Stable Nvidia driver for RTX 2060 on Mint

[zalacsek72]

Hello Linux Mint community.
Finally I decided to install Linux Mint on my main computer.
Everything works fine but having some issues with the Nvidia driver.
After installing the proprietary driver with driver manager I noticed the next issues:
1. when I log out my screen goes total black, my TV says no input anymore only way to get back turn off the pc.
2. occasionally the system boot up with very low resolution (640x480?) and it says no display driver.
I found out that after login pressing the CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE will restart the graphical subsystem so I will get back the normal 4K resolution.
3. Occasional freezes during gaming on steam.
the first 2 issues did not exist before installing the nvidia driver.
My card RTX 2060 is not a new so maybe an older driver works better with this card ?
Driver manager offers only 2 version
470.63.01 - this is installed
460.91.03
If somebody has an experience running stable with this card.
If you recommend to install an older can you explain how to completely remove the existing one first?
Thank you very much for your help.
Have a nice day

Inxi output

System: Kernel: 5.4.0-84-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.0.5
Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Machine: Type: Desktop System: Micro-Star product: MS-7B89 v: 1.0 serial: <filter>
Mobo: Micro-Star model: B450M MORTAR MAX (MS-7B89) v: 1.0 serial: <filter>
UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: 2.D0 date: 05/17/2021
Battery: Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse MX Master
charge: 55% (should be ignored) status: Discharging
CPU: Topology: 8-Core model: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen+ rev: 2
L2 cache: 4096 KiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 127996
Speed: 3983 MHz min/max: N/A Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3983 2: 4000 3: 3889 4: 3999 5: 3905 6: 3999
7: 3954 8: 3999 9: 3983 10: 3999 11: 3860 12: 3998 13: 3980 14: 3996 15: 3996 16: 3999
Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA TU106 [GeForce RTX 2060 Rev. A] driver: nvidia v: 470.63.01 bus ID: 26:00.0
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: nvidia unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa
resolution: 3840x2160~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 470.63.01
direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: NVIDIA TU106 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 26:00.1
Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 28:00.3
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-84-generic
Network: Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: r8169 v: kernel port: f000 bus ID: 22:00.0
IF: enp34s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 1.36 TiB used: 67.57 GiB (4.8%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Western Digital model: WDS500G2B0C-00PXH0 size: 465.76 GiB
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 vendor: Gigabyte model: GP-GSM2NE3100TNTD size: 953.87 GiB
ID-3: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EZRZ-00HTKB0 size: 931.51 GiB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 453.23 GiB used: 67.57 GiB (14.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6
ID-2: swap-1 size: 3.81 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 31.6 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 34 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 36%
Info: Processes: 386 Uptime: 17m Memory: 31.35 GiB used: 4.60 GiB (14.7%) Init: systemd runlevel: 5
Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 inxi: 3.0.38

[Hoser Rob]

Unless you've updated the BIOS that's a quite new machine. And you're running a 5.4 kernel. Try going into update manager > view > view kernels and installing the newest 5.11 kernel. Reboot.

[zalacsek72]

Unless you've updated the BIOS that's a quite new machine. And you're running a 5.4 kernel. Try going into update manager > view > view kernels and installing the newest 5.11 kernel. Reboot.

Thanks for your reply.
I am running on the very latest 2021 MSI bios (Ryzen 5000 series compatible) on the motherboard.
Planning to drop in a 5000 series CPU later this year...
I never touched the kernel on any of my previous linux machines.
Is it safe to update it ? - I mean not going to brake things ?
On my Intel i7-6700 miniPC after updating Linux Mint from 20.1 to 20.2 really bad screen tearing appeared on the machine.
I opened a topic here about it recently...
I downloaded 3 different distro live isos none had screen tearing from Live iso.
so decided to boot up Mint 20.2 from usb pen drive - no tearing.....something went wrong during update process ?
after reinstalling the system (20.2) from iso image all the tearing issue gone... it work it should on an old Intel machine...
the boot up issue more of an annoyance not really an issue.
I found a topic where people says sometimes one of the nvidia driver file does not load in time during the booting process...
the only real problem the logging off issue when it seems like the system shuts down the graphics card ?
it was issue as well with the screen saver too but I just disabled it.
today I had about 2 hours counter strike session without any issue what so ever.
yesterday it froze 2 times out I even could not shut down the game had to reboot.
cannot log out to close all running process because the turned off screen issue...
had no issue with the nouveau (open source) driver but you cannot game on it...
strange though...

[spamator12]

Linux Mint 20.2 Cinnamon (cinnamon v5.0.5, kernel 5.4.0-84-generic) here. With the drivers you are using (recommended) everything is working fine.

Check your INTEL driver. Try "switch to nvidia - performance mode" and let us know if it change anything.

[SMG]

Linux Mint 20.2 Cinnamon (cinnamon v5.0.5, kernel 5.4.0-84-generic) here. With the drivers you are using (recommended) everything is working fine.

Check your INTEL driver. Try "switch to nvidia - performance mode" and let us know if it change anything.

There is no Intel driver. This is a computer with an AMD processor.

[SMG]

2. occasionally the system boot up with very low resolution (640x480?) and it says no display driver.
I found out that after login pressing the CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE will restart the graphical subsystem so I will get back the normal 4K resolution.

A more permanent solution to that issue is in this thread [SOLVED] NVIDIA driver failing sometimes on boot ("no hardware acceleration"). Let us know if the fix roblm recommends in the second post addresses the issue for you.

I am running on the very latest 2021 MSI bios (Ryzen 5000 series compatible) on the motherboard.
Planning to drop in a 5000 series CPU later this year...

You will definitely need to be using the 5.11 kernel with a 5000 series CPU.

If you ever have concerns about making a change to your computer, run a Timeshift snapshot before making the change.

Kernel changes are one of the easiest changes to undo, so if you do not like the performance, you can switch back to the 5.4 kernel even if you do not take a snapshot. However, you will need the newer kernel when you drop in the newer CPU.

[zalacsek72]

2. occasionally the system boot up with very low resolution (640x480?) and it says no display driver.
I found out that after login pressing the CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE will restart the graphical subsystem so I will get back the normal 4K resolution.

A more permanent solution to that issue is in this thread [SOLVED] NVIDIA driver failing sometimes on boot ("no hardware acceleration"). Let us know if the fix roblm recommends in the second post addresses the issue for you.

I am running on the very latest 2021 MSI bios (Ryzen 5000 series compatible) on the motherboard.
Planning to drop in a 5000 series CPU later this year...

You will definitely need to be using the 5.11 kernel with a 5000 series CPU.

If you ever have concerns about making a change to your computer, run a Timeshift snapshot before making the change.

Kernel changes are one of the easiest changes to undo, so if you do not like the performance, you can switch back to the 5.4 kernel even if you do not take a snapshot. However, you will need the newer kernel when you drop in the newer CPU.

Thank you
Just installed the 5.11 kernel. Rebooted the system everything looks OK. pfuuu......
Using computers since windows 95....
Nothing hate more than mess up a well working system....so fingers cross
kernel 5.11 ON NOW

I tried the logging out.
Still black screen BUT decided to type my password into the blank screen...IT WORKS system logging me back....
When I choose switch user everything is OK I get login screen just logging out WEIRDO...
HAHAHA

love you guys Linux Mint forum is the best... most helpful...(I tried other distros too).
will see if the driver loading issue still ongoing with the new kernel
thanks

[spamator12]

@SMG yea I miss that. So it is AMD + nvidia. It is good that kernel update helped.