Installing OpenMandriva Rome only leaves a black screen

[zeroability]

You had time to try, what?

[Frozen_Death_Knight]

Trying the link you gave me. I got stuck by having missing packages.

[zeroability]

I gave you a link to the nvidia Unix drivers that do not have the 570 version you specified. To show you the 570 version is not there. Meaning, we cannot package the 570 version. Is that what you mean? We make the packages from the same drivers listed on that page.

[Frozen_Death_Knight]

This is the message I got from trying any Nvidia installer from the website about a missing “gcc” package. I was wondering how to fix this.

[zeroability]

I think we may be having communication problems.

I don’t recommend you install the driver that way. I recommend that you use the driver in the repos. This was the last thing I said on the matter:

@zeroability

Unfortunately, we don’t have the resources (cards or people) to test all 3 levels of nvidia’s driver offerings. The next best thing we can do is the new feature branch, which is probably the best option given how recent of a kernel we tend to package. The *nix driver page doesn’t have the version number you specified on it yet:

Unix Drivers | NVIDIA

You should still check to see if your motherboard’s BIOS is up to date. Just in case there are other issues that are complicating the nvidia driver. Ubuntu ships with an older kernel and a BIOS update could resolve other problems that are making the graphics card misbehave.

In direct response to this (the driver we package is the New Feature Branch):

@Frozen_Death_Knight

Speaking of which, the 570 drivers have started to pop up lately. Any idea on when those will become available? Heard that Nvidia are working fixing more Wayland problems lately.

@Frozen_Death_Knight

I sadly do not have the time to try out Rock right now. I was primarily interested in trying out Wayland and a rolling distro for the first time. I would rather just have a way to try and install an Nvidia driver that is not 565. Been trying to find ways to downgrade, but the tools available in the distro do not seem to point out how to install anything else but the latest drivers.

This is not recommended. Installing Rock would be recommended.

[Frozen_Death_Knight]

The one I tried to install was the 550 drivers from that website which gave me this error message.

Also, I have backed up my system with Timeshift, so I am safe to experiment with no issues right now. Already resetted it back from installing the 565 drivers since they wreck my system. That is why I want to try anything but the drivers being recommended.

I just want to try one of the .run-files and see what happens, but the missing gcc package prevents me from doing so. If it doesn’t work I will just wait till there are drivers that actually work at some other date.

[zeroability]

I think you should wait, yes. You could install gcc with dnf like any other application, but I don’t think it will mesh well since we build the kernel with clang.

[Frozen_Death_Knight]

Thanks for the help! I was able to find the correct library by typing “cc --version” which recommended me the “clang” package you mentioned.

I installed the rest of the packages with these commands:

cc --version
sudo dnf install clang
make --version
sudo dnf install make

Though, now I am stuck with this error message that says I am missing “libc” header files, which makes me unable to continue the installation.

“libc --version” is giving me nothing, so I don’t know what else I need to install for the .run-file to work. Any ideas?

[zeroability]

@zeroability

I don’t recommend you install the driver that way. I recommend that you use the driver in the repos.

@zeroability

Okay, based on some of your requirements and troubleshooting so far I might have some other things to recommend.

• Make sure you BIOS is up to date.
• Limit the hardware you are plugging in to just basic equipment (mouse, keyboard, onboard video if available with other GFX cards removed) with VGA or DVI if you can
• Use Rock version 5.0 znver1 iso with x11 live and create the usb with dd and not ventory, balena, or any other utility

Let me know what you discover and what changes you had to make from the suggestions I provided above.

@zeroability

Please also try Rock if you haven’t already. So we can see if the driver in that release works and then we can try to upgrade to ROME after the nvidia driver is installed.

Since I have not received any feedback from these requests, I cannot recommend or support what you are trying to do. You are free to do what you like on your own system, but I don’t feel comfortable assisting you with it. Perhaps someone else would. Good luck.

[WilsonPhillips]

@Frozen_Death_Knight

That is why I want to try anything but the drivers being recommended.

That’s the line that gets me. How can we help you, when you refuse to be helped?

[Frozen_Death_Knight]

How so? I already said that the current repo drivers are wrecking my system and they do not work regardless of all the other suggestions I have tried in this thread. I already did follow as many instructions as possible with the exception of running ROCK, which I am not going to do. I already got the rest of ROME up and running with the exception of the Nvidia drivers. Drivers that I can’t get help with trying to install alternative versions for. The current drivers are no good. shrugs

[WilsonPhillips]

OK, you got ROME up and running. Is it X11 or Wayland?

Sorry that I can’t ask more than one question at a time, or I don’t get answers for them.

[Frozen_Death_Knight]

Wayland, but I did run that command line to install X11. Both seem to be working fine even without the Nvidia drivers (just the default one from a fresh install), since I just rebooted and logged in successfully with X11.

My apologies if I might have come off as antagonistic before. I am doing my best to follow your instructions. I appreciate all the help I am getting, truly!

[WilsonPhillips]

@Frozen_Death_Knight

Wayland, but I did run that command line to install X11.

I thought I made it clear earlier that Wayland and Nvidia are a “no go.” I am running an Nvidia card and it runs flawlessly on X11. It will not run on Wayland. Maybe later, but not today.

There is no command line to install X11.

You have to download the ISO to install X11. I know you WANT to run Wayland. It will not happen.

[Frozen_Death_Knight]

So what did I install then when I used this command that zeroabilty mentioned earlier?

sudo dnf in task-plasma6-x11

I was able to install from this and choose “X11 (Plasma6)” at the login screen. I was also able to log in without any black screens. I am a bit confused by what you mean with me not running X11 when it seems to be working?

[WilsonPhillips]

Well, maybe that works then. I don’t know, I am new here just like you.

In the downloads you can choose a Wayland iso or a X11 iso and as far as I know they are built a bit differently. From what I can tell, your Wayland install failed to run the Nvidia driver. You should have stopped right there and downloaded the X11 version and started over. You are trying to patch a borked setup. Start over from scratch or walk away from it. It’s simple.

Don’t blame the Nvidia driver as if it is an OpenMandriva issue. The driver is the Nvidia Proprietary driver and comes from Nvidia. It is the same driver you will get with any other distro other than some are .deb and some are .rpm. I am running it right now and it works.

[Frozen_Death_Knight]

Well, I actually tried the X11 ISOs and none of them worked (mentioned it higher up in this thread). They failed on Ventoy and Balena Etcher. I had no other choice but to install Wayland if I wanted to run ROME.

I also just tried installing the 565 default drivers and log in with X11 and I was met with a black screen like on Wayland. So Nvidia does not play nice with OpenMandriva ROME regardless of version right now. That is also why I wanted to try installing an older or newer version of the Nvidia drivers using the .run-files that Nvidia themselves provide.

The installation is not borked from my experience. Besides Nvidia the rest works perfectly fine. I also am not blaming OpenMandriva for the driver issues. I even made a post on Nvidia’s own forums telling them that their drivers do not work well on this distro and Wayland.

Right now I just want some tips now on where I can find the “libc” library that the Nvidia installers need to run on OpenMandriva. I am not too concerned about breaking the OS since I am only trying things out and getting my feet wet on an separate hard drive that won’t affect the rest of my PC. If that doesn’t work I will just try some other time.

Thanks for your time, I appreciate it.

[WilsonPhillips]

O.K., I’m done.

[mKay]

I guess the libc header files are in glibc-devel.

[Frozen_Death_Knight]

It worked after I searched in the repos for that library. Sadly I got stuck again with the Nouveau drivers needing to be disabled and from the looks of it it is way too complicated and time consuming to fix. I’ll just wait for the 570 drivers once they officially drop and hope for the best. Thanks for help everyone!