Re: Nvidia Optimus Crash When Starting Xorg

On Tue, Jun 07, 2022 at 09:04:33AM +0300, Gleb Popov wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 5, 2022 at 2:51 AM Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org> wrote:
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> > I am rebuilding xorg-server now with debug symbols to see if that helps
> > narrow down what's happening.
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> > -pete
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> > Pete Wright
> > pete@nomadlogic.org
> > @nomadlogicLA
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> Hi Pete, I also have this problem. Did you manage to debug this further?

hey there, Theron and I had a chat privately and the workaround seems to be to
use the older Nvidia 470 driver.  I think what happened is that support to my
Optimus card was dropped in the 5xx series, as once I loaded this older
driver dmesg reported the card as detected and Xorg-headless no longer crashes.

i can share pkg's if you'd like, i'm hoping today, time permitting to submit a bug
report with diff to add a 470 flavor to nvidia-hybrid-graphics along with a
nvidia-secondary-driver-470 pkg.

cheers,
-pete

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Pete Wright
pete@nomadlogic.org