Arch Linux User Repository

For the beginners in need of assistance, first take a look at this recommended guide https://github.com/korvahannu/arch-nvidia-drivers-installation-guide - maybe it helps to solve the issues your are having with this version of the driver.

Same problem as @ganainm and @XAVeRY here with a GeForce GT 755M (GK107M) in a lenovo laptop running optimus-manager in hybrid mode I get this error in Xorg.0.log:

[    57.044] (EE) Screen 1 deleted because of no matching config section.
[    57.044] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
[    57.044] (II) UnloadSubModule: "wfb"

And kernel log shows the same error: Failed to copy vbios to system memory... Meanwhile the lts kernel works just fine.

@elppans brilliant fix, worked perfectly for my 660Ti. Cheers!

@julio.b I've been using the 470.xx driver without any problem until kernel 6.0 appeared. The driver still works perfectly with the 5.* LTS kernel.

@elppans this fixes the issue for me. Thanks. No runtime errors at all. (I'm using the GT730) @ganainm i might be completely wrong but your gpu is not listed for 470.xx series, maybe you are using the wrong driver? I found it under 390.xx series here https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/unix/

The build succeeded, however, when firing up the window manager, Xorg.0.log shows

[   102.343] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA GPU at PCI:1:0:0.  Please
[   102.343] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0):     check your system's kernel log for additional error
[   102.343] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0):     messages and refer to Chapter 8: Common Problems in the
[   102.343] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0):     README for additional information.
[   102.343] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA graphics device!
[   102.343] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failing initialization of X screen
[   102.343] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
[   102.343] (II) UnloadSubModule: "glxserver_nvidia"
[   102.343] (II) Unloading glxserver_nvidia
[   102.343] (II) UnloadSubModule: "wfb"
[   102.343] (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
[   102.343] (EE) 
Fatal server error:
[   102.343] (EE) no screens found(EE) 
[   102.343] (EE) 
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
         at http://wiki.x.org
for help. 
[   102.343] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[   102.343] (EE) 
[   102.356] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

The kernel log shows:

2022-10-14T20:37:50+0200 case kernel: NVRM: GPU 0000:01:00.0: Failed to copy vbios to system memory.
2022-10-14T20:37:50+0200 case kernel: NVRM: GPU 0000:01:00.0: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x30:0xffff:874)
2022-10-14T20:37:50+0200 case kernel: NVRM: GPU 0000:01:00.0: rm_init_adapter failed, device minor number 0
2022-10-14T20:37:51+0200 case kernel: NVRM: GPU 0000:01:00.0: Failed to copy vbios to system memory.
2022-10-14T20:37:51+0200 case kernel: NVRM: GPU 0000:01:00.0: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x30:0xffff:874)
2022-10-14T20:37:51+0200 case kernel: NVRM: GPU 0000:01:00.0: rm_init_adapter failed, device minor number 0
2022-10-14T20:38:17+0200 case kernel: NVRM: GPU 0000:01:00.0: Failed to copy vbios to system memory.
2022-10-14T20:38:17+0200 case kernel: NVRM: GPU 0000:01:00.0: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x30:0xffff:874)
2022-10-14T20:38:17+0200 case kernel: NVRM: GPU 0000:01:00.0: rm_init_adapter failed, device minor number 0

Reverting to the LTS kernel shows no problem at all. The card is: VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK107GLM [Quadro K2000M]

@elppans with6.0.1-arch2-1 I got ==> WARNING: `dkms install --no-depmod nvidia/470.141.03 -k 6.0.1-arch2-1' exited 10

In case it helps I posted the make.log here: https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/2658f1c7-d8a3-4469-ae4a-85ffa3932b5f

Any idea? Thanks

@elppans thank you very, very much! You saved my day in a critical work situation!

All fine with your updated PKGBUILD and Quadro K2000.

Many thanks to all contriboootors, sending love to the community <3

Using as a reference this post 470xx-drivers-and-linux-6-0-kernel, edited the PKGBUILD and compiled the driver for use in Kernel 6.0

It worked out.

So I added it to my GITHUB, hope it helps whoever needs this build

PKGBUILD, nvidia-470xx-utils, Kernel 6.0

After upgrading to 6.0.1-arch1-1, applying the patch posted here and recompiling, the driver loads :

Oct 13 23:40:41 foo kernel: NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  470.141.03  Thu Jun 30 18:45:31 UTC 2022
Oct 13 23:40:41 foo systemd-udevd[430]: nvidia: Process '/usr/bin/bash -c '/usr/bin/mknod -Z -m 666 /dev/nvidiactl c $(grep nvidia-frontend /proc/devices | cut -d \ >
Oct 13 23:40:41 foo kernel: nvidia-modeset: Loading NVIDIA Kernel Mode Setting Driver for UNIX platforms  470.141.03  Thu Jun 30 18:34:41 UTC 2022
Oct 13 23:40:41 foo kernel: nvidia_uvm: module uses symbols nvUvmInterfaceDisableAccessCntr from proprietary module nvidia, inheriting taint.

But doesn't work - running nvidia-smi or nvidia-settings results in the following messages :

Oct 13 23:41:20 foo kernel: NVRM: GPU 0000:01:00.0: Failed to copy vbios to system memory.
Oct 13 23:41:20 foo kernel: NVRM: GPU 0000:01:00.0: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x30:0xffff:874)
Oct 13 23:41:20 foo kernel: NVRM: GPU 0000:01:00.0: rm_init_adapter failed, device minor number 0

This is on a Lenovo Z500 with a GeForce GT 645M. I just switched to linux-lts and stuff is good again.

@jonathon: With the linux package now officially updated to 6.0.1, dkms is failing. Can you please include the patch posted by @BlackIkeEagle?