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SOLVED Beta closed source drivers: Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module (lemmy.nz)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Is anyone able to point me in the right direction to solve this issue please?

I installed the nvidia-beta drivers (Arch) and tested out Starfield. All is good. Then next time I try to startx, I get X failed to start etc.

Following the logs I get to:

` [ 1711.739] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 545.23.06 Sun Oct 15 17:26:55 UTC 2023

...

[ 1711.740] (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module. Please see the

[ 1711.740] (EE) NVIDIA: system's kernel log for additional error messages and

[ 1711.740] (EE) NVIDIA: consult the NVIDIA README for details.

Wierd. Install nvidia instead, y to remove conflicts/nvidia-utils etc, and it's all working. Try to install beta drivers again, same issue, rebooted, etc.

The beta drivers definitely did work. But now they magically aren't.

Any tips?

I did try running sudo mkinitcpio -P but no change.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sorry for double commenting but you could also try this instead of the aur nvidia-beta package

And I'd generally recommed using -dkms versions of the nvidia driver

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Installing the DKMS drivers fixed it!

Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

You're welcome

Have fun playing Starfield :)