Xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default

[Oziach]

I updated my system yesterday, restarted it and used it just fine for a few hours. This morning I can’t get my resolution to go back to 1920x1080, I tried forcing it but it just gave me xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default.

All I could find is that there’s something wrong with Nvidia drivers, though all issues I found were for unsupported cards and I have a 1060 6GB. I can’t get the “Nvidia X server settings” to open either. I’d reinstall Nvidia drivers, but I don’t even know where to begin, given all I had to do was check a box on install and everything was flawless.

[mantas@fat ~]$ xrandr
xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
Screen 0: minimum 1024 x 768, current 1024 x 768, maximum 1024 x 768
default connected 1024x768+0+0 0mm x 0mm
   1024x768      76.00*
[mantas@fat ~]$

Here’s the Xorg log:

[     3.302] 
X.Org X Server 1.20.10
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[     3.302] Build Operating System: Linux Arch Linux
[     3.302] Current Operating System: Linux fat 5.9.11-arch2-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat, 28 Nov 2020 02:07:22 +0000 x86_64
[     3.302] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=a1f1da2d-a423-4fc3-be87-08182de68092 rw quiet loglevel=3 nowatchdog
[     3.302] Build Date: 01 December 2020  07:51:57PM
[     3.302]  
[     3.302] Current version of pixman: 0.40.0
[     3.302] 	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
[     3.302] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[     3.302] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Dec  3 11:36:09 2020
[     3.303] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[     3.303] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[     3.304] (==) No Layout section.  Using the first Screen section.
[     3.304] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[     3.304] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[     3.304] (**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[     3.304] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
	Using a default monitor configuration.
[     3.304] (==) Automatically adding devices
[     3.304] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[     3.304] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[     3.304] (==) Automatically binding GPU devices
[     3.304] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[     3.306] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/misc" does not exist.
[     3.306] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     3.307] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF" does not exist.
[     3.307] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     3.307] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" does not exist.
[     3.307] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     3.307] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi" does not exist.
[     3.307] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     3.307] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi" does not exist.
[     3.307] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     3.307] (==) FontPath set to:
	/usr/share/fonts/TTF
[     3.307] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[     3.307] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
	If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[     3.307] (II) Module ABI versions:
[     3.307] 	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[     3.307] 	X.Org Video Driver: 24.1
[     3.307] 	X.Org XInput driver : 24.1
[     3.307] 	X.Org Server Extension : 10.0
[     3.307] (++) using VT number 7

[     3.307] (II) systemd-logind: logind integration requires -keeptty and -keeptty was not provided, disabling logind integration
[     3.311] (--) PCI:*(16@0:0:0) 10de:1c03:3842:6163 rev 161, Mem @ 0xf6000000/16777216, 0xe0000000/268435456, 0xf0000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000f000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[     3.312] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[     3.312] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[     3.315] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[     3.334] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     3.334] 	compiled for 1.20.10, module version = 1.0.0
[     3.334] 	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 10.0
[     3.334] (==) Matched nouveau as autoconfigured driver 0
[     3.334] (==) Matched nv as autoconfigured driver 1
[     3.334] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 2
[     3.334] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 3
[     3.334] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 4
[     3.334] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[     3.334] (II) LoadModule: "nouveau"
[     3.336] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module nouveau
[     3.336] (EE) Failed to load module "nouveau" (module does not exist, 0)
[     3.336] (II) LoadModule: "nv"
[     3.336] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module nv
[     3.336] (EE) Failed to load module "nv" (module does not exist, 0)
[     3.336] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[     3.336] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
[     3.340] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     3.340] 	compiled for 1.20.10, module version = 1.20.10
[     3.340] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[     3.340] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.1
[     3.340] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[     3.340] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so
[     3.344] (II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     3.344] 	compiled for 1.20.8, module version = 0.5.0
[     3.344] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[     3.344] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.1
[     3.344] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[     3.344] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
[     3.344] (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     3.344] 	compiled for 1.20.9, module version = 2.5.0
[     3.344] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[     3.344] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.1
[     3.344] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms
[     3.344] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
[     3.344] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
[     3.347] (EE) open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory
[     3.347] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting
[     3.347] (EE) open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory
[     3.347] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
[     3.347] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
[     3.347] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
[     3.348] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     3.348] 	compiled for 1.20.10, module version = 0.0.2
[     3.348] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.1
[     3.348] (EE) Unable to find a valid framebuffer device
[     3.348] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
[     3.348] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
[     3.348] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
[     3.348] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
[     3.348] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     3.348] 	compiled for 1.20.10, module version = 0.0.2
[     3.348] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.1
[     3.348] (II) FBDEV(2): using default device
[     3.348] vesa: Refusing to run on UEFI
[     3.348] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section.
[     3.348] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting"
[     3.348] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section.
[     3.348] (II) UnloadModule: "fbdev"
[     3.348] (II) UnloadSubModule: "fbdevhw"
[     3.348] (II) FBDEV(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
	"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[     3.348] (==) FBDEV(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32
[     3.348] (==) FBDEV(0): RGB weight 888
[     3.348] (==) FBDEV(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[     3.348] (==) FBDEV(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[     3.348] (II) FBDEV(0): hardware: EFI VGA (video memory: 3072kB)
[     3.348] (DB) xf86MergeOutputClassOptions unsupported bus type 0
[     3.348] (II) FBDEV(0): checking modes against framebuffer device...
[     3.348] (II) FBDEV(0): checking modes against monitor...
[     3.348] (II) FBDEV(0): Virtual size is 1024x768 (pitch 1024)
[     3.348] (**) FBDEV(0):  Built-in mode "current": 78.7 MHz, 59.9 kHz, 75.7 Hz
[     3.348] (II) FBDEV(0): Modeline "current"x0.0   78.65  1024 1056 1184 1312  768 772 776 792 -hsync -vsync -csync (59.9 kHz b)
[     3.348] (==) FBDEV(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
[     3.348] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[     3.348] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[     3.348] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[     3.348] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     3.348] 	compiled for 1.20.10, module version = 1.0.0
[     3.348] 	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[     3.348] (**) FBDEV(0): using shadow framebuffer
[     3.348] (II) Loading sub module "shadow"
[     3.348] (II) LoadModule: "shadow"
[     3.349] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libshadow.so
[     3.349] (II) Module shadow: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     3.349] 	compiled for 1.20.10, module version = 1.1.0
[     3.349] 	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[     3.349] (II) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Invalid argument (Screen blanking not supported by kernel - disabling)
[     3.350] (==) FBDEV(0): Backing store enabled
[     3.350] (==) FBDEV(0): DPMS enabled
[     3.350] (II) Initializing extension Generic Event Extension
[     3.350] (II) Initializing extension SHAPE
[     3.350] (II) Initializing extension MIT-SHM
[     3.350] (II) Initializing extension XInputExtension
[     3.351] (II) Initializing extension XTEST
[     3.351] (II) Initializing extension BIG-REQUESTS
[     3.351] (II) Initializing extension SYNC
[     3.351] (II) Initializing extension XKEYBOARD
[     3.351] (II) Initializing extension XC-MISC
[     3.351] (II) Initializing extension SECURITY
[     3.351] (II) Initializing extension XFIXES
[     3.351] (II) Initializing extension RENDER
[     3.351] (II) Initializing extension RANDR
[     3.351] (II) Initializing extension COMPOSITE
[     3.351] (II) Initializing extension DAMAGE
[     3.352] (II) Initializing extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[     3.352] (II) Initializing extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[     3.352] (II) Initializing extension RECORD
[     3.352] (II) Initializing extension DPMS
[     3.352] (II) Initializing extension Present
[     3.352] (II) Initializing extension DRI3
[     3.352] (II) Initializing extension X-Resource
[     3.352] (II) Initializing extension XVideo
[     3.352] (II) Initializing extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[     3.352] (II) Initializing extension GLX
[     3.352] (II) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI2 capable
[     3.475] (II) IGLX: Loaded and initialized swrast
[     3.475] (II) GLX: Initialized DRISWRAST GL provider for screen 0
[     3.475] (II) Initializing extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[     3.475] (II) Initializing extension XFree86-DGA
[     3.475] (II) Initializing extension XFree86-DRI
[     3.475] (II) Initializing extension DRI2
[     3.549] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event1)
[     3.550] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[     3.550] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "system-keyboard"
[     3.550] (II) LoadModule: "libinput"
[     3.550] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/libinput_drv.so
[     3.554] (II) Module libinput: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     3.554] 	compiled for 1.20.8, module version = 0.30.0
[     3.554] 	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[     3.554] 	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 24.1
[     3.554] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Power Button'
[     3.554] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[     3.554] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event1"
[     3.554] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[     3.559] (II) event1  - Power Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[     3.559] (II) event1  - Power Button: device is a keyboard
[     3.559] (II) event1  - Power Button: device removed
[     3.630] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input1/event1"
[     3.630] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 6)
[     3.630] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[     3.630] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[     3.631] (II) event1  - Power Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[     3.631] (II) event1  - Power Button: device is a keyboard
[     3.632] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Video Bus (/dev/input/event2)
[     3.632] (**) Video Bus: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[     3.632] (**) Video Bus: Applying InputClass "system-keyboard"
[     3.632] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Video Bus'
[     3.632] (**) Video Bus: always reports core events
[     3.632] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event2"
[     3.632] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[     3.633] (II) event2  - Video Bus: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[     3.633] (II) event2  - Video Bus: device is a keyboard
[     3.633] (II) event2  - Video Bus: device removed
[     3.673] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/device:02/LNXVIDEO:00/input/input2/event2"
[     3.673] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Video Bus" (type: KEYBOARD, id 7)
[     3.673] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[     3.673] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[     3.674] (II) event2  - Video Bus: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[     3.674] (II) event2  - Video Bus: device is a keyboard
[     3.675] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event0)
[     3.675] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[     3.675] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "system-keyboard"
[     3.675] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Power Button'
[     3.675] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[     3.675] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event0"
[     3.675] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[     3.676] (II) event0  - Power Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[     3.676] (II) event0  - Power Button: device is a keyboard
[     3.676] (II) event0  - Power Button: device removed
[     3.696] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input0/event0"
[     3.696] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 8)
[     3.696] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[     3.696] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[     3.698] (II) event0  - Power Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[     3.698] (II) event0  - Power Button: device is a keyboard
[     3.698] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 (/dev/input/event3)
[     3.698] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     3.698] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     3.699] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 (/dev/input/event4)
[     3.699] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     3.699] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     3.700] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=8 (/dev/input/event5)
[     3.700] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     3.700] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     3.700] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=9 (/dev/input/event6)
[     3.700] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     3.700] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     3.701] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=10 (/dev/input/event7)
[     3.701] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     3.701] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     3.702] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=11 (/dev/input/event8)
[     3.702] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     3.702] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     3.702] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=12 (/dev/input/event9)
[     3.702] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     3.702] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     3.703] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HD-Audio Generic Front Mic (/dev/input/event10)
[     3.703] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     3.703] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     3.703] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HD-Audio Generic Rear Mic (/dev/input/event11)
[     3.703] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     3.703] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     3.704] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HD-Audio Generic Line (/dev/input/event12)
[     3.704] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     3.704] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     3.704] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HD-Audio Generic Line Out (/dev/input/event13)
[     3.704] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     3.704] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     3.705] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HD-Audio Generic Front Headphone (/dev/input/event14)
[     3.705] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     3.705] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     3.705] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PC Speaker (/dev/input/event15)
[     3.705] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     3.705] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     3.721] (II) config/udev: removing device Power Button
[     3.721] (II) event0  - Power Button: device removed
[     3.736] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[     3.737] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event0)
[     3.737] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[     3.737] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "system-keyboard"
[     3.737] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Power Button'
[     3.737] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[     3.737] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event0"
[     3.737] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[     3.738] (II) event0  - Power Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[     3.738] (II) event0  - Power Button: device is a keyboard
[     3.738] (II) event0  - Power Button: device removed
[     3.750] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input0/event0"
[     3.750] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 8)
[     3.750] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[     3.750] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[     3.751] (II) event0  - Power Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[     3.751] (II) event0  - Power Button: device is a keyboard
[     3.751] (II) config/udev: removing device Video Bus
[     3.751] (II) event2  - Video Bus: device removed
[     3.786] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[     3.787] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Video Bus (/dev/input/event2)
[     3.787] (**) Video Bus: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[     3.787] (**) Video Bus: Applying InputClass "system-keyboard"
[     3.787] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Video Bus'
[     3.787] (**) Video Bus: always reports core events
[     3.787] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event2"
[     3.787] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[     3.788] (II) event2  - Video Bus: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[     3.788] (II) event2  - Video Bus: device is a keyboard
[     3.788] (II) event2  - Video Bus: device removed
[     3.830] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/device:02/LNXVIDEO:00/input/input2/event2"
[     3.830] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Video Bus" (type: KEYBOARD, id 7)
[     3.830] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[     3.830] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[     3.831] (II) event2  - Video Bus: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[     3.831] (II) event2  - Video Bus: device is a keyboard
[     3.832] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 (/dev/input/event3)
[     3.832] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     3.832] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     3.832] (II) config/udev: removing device Power Button
[     3.832] (II) event1  - Power Button: device removed
[     3.880] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[     3.880] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event1)
[     3.880] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[     3.880] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "system-keyboard"
[     3.880] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Power Button'
[     3.880] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[     3.880] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event1"
[     3.880] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[     3.881] (II) event1  - Power Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[     3.882] (II) event1  - Power Button: device is a keyboard
[     3.882] (II) event1  - Power Button: device removed
[     3.911] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input1/event1"
[     3.911] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 6)
[     3.911] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[     3.911] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[     3.912] (II) event1  - Power Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[     3.913] (II) event1  - Power Button: device is a keyboard
[     3.913] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=9 (/dev/input/event6)
[     3.913] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     3.913] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     3.915] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=10 (/dev/input/event7)
[     3.915] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     3.915] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     3.915] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 (/dev/input/event4)
[     3.915] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     3.915] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     3.916] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=12 (/dev/input/event9)
[     3.916] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     3.916] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     3.916] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HD-Audio Generic Front Mic (/dev/input/event10)
[     3.916] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     3.916] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     3.917] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HD-Audio Generic Rear Mic (/dev/input/event11)
[     3.917] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     3.917] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     3.918] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HD-Audio Generic Line (/dev/input/event12)
[     3.918] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     3.918] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     3.918] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HD-Audio Generic Line Out (/dev/input/event13)
[     3.918] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     3.918] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     3.919] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=11 (/dev/input/event8)
[     3.919] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     3.919] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     3.919] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HD-Audio Generic Front Headphone (/dev/input/event14)
[     3.919] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     3.919] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     3.920] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=8 (/dev/input/event5)
[     3.920] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     3.920] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     3.921] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PC Speaker (/dev/input/event15)
[     3.921] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     3.921] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     4.294] (II) config/udev: removing GPU device /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.1/0000:10:00.0/drm/card0 /dev/dri/card0
[     4.294] (II) config/udev: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[     4.294] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[     4.294] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[     4.295] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
[     4.295] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     4.295] 	compiled for 1.20.10, module version = 1.20.10
[     4.295] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[     4.295] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.1
[     4.295] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting"
[     4.295] (II) Unloading modesetting
[     4.295] (II) Failed to load module "modesetting" (already loaded, 0)
[     4.295] xf86: found device 0
[     4.548] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse (/dev/input/event22)
[     4.548] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     4.548] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     4.549] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HID 0b38:0010 System Control (/dev/input/event17)
[     4.549] (**) HID 0b38:0010 System Control: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[     4.549] (**) HID 0b38:0010 System Control: Applying InputClass "system-keyboard"
[     4.549] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'HID 0b38:0010 System Control'
[     4.549] (**) HID 0b38:0010 System Control: always reports core events
[     4.549] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event17"
[     4.549] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[     4.552] (II) event17 - HID 0b38:0010 System Control: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[     4.552] (II) event17 - HID 0b38:0010 System Control: device is a keyboard
[     4.552] (II) event17 - HID 0b38:0010 System Control: device removed
[     4.565] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:38:00.3/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.1/0003:0B38:0010.0002/input/input17/event17"
[     4.565] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "HID 0b38:0010 System Control" (type: KEYBOARD, id 9)
[     4.565] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[     4.565] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[     4.568] (II) event17 - HID 0b38:0010 System Control: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[     4.568] (II) event17 - HID 0b38:0010 System Control: device is a keyboard
[     4.569] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse (/dev/input/event23)
[     4.569] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     4.569] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     4.570] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse (/dev/input/event20)
[     4.570] (**) Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse: Applying InputClass "libinput pointer catchall"
[     4.570] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse'
[     4.570] (**) Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse: always reports core events
[     4.570] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event20"
[     4.570] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[     4.572] (II) event20 - Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse: is tagged by udev as: Mouse
[     4.572] (II) event20 - Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse: device is a pointer
[     4.572] (II) event20 - Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse: device removed
[     4.616] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:38:00.3/usb3/3-3/3-3:1.1/0003:1B1C:1B3C.0004/input/input20/event20"
[     4.616] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse" (type: MOUSE, id 10)
[     4.617] (**) Option "AccelerationScheme" "none"
[     4.617] (**) Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse: (accel) selected scheme none/0
[     4.617] (**) Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[     4.617] (**) Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[     4.618] (II) event20 - Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse: is tagged by udev as: Mouse
[     4.619] (II) event20 - Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse: device is a pointer
[     4.619] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HID 0b38:0010 (/dev/input/event16)
[     4.619] (**) HID 0b38:0010: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[     4.619] (**) HID 0b38:0010: Applying InputClass "system-keyboard"
[     4.619] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'HID 0b38:0010'
[     4.619] (**) HID 0b38:0010: always reports core events
[     4.619] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event16"
[     4.619] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[     4.621] (II) event16 - HID 0b38:0010: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[     4.621] (II) event16 - HID 0b38:0010: device is a keyboard
[     4.621] (II) event16 - HID 0b38:0010: device removed
[     4.648] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:38:00.3/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.0/0003:0B38:0010.0001/input/input16/event16"
[     4.648] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "HID 0b38:0010" (type: KEYBOARD, id 11)
[     4.648] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[     4.648] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[     4.652] (II) event16 - HID 0b38:0010: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[     4.652] (II) event16 - HID 0b38:0010: device is a keyboard
[     4.653] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse Consumer Control (/dev/input/event21)
[     4.653] (**) Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse Consumer Control: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[     4.653] (**) Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse Consumer Control: Applying InputClass "system-keyboard"
[     4.653] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse Consumer Control'
[     4.653] (**) Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse Consumer Control: always reports core events
[     4.653] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event21"
[     4.653] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[     4.657] (II) event21 - Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse Consumer Control: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[     4.657] (II) event21 - Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse Consumer Control: device is a keyboard
[     4.657] (II) event21 - Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse Consumer Control: device removed
[     4.733] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:38:00.3/usb3/3-3/3-3:1.1/0003:1B1C:1B3C.0004/input/input21/event21"
[     4.733] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse Consumer Control" (type: KEYBOARD, id 12)
[     4.733] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[     4.733] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[     4.736] (II) event21 - Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse Consumer Control: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[     4.736] (II) event21 - Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse Consumer Control: device is a keyboard
[     4.738] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HID 0b38:0010 Consumer Control (/dev/input/event18)
[     4.738] (**) HID 0b38:0010 Consumer Control: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[     4.738] (**) HID 0b38:0010 Consumer Control: Applying InputClass "system-keyboard"
[     4.738] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'HID 0b38:0010 Consumer Control'
[     4.738] (**) HID 0b38:0010 Consumer Control: always reports core events
[     4.738] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event18"
[     4.738] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[     4.741] (II) event18 - HID 0b38:0010 Consumer Control: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[     4.741] (II) event18 - HID 0b38:0010 Consumer Control: device is a keyboard
[     4.742] (II) event18 - HID 0b38:0010 Consumer Control: device removed
[     4.760] (II) libinput: HID 0b38:0010 Consumer Control: needs a virtual subdevice
[     4.760] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:38:00.3/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.1/0003:0B38:0010.0002/input/input18/event18"
[     4.760] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "HID 0b38:0010 Consumer Control" (type: MOUSE, id 13)
[     4.760] (**) Option "AccelerationScheme" "none"
[     4.760] (**) HID 0b38:0010 Consumer Control: (accel) selected scheme none/0
[     4.760] (**) HID 0b38:0010 Consumer Control: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[     4.760] (**) HID 0b38:0010 Consumer Control: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[     4.763] (II) event18 - HID 0b38:0010 Consumer Control: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[     4.763] (II) event18 - HID 0b38:0010 Consumer Control: device is a keyboard
[     4.763] (**) HID 0b38:0010 Consumer Control: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[     4.763] (**) HID 0b38:0010 Consumer Control: Applying InputClass "system-keyboard"
[     4.763] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'HID 0b38:0010 Consumer Control'
[     4.763] (**) HID 0b38:0010 Consumer Control: always reports core events
[     4.763] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event18"
[     4.763] (**) Option "_source" "_driver/libinput"
[     4.763] (II) libinput: HID 0b38:0010 Consumer Control: is a virtual subdevice
[     4.764] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:38:00.3/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.1/0003:0B38:0010.0002/input/input18/event18"
[     4.764] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "HID 0b38:0010 Consumer Control" (type: KEYBOARD, id 14)
[     4.764] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[     4.764] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[     4.765] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse (/dev/input/js0)
[     4.765] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     4.765] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     4.766] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse (/dev/input/mouse1)
[     4.766] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     4.766] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     4.767] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse (/dev/input/event19)
[     4.767] (**) Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse: Applying InputClass "libinput pointer catchall"
[     4.767] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse'
[     4.767] (**) Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse: always reports core events
[     4.767] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event19"
[     4.767] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[     4.825] (II) event19 - Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse: is tagged by udev as: Mouse
[     4.826] (II) event19 - Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse: device is a pointer
[     4.826] (II) event19 - Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse: device removed
[     4.973] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:38:00.3/usb3/3-3/3-3:1.0/0003:1B1C:1B3C.0003/input/input19/event19"
[     4.973] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse" (type: MOUSE, id 15)
[     4.974] (**) Option "AccelerationScheme" "none"
[     4.974] (**) Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse: (accel) selected scheme none/0
[     4.974] (**) Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[     4.974] (**) Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[     5.033] (II) event19 - Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse: is tagged by udev as: Mouse
[     5.033] (II) event19 - Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse: device is a pointer
[     5.035] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Corsair Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse (/dev/input/mouse0)
[     5.035] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     5.035] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.

Hold my hand please because I don’t know what to do.

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GPU/Grub issues

This is a sequel to Xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default Apologies to @linesma for taking up his time, as I failed to really figure out what is the problem before asking. Sometimes booting up into my system starts up the GPU (1060 6GB) just fine, sometimes it doesn’t, hence why the odd, regular restart did the trick. I’ve tried reinstalling the drivers many times, tried reseating the GPU and whatever else I thought of in the last two days. I don’t have a second Nvidia GPU to c…

[linesma]

I am assuming that you are on a desktop computer. Can you open a terminal and type inxi -Fxxz and post the output here? If inxi is not installed, you can install it by typing yay -S inxi

This will tell me what driver is loaded for your GPU.

If you still want to reinstall the nVidia driver, you can install it by typing: sudo nvidia-installer-dkms

You may also try manually adding the resolution to xrandr You can do this by opening a terminal and typing:

xrandr --addmode <your_connection_type> 1920_1080_60.00

Replace the <your_connection_type> with how you connect to your monitor. If by HDMI, it would usually be HDMI1. Using that, the command would be:

xrandr --addmode HDMI1 1920_1080_60.00

Also, you may need to add support for that mode. Open a terminal and type:

xrandr --newmode "1920_1080_60.00" -hsync +vsync

Reboot and see what happens.

Let me know what happens.

[Oziach]

Manually adding the resolution is what I meant by forcing lol

Between posting and now, the machine was off and I didn’t do anything to it, yet for some reason it’s booting fine now, even after a dozen restarts… Could this be a sign of any failing hardware?

[mantas@fat ~]$ inxi -Fxxz
System:    Kernel: 5.9.11-arch2-1 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.0
           Desktop: Xfce 4.14.3 tk: Gtk 3.24.23 wm: xfwm4 dm: LightDM Distro: EndeavourOS
Machine:   Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: AB350M Pro4 serial: <filter>
           UEFI: American Megatrends v: P4.90 date: 07/06/2018
CPU:       Info: Quad Core model: AMD Ryzen 3 2200G with Radeon Vega Graphics bits: 64
           type: MCP arch: Zen L2 cache: 2048 KiB
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
           bogomips: 27956
           Speed: 1421 MHz min/max: 1600/3500 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1479
           2: 1453 3: 1421 4: 1421
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] vendor: eVga.com. driver: nvidia
           v: 455.45.01 bus ID: 10:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1c03
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.10 driver: modesetting FAILED: nvidia
           resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz s-dpi: 96
           OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 11.0.0 256 bits) v: 4.5 Mesa 20.2.3
           compat-v: 3.1 direct render: Yes
Audio:     Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio vendor: eVga.com.
           driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 10:00.1 chip ID: 10de:10f1
           Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
           bus ID: 38:00.6 chip ID: 1022:15e3
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.9.11-arch2-1
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: ASRock
           driver: r8168 v: 8.048.03-NAPI port: e000 bus ID: 1f:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8168
           IF: enp31s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 2.27 TiB used: 293.84 GiB (12.6%)
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Western Digital model: WDS100T2B0C-00PXH0
           size: 931.51 GiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter>
           ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB
           speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
           ID-3: /dev/sdb vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EZEX-08WN4A0 size: 931.51 GiB
           speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
Partition: ID-1: / size: 915.60 GiB used: 139.55 GiB (15.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
Swap:      Alert: No Swap data was found.
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 54.1 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 53 C
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 7%
Info:      Processes: 223 Uptime: N/A Memory: 15.62 GiB used: 2.04 GiB (13.1%)
           Init: systemd v: 247 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 Packages: pacman: 1115 Shell: Bash
           v: 5.0.18 running in: alacritty inxi: 3.1.09

[linesma]

@Oziach Thank you for posting the system information. From looking at the Graphics section, I see that modesetting has failed. That should not cause problems, but… Can you check in /etc/modprobe.d and make sure you have an nvidia.conf file? If so, take a look at it and make sure it contains this line:

options nvidia_drm modeset=1

Please let me know what you find.

[Oziach]

modprobe.d is empty.

[linesma]

Are you willing to try something? If so, we are going to create a file there that should enable the modesetting.

Open a terminal and type:

sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/99-nvidia.conf

In the windows that opens, type the following:

blacklist nouveau
blacklist nvidiafb
blacklist rivafb
options nvidia_drm modeset=1

Hit ctrl+x to exit and Y to save. Then reboot.

This file is telling the kernel not to load the nouveau driver, the old nvidiafb and rivafb drivers, and activates modesetting.

If you decide to try this, let me know and the please let me know the results by posting the results of:

inxi -G

[Oziach]

[mantas@fat ~]$ inxi -G
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] driver: nvidia v: 455.45.01
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.10 driver: modesetting FAILED: nvidia
           resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
           OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 11.0.0 256 bits) v: 4.5 Mesa 20.2.3

After the reboot.

[linesma]

I am sorry, I misread the output. The nvidia driver, NOT the modesetting is failing. Doing some research. give me a moment.

[linesma]

@Oziach Okay, do you have any files in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d

[Oziach]

00-keyboard.conf

Nothing else.

[linesma]

Okay, I think I know the issue. Let’s add a file there.

First we need some information, open a terminal and type:

lspci | grep -E 'VGA|3D'

This will give us the bus ID of your nvidia card. It should look similar to PCI:1:0:0

Open a terminal and type:

sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-nvidia.conf

Put the following text in that file:

Section "Module"
    Load "modesetting"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier "nvidia"
    Driver  "nvidia"
    BusID   "PCI:1:0:0"
    #Option  "DPI" "96 x 96"    #adjust this value as needed to fix scaling
    Option  "AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option  "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

If your Bus ID is different than what is in the above text, change the text above to match your bus ID.

Hit ctrl + x to exit and y to save.

Reboot.

If you want me to look at the text you put into the file before rebooting, go ahead and post it here. Please let me know what happens.

[Oziach]

[mantas@fat ~]$ lspci | grep -E 'VGA|3D'
10:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] (rev a1)

So, my BusID would be PCI:10:00.0 ?

[linesma]

Let’s make sure. What do you get when you type lspci | grep -l nvidia

I want to make sure that we are putting in the proper information. That bus ID seems off.

[Oziach]

[mantas@fat ~]$ lspci | grep -E 'NVIDIA'
10:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] (rev a1)
10:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GP106 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)

That’s why I asked, as my format seems different.

[linesma]

Then yes, your bus ID is 10.0.0 .

Just for reference, I am running the same commands on my computer to double check that I am giving them to you properly.

[linesma]

@Oziach

my format seems different.

The format output by the lspci command is going to be a little different than what is needed. In my last post, I put it into the format you need to enter into the conf file.

[Oziach]

I tried 10:00.0 and 10.0.0 – both result in the same, exact output as before:

[mantas@fat ~]$ inxi -G
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] driver: nvidia v: 455.45.01
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.10 driver: modesetting FAILED: nvidia
           resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
           OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 11.0.0 256 bits) v: 4.5 Mesa 20.2.3

[Oziach]

Should I just reinstall the drivers?

[linesma]

@Oziach That is what I am thinking you need to do. At this point, I am out of ideas.

First test to make sure it will install. In the terminal type:

nvidia-installer-dkms -t

if there are no errors, type

sudo nvidia-installer-dkms

If you need to force the installation, type:

sudo nvidia-installer-dkms -f

This is a list of all options for the script:

-h, --help show this help message and exit
-b, --bumblebee For Nvidia Optimus cards (Bumblebee + proprietary Nvidia drivers)
-f, --force Force driver installation even if a nvidia card is not detected
-t, --test Test mode. Nothing in your system will be modified
-q, --quiet Supress log messages
-n, --nouveau Restores nouveau (open) nvidia driver

Once it is installed, type:

sudo systemctl reboot

and this will reboot the machine.

[Oziach]

It reinstalled successfully and did… Something. While

[mantas@fat ~]$ inxi -G
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] driver: nvidia v: 455.45.01
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.10 driver: modesetting FAILED: nvidia
           resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
           OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 11.0.0 256 bits) v: 4.5 Mesa 20.2.3

is the same, it booted up faster and with less screen flashing.

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I’d say it’s good enough for now, fingers crossed it stays that way, as I feel bad enough for using up your time. Thank you so much for being patient with me, I did learn a few things though, which is nice – drivers were always scary to approach for me.