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hagg

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Registered: 2021-06-30

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Nvidia X Server Settings

Hello.  Brand new here, and new to Q4OS.  I just came off of KDE Neon as it ran slow on my machine.. Q4OS does not. 

However, after installing drivers for my Nvidia graphics, along with the Nvidia X Server Settings app, I cannot get the app to open;  clicking the menu link does nothing.

I tried using the terminal and still no go.

Any ideas?  Do I need to find a missing file?  Etc?

Thanks for any ideas/help..

- hagg

q4osteam

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Re: Nvidia X Server Settings

What way did you install the driver and application ? What iso file did you use to install OS ?

hagg

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Re: Nvidia X Server Settings

What way did you install the driver and application ? What iso file did you use to install OS ?

I downloaded the Q4OS iso 3.15 Plasma Live from the link here on this site.  I burned it to DVD and installed it after testing it live for a while.

The Nvidia drivers are listed in the repos via Synaptic Package Manager, but I installed them from a popup which appeared during the installation of the OS.

- hagg

q4osteam

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Re: Nvidia X Server Settings

Please run commands in terminal and post back the output:
$ nvidia-detect
$ nvidia-settings

hagg

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Re: Nvidia X Server Settings

Please run commands in terminal and post back the output:
$ nvidia-detect
$ nvidia-settings

Interesting as I see the driver is reported as not being installed:

Detected NVIDIA GPUs:
0a:00.0 3D controller [0302]: NVIDIA Corporation GM107M [GeForce GTX 850M] [10de:1391] (rev a2)

Checking card:  NVIDIA Corporation GM107M [GeForce GTX 850M] (rev a2)
Your card is supported by all driver versions.
It is recommended to install the
    nvidia-driver package.

So, the settings code of course yields:

ERROR: Unable to load info from any available system

So.. time to figure out how to properly install my drivers..  I guess.. apt-get install nvidia-driver comes back with:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
nvidia-driver is already the newest version (418.197.02-1).
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  libu2f-udev
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove it.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

Can you help me figure out why the driver is not seen as installed but is seen as there?  Or the other way around?  The Nvidia Settings app is in the menu.

- hagg

hagg

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Re: Nvidia X Server Settings

Tried loading as user (not su):

$ nvidia-settings

(nvidia-settings:17238): dbind-WARNING **: 15:36:55.354: Error retrieving accessibility bus address: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.a11y.Bus was not provided by any .service files

ERROR: Unable to load info from any available system

bin

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Re: Nvidia X Server Settings

Normally this is fixed with

sudo apt install at-spi2-core

I don't know if that is installed by default in Plasma.

q4osteam

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Re: Nvidia X Server Settings

Please post the output of the command:
$ inxi -F

hagg

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Re: Nvidia X Server Settings

Please post the output of the command:
$ inxi -F

# inxi -F
System:
  Host: jerry-q40s Kernel: 4.19.0-17-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64
  Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.14.5 Distro: Q4OS 3.15.1-n1
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP ENVY 17 Notebook PC
  v: 0974120000205F10000630180 serial: 5CD5102KJQ
  Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 229D v: 78.21 serial: PEWNB008J8E09N
  UEFI [Legacy]: Insyde v: F.57 date: 11/09/2018
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 31.7 Wh condition: 31.7/31.7 Wh (100%)
CPU:
  Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i7-5500U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
  L2 cache: 4096 KiB
  Speed: 799 MHz min/max: 500/3000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 798 2: 798 3: 798
  4: 798
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 5500 driver: i915 v: kernel
  Device-2: NVIDIA GM107M [GeForce GTX 850M] driver: nvidia v: 418.197.02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: modesetting,nouveau,nvidia
  unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1600x900~60Hz
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 5500 (Broadwell GT2)
  v: 4.5 Mesa 18.3.6
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Broadwell-U Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-2: Intel Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.19.0-17-amd64
Network:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter driver: ath9k
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: ac:b5:7d:eb:49:4a
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet driver: r8169
  IF: eno1 state: down mac: d0:bf:9c:91:54:7b
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 6.54 GiB (0.7%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST1000LM024 HN-M101MBB size: 931.51 GiB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 819.77 GiB used: 6.54 GiB (0.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
  ID-2: swap-1 size: 97.66 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 51.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 160 Uptime: 1d 17h 00m Memory: 15.60 GiB used: 1013.0 MiB (6.3%)
  Shell: bash inxi: 3.0.32

hagg

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Re: Nvidia X Server Settings

Normally this is fixed with

sudo apt install at-spi2-core

I don't know if that is installed by default in Plasma.

Thank you for that.  I ran it and it did output installing a component that was not yet installed, but had no effect on the problem(s) of the Nvidia Settings app not launching and the Nvidia driver not showing as installed.  I'm puzzled as to how to even state that second part, as noted in a previous post.

Dai_trying

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Re: Nvidia X Server Settings

You might need to install optimus, I'm no expert and have no personal experience with your hardware , but dual graphics often cause issues most of which can be overcome with optimus. Have a search on the Debian user forum  for a guide on installation and use.