Nvidia-settings: ERROR: NVIDIA driver is not loaded

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Hi!

I recently had to fresh install because i managed to brick xorg (using the nvidia-installer script), and did not want to go through the hassle of fixing it.

I am running EndeavourOS with 5.9.8-arch1-1 and KDE Plasma on a Mi Notebook Pro, with an Intel Core i7-8550U and an NVIDIA GTX 1050 Max-Q.

When i launch nvidia-settings the resulting output is:

ERROR: NVIDIA driver is not loaded


ERROR: Unable to load info from any available system

additional informations:

$ yay -Q | grep "nvidia"
lib32-nvidia-utils 455.38-1
nvidia 455.38-7
nvidia-lts 1:455.38-5
nvidia-prime 1.0-4
nvidia-settings 455.38-1
nvidia-utils 455.38-1
opencl-nvidia 455.38-1

$ inxi -G
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 driver: i915 v: kernel 
           Device-2: NVIDIA GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile] driver: nouveau v: kernel 
           Device-3: Chicony XiaoMi USB 2.0 Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting resolution: 1920x1080~75Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.2.2 

$ nvidia-smi
NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running.

Does anyone have an idea about whats wrong?

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Did you try installing Nvidia graphics from the Welcome app?
BTW, Welcome aboard!

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Thank you!

The welcome app prompts me to use nvidia-installer which bricked my system once.
I could try again after purposely backupping the whole disk, but im no sure if ita a good idea.

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look at this :slight_smile:

unless you can switch in bios, its a dual Primary is intel in your caseā€¦

mayby something for the optimus manager / prime is good

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It looks like itā€™s running on the open source driver Nouveau. Did you install the Nvidia drivers?

Edit: Youā€™ll need look at installing the Nvidia drivers and then optimus-manager.

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How did you manage to un-brick it? After all, once something becomes a brick itā€™s pretty darned brokenā€¦ and it would be the first time Iā€™ve ever heard that a graphics driver irreversibly breaks a piece of hardware. :thinking:

Yup, youā€™re running with the nouveau driver so none of the NVIDIA utilities will work.

You must have done something else which you havenā€™t mentioned - you installed ā€œfreshā€ using which option - the ā€œfreeā€ driver option"? Then what did you do?

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@Nazdu
Run the following and post the output

nvidia-installer-check

Then run test mode on the installer and post the output

nvidia-installer-dkms -t