19.1 and RTX2080 Ti issues

[scajjr29]

Just installed Mint 19.1 on a separate SSD, install went fine but it doesn't seem to see there is a nVidia RTX 2080 Ti card. Driver update shows nothing to install. Resolution is stuck at 640x480.

ASRock Z370 Fatal1ty gaming K6
i7-8700k
32Gb DDR4
EVGA RTX 2080Ti XC Hybrid

Linux newbie, any suggestions appreciated.

Sam

[roblm]

Open the Terminal and use these commands to install the graphics-drivers PPA. Then open Driver Manager to install the recommended Nvidia driver:

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sudo apt-add-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa	
sudo apt update

[scajjr29]

I was able to get the 415.25 (from Dec 2018) drivers installed after those commands. However trying to manually install 415.22.05 (just released last week) fails with DKMS errors.
I've exited the desktop (sudo telinit 3), CTL-ALT-F1, log in, cd to Downloads and run sudo bash NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.22.05.run . I answer yes to register kernel sources with DKMS but it gives errors (running kernel 4.20 installed via uuKuu, installed this when I installed 19.1 so the kernel has stayed the same) and driver fails to install.

415.25 works fine but I am having crashes in Steam playing Jack Nicklaus Perfect Golf (worked fine for 2 days now doesn't no matter which version of Proton I try) so I would like to try 415.22.05 to see if that has any effect.

The odd thing is on my laptop (i7-6700, GTX1070) with the 415.25 drivers and any version of Proton, JNPG runs fine.

I understand the RTX2080 Ti is bleeding edge and it may take some time to get it to work with everything I want under Mint.

Sam

[roblm]

I answer yes to register kernel sources with DKMS but it gives errors (running kernel 4.20 installed via uuKuu,................. so I would like to try 415.22.05 to see if that has any effect.

Do you need the 4.20 kernel?

If you want to pursue this issue, then you can try installing the downloaded 415.22.05 driver again but at the screen that asks: "Would you like to register the kernel module sources with DKMS?", answer NO. The installation will probably still not work but there should be an error message at the end. It will probably be related to the gcc version used.

Before trying that installation, the nouveau driver needs to be re-installed in Driver Manager.

[roblm]

Did you try the 4.18 kernel available in the Update Manager?

I just checked on the Nvidia website and the 410.93 driver is the newest released driver.

Use this command to check what version of gcc was used to compile the 4.20 kernel: cat /proc/version

[scajjr29]

Did you try the 4.18 kernel available in the Update Manager?

I just checked on the Nvidia website and the 410.93 driver is the newest released driver.

Use this command to check what version of gcc was used to compile the 4.20 kernel: cat /proc/version

this is the output:
Linux version 4.20.0-042000-generic (kernel@tangerine) (gcc version 8.2.0 (Ubuntu 8.2.0-12ubuntu1)) #201812232030 SMP Mon Dec 24 01:32:58 UTC 2018

Sam

[scajjr29]

The nouveau driver has always shown in the Driver Manager.

Sam

[roblm]

this is the output:
Linux version 4.20.0-042000-generic (kernel@tangerine) (gcc version 8.2.0 (Ubuntu 8.2.0-12ubuntu1)) #201812232030 SMP Mon

You didn’t answer why you’re using the 4.20 kernel. I suggest going back to the default 4.15 kernel and if there is a problem with it, then install the 4.18 kernel.

The version of gcc that is installed with Mint 19.1 is 7.3. Nvidia recommends that the gcc version used to build the running kernel is the same that is installed, which is used to build the Nvidia kernel modules during the driver installation, otherwise the installation may fail. Sometimes the two versions can be close, but I don’t know how significant the changes were going from 7.3 to 8.2. To get around this, you can try adding this option to the .run file:

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NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.22.05.run --no-cc-version-check

[scajjr29]

updated to 4.20 as the latest nVidia drivers were supposed to support it.

Ended up having to reinstall 19.1 as rolling kernel back to 4.18 caused no video. Left the kernel as stock, driver manager shows 410.78 & 415.25 as the drivers available after updating the repository. Installed 415.25 no problems from driver manager.

sam