux-oem-20.04d and reboot.

Is the 5.14 kernel older? Isn't it going to hit end-of-life sooner?

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Is the 5.14 kernel older? Isn't it going to hit end-of-life sooner?

The numbers to the right of the decimal point increase sequentially as newer kernel versions are released. 14 is a larger number than 4 so the 5.14 kernel is newer than the 5.4 kernel.

Those who have installed the 5.14-oem kernel have indicated it is listed as being supported until April 2025 which is the same support date as the 5.4 kernel. And, to be honest, with how new your hardware is, you may want to upgrade to an even newer kernel when the next supported kernel becomes available.