NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU not detected

ALEZ · 11 October 2023 19:25

I installed Zorin OS recently and my graphic card RTX 3070 Laptop is not detected and I have instead this weird name detected:
NVIDIA 01:00.0 NVIDIA Corporation Device 249d (Neofetch)

I installed the last Nvidia driver suggested by Zorin (535.113.01), tried a few ulterior driver version, even reinstalled the OS a few times, but my graphic card is just not detected, I tried several solution found in the web and nothing work

I'm a new linux user so I don't know how this really work and where to search to fix this issue, so I hope there is someone who can help me, thank !

swarfendor437 · 11 October 2023 19:32

See if the second post on this nVidia thread helps.

Notice that the OP had issues with Ubuntu 22.04 and didn't with 20.04, the latter is what Zorin is based on.

Also see if this nVidia guide helps:

ALEZ · 12 October 2023 15:04

Also, did you select the option at USB boot that says Try or Install Zorin OS (Modern NVIDIA Graphics) ?

Yep

You may also try using the 525 driver as there has been a few issues with the 535.

thank I will try it now, and if this don't work I will try this method

See if the second post on this nVidia thread helps.

ALEZ · 12 October 2023 15:54

Guys... none of this method solve my issue, I have always this weird name

Aravisian · 12 October 2023 16:57

Is your issue that the card is not Detected (and not being used) or that the name does not show up in the way that you expect?

In your O.P., it shows the Nvidia card as detected.

Some users seem confused, when coming from Windows, to see their hard drive listed as /dev/sda instead of as >C:

This does not meean that their drive is not detected. Can you please clarify this?
Tap alt+F2 and enter in nvidia-settings and see if your Nvidia configuration settings window pops up.

ALEZ · 14 October 2023 10:53

the name does not show up in the way that you expect?

no that's not the issue, in the first place I wanted to correctly install the drivers because my wacom display is directly connected to my graphic card, but my wacom screen just does not show up (before to make all this change, the wacom display was detected by gnome, but I was unable to use it)

see if your Nvidia configuration settings window pops up.

when I start it from the terminal

ERROR: A query to find an object was unsuccessful


ERROR: Unable to load info from any available system


(nvidia-settings:8175): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 12:45:07.863: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

** (nvidia-settings:8175): WARNING **: 12:45:07.864: PRIME: Failed to execute child process “/usr/bin/prime-supported” (No such file or directory)
** Message: 12:45:07.864: PRIME: is it supported? no

and the graphic part

when I click on help

Aravisian · 14 October 2023 17:48

I agree with you. Clearly the issue is not that the name is unexpected, but that the Nvidia Drivers are not loading properly.

Can you please try:
Remove all Nvidia drivers:

sudo apt remove --purge '^nvidia-.*'

Install Nvidia drivers:

sudo ubuntu-drivers install

Upgrade the kernel:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tuxinvader/lts-mainline

sudo apt update && sudo apt install linux-generic-6.03

Upgrade drivers:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/updates

sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade

ALEZ · 14 October 2023 22:03

I did all the command and update you said me to do, but literally nothing change, is even worse because my computer detect only one graphic card now
before :

now :

edit:
when I made the command sudo ubuntu-drivers install my screen just blank black and I waited like 1 hour before to force manual reboot

Aravisian · 14 October 2023 23:28

I wonder if you have Hybrid graphics setting in your BIOS / EFI Settings:

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/anodyne-canvas/6252e331cb23a0ca977a47ed283e171e

nvidia-510-u20-setup-instructions.md

# Setting up Nvidia Driver 510 on Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS

Steps to setup my laptop with Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti using the Nvidia 510 driver and 12th Gen Intel CPU. Note this is not the only way to do it, just a way that worked for me:

## Steps
1. Ensure `nomodeset` is _not_ in the kernel boot parameters (`/etc/default/grub`, in `GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT`). `nomodeset` resulted in my machine freezing / not accepting input.
2. Ensure that you do _not_ run `nvidia-xconfig` / create an `xorg.conf`. I noticed troubles with my display, such as a black box around the mouse and freezing at login time, when I used `nvidia-xconfig` for this OS/driver version. 
3. Install the Nvidia driver from Software & Updates. I went with the server version, which is `510.47.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1`. Optionally, `sudo apt-mark hold nvidia-driver-510` (or `nvidia-driver-510-server`) if you'd rather not get automatic updates. Optionally, check if any older Nvidia packages are lingering with `apt list --installed | grep nvidia | grep -v 510` and remove unwanted packages from the previous version (e.g. 470).
4. Blacklist nouveau by writing a file in `/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf` with the following contents:
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According to the above, the 510 driver apparently works. I recommend against the 535 proprietary driver. The 525 driver works well on my RTX 3060.

ALEZ · 23 October 2023 16:05

Hey, sorry I was unable to used my laptopthis past week

Do you know how I can switch my Hybrid setting ? I search in my bios setting, but there was any setting to change the hybrid mode

Aravisian · 23 October 2023 17:44

You might take photos of your BIOS and relay them here... Other than that, I am not able to be familiar with your BIOS Settings enough to be very much help on finding or adjusting settings.
Hybrid Graphics are a BIOS setting. It cannot be disabled from with Zorin OS.

system · 5 February 2024 23:02

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