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[Solved] Another NVIDIA Fail

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I've searched but cannot find an answer to this specific problem.

In Mint 21.3 using the driver manager, installing the Nvidia driver works just fine. Today I changed to LMDE 6 and tried installing the Nvidia driver on the command line and from the software centre but on reboot the driver is not active, although it is installed. I've reinstalled LMDE a couple of times and tried to no avail. This is a clean reinstallation and the driver install is the first thing I have done after installing the initial OS updates.

In Mint 21.3 there was a tray icon and nvidia-settings showed the correct OS version (linux-x86_64), all my monitors, etc. In LMDE there's no tray icon and nvidia-settings shows the OS as linux_unkown and there are no screens showing and far fewer available settings (i.e. no X Screen 0 dropdown or Prime Profiles) than in 21.3.

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inxi -Gx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel TigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics] vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK
    driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-12.1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA107M [GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile] vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK
    driver: nvidia v: 525.147.05 arch: Ampere bus-ID: 01:00.0
  Device-3: Chicony USB2.0 Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-8:3
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915
    resolution: 1920x1080~144Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (TGL GT1)
    direct-render: Yes

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ls /lib/modprobe.d/
aliases.conf  fbdev-blacklist.conf  systemd.conf

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glxinfo | grep vendor
server glx vendor string: SGI
client glx vendor string: Mesa Project and SGI
OpenGL vendor string: Intel

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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-17-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.0.4
    tk: GTK v: 3.24.38 wm: muffin vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: LMDE 6 Faye
    base: Debian 12.1 bookworm
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: PC Specialist product: NP5x_NP7xHH_HJ_HK v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
    Chassis: No Enclosure type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: CLEVO model: NPxxHJ_HK_HH serial: <superuser required> UEFI: INSYDE v: 1.07.03TPCS
    date: 07/02/2021
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 42.3 Wh (100.0%) condition: 42.3/48.3 Wh (87.7%) volts: 16.7 min: 15.2
    model: Notebook BAT type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: full
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard serial: <filter>
    charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: 8-core model: 11th Gen Intel Core i7-11800H bits: 64 type: MT MCP smt: enabled
    arch: Tiger Lake rev: 1 cache: L1: 640 KiB L2: 10 MiB L3: 24 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1515 high: 4600 min/max: 800/4600 cores: 1: 1510 2: 800 3: 800 4: 1145 5: 877
    6: 3251 7: 4600 8: 801 9: 800 10: 898 11: 800 12: 801 13: 984 14: 801 15: 4579 16: 800
    bogomips: 73728
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel TigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics] vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK driver: i915 v: kernel
    arch: Gen-12.1 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:9a60 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA107M [GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile] vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK driver: nvidia
    v: 525.147.05 arch: Ampere pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:25a0
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: Chicony USB2.0 Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-8:3 chip-ID: 04f2:b729
    class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa alternate: nv dri: iris gpu: i915
    display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22") s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: LG Display 0x065b res: 1920x1080 hz: 144 dpi: 128
    size: 382x215mm (15.04x8.46") diag: 438mm (17.3") modes: 1920x1080
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (TGL GT1) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-H HD Audio vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:43c8 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-17-amd64 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.65 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK
    driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp2s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1
    bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 3-14:4 chip-ID: 8087:0029
    class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 3.0 lmp-v: 5.2
    sub-v: 200f hci-v: 5.2 rev: 200f
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.36 TiB used: 576.76 GiB (41.3%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 PRO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB speed: 63.2 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 4B2QGXA7 temp: 36.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST1000LM049-2GH172 size: 931.51 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: SDM1 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 393.56 GiB used: 9.92 GiB (2.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-1 mapped: lvmlmde-root
  ID-2: /boot size: 943.2 MiB used: 181.1 MiB (19.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
  ID-3: /boot/efi size: 285.4 MiB used: 5.8 MiB (2.0%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 62.58 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/dm-2
    mapped: lvmlmde-swap
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 16 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-1:2 info: Logitech Unifying Receiver type: Keyboard,Mouse
    driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 98mA
    chip-ID: 046d:c534 class-ID: 0301
  Device-2: 3-8:3 info: Chicony USB2.0 Camera type: Video driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 04f2:b729 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Device-3: 3-14:4 info: Intel AX200 Bluetooth type: Bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2
    rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0029 class-ID: e001
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 8 rev: 3.1 speed: 20 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 44.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2208
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb https: //www.mirrorservice.org/sites/packages.linuxmint.com/packages faye main upstream import backport
    2: deb http: //mirror.lchost.net/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    3: deb http: //mirror.lchost.net/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    4: deb http: //security.debian.org/ bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    5: deb http: //mirror.lchost.net/debian bookworm-backports main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Info:
  Processes: 348 Uptime: 42m wakeups: 7 Memory: 62.58 GiB used: 3.13 GiB (5.0%) Init: systemd
  v: 252 target: graphical (5) default: graphical Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12 Client: Unknown
  python3.11 client inxi: 3.3.26

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nvidia-smi
Tue Jan 30 15:23:35 2024       
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 525.147.05   Driver Version: 525.147.05   CUDA Version: 12.0     |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name        Persistence-M| Bus-Id        Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp  Perf  Pwr:Usage/Cap|         Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                               |                      |               MIG M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
|   0  NVIDIA GeForce ...  On   | 00000000:01:00.0 Off |                  N/A |
| N/A   52C    P0    16W /  60W |      5MiB /  4096MiB |      0%      Default |
|                               |                      |                  N/A |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
                                                                               
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                                  |
|  GPU   GI   CI        PID   Type   Process name                  GPU Memory |
|        ID   ID                                                   Usage      |
|=============================================================================|
|    0   N/A  N/A      1255      G   /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg                  4MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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inxi -SGxxz
System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-17-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.0.4 tk: GTK v: 3.24.38 wm: muffin dm: LightDM
    Distro: LMDE 6 Faye base: Debian 12.1 bookworm
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel TigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics] vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK
    driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-12.1 ports: active: eDP-1
    empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a60
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA107M [GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile] vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK
    driver: nvidia v: 525.147.05 arch: Ampere pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:25a0
  Device-3: Chicony USB2.0 Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-8:3
    chip-ID: 04f2:b729
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa alternate: nv
    dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: LG Display 0x065b res: 1920x1080 dpi: 128
    diag: 438mm (17.3")
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (TGL GT1)
    direct-render: Yes
Not sure what else to post, I think that's all the system info that I saw asked for in other posts. If there's something else let me know.

Oh and I've tried adding the following to /etc/modules but no luck.

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nvidia 
nvidia-drm
nvidia-modeset
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Re: Another NVIDIA Fail

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daphneB wrote: ⤴Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:32 amIn Mint 21.3 using the driver manager, installing the Nvidia driver works just fine. Today I changed to LMDE 6 and tried installing the Nvidia driver on the command line and from the software centre but on reboot the driver is not active, although it is installed. I've reinstalled LMDE a couple of times and tried to no avail.
Welcome to the forum, daphneB.

The Nvidia driver is installed and loaded. Nvidia did not "fail".

Graphics:
Device-1: Intel TigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics] vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-12.1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
Device-2: NVIDIA GA107M [GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile] vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK
driver: nvidia v: 525.147.05 arch: Ampere bus-ID: 01:00.0
Device-3: Chicony USB2.0 Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-8:3
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915
resolution: 1920x1080~144Hz
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (TGL GT1)
direct-render: Yes

Please see Debian wiki: Nvidia Optimus for how to have Nvidia as the primary renderer on your dual-graphics laptop. Debian (LMDE 6) does not have the same tools that Ubuntu (LM 21.3) does so more manual work is necessary.
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Re: Another NVIDIA Fail

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Thank you!

Took a bit of doing, and a couple of scary black screens when I restarted lightdm.service but I got it working eventually.
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Re: Another NVIDIA Fail

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daphneB wrote: ⤴Tue Jan 30, 2024 12:52 pm Thank you!

Took a bit of doing, and a couple of scary black screens when I restarted lightdm.service but I got it working eventually.
You're welcome. If your issue is resolved, please go to your first post in this topic, click the pencil icon, and add [SOLVED] to the beginning of the title and submit the revised post so others know there is a solution in the topic.
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