Hi, I’m trying to install Linux (OpenSUSE, to be precise) on my other PC and struggling with getting the GPU working properly.
The system has an RTX 3060ti and an i5 6600k. Two displays are connected, one to the dGPU and the other to the iGPU.
First issue was the installer not displaying any graphics, but launching with nomodeset allowed me to work around the issue.
When I booted into the installed system (and after disabling nomodeset), I could only get video out of the iGPU, so I figured it did not install any drivers and searched for official documentation. I found this article and followed the instructions, installing the G06 driver, but it could not load.
I thought that the guide was outdated, so I looked for other drivers, and found the new Open drivers. Following this guide I got them to install and load, but still no graphics, but this time I could restart the display manager and get it to work. I unplugged the display from the iGPU and that seems to have fixed it.
Unfortunately when trying to run a game (I could only try ProjectDiva Megamix+ and another game which I know is unreliable) I couldn’t get dxvk to work, it would always give me a “directx 11 not found” error. The other game I mentioned runs on dx9 and had similar issues, failing to create a graphics context from what I can tell from the logs. The first game runs if I force WineD3D. On my primary PC running OpenSUSE with an RX 9070xt and on my Steam Deck the game works perfectly.
I will try reinstalling everything, in case I screwed up something installing the drivers. What should I do if that doesn’t solve it?
Thanks
Edit: forgot to mention, I’m trying to use OpenSUSE Tumbleweed and after installing the nvidia drivers I installed libvulkan (both the 64 and 32 bit versions)
Edit 2: thanks everyone for the help. I ended up reinstalling with the iGPU disabled and it now seems to work well.
OK first, do you need both iGPU and the Nvidia GPU to be working at the same time? Your desktop environment will expect to work with one card at a time so plugging screens into both while you’re doing setup tasks could cause problems. Linux can certainly work with 2 GPUs but I wouldn’t have both active with displays plugged in from the start when installing a fresh system.
It’s telling that you can’t even get the official Nvidia drivers working. You then “fix” things by removing the cable from the iGPU after having all these problems and installing the Nouveau drives. I think this could be the source of your problems.
I think there is a real risk your whole system is misconfigued due to both cards being “active” while you set things up.
While it’s probably fixable within Linux, personally I’d go back to basics - plug the displays only into your Nvidia card, and do a fresh install of Tumbleweed, and see where you’re at.
You could even go further and disable the iGPU in your bios and then install tumbleweed. However I would be reluctant to do that as if your Nvidia card is broken it can be difficult to undo without a working display. Alternatively you could also use the iGPU for the install (nothing plugged into the Nvidia card), do the install and then switch over and set up the Nvidia within Linux.
Regardless, I’d say trying to get DX11 working with the Nvidia now on Open drivers seems to be just pushing the problem further and further down the line. You’ll have more problems long term and never fix the root problem. The first issue is getting the official Nvidia drivers actually working, rather than working around that problem.
Not really, that was just how had it set up for other reasons and never changed it.
I didn’t install nouveau, it’s also blacklisted. I installed the new nvidia “open” drivers (and libvulkan1) and those do work except for dxvk.
But yea I think I’m gonna do as you said and re-setup everything with only the nvidia gpu, just to be safe.