I have a GeForce RTX 3060 Ti graphics card, and a clean install of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. My motherboard is from MSI: PRO Z690-A DDR4(MS-7D25). I have installed the OS from a bootable USB drive, and selected the options Download updates while installing Ubuntu and Install third-party software for graphics and Wi-Fi hardware and additional media formats. After installing, I booted into the OS.
Now I still wanted NVIDIA drivers, so I followed this tutorial.
I have updated the software using the GUI software updater. I looked into the "Additional drivers" part of Software & Updates, and the Nouveau driver was selected. I clicked Using NVIDIA driver metapackage from nvidia-driver-470 (proprietary, tested)option, applied the changes and rebooted. Now my PC will not get past the MSI booting logo. I can get a tty with Ctrl+Alt+F3. From there I executed these commands:
$ ubuntu-drivers devices
== /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 ==
modalias : pci:v000010DEd00002489sv000010DEsd0000153Cbc03sc00i00
vendor : NVIDIA Corporation
driver : nvidia-driver-470 - distro non-free recommended
driver : nvidia-driver-495 - distro non-free
driver : nvidia-driver-460-server - distro non-free
driver : nvidia-driver-460 - distro non-free
driver : nvidia-driver-470-server - distro non-free
driver : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin
Note that I do not get a model field! I don't know why...
$ nvidia-settings -q all
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
ERROR: The control display is undefined; please run `nvidia-settings --help` for usage information.
$ nvidia-smi
Wed Dec 22 11:47:05 2021
+---------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 470.86 Driver Version: 470.86 CUDA Version: 11.4 |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. |
| | | MIG M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
| 0 NVIDIA GeForce ... Off | 00000000:01:00.0 Off | N/A |
| 0% 33C P8 6W / 200W | 14MiB / 7982MiB | 0% Default |
| | | N/A |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
+---------------------------------------------+
| Processes: |
| GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory |
| ID ID Usage |
|=============================================================================|
| 0 N/A N/A 1017 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 8MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 1310 G /usr/bin/gnome-shell 3MiB |
+---------------------------------------------+
$ nvidia-smi --query-gpu=name --format=csv,noheader
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
$ sudo lshw -c video
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: GA104 [GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Lite Hash Rate]
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: a1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
resources: irq:160 memory:42000000-42ffffff memory:60000000-6fffffff memory:70000000-71ffffff ioport:5000(size=128) memory:43000000-4307ffff
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: AlderLake-S GT1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 0c
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pciexpress msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:41000000-41ffffff memory:50000000-5fffffff ioport:6000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff memory:45000000-4bffffff
$ systemctl status gdm
● gdm.service - GNOME Display Manager
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/gdm.service; static; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Wed 2021-12-22 11:17:05 CET; 31min ago
Process: 892 ExecStartPre=/usr/share/gdm/generate-config (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 913 ExecStartPre=/usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-wait-for-drm (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 916 (gdm3)
Tasks: 3 (limit: 76852)
Memory: 5.6M
CGroup: /system.slice/gdm.service
└─916 /usr/sbin/gdm3
dec 22 11:17:05 spectroag systemd[1]: Starting GNOME Display Manager...
dec 22 11:17:05 spectroag systemd[1]: Started GNOME Display Manager.
dec 22 11:17:07 spectroag gdm-autologin][961]: gkr-pam: no password is available for user
dec 22 11:17:07 spectroag gdm-autologin][961]: pam_unix(gdm-autologin:session): session opened for user developer by (uid=0)
dec 22 11:17:07 spectroag gdm-autologin][961]: gkr-pam: gnome-keyring-daemon started properly
(I installed Ubuntu with auto login)
$ sudo lspci -vnn | grep -i VGA -A 25
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:4680] (rev 0c) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
DeviceName: Onboard - Video
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:7d25]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 255
Memory at 41000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at 50000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
I/O ports at 6000 [size=64]
Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [virtual] [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [40] Vendor Specific Information: Len=0c <?>
Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [ac] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable+ 64bit-
Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [100] Process Address Space ID (PASID)
Capabilities: [200] Address Translation Service (ATS)
Capabilities: [300] Page Request Interface (PRI)
Capabilities: [320] Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV)
00:06.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:464d] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 123
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: [disabled]
Memory behind bridge: 44800000-448fffff [size=1M]
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: [disabled]
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Device [0000:0000]
--
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation Device [10de:2489] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation Device [10de:153c]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 160
Memory at 42000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at 60000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at 70000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
I/O ports at 5000 [size=128]
Expansion ROM at 43000000 [virtual] [disabled] [size=512K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [78] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [b4] Vendor Specific Information: Len=14 <?>
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [250] Latency Tolerance Reporting
Capabilities: [258] L1 PM Substates
Capabilities: [128] Power Budgeting <?>
Capabilities: [420] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [600] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=024 <?>
Capabilities: [900] Secondary PCI Express
Capabilities: [bb0] Resizable BAR <?>
Capabilities: [c1c] Physical Layer 16.0 GT/s <?>
Capabilities: [d00] Lane Margining at the Receiver <?>
Capabilities: [e00] Data Link Feature <?>
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia
$ prime-select query
nvidia
$ ps aux | grep X
root 1017 0.0 0.0 25358216 56396 tty2 Sl+ 11:17 0:01 /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg vt2 -displayfd 3 -auth /run/user/1000/gdm/Xauthority -background none -noreset -keeptty -verbose 3
root 2905 0.0 0.0 25346156 51956 tty1 Sl+ 11:50 0:00 /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg vt1 -displayfd 3 -auth /run/user/125/gdm/Xauthority -background none -noreset -keeptty -verbose 3
develop+ 3488 0.0 0.0 17676 664 tty3 R+ 12:12 0:00 grep --color=auto X
(I'm in tty3 executing this)
$ cat /etc/default/grub | grep CMDLINE
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
Any idea what might be happening? It looks a lot like it should work, but I can't get any visuals.
In my BIOS I can see that Secure Boot is disabled, also I'm using UEFI if that matters.
Please let me know if I should provide more information!
EDIT:
I got the screen to show a log during boot, so I can see what it's doing before being stuck.
This is the last part of what's on the screen:
[ OK ] Started Session 1 of user developer.
Starting RealtimeKit Scheduling Policy Service...
Starting NVIDIA Persistence Daemon...
[ OK ] Started NVIDIA Persistence Daemon.
[ OK ] Started Snap Daemon.
Starting Wait until snapd is fully seeded...
[ OK ] Finished Wait until snapd is fully seeded.
[ OK ] Started RealtimeKit Scheduling Policy Service.
Starting Daemon for power management...
[ OK ] Started Daemon for power management.
Most processes I would expect are also there, but I cannot copy it all for you. It looks like it holds after finishing, and I have no idea why still...
UPDATE : I have installed Ubuntu 21.10, and downloaded the driver with sudo apt install nvidia-driver-470. When rebooting, I have the same situation as described in the post. This time, I also cannot go into the VT3 by pressing ctrl alt f3, since it keeps going back to what I think is VT1 (the login screen), showing a black screen with a cursor (again like in the post).
UPDATE : I have tried to update my BIOS version, but the v11 version bricked my whole system and I had to manually downgrade the BIOS back to v10. I have tried with the 495.44 driver, and also with the 470.94 driver that's not in the standard repos. I have tried with kernel 5.15. Nothing worked unfortunately. With kernel 5.15 and driver 495.44 the latest boot log is "Starting Show Plymouth Boot Screen..." and I don't have a log saying it finished.
UPDATE : Here is some more information: /var/log/boot.log, which looks quite normal to me. /var/lib/gdm3/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log, which shows an interesting error. For both logs I am using kernel 5.13.0-22-generic and NVIDIA Driver 470.86 on a fresh install.
