Nvidia GPU and (proprietary) driver doesn't work correctly

[asrieldashie]

Select the version

25.1.X

Describe your issue

Xlibre fails to utilize the nvidia gpu and causes some applications not to work or renders incorrectly (e.g. black screen)

Output of `glxinfo -B`

name of display: :0
pci id for fd 4: 10de:1f9d, driver (null)
pci id for fd 5: 10de:1f9d, driver (null)
pci id for fd 6: 10de:1f9d, driver (null)
glx: failed to create dri3 screen
failed to load driver: nvidia-drm
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
Extended renderer info (GLX_MESA_query_renderer):
    Vendor: Mesa (0x10de)
    Device: zink Vulkan 1.4(NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (NVIDIA_PROPRIETARY)) (0x1f9d)
    Version: 26.0.5
    Accelerated: yes

...

OpenGL vendor string: Mesa
OpenGL renderer string: zink Vulkan 1.4(NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (NVIDIA_PROPRIETARY))
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.6 (Core Profile) Mesa 26.0.5
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.60
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
...

The error glx: failed to create dri3 screen also shows in some other applications when launched via command line.

Steps to reproduce

1. Start an X session via startx or display manager (lightdm in my case)
2. Enable composition (picom, Muffin on Cinnamon) or run any application that requires acceleration.

What did you expect?

Expect the X session and apps to launch with gpu acceleration and composition working on the Nvidia gpu

Additional Information

Xorg.0.log

Argument -noreset is removed in XLibre (for more context: https://github.com/orgs/X11Libre/discussions/424 )
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] 
XLibre X Server 1.25.1.6
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] Current Operating System: Linux fedoralappy 7.0.11-100.fc43.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Jun  1 22:51:40 UTC 2026 x86_64
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=(hd0,gpt2)/vmlinuz-7.0.11-100.fc43.x86_64 root=UUID=f7915202-6c06-4bbb-a78b-254e86865666 ro rootflags=subvol=root rhgb quiet modprobe.blacklist=nouveau rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau nvidia-drm.modeset=1
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] Current version of pixman: 0.46.2
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Jun 10 02:47:50 2026
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (==) Automatically adding devices
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (==) Automatically binding GPU devices
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (==) ServerLayout "layout"
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
	Using a default monitor configuration.
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (==) FontPath set to:
	catalogue:/etc/X11/fontpath.d,
	built-ins
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
	If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) Module ABI versions:
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] 	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 1.4
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] 	X.Org Video Driver: 28.0
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] 	X.Org XInput driver : 26.0
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] 	X.Org Server Extension : 11.0
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (++) using VT number 1

[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) systemd-logind: logind integration requires -keeptty and -keeptty was not provided, disabling logind integration
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card1)
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) Platform probe for /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card1
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) Platform probe for /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:06.0/0000:01:00.0/drm/card0
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (**) OutputClass "NVidia-modules" ModulePath for modules glx,glxserver_nvidia overridden with "/usr/lib64/nvidia/xorg,/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (**) OutputClass "NVidia" ModulePath for driver nvidia overridden with "/usr/lib64/nvidia/xorg,/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (**) OutputClass "nvidia" ModulePath for driver nvidia reset to default
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (**) OutputClass "NVidia" ModulePath for driver nvidia overridden with "/usr/lib/nvidia/xorg,/usr/lib/xorg/modules,/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (**) OutputClass "NVidia" setting /dev/dri/card0 as PrimaryGPU
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (--) PCI: (0@0:2:0) 8086:9a49:1025:152f rev 1, Mem @ 0x601e000000/16777216, 0x4000000000/268435456, I/O @ 0x5000/64, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (--) PCI:*(1@0:0:0) 10de:1f9d:1025:1530 rev 161, Mem @ 0x5f000000/16777216, 0x6020000000/268435456, 0x6030000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x4000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/xlibre-25/extensions/libglx.so
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] 	compiled for 1.25.1.6, module version = 1.0.0
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] 	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 11.0
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) Applying OutputClass "NVidia-modules" to /dev/dri/card0
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] 	no driver specified
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) Applying OutputClass "NVidia" to /dev/dri/card0
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] 	loading driver: nvidia
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) Applying OutputClass "nvidia" to /dev/dri/card0
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] 	loading driver: nvidia
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) Applying OutputClass "NVidia" to /dev/dri/card0
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] 	loading driver: nvidia
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (==) Matched nvidia as autoconfigured driver 0
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (==) Matched nouveau as autoconfigured driver 1
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 2
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (==) Matched nv as autoconfigured driver 3
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 4
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 5
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (WW) LoadModule: If you are using one of the legacy branches of the nvidia proprierary DDX driver (e.g. 470, 390, 340, etc.)
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (WW) LoadModule: you need to build Xlibre with -Dlegacy_nvidia_padding=true
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (WW) LoadModule: Otherwise, you will get a segmentation fault due to the abi mismatch between the new X server abi and the one these old drivers are compiled against.
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (WW) LoadModule: If you are using one of the maintained branches of the nvidia nvidia kernel drivers,
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (WW) LoadModule: you can try using the in-tree, open-source modesetting DDX driver instead of the proprietary nvidia DDX driver.
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (WW) LoadModule: Implicitly ignoring abi mismatch for the nvidia proprierary DDX driver
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] 	compiled for 1.6.99.901, module version = 1.0.0
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] ================ WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING ================
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] This server has a video driver ABI version of 28.0 that is not
supported by this NVIDIA driver.  Please check
http://www.nvidia.com/ for driver updates or downgrade to an X
server with a supported driver ABI.
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] =================================================================
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (WW) NVIDIA: The driver will continue to load, but may behave strangely.
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (WW) NVIDIA: This driver was compiled against the X.Org server SDK from commit 8c4b137237498f9f67e0e44e650edcb39851c870 and may not be compatible with the final version of this SDK.
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (WW) NVIDIA: This server has an unsupported input driver ABI version (have 26.0, need < 25.0).  The driver will continue to load, but may behave strangely.
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) LoadModule: "nouveau"
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module nouveau
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (EE) Failed to load module "nouveau" (module does not exist, 0)
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/xlibre-25/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] 	compiled for 1.25.1.6, module version = 1.25.1
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 28.0
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) LoadModule: "nv"
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module nv
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (EE) Failed to load module "nv" (module does not exist, 0)
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module fbdev
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0)
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module vesa
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist, 0)
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver  580.159.04  Wed Apr 29 17:01:30 UTC 2026
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II)  Platform device "/dev/dri/card0" at 0@1:0:0 can be claimed.
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) Module "fb" already built-in
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/xlibre-25/libwfb.so
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] 	compiled for 1.25.1.6, module version = 1.0.0
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] 	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 1.4
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II)  Platform device "/dev/dri/card0" skipped because
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II)   PCI bus id 0@1:0:0 has already been claimed by "Autoconfigured Video Device".
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II)  PCI device skipped because
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II)   PCI bus id 0@1:0:0 has already been claimed by "Autoconfigured Video Device".
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II)  DRI device "/dev/dri/card0" has already been claimed by "Autoconfigured Video Device".
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II)  Platform device "/dev/dri/card0" skipped because
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II)   PCI bus id 0@1:0:0 has already been claimed by "Autoconfigured Video Device".
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II)  Platform device "/dev/dri/card1" at 0@0:2:0 can be claimed.
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) modeset(G0): using drv /dev/dri/card1
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II)  Platform device "/dev/dri/card0" skipped because
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II)   PCI bus id 0@1:0:0 has already been claimed by "Autoconfigured Video Device".
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) NVIDIA(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
	"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (==) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.00, 1.00, 1.00)
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (**) Option "AllowNVIDIAGpuScreens"
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) Applying OutputClass "NVidia" options to /dev/dri/card0
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) Applying OutputClass "nvidia" options to /dev/dri/card0
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) Applying OutputClass "NVidia" options to /dev/dri/card0
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "SLI" "Auto"
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "BaseMosaic" "on"
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration"
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (WW) NVIDIA(0): Invalid SLI option: 'Auto'; using single GPU rendering.
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 2D acceleration
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) Loading sub module "glxserver_nvidia"
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) LoadModule: "glxserver_nvidia"
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libglxserver_nvidia.so
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) Module glxserver_nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] 	compiled for 1.6.99.901, module version = 1.0.0
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] 	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module  580.159.04  Wed Apr 29 17:07:05 UTC 2026
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) NVIDIA: The X server supports PRIME Render Offload.
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (WW) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize Base Mosaic!  Reason: Only one GPU
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (WW) NVIDIA(0):     detected.  Only one GPU will be used for this X screen.
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (--) NVIDIA(0): Valid display device(s) on GPU-0 at PCI:1:0:0
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (--) NVIDIA(0):     DFP-0 (boot)
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (TU117-A) at PCI:1:0:0
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) NVIDIA(0):     (GPU-0)
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 4194304 kBytes
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 90.17.73.00.a0
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): AOC 22B3HM (DFP-0): connected
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): AOC 22B3HM (DFP-0): Internal TMDS
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): AOC 22B3HM (DFP-0): 600.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (==) NVIDIA(0): 
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (==) NVIDIA(0): No modes were requested; the default mode "nvidia-auto-select"
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (==) NVIDIA(0):     will be used as the requested mode.
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (==) NVIDIA(0): 
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated MetaModes:
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) NVIDIA(0):     "DFP-0:nvidia-auto-select"
[2026-06-10 02:47:50] (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1920 x 1080
[2026-06-10 02:47:51] (--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (101, 101); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config
[2026-06-10 02:47:51] (--) NVIDIA(0):     option
[2026-06-10 02:47:51] (==) modeset(G0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32
[2026-06-10 02:47:51] (==) modeset(G0): RGB weight 888
[2026-06-10 02:47:51] (==) modeset(G0): Default visual is TrueColor
[2026-06-10 02:47:51] (II) Loading sub module "glamoregl"
[2026-06-10 02:47:51] (II) LoadModule: "glamoregl"
[2026-06-10 02:47:51] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/xlibre-25/libglamoregl.so
[2026-06-10 02:47:51] (II) Module glamoregl: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[2026-06-10 02:47:51] 	compiled for 1.25.1.6, module version = 1.0.1
[2026-06-10 02:47:51] 	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 1.4
[2026-06-10 02:47:51] (II) modeset(G0): glamor: Using OpenGL 4.6 context.
[2026-06-10 02:47:51] (II) modeset(G0): glamor X acceleration enabled on Mesa Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics (TGL GT2)
[2026-06-10 02:47:51] (II) modeset(G0): glamor initialized
[2026-06-10 02:47:51] (II) modeset(G0): Atomic modesetting disabled
[2026-06-10 02:47:51] (WW) modeset(G0): TearFree cannot synchronize PRIME; use 'PRIME Synchronization' instead
...

The laptop is running Ultramarine Linux 43 (based on Fedora with the same version number) with XLibre 25.1.6 installed via copr, running on hybrid gpu setup (iGPU + nv).

Running with driver version 580.159.04

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• I have checked the existing issues
• I have read the Contributing Guidelines
• I'd like to work on this issue

[cepelinas9000]

Could you try to run with (see #2735):

__NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD=1 __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia glxgears

?

[asrieldashie]

Could you try to run with (see #2735)

[cepelinas9000]

Could you try to run with (see #2735)

And with this environment variable GL works correctly ? or there are other problems? I'm asking to be sure

[asrieldashie]

And with this environment variable GL works correctly ? or there are other problems? I'm asking to be sure

It appears to be running fine on smaller applications (glxinfo/gears, mpv), but the session would crash when I tries to run anything heavier

[xgui4]

I can confirm on Artix the 25.1 (xlibre-xserver-beta) do not work, but the 25.0 do work on my AMD APU + Nvidia laptop, but i am on 25.1 on my ghostbsd with freebsd 14.3 as a base and it work. and i do use the old gpu driver on linux since the latest driver broke xlibre, on freebsd i use the xlibre-nvidia-driver.

[cootshk]

I just ran a sudo pacman -Syu and a yay -Syu and now my apps are failed to load driver: nvidia-drming

$  __NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD=1 __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia glxgears
X Error of failed request:  BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
  Major opcode of failed request:  166 (NV-GLX)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  4 ()
  Resource id in failed request:  0x3c00002
  Serial number of failed request:  46
  Current serial number in output stream:  46

$ glxgears       
pci id for fd 4: 10de:2487, driver (null)
pci id for fd 5: 10de:2487, driver (null)
pci id for fd 6: 10de:2487, driver (null)
glx: failed to create dri3 screen
failed to load driver: nvidia-drm
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh.  The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
MESA: error: zink: failed to update swapchain capabilities: VK_ERROR_INITIALIZATION_FAILED
MESA: error: zink: swapchain killed 0x55ffe3733940
X Error of failed request:  GLXBadCurrentWindow
  Major opcode of failed request:  138 (GLX)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  11 (X_GLXSwapBuffers)
  Serial number of failed request:  4139
  Current serial number in output stream:  4139

gears only show up on the second one

XLibre X Server 1.25.1.6
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Current Operating System: Linux henrysdesktop 7.0.12-artix1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:57:23 +0000 x86_64
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=4d10ec73-391b-4f8f-b9ea-5914d936607a rw net.ifnames=0 quiet resume=UUID=ee7482f5-9884-40ed-881b-c7320bbafeef
Current version of pixman: 0.46.4

[cepelinas9000]

failed to load driver: nvidia-drm

This error is from mesa

@cootshk could you post your xorg.log file?, its like nvdia glx extension not loaded.

[cootshk]

@cepelinas9000
https://gist.github.com/cootshk/5b62991a053f848ded70b1f6757b29e5
Some (but not all) electron apps (cider in this example) don't render anything to the screen. I'm also using picom with the xrenderer backend, if that's relevant.

...
pci id for fd 21: 10de:2487, driver (null)
pci id for fd 22: 10de:2487, driver (null)
pci id for fd 23: 10de:2487, driver (null)
glx: failed to create dri3 screen
failed to load driver: nvidia-drm
...

[cootshk]

Downgrading to xlibre-xserver-25.0.0.23-1 (the one currently in the Artix repo) fixes the issue.