Unable to load nvidia-drm kernel module during driver installation

[stucash]

I am using a 4070 Super which is considered too new for the nvidia driver available currently in package installer, therefore I'll have to install the proprietary driver from NVIDIA directly. The version I installed was 550.135.0 ( the same happened for 560.35.03). I am running a Live USB system.

I recall the nvidia-drm failed to load due to

unknown parameters: nvidia_register_module (err -2)

Unfortunately the log has already been purged by system.

Some digging on google I managed to find that I might need to unblacklist nvidia from both /etc/modprobe.d/* and /liib/modprobe.d/*; and I did those, but to no avail.

Some more reading on Kernel Mode Setting from https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA ... de_setting and https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Kernel_mode_setting, It seems I might need to add

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options nvidia-drm modeset=1 

into initramfs by adding a conf file under /lib/modprobe.d/; and this didn't work either.

I found, out of interest, that under /lib/modprobe.d/, there's a no-mode-set.conf, explicitly disabled nvidia-drm:

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options nvidia-drm modeset=0

I am not too sure, but is this how 'nomodeset' boot parameter works? Does this have anything to do with unable to load the nvidia-drm?

I also find that, after installation ( which failed because of nvidia-drm failing to load), there's no /sys/module/nvidia-drm/, which has facility to check for the status of drm kernel mode setting; there is however, /sys/module/drm and /sys/module/drm_kms_helper, both of which don't have the facility to check for drm modeset (particularly, the tool called 'modeset').

Does this fail correctly? Or is there a way to find out why it failed and how to fix it?

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System:
  Kernel: 6.11.10-1-liquorix-amd64 [6.11-15~mx23ahs] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 parameters: audit=0
    intel_pstate=disable BOOT_IMAGE=/antiX/vmlinuz quiet splasht nosplash lang=en_GB kbd=gb
    tz=Europe/London persist_static from=usb savestate splasht video=1600x1200 nomodeset
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.18.0 vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-23.4_ahs_x64 Libretto September 15  2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux
    12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX Z790-A GAMING WIFI II v: Rev 1.xx serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1801 date: 11/30/2024
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-14700K bits: 64 type: MST AMCP arch: Raptor Lake gen: core 14
    level: v3 note: check built: 2022+ process: Intel 7 (10nm) family: 6 model-id: 0xB7 (183)
    stepping: 1 microcode: 0x12B
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 20 mt: 8 tpc: 2 st: 12 threads: 28 smt: enabled cache: L1: 1.8 MiB
    desc: d-12x32 KiB, 8x48 KiB; i-8x32 KiB, 12x64 KiB L2: 28 MiB desc: 8x2 MiB, 3x4 MiB L3: 33 MiB
    desc: 1x33 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 850 high: 1401 min/max: 800/3401 boost: enabled scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq
    governor: ondemand cores: 1: 889 2: 799 3: 890 4: 800 5: 900 6: 800 7: 930 8: 800 9: 800 10: 800
    11: 800 12: 800 13: 800 14: 800 15: 900 16: 800 17: 1401 18: 800 19: 900 20: 800 21: 800
    22: 800 23: 800 24: 800 25: 800 26: 800 27: 800 28: 1000 bogomips: 191385
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling mitigation: Clear Register File
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB: conditional; RSB filling;
    PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence; BHI: BHI_DIS_S
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia v: 550.135 alternate: nouveau,
    nvidia_current_drm, nvidia_current non-free: N/A status: unknown device ID pcie: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2783 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X: loaded: nvidia
    gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 4080x2160 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1080x572mm (42.52x22.52")
    s-diag: 1222mm (48.12")
  Monitor-1: DP-0 pos: middle-r res: 1080x1920 hz: 60 dpi: 96 size: 286x509mm (11.26x20.04")
    diag: 584mm (22.99") modes: N/A
  Monitor-2: DP-2.8 pos: primary,bottom-l res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 93
    size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65") diag: 604mm (23.8") modes: N/A
  Monitor-3: DP-4 pos: middle-c res: 1080x1920 hz: 60 dpi: 96 size: 286x509mm (11.26x20.04")
    diag: 584mm (22.99") modes: N/A
  Monitor-4: HDMI-0 pos: top-left res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 93 size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65")
    diag: 604mm (23.8") modes: N/A
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 550.135 renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER/PCIe/SSE2
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 1-11.1:8 v: kernel
    alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl chip-ID: 041e:3272 class-ID: 0300 bus-ID: 00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:7a50 serial: <filter> class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
    lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:22bc class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Creative Pebble V3 type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
  Device-4: ASUSTek USB Audio type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 1-2:3
    chip-ID: 0b05:1af1 class-ID: 0300
  API: ALSA v: k6.11.10-1-liquorix-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 1
    link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s port: N/A bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:272b class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Ethernet I226-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igc v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
    speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:125c class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-14:11 chip-ID: 8087:0038 class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter>
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:4 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch sniff link-mode: peripheral accept
    service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio, telephony
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller Intel driver: vmd v: 0.6
    port: N/A bus-ID: 00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:a77f rev: class-ID: 0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.93 TiB used: 416.48 GiB (21.1%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST31000524AS size: 931.51 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: JC4B
    scheme: MBR
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 840 EVO 120GB size: 111.79 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: BB6Q
    scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB vendor: Seagate model: BarraCuda 120 SSD ZA1000CM10003
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: SSD serial: <filter>
    scheme: MBR
Partition:
  Message: No partition data found.
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 10 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    file: /live/boot-dev/swap-file
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 36.2 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 26 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Repos:
  Packages: 2538 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2528 libs: 1260 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
    pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 10
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
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    1: deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/charm.gpg] https://repo.charm.sh/apt/ * *
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cran-r.list
    1: deb [trusted=yes] https://cran.ma.imperial.ac.uk/bin/linux/debian bookworm-cran40/
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
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  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
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    3: deb http://ftp.belnet.be/debian bookworm-backports main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list
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  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dropbox.list
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  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
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  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mozilla.list
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  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/warpdotdev.list
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Info:
  Processes: 525 Uptime: 37m wakeups: 1 Memory: 31.07 GiB used: 4.97 GiB (16.0%) Init: SysVinit
  v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI

[Stevo]

You can also pass the modeset or no modeset parameter on the GRUB command line at boot without those conf files--I'd try removing or renaming them both, then try a palin reboot to see if that works, but then try them at boot if they don't.

I assume that you got the messsage about nouveau being blacklisted if you used the MX Nvidia Installer and chose the option to install from Nvidia's CUDA apt repository?

[stucash]

You can also pass the modeset or no modeset parameter on the GRUB command line at boot without those conf files--I'd try removing or renaming them both, then try a palin reboot to see if that works, but then try them at boot if they don't.

I assume that you got the messsage about nouveau being blacklisted if you used the MX Nvidia Installer and chose the option to install from Nvidia's CUDA apt repository?

Thanks @Stevo !

I tried exactly as you said but none worked, with the file or with the boot parameters. Particularly, I uninstalled my driver and ensure all is purged by (ddm-mx -p nvidia), I moved the file to somewhere then rebooted, then I installed the driver again: this didn't work.

I then moved the file back and uninstalled the driver again, rebooted and add boot parameter 'nomodeset'/'modeset', installing the driver and failed again.

Good news is that I am not depending on the drm for now as I am only using X and I don't really need the auto-configuration of X offered by drm either.

It is still very peculiar.

And no I didn't try the MX nvidia installer; and I tried it just now, I didn't get to choose the NVIDIA CUDA repo, I was presented with a message saying no driver is suitable for my card and advised to use MX testing repo.