Nvidia 510.47.03 Graphics Driver Released

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I can turn off the dedicated Nvidia GPU, but then I can’t get any picture on an external monitor at all. These gaming laptops these days have their video out ports wired directly to the dedicated GPU.

I would love to NOT have this laptop but, with the hardware market being what it is, I feel a little stuck. I had a nice custom built desktop but I sold it off when we moved across the country and bought this Lenovo Legion 5. Building another desktop would be ideal but prices right now are insane.

I really like EOS and the community around it is great, but I’ve had the best technical experience on Pop OS with this laptop so far.

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My 17ACH6H has the option to switch to discrete graphics; this works much more reliably than switchable graphics. Might be worth trying on yours.

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I’m not using hybrid mode - I never do. I’m either 100% on Nvidia when at my desk and plugged into the wall or I’m 100% on integrated graphics when moving it around (which, these days means “other parts of my house”).

Basically, at this point I’ve realized that if I plug in my external monitor, the laptop screen goes to minimum brightness and is stuck there. If I don’t have the external monitor, my laptop screen goes to 100% brightness and is stuck there. This is all on Nvidia graphics - the integrated AMD graphics work just fine (but you can’t use an external monitor at all).

I don’t actually mind being stuck at 100% brightness when on the Nvidia GPU. I only use it when plugged into the wall and I’m not going to be adjusting the brightness in that scenario anyway. But I would like to be able to use the laptop screen AND and external monitor at the same time when siting at my desk.

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You reboot and switch the BIOS setting every time you move the laptop? :exploding_head:

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No… I use optimus-manager. So log out and back in. That said, I don’t move it much. It’s on my desk and plugged into the wall 95% of the time.

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That’s not what I’m talking about. I’m talking about the BIOS setting - try that.

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If I do that no Linux distro will boot at all. I have tried it with every distro I’ve had on this laptop including EOS.

And secure boot is off.

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Weird. Mine works fine. Maybe check for a BIOS update, and look at log output from a live installer environment to work out why. It’s probably fixable if you’re bothered (and if so, start a new thread).

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but I’ve had the best technical experience on Pop OS with this laptop so far.

Same for my laptop, my reason for not running Pop is fixed release and somewhat outdated packages.
I’m a huge sucker for up-to-date stuff.

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I’m so frustrated with this thing.

At this point, I have a few realistic options:

  1. Go back to Pop OS. It’s not ideal either, but it’s been the best so far
  2. Sell this thing to keep from throwing out the nearest window
  3. Only use this laptop as a single screen device.
  4. Give up and just use Windows on this machine. I really don’t want to use Windows, but at least the hardware that I paid over $1K USD for actually works in Windows.

I love the concept of Arch and Arch-based distros but my experience with them over the years on both desktops and laptops has been that if you have Nvidia an update is going to screw you over eventually. Sometimes in big ways, sometimes in little annoying ways. I would love to be on AMD but that’s not always possible/practical.

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if you have Nvidia an update is going to screw you over eventually.

You can boot to LTS kernel, if regular kernel is breaking drivers ?
Or maybe rolling back using Snapper or Timeshift ?

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Yeah… I can. In fact, I was already on the LTS kernel. Switched to it first thing after I installed.

And I do have a snapshot I can roll back to. I’m just tired of fighting this stupid laptop and I guess I’m a little angry at the current hardware market that keeps me stuck with it for the foreseeable future.

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With Kernel 5.16 I got error message starting X.
With LTS-Kernel no problem. So actually no help is needed. Just wanted to share it.

(EE) Nvidia failed to initalize the Nvidia Kernel module
(EE) No devices detected
(EE) No Screens found
Server terminated with error

https://clbin.com/gbfCW

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Not sure if this will help you. Check post #2

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=267622

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Have you looked at this EndeavourOS wiki page before? I’ve enabled steps 1 and 2 myself on my system and I am able to boot just fine in both the 5.15 LTS kernel and the 5.16 kernel series. Hopefully if you follow those steps too it should allow you to get a working system on 5.16 that you can log in to.

If you try to add those commands, and if it works let me know, thanks.

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Thank you very much for your hint. Originally, i didn’t want to fiddle with it, but rather wait out the problem until the next update. But ok, I’ll work it off now and report of course.

EDIT: I forgot about… yes, i did these steps early after install of EOS

EDIT 2: But it still put me on the right track. The nvivdia hook was missing. Now everything is working fine again. Thanks again for your advice.

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Wunderbar! Happy it worked :grinning:

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I agree, wunderbar :grinning:
btw… i should have found this myself :face_with_monocle:

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“Man muss die Dinge nehmen, wie sie kommen.”

It’s a German proverb basically saying you have to take things the way they come, so it helps to relax and accept things as they come. Or a more accurate one in this case may be…

"Aus Schaden wird man klug."

Meaning failure is sometimes necessary for learning; it’s okay to make mistakes, this is how you’ll grow and get better.

Fyi, I’m not a native German speaker, so my translations are not 100% accurate, but more focused on the meaning. You did post on the forums and they did get you a solution, so you still do the right work, just with a little bit of extra help from others!

Just remember, Wer rastet, der rostet.! :wink:

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It is more like this:

Man muss die Dinge nehmen, wie sie kommen. Und wenn sie nicht kommen, muss man ihnen entgegen gehen.

and the origin of this is Finland.

Durch Schaden wird man klug. / Aus Schaden wird man klug.

One lives and learns. Adversity is the school of wisdom.