NVIDIA 820M not working

Diamond-Dewan

Here is my old NVIDIA GPU.

$ linux-driver-management status
 ╒ Hardware Platform
 ╞ Platform Vendor : Acer
 ╘ Platform Model  : EA50_HB   

NVIDIA Optimus

 ╒ Primary GPU (iGPU)
 ╞ Device Name   : HD Graphics 5500
 ╞ Manufacturer  : Intel Corporation
 ╞ Product ID    : 0x1616
 ╞ Vendor ID     : 0x8086
 ╞ X.Org PCI ID  : PCI:0:2:0
 ╘ Boot VGA      : yes

 ╒ Secondary GPU (dGPU)
 ╞ Device Name   : GF117M [GeForce 610M/710M/810M/820M / GT 620M/625M/630M/720M] (GeForce 820M)
 ╞ Manufacturer  : NVIDIA Corporation
 ╞ Product ID    : 0x1140
 ╞ Vendor ID     : 0x10de
 ╞ X.Org PCI ID  : PCI:4:0:0
 ╘ Boot VGA      : no

I installed nvidia-390-glx-driver-current from software center. When I try to run Nvidia X server I get this message.

Thanks in advance.

kyrios

According to Nvidia site, the 390 are not for your gpu so it's normal it doesn't work.
Use DoFlicky instead of randomly install drivers.

Diamond-Dewan

kyrios https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/142567/en-us
check this first...

kyrios

Diamond-Dewan go on this page fill the forms for the 820M and you will get the version that should be installed

Diamond-Dewan

kyrios watch this..

Justin

Diamond-Dewan No don't use the run file. Going to the NVIDIA page is just to determine which driver version is appropriate for your card.

Diamond-Dewan

From Nvidia Driver result page it shows.

Linux x64 (AMD64/EM64T) Display Driver
 
Version: 	430.14
Release Date: 	2019.5.14
Operating System: 	Linux 64-bit
Language: 	English (US)
File Size: 	105.75 MB

Running .run result in previous screenshot. And didn't found Nvidia-430 in Solus Repo.

kyrios

If you use the .run files instead of the drivers from the software center you will run into problems.

The 430 drivers are in the repository : nvidia-glx-driver

Diamond-Dewan

Installed nvidia-glx-driver-current
Found No response form Nvidia-X-Server
Rebooted caused boot failure
Tried to fix Display Manager from TTY
Did not find any issue with kernel & boot time
Rollbacked. 🙁

Staudey

When I try to run Nvidia X server

What are you even trying to do in the first place?
What's the output of nvidia-smi?