Problems with recommended driver nvidia-driver-520-open

[wergo]

Hello!

This is just for information. I have installed yesterday on Mint xfce 21.0 the recommended nvidia-driver-520-open which is named as version 520.56.06-0ubuntu0.22.04.1. My external hdmi screen turned blank. I have then activated nvidia-driver-520 (full name: version 520.56.06-ubuntu-0ubuntu0.22.04.01) and my external screen is back! These two driver do not seem to vastly different, but one works for me and the other doesn't.

Here are the details of my configuration:

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wergo> inxi -F
System:
  Host: len Kernel: 5.15.0-52-generic x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0
    Distro: Linux Mint 21 Vanessa
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 82EY v: IdeaPad Gaming 3 15ARH05
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0R32862 WIN
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: FCCN17WW date: 01/12/2022
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 41.9 Wh (100.0%) condition: 41.9/45.0 Wh (93.0%)
CPU:
  Info: 8-core model: AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics bits: 64
    type: MT MCP cache: L2: 4 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1480 min/max: 1400/2900 cores: 1: 1403 2: 1397 3: 1444
    4: 1397 5: 1397 6: 1397 7: 2687 8: 1397 9: 1397 10: 1397 11: 1397 12: 1397
    13: 1396 14: 1391 15: 1397 16: 1397
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile] driver: nvidia
    v: 520.56.06
  Device-2: AMD Renoir driver: amdgpu v: kernel
  Device-3: IMC Networks Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 driver: X:
    loaded: amdgpu,ati,nvidia unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa
    gpu: amdgpu resolution: 1: 1920x1080~60Hz 2: 1920x1080~60Hz
  OpenGL: renderer: AMD RENOIR (LLVM 13.0.1 DRM 3.42 5.15.0-52-generic)
    v: 4.6 Mesa 22.0.5
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-2: AMD Raven/Raven2/FireFlight/Renoir Audio Processor driver: N/A
  Device-3: AMD Family 17h HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-4: CMX Systems USB PnP Audio Device type: USB
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-52-generic running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes

[AndyMcDandyCDN]

I have the same problem. In fact, I can't even boot with the 5.20. I receive a low memory error right after grub boot menu. Have to go back to 5.15 but not the recommended (open kernel) since I want to use my second monitor.

Hoping the ones behind the (open kernel) versions will fix this.

[pkcs]

I just wanted to confirm this as it happened to me as well. I have a GTX 1650. The 520-open driver caused a black screen after I installed it and rebooted. Thankfully the closed-source 520 version works with no issues.
This is not a problem for me, but other people with the same graphics card might want to know this.

[SMG]

This is just for information. I have installed yesterday on Mint xfce 21.0 the recommended nvidia-driver-520-open which is named as version 520.56.06-0ubuntu0.22.04.1. My external hdmi screen turned blank. I have then activated nvidia-driver-520 (full name: version 520.56.06-ubuntu-0ubuntu0.22.04.01) and my external screen is back! These two driver do not seem to vastly different, but one works for me and the other doesn't.

One is the open-source driver which does not yet have full functionality (according to Nvidia documentation) and the other is the proprietary closed-source driver.

Extra steps are needed to get the open driver working as mentioned in this post.

[SMG]

Hoping the ones behind the (open kernel) versions will fix this.

"The ones" are the Nvidia developers. They are making both of them.

You can file bug reports here.

[den11100]

ubuntu 22.04
laptop lenovo idepad gaming 3 with geforce gtx1650
black screen after install drivers

For me help this instruction
rm -rf /etc/X11/xorg.conf
make sure nvidia-prime is installed (sudo apt install --reinstall nvidia-prime)
switch to nvidia (sudo prime-select nvidia)

(optional)
remove stray blacklist files (sudo rm /lib/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia.conf /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia.conf)


update the initrd (sudo update-initramfs -u)

reboot

[SMG]

For me help this instruction
rm -rf /etc/X11/xorg.conf

That file does not exist on a Linux Mint default so it should not be there to remove. If you created that file on a dual-graphics laptop, then that was likely why you ended up with a black screen. You blocked out the onboard GPU's ability to work.

It sounds like you had a different problem and not the one mentioned in this topic.

[leopenz]

I had the same problem with HDMI not working in my GTX1650. With the closed source driver, it works perfectly. I understand that a new driver has some problems, but I don't think that Linux Mint team should recommend its use if it's not completely functional.

[roboiii]

I had the same issue and honestly it's pretty messed up that Linux Mint devs are labeling this as "recommended". Should have the disclaimer ***"if you want to have a black screen upon reload"***

[SMG]

Linux Mint devs are labeling this as "recommended".

Driver Manager queries the Ubuntu database. That is what is providing the "recommendation". I am not aware that the Linux Mint devs have control of that.

[wergo]

Yesterday, Mint offered to install a "new" (revised, updated?) Ubuntu version of an NVIDIA driver: the recommended driver is version 525.60.11.0ubuntu0.22.04.1 identified in the list of drivers as nvidia-driver-525-open (recommended). Of course, I don' t know whose recommendation this is...

As I have mentioned in a previous post, that driver does not recognise my external HDMI screen. I have reverted back to nvidia-driver-525 that stands for version 525.60.11-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, which seems to be exactly the same thing as the recommended driver.

So why is the "recommended" version not working? The difference is only the recommendation itself, and the installation process.

Just in case, here' s my inxi -F

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wergo> inxi -F
System:
  Host: len Kernel: 5.15.0-56-generic x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0
    Distro: Linux Mint 21 Vanessa
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 82EY v: IdeaPad Gaming 3 15ARH05
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0R32862 WIN
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: FCCN17WW date: 01/12/2022
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 41.1 Wh (98.3%) condition: 41.8/45.0 Wh (92.8%)
CPU:
  Info: 8-core model: AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics bits: 64
    type: MT MCP cache: L2: 4 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1413 min/max: 1400/2900 cores: 1: 1503 2: 1391 3: 1396
    4: 1397 5: 1397 6: 1397 7: 1519 8: 1448 9: 1397 10: 1397 11: 1397 12: 1397
    13: 1397 14: 1396 15: 1397 16: 1397
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile] driver: nvidia
    v: 525.60.11
  Device-2: AMD Renoir driver: amdgpu v: kernel
  Device-3: IMC Networks Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 driver: X:
    loaded: amdgpu,ati,nvidia unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa
    gpu: amdgpu resolution: 1: 1920x1080~60Hz 2: 1920x1080~60Hz
  OpenGL: renderer: AMD RENOIR (LLVM 13.0.1 DRM 3.42 5.15.0-56-generic)
    v: 4.6 Mesa 22.0.5
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-2: AMD Raven/Raven2/FireFlight/Renoir Audio Processor driver: N/A
  Device-3: AMD Family 17h HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-4: CMX Systems USB PnP Audio Device type: USB
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-56-generic running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes

[wergo]

Just a rectification: The driver is 525, not 520. The title is wrong.
Sorry for that
R

[SMG]

So why is the "recommended" version not working? The difference is only the recommendation itself, and the installation process.

Because they are not the same code. One is proprietary and the other is open-source. The open-source is still in its early stages so it is not as full-featured and mature a product as the proprietary driver. That is why there are different instructions to install the open drivers and the open drivers do not yet have the same performance as the proprietary drivers.

[Catty0]

I just wanted to confirm this as it happened to me as well. I have a GTX 1650. The 520-open driver caused a black screen after I installed it and rebooted. Thankfully the closed-source 520 version works with no issues.
This is not a problem for me, but other people with the same graphics card might want to know this.

I'm running Xubuntu and it worked perfectly fine thank you