Issue with Nvidia-settings and steam - eviltoast

I’ve had an issue where steam will not open up. I’ve found the issue to be to be with Nvidia-settings. When i open up nvidia-settings there is not much content. To fix the issue i reinstall nvidia-settings and it goes back to normal and steam opens normally. This fix only works until i reboot and I have to reinstall nvidia-settings again for steam to open.

  • tmjaea@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Hmm, that one is working fine for me. Is there any hint in journalctl which could help identifying the cause?

    • silver_Motoko@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      The only thing I can see is this repeated.

      Aug 04 16:50:10 pop-os coolercontrold[1282]: GPU Index not found in Nvidia status response Aug 04 16:50:11 pop-os coolercontrold[1282]: Error communicating with nvidia-smi:

      I’m assuming it coolercontrol, so i’ve uninstalled that, but nvidia-settings still reverts to this:

      it should look like this:

      As of the moment, steam is opening and running as per normal, but a reboot still resets Nvidia-settings to the first image, even after reinstalling the latest drivers from popshop.

      • Ended6860@programming.dev
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        1 year ago

        In the first picture I think you’re using Wayland, while in the second one you’re using X11. I too have this problem with Steam freezing while opening on Wayland, since I updated to Nvidia 535

        • silver_Motoko@lemmy.worldOP
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          1 year ago

          I can assure you that both pictures are x11. I’ve not had an issue since I moved from GNOME to KDE Plasma.