I'm getting very tired of nvidia issues. Can they be fixed?

d745fba1cb70ab9dc02a80ee · 04-12-2019, 11:17 AM

inxi -Gxxb run from live usb:

Code:

System:
  Host: manjaro Kernel: 4.19.28-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc 
  v: 8.2.1 Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.15.2 tk: Qt 5.12.1 wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM 
  Distro: Manjaro Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Precision M4500 v: 0001 
  serial: <root required> Chassis: type: 9 serial: <root required> 
  Mobo: Dell model: N/A serial: <root required> BIOS: Dell v: A16 
  date: 05/12/2017 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 58.7 Wh condition: 58.7/79.9 Wh (73%) 
  volts: 12.5/11.1 model: SMP DELL Y437209 serial: 1020 status: Full 
CPU:
  Quad Core: Intel Core i7 Q 740 type: MT MCP arch: Nehalem 
  speed: 931 MHz max: 933 MHz 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GT215GLM [Quadro FX 1800M] vendor: Dell 
  driver: nouveau v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:0cbc 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: nouveau unloaded: modesetting 
  alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa compositor: kwin_x11 
  resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: NVA3 v: 3.3 Mesa 18.3.4 direct render: Yes 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Network vendor: Dell driver: e1000e 
  v: 3.2.6-k port: 8040 bus ID: 00:19.0 chip ID: 8086:10ea 
  Device-2: Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel 
  port: 7000 bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 8086:422b 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 240.22 GiB used: 126.1 MiB (0.1%) 
Info:
  Processes: 227 Uptime: 7m Memory: 7.78 GiB used: 1.16 GiB (14.9%) 
  Init: systemd v: 241 Compilers: gcc: 8.2.1 Shell: bash v: 5.0.0 
  running in: konsole inxi: 3.0.32

d745fba1cb70ab9dc02a80ee · 04-12-2019, 02:55 PM

Manjaro on the default free drivers (not sure whether that would be nouveau or modesetting) just kernel panicked while I was dragging a window. It seems more stable than the Debian distros were, but still not perfect. Are these fixable or do I have to install the proprietary drivers on Manjaro too?

mrmazda · 04-12-2019, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by d745fba1cb70ab9dc02a80ee

Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: nouveau unloaded: modesetting

This reports nouveau DDX in use, modesetting DDX available. Try switching.

d745fba1cb70ab9dc02a80ee · 04-12-2019, 03:06 PM

I do that by uninstalling the nouveau package, right?

mrmazda · 04-12-2019, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by d745fba1cb70ab9dc02a80ee

Manjaro on the default free drivers (not sure whether that would be nouveau or modesetting) just kernel panicked while I was dragging a window.

How do you know this is not a KDE/Plasma or theming problem? I wouldn't jump to the conclusion that the problem is the DDX.

mrmazda · 04-12-2019, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by d745fba1cb70ab9dc02a80ee

I do that by uninstalling the nouveau package, right?

It's an easy way.

d745fba1cb70ab9dc02a80ee · 04-12-2019, 03:14 PM

I know it's not a KDE problem because it also happens on GNOME and LXDE. I'll try uninstalling the nouveau package.

ondoho · 04-13-2019, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by mrmazda

This reports nouveau DDX in use, modesetting DDX available. Try switching.

please keep in mind that op ran inxi from a live usb.

mrmazda · 04-13-2019, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by d745fba1cb70ab9dc02a80ee

Manjaro on the default free drivers (not sure whether that would be nouveau or modesetting) just kernel panicked while I was dragging a window. It seems more stable than the Debian distros were, but still not perfect. Are these fixable or do I have to install the proprietary drivers on Manjaro too?

I wonder if https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=405931#c3 alludes to this problem being fixed upstream. It might be worth an ask in a KDE-specific forum.

d745fba1cb70ab9dc02a80ee · 04-14-2019, 03:36 PM

I was away from my computers for a few days. Memtest gave me no errors in that time. I don't think that bug you linked to is related to dragging a window, but I've had similar issues. My brother is on my laptop right now, so I'll probably have to try modesetting ddx tomorrow.

d745fba1cb70ab9dc02a80ee · 04-21-2019, 07:40 PM

I've been busy, so I wasn't able to work on this until today. Modesetting ddx didn't make it any better, I just lost my desktop effects. However, on the Manjaro forum, they suggested that I try using the proprietary drivers on an older kernel. I'm now running the proprietary drivers on the 4.9 LTS kernel, which gives me until January 2023 to buy a new machine. This setup actually works pretty well (a little bit better than nouveau) and doesn't seem to randomly kernel panic my system. Almost all of the issues are fixed, except for one.

When I use KDE's new session button, the new session is just a black screen with a cursor. I can switch back to the old session with Ctrl+Alt+F1 (so at least I don't lose my old session), and the new sessions show up in the switch user dialog as "Unused."