Issue: NVIDIA RTX 4060 - Power Draw Metrics Show as N/A

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System Details

  • OS: EndeavourOS
  • GPU: NVIDIA RTX 4060
  • Driver: nvidia 565.77 (tested both proprietary and nvidia-open)
  • Desktop Environment: Wayland (also tested on X11)
  • Kernel: 6.12.10-arch1-1

Problem

When running nvidia-smi, the power draw metrics (power.draw, power.draw.average, power.draw.instant) show N/A, despite power management being enabled (power.management = Enabled).

Troubleshooting Done

  1. Verified Driver Installation
  • Installed nvidia and nvidia-utils
  • Tried both nvidia-open and proprietary drivers
  1. Tested on X11 & Wayland
  • No difference in behavior
  1. Enabled Persistence Mode
sudo nvidia-smi -pm 1
  1. Checked dmesg Logs
  • No critical errors, but module is tainted
  1. Tested Alternative Tools
  • nvidia-settings does not show power draw
  1. Checked BIOS & Power Settings
  • No unusual power-saving settings detected

Question

Has anyone encountered this issue with the RTX 4060 on EndeavourOS/Arch? Are there any additional steps I should try to enable power draw monitoring?

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Is your system using nvidia?
Please show the full output of commands:

lsmod | grep nvidia
lspci -vnn | grep -PA11 'VGA|3D|Display'
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sure!

[~]$ lsmod | grep nvidia && lspci -vnn | grep -PA11 'VGA|3D|Display'
nvidia_drm            139264  25
drm_ttm_helper         16384  2 nvidia_drm
nvidia_uvm           3977216  0
nvidia_modeset       1986560  9 nvidia_drm
video                  81920  1 nvidia_modeset
nvidia              11423744  151 nvidia_uvm,nvidia_modeset

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation AD107 [GeForce RTX 4060] [10de:2882] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:895e]
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 140
    Memory at 40000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
    Memory at 4000000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=8G]
    Memory at 4200000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
    I/O ports at 5000 [size=128]
    Expansion ROM at 41000000 [virtual] [disabled] [size=512K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: **nvidia**
    Kernel modules: **nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia**

Thanks!

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Those outputs seem OK.
I don’t really know why the power metrics show N/A, maybe someone here more familiar to them could help.

But is your system working as expected otherwise?

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I’m seeing this as well - same exact card, driver version. Are you using gwe by chance? I’ve been using it without issue for a while, including setting power limits.

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Hi everyone,

I’m currently running Wayland, and while GWE partially works for me under X11, I’m encountering a couple of issues.

Specifically (under x11):

  • GWE isn’t reporting power draw.
  • I can set the power limit, but I suspect it’s not actually having any effect. I’ve tried measuring the power draw at the wall socket, and I haven’t observed any changes after adjusting the limit. It feels more like a placebo.

Thanks!