Mesa caution to All users EDIT: New Mesa update is out---everyone affected try with caution & post if it is sucessful

General system Kernel, boot, graphics & hardware
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Hi every body,
i’ affraid to read this post. I want to know if I meet this issue when I update my system this morning.

pacman -Q | grep -P 'nvidia|mesa'
mesa 1:25.0.5-1
mesa-utils 9.0.0-5
nvidia-dkms 570.144-3
nvidia-hook 1.5.2-1
nvidia-inst 25.4.11-1
nvidia-settings 570.144-1
nvidia-utils 570.144-3

Thanks a lot for your help !

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Hi, as of right now both of my devices (Laptop with Intel+Nvidia with Hybrid Graphics, and PC Intel+Nvidia just Nvidia Graphics) are fine.

Here is the output from PC:

lspci | grep 'VGA'
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation AD103 [GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER] (rev a1)

inxi -G
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA AD103 [GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER] driver: nvidia
    v: 570.153.02
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
    gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch resolution: 1920x1080~144Hz
  API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: nvidia,swrast
    platforms: gbm,wayland,x11,surfaceless,device
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 570.153.02
    renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER/PCIe/SSE2
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.313 drivers: nvidia surfaces: N/A
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
    wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr

pacman -Qs mesa
local/glu 9.0.3-2
    Mesa OpenGL utility library
local/lib32-mesa 1:25.1.1-2
    Open-source OpenGL drivers - 32-bit
local/mesa 1:25.1.1-2
    Open-source OpenGL drivers
local/mesa-utils 9.0.0-6
    Essential Mesa utilities

And here directly from my Laptop:

lspci | grep 'VGA'
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Iris Plus Graphics G7 (rev 07)

inxi -G
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 driver: i915 v: kernel
  Device-2: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile] driver: nvidia
    v: 570.153.02
  Device-3: IMC Networks Integrated Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia dri: iris
    gpu: i915 resolution: 3840x2160~60Hz
  API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: iris,nvidia,swrast
    platforms: gbm,wayland,x11,surfaceless,device
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.1.1-arch1.2
    renderer: Mesa Intel Iris Plus Graphics (ICL GT2)
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.313 drivers: nvidia surfaces: N/A
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
    wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr

pacman -Qs mesa
local/glu 9.0.3-2
    Mesa OpenGL utility library
local/lib32-mesa 1:25.1.1-2
    Open-source OpenGL drivers - 32-bit
local/mesa 1:25.1.1-2
    Open-source OpenGL drivers
local/mesa-utils 9.0.0-6
    Essential Mesa utilities
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Tested it my self, update works fine

[michel@michel-crosshair15b12ugsz ~]$ pacman -Q | grep -P 'nvidia|mesa'~
lib32-nvidia-utils 570.153.02-1
nvidia-hook 1.5.2-1
nvidia-inst 25.6-1
nvidia-open-dkms 570.153.02-1
nvidia-settings 570.153.02-1
nvidia-utils 570.153.02-1

[michel@michel-crosshair15b12ugsz ~]$ pacman -Qs mesa
local/glu 9.0.3-2
    Mesa OpenGL utility library
local/lib32-mesa 1:25.1.1-2
    Open-source OpenGL drivers - 32-bit
local/mesa 1:25.1.1-2
    Open-source OpenGL drivers
local/mesa-utils 9.0.0-6
    Essential Mesa utilities

[michel@michel-crosshair15b12ugsz ~]$ lspci | grep 'VGA'
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-P GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] (rev 0c)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GA104 [Geforce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU] (rev a1)

[michel@michel-crosshair15b12ugsz ~]$ inxi -G
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-P GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] driver: i915 v: kernel
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA104 [Geforce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU] driver: nvidia
    v: 570.153.02
  Device-3: Bison HD Webcam driver: uvcvideo type: USB
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia dri: iris
    gpu: i915 resolution: 2560x1440~165Hz
  API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: iris,nvidia,swrast
    platforms: gbm,wayland,x11,surfaceless,device
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.1.1-arch1.2
    renderer: Mesa Intel Iris Xe Graphics (ADL GT2)
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.313 drivers: nvidia surfaces: N/A
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
    wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
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Still occurring on my machine.

pacman -Q | grep -P 'nvidia|mesa'
esa 1:25.0.5-1
mesa-utils 9.0.0-6

lspci | grep 'VGA'
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GA104M [GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile / Max-Q] (rev a1)
06:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Cezanne [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Vega Mobile Series] (rev c4)

inxi -G
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA104M [GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile / Max-Q] driver: nouveau
    v: kernel
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Cezanne [Radeon Vega Series /
    Radeon Mobile Series] driver: amdgpu v: kernel
  Display: unspecified server: X.Org v: 24.1.6 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
    driver: X: loaded: amdgpu,modesetting dri: radeonsi,nouveau gpu: amdgpu
    resolution: 2560x1080~180Hz
  API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: nouveau,radeonsi,swrast
    platforms: gbm,x11,surfaceless,device
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.3 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.0.5-arch1.1
    renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi renoir ACO DRM 3.61 6.14.9-arch1-1)
  API: Vulkan Message: No Vulkan data available.
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info
    x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
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Maybe install the nvidia driver ? Your using nouveau driver for your nvidia card.

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Run an update, esp. mesa is outdated.

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I’ll give it a try and report back, though it would seem this is a regression that shouldn’t require migration to another driver.

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I downgraded to 25.0.5 purposefully; the latest versions result in the error mentioned here.

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Working with the nvidia driver fine; wish I had read Nvidia GPU users attention please! [June 2025] first and attempted vulkan-nouveau to see if that worked first.

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The new update of mesa seems to work more stable now (hope for the long term)! :slight_smile:

pacman -Qs mesa
local/glu 9.0.3-2
    Mesa OpenGL utility library
local/mesa 1:25.1.2-1
    Open-source OpenGL drivers
local/mesa-utils 9.0.0-6
    Essential Mesa utilities
local/opencl-mesa 1:25.1.2-1
    Open-source OpenCL drivers

Thanks everyone for sharing your experiences and solutions! :heart:

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The latest mesa update is working fine for me now too after installing the nvidia driver. Thanks everyone!