CentOS 9 Stream stutter using nVidia drivers

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LithoUser
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CentOS 9 Stream stutter using nVidia drivers

Post by LithoUser » 2023/05/28 08:30:58

Hello!

I've recently bought a new laptop in order to be able to install and run DaVinci Resolve; so I've installed CentOS 9 Stream, blacklisted the nouveau driver, installed the nvidia driver (using this method) and then successfully installed DVResolve.

Everything was smooth before I installed the nvidia driver; the problem is that now I frequently encounter small freezes/stutters (e.g. when using the mouse or the keyboard, it randomly takes one second before reacting).

Could someone help me find the cause of this issue? How could I troubleshoot it?

Thank you very much for your help!

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Re: CentOS 9 Stream stutter using nVidia drivers

Post by TrevorH » 2023/05/28 12:08:18

I assume your mouse/keyboard are USB attached? Is there anything in /var/log/messages or in the output from journalctl -xe ?
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Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
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Re: CentOS 9 Stream stutter using nVidia drivers

Post by LithoUser » 2023/05/28 13:11:12

TrevorH wrote:I assume your mouse/keyboard are USB attached?
Not necessarily; there are stutters when the windows are opening, when I use a USB mouse, or the touchpad/keyboard of the laptop, etc. It seems to be a common problem with the nVidia drivers, since I've seen a lot of messages saying the same thing as me on the Internet, but they weren't about CentOS specifically...
TrevorH wrote:Is there anything in /var/log/messages or in the output from journalctl -xe ?
There are no error message in the output of journalctl -xe; there are only 3 warnings (originally in orange):
mai 28 14:55:17 192.168.1.22 gnome-shell[2270]: Can't update stage views actor MetaWindowGroup is on because it needs an allocation.
mai 28 14:55:17 192.168.1.22 gnome-shell[2270]: Can't update stage views actor MetaWindowActorX11 is on because it needs an allocation.
mai 28 14:55:17 192.168.1.22 gnome-shell[2270]: Can't update stage views actor MetaSurfaceActorX11 is on because it needs an allocation.
However, the /var/log/messages file is a veeeery long file; so I've posted the result of "sudo cat /var/log/messages | grep -i nvidia" (only the last 300 lines!) here: https://privatebin.io/?d78af8776f9c3a65 ... wG7bpuwSSK
(the [url] tag doesn't work with this URL, I don't know why, sorry)

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