Bug 6363

Summary: 515.57 broken behaviour on Fedora 36, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Product: Fedora Reporter: Kristopher James Kent <kris>
Component: nvidia-kmodAssignee: Nicolas Chauvet <kwizart>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: kris, leigh123linux, leigh123linux
Priority: P1    
Version: f36   
Hardware: x86_64   
OS: GNU/Linux   
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Description Kristopher James Kent 2022-07-09 16:58:14 CEST 
NB - This report is actually for the akmod-nvidia package, however this package is not listed on the components dropdown above.

Since a fresh Fedora Workstation 36 install and subsequent install of the new 515.57 nvidia akmod, I have noticed the following issues:

Using GNOME, my second monitor stopped working on its default 75Hz refresh rate. Opening nvidia-settings' X Server Display Configuration pane shows "74.95Hz, 60Hz (1), 60Hz(2), 50Hz" (sometimes. Other times it shows just 75Hz, 60Hz, 50Hz. Also, in GNOME settings, sometimes it shows refresh rates like 74.95Hz and 59.95Hz, other times not) as potential refresh rates for the second monitor. One of the 60Hz options works (I can't specify which one works as it was (1), now it's (2)), while the other, and the 75Hz options, causes its representation in the layout diagram to lose its position & rotation data, and the monitor displays "input not supported" on a black screen.

Steam fails to load on i3wm (I tried the i3 Spin before reinstalling/reattempting with the default). .xsession-errors showed a few errors I can't recall verbatim, but I'm pretty sure the words `GLib-CRITICAL` were involved. Something like assertion failed, something null.

More i3 errors, with Picom. Initially refused to load with the GLX backend, then complained that GLX_EXT_buffer_age wasn't supported, when it's showing as an extension within nvidia-settings.

My current installation is the default Wayland/GNOME-based Workstation image. I have uploaded the results of nvidia-bug-report.sh to http://sprunge.us/XdPdlo.

(Also, and I'm unsure if this is related at all. I had to do a full reinstall of Fedora after I blocked the NVIDIA driver from loading (at this point I hadn't signed the kmod and enabled secure boot). The GNOME DE wouldn't load (not unexpected as I had the nvidia-settings generated xorg.conf file in place), so I logged in using the Wayland DE. Weirdly, my root account was locked out afterwards, despite never attempting to enter the password. Nothing I did could restore access, even after chrooting in from a live USB.)
Comment 1 Nicolas Chauvet 2022-08-30 09:33:11 CEST 
You shouldn 't use xorg.conf generated by nvidia-settings please delete /etc/X11/xorg.conf (if any).

Please report the archive generated by nvidia-bug-report.sh and attach here (or paste service).
Comment 2 Kristopher James Kent 2022-08-31 01:18:16 CEST 
@Nic(In reply to Nicolas Chauvet from comment #1)
> You shouldn 't use xorg.conf generated by nvidia-settings please delete
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf (if any).
> 
> Please report the archive generated by nvidia-bug-report.sh and attach here
> (or paste service).

Apologies if my report was unclear: the information regarding nvidia-settings' xorg.conf was from a previous install wherein I was experimenting, trying different things in order to get the drivers to work. The issues I'm reporting occur regardless of this file.

The nvidia-bug-report.sh I linked in my report (http://sprunge.us/XdPdlo) is therefore valid. I hope this helps.
Comment 3 Kristopher James Kent 2022-08-31 01:20:47 CEST 
PS - The same issues persist on the most recent version of the driver, 515.65.01-1.fc36.x86_64
Comment 5 Nicolas Chauvet 2023-01-06 09:36:18 CET 
No update on this ticket for more than 3 months.
Closing. Feel free to re-open if the problem still hold.