Builder for nvidia-x11-550.78-6.10.drv failed with exit code 2

Help
41

I use pkgs.linuxKernel.packages.linux_6_10, kernel reported by hyfetch is 6.10.12

42

Ah, never mind. If you’re on NixOS stable, you also need vulkan-headers:

I think you can either add that to nvidia-settings’ buildInputs or just disable it with hardware.nvidia.nvidiaSettings = false;

43

How could I add it? I’m not well versed in this kind of thing. I’d like to keep nvidiaSettings enabled if possible.

44

Disable nvidiaSettings from the module and use this instead:

environment.systemPackages =
  let
    nvidiaEnabled = lib.elem "nvidia" config.services.xserver.videoDrivers;
  in
  lib.optionals nvidiaEnabled [
    (config.hardware.nvidia.package.settings.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {
      buildInputs = oldAttrs.buildInputs ++ [ pkgs.vulkan-headers ];
    }))
  ];

You don’t have to use nvidiaEnabled, but it’s better to only install nvidia-settings when the proprietary drivers are enabled.

45

I already have environment.systemPackages used, how can I add implement this with my current environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [];?

46

You can concatenate the lists with ++:

environment.systemPackages =
  let
    nvidiaEnabled = lib.elem "nvidia" config.services.xserver.videoDrivers;
  in
  (with pkgs; [
    hello
  ])
  ++ lib.optionals nvidiaEnabled [
    (config.hardware.nvidia.package.settings.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {
      buildInputs = oldAttrs.buildInputs ++ [ pkgs.vulkan-headers ];
    }))
  ];
47 
error: undefined variable 'lib'

       at /nix/store/552krrkm0284561s1jipn8g76wlb882d-source/configuration.nix:388:23:

          387|     let
          388|       nvidiaEnabled = lib.elem "nvidia" config.services.xserver.videoDrivers;
             |                       ^
          389|     in
48

You need to add lib and config to your module’s inputs, just like what you’re doing with pkgs:

{
  config,
  lib,
  pkgs,
  ...
}:
{
  environment.systemPackages = ...
}
49

It’s still trying to build the nvidiaSettings from the driver instead of the method we just went over before. Same error “No Vulkan header”.

50

Yes, I disabled the nvidiaSettings in hardware.nvidia

51

I may be stupid though. Can you elaborate on

52

I meant disable as in hardware.nvidia.nvidiaSettings = false;

53

Yeah, I’ve done that

 # fuck nvidia
  services.xserver.videoDrivers = ["nvidia"];
  hardware.nvidia = {
    #package = config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidiaPackages.latest;
    open = false;
    nvidiaSettings = false;
    modesetting.enable = true;
    powerManagement.enable = true;
  };

  #hardware.nvidia.package = config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidiaPackages.latest;
   hardware.nvidia = {
     package = config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidiaPackages.mkDriver {
       version = "560.35.03";
       sha256_64bit = "sha256-8pMskvrdQ8WyNBvkU/xPc/CtcYXCa7ekP73oGuKfH+M=";
       sha256_aarch64 = "sha256-s8ZAVKvRNXpjxRYqM3E5oss5FdqW+tv1qQC2pDjfG+s=";
       openSha256 = "sha256-/32Zf0dKrofTmPZ3Ratw4vDM7B+OgpC4p7s+RHUjCrg=";
       settingsSha256 = "";
       persistencedSha256 = "sha256-E2J2wYYyRu7Kc3MMZz/8ZIemcZg68rkzvqEwFAL3fFs=";
     };
   };
54

That should work, are you sure you’re actually building that bit of configuration? The settingsSha256 probably still needs to be set to a real sha, even if you don’t install the settings, since it will be built as part of the package regardless, so that config should fail to do anything before you get to the settings build step.

Alternatively, NixOS unstable has that version of the nvidia driver, with the required additional dependency, so you can skip all these hacks if you switch to unstable.

55

I no longer get a vulkan header error, but I get a modprobe error:

modprobe: FATAL: Module nvidia not found in directory /nix/store/6b8am1swsxndyzaqqwxiy9k1ykcsr7mi-linux-6.10.12-modules/lib/modules/6.10.12

Culprit:

boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ "nvidia" "nvidia_drm" "nvidia_uvm" "nvidia_modeset" ];
56

Adding

boot.extraModulePackages = [ config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidia_x11 ];

results in

error: builder for '/nix/store/70f4xf2jns8axzh45yv47nfbfp7qjzam-nvidia-x11-550.78-6.10.13.drv' failed with exit code 2;
       last 10 log lines:
       > /build/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-550.78/kernel/common/inc/nv-linux.h: In function 'nv_vmap':
       > /build/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-550.78/kernel/common/inc/nv-linux.h:674:51: warning: suggest braces around empty body in an 'if' statement [8;;https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Warning-Options.html#index-Wempty-body-Wempty-body8;;]
       >   674 |         NV_MEMDBG_ADD(ptr, page_count * PAGE_SIZE);
       >       |                                                   ^
       > make[3]: *** [/nix/store/jq4497swi7i7b92p6qnkwa8f5c7vlqyi-linux-6.10.13-dev/lib/modules/6.10.13/source/Makefile:1934: /build/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-550.78/kernel] Error 2
       > make[2]: *** [/nix/store/jq4497swi7i7b92p6qnkwa8f5c7vlqyi-linux-6.10.13-dev/lib/modules/6.10.13/source/Makefile:240: __sub-make] Error 2
       > make[2]: Leaving directory '/nix/store/jq4497swi7i7b92p6qnkwa8f5c7vlqyi-linux-6.10.13-dev/lib/modules/6.10.13/build'
       > make[1]: *** [Makefile:240: __sub-make] Error 2
       > make[1]: Leaving directory '/nix/store/jq4497swi7i7b92p6qnkwa8f5c7vlqyi-linux-6.10.13-dev/lib/modules/6.10.13/source'
       > make: *** [Makefile:85: modules] Error 2
       For full logs, run 'nix log /nix/store/70f4xf2jns8axzh45yv47nfbfp7qjzam-nvidia-x11-550.78-6.10.13.drv'.
57

Don’t add those manually, at best it’s superfluous, at worst you mess with the order in which things should be loaded - they’re already added by the nvidia module if you have xserver enabled: nixpkgs/nixos/modules/hardware/video/nvidia.nix at 6e6b3dd395c3b1eb9be9f2d096383a8d05add030 · NixOS/nixpkgs · GitHub

nvidia_uvm specifically is more complex, you’re breaking the NixOS module: nixpkgs/nixos/modules/hardware/video/nvidia.nix at 6e6b3dd395c3b1eb9be9f2d096383a8d05add030 · NixOS/nixpkgs · GitHub

Can you share your whole config? It’s a bit hard to help when every time we get somewhere it turns out there’s more stuff sleeping in your configuration x)

58 
{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:



{
  imports =
    [ # Include the results of the hardware scan.
      ./hardware-configuration.nix
      ./modules/env.nix
    ];


  hardware.nvidia = {
    package = config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidiaPackages.mkDriver {
      version = "555.58.02";
      sha256_64bit = "sha256-xctt4TPRlOJ6r5S54h5W6PT6/3Zy2R4ASNFPu8TSHKM=";
      sha256_aarch64 = "sha256-wb20isMrRg8PeQBU96lWJzBMkjfySAUaqt4EgZnhyF8=";
      openSha256 = "sha256-8hyRiGB+m2hL3c9MDA/Pon+Xl6E788MZ50WrrAGUVuY=";
      settingsSha256 = "sha256-ZpuVZybW6CFN/gz9rx+UJvQ715FZnAOYfHn5jt5Z2C8=";
      persistencedSha256 = "sha256-a1D7ZZmcKFWfPjjH1REqPM5j/YLWKnbkP9qfRyIyxAw=";
    };

    # The nvidia-settings build is currently broken due to a missing
    # vulkan header; re-enable whenever
    # 0384602eac8bc57add3227688ec242667df3ffe3the hits stable.
    nvidiaSettings = false;

    modesetting.enable = true;
    # Power management is required to get nvidia GPUs to behave on
    # suspend, due to firmware bugs. Aren't nvidia great?
    powerManagement.enable = true;
    open = true;
  };

  # Bootloader.
  boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
  boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;

  # Kernel
  #boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_latest;
  boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxKernel.packages.linux_6_10;
  boot.blacklistedKernelModules = [ "amdgpu" ];
  boot.kernelParams = 
  [
    "amd_iommu=on"
 
    # slim HD 5450 650M 1GB DDR3
    #"vfio-pci.ids=1002:68f9,1002:aa68,"
    
    # thicc HD 4870 1GB DDR5
    "vfio-pci.ids=1002:9440,1002:aa30,"
  ];
  boot.kernelModules = [
    "vfio_virqfd"
    "vfio_pci"
    "vfio_iommu_type1"
    "vfio"
    "nct6775"
  ];
  boot.extraModprobeConfig = "options vfio-pci ids=1002:68f9,1002:aa68";
  boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ "nvidia" "nvidia_drm" "nvidia_uvm" "nvidia_modeset" ];
  #boot.extraModulePackages = [ config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidia_x11 ];



  networking.hostName = "nixos"; # Define your hostname.
  # networking.wireless.enable = true;  # Enables wireless support via wpa_supplicant.

  # Configure network proxy if necessary
  # networking.proxy.default = "http://user:password@proxy:port/";
  # networking.proxy.noProxy = "127.0.0.1,localhost,internal.domain";

  # Enable networking
  networking.networkmanager.enable = true;

  # Set your time zone.
  time.timeZone = "Europe/Berlin";

  # Select internationalisation properties.
  i18n.defaultLocale = "en_US.UTF-8";

  i18n.extraLocaleSettings = {
    LC_ADDRESS = "de_DE.UTF-8";
    LC_IDENTIFICATION = "de_DE.UTF-8";
    LC_MEASUREMENT = "de_DE.UTF-8";
    LC_MONETARY = "de_DE.UTF-8";
    LC_NAME = "de_DE.UTF-8";
    LC_NUMERIC = "de_DE.UTF-8";
    LC_PAPER = "de_DE.UTF-8";
    LC_TELEPHONE = "de_DE.UTF-8";
    LC_TIME = "de_DE.UTF-8";
  };

   services.udev.extraRules = ''
   # Pen Tablet
   SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{product}=="XP-Pen Artist 12 (2nd Gen)", ATTRS{idProduct}=="094a", ATTRS{idVendor}=="28bd", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev"
   KERNEL=="hidraw*", SUBSYSTEM=="hidraw", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"

   # Arduino
   KERNEL=="ttyUSB*", SUBSYSTEM=="tty", SUBSYSTEMS=="usb-serial", ATTRS{idProduct}=="7523", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1a86", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
   #SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idProduct}=="7523", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1a86", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
   '';

  # file system shenanigans
  fileSystems."/mnt/Games" =
  {
    device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/9226e50e-fc7b-4a95-baac-a59b1d779899";
    fsType = "ext4";
    options =
    [
      "users"
      "nofail"
      "x-gvfs-show"
      "exec"
    ];
    label = "Games";
  };

  fileSystems."/mnt/SeagateBarracuda" =
  {
    device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/1b78ca3b-618f-496f-8a6e-d4e575f5d84b";
    fsType = "ext4";
    options =
    [
      "users"
      "nofail"
      "x-gvfs-show"
      "exec"
    ];
    label = "Seagate Barracuda";
  };

  fileSystems."/mnt/HGST" =
  {
    device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/a18e9a89-3b84-4bc0-85fc-5828bd1e7342";
    fsType = "ext4";
    options =
    [
      "users"
      "nofail"
      "x-gvfs-show"
      "exec"
    ];
    label = "HGST";
  };

  fileSystems."/mnt/WinVM" =
  {
    device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/3199b99a-c2f5-42c7-b41e-11d83b97da4d";
    fsType = "ext4";
    options =
    [
      "users"
      "x-gvfs-show"
      "exec"
    ];
    label = "WinVM";
  };

  fileSystems."/mnt/smb" = {
    device = "//192.168.0.16/nika";
    fsType = "cifs";
    options = let
      automount_opts = "x-systemd.automount,noauto,x-systemd.idle-timeout=60,x-systemd.device-timeout=5s,x-systemd.mount-timeout=5s,user,users";
    in ["${automount_opts},credentials=/home/nika/.dotfiles/smb-secrets,uid=1000,gid=100"];
  };

  # fuck nvidia
#   services.xserver.videoDrivers = ["nvidia"];
#   hardware.nvidia = {
#     #package = config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidiaPackages.latest;
#     open = false;
#     #nvidiaSettings = true;
#     modesetting.enable = true;
#     powerManagement.enable = true;
#   };
#
#   #hardware.nvidia.package = config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidiaPackages.latest;
#    hardware.nvidia = {
#      package = config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidiaPackages.mkDriver {
#        version = "560.35.03";
#        sha256_64bit = "sha256-8pMskvrdQ8WyNBvkU/xPc/CtcYXCa7ekP73oGuKfH+M=";
#        sha256_aarch64 = "sha256-s8ZAVKvRNXpjxRYqM3E5oss5FdqW+tv1qQC2pDjfG+s=";
#        openSha256 = "sha256-/32Zf0dKrofTmPZ3Ratw4vDM7B+OgpC4p7s+RHUjCrg=";
#        settingsSha256 = "sha256-kQsvDgnxis9ANFmwIwB7HX5MkIAcpEEAHc8IBOLdXvk=";
#        persistencedSha256 = "sha256-E2J2wYYyRu7Kc3MMZz/8ZIemcZg68rkzvqEwFAL3fFs=";
#      };
#      nvidiaSettings = false;
#    };

  # Enable the X11 windowing system.
  # You can disable this if you're only using the Wayland session.
  services.xserver.enable = true;

  # Enable Wayland windowing system
#  services.displayManager.sddm.wayland.enable = true;

  # Enable the KDE Plasma Desktop Environment.
  services.displayManager.sddm.enable = true;
  services.desktopManager.plasma6.enable = true;

  # Configure keymap in X11
  services.xserver = {
    xkb.layout = "us";
    xkb.variant = "";
  };

  # Enable CUPS to print documents.
  services.printing.enable = true;

  # Bluetooth
  hardware.bluetooth = {
    enable = true;
    powerOnBoot = true;
  };

  hardware.sane = {
    enable = true;
    extraBackends = [ pkgs.sane-airscan ];
  };

  hardware.opentabletdriver.enable = true;

  # turn off the daemon service - it's borked afaik so for now I'll just use autostart until there either there's a fix or I'll fix it
  hardware.opentabletdriver.daemon.enable = true;

  services.hardware.openrgb.enable = true;

#  Create WiFi Hotspot
#   services.create_ap = {
#     enable = true;
#     settings = {
#       INTERNET_IFACE = "enp42s0f3u3";
#       WIFI_IFACE = "wlo1";
#       WPA_VERSION = "3";
#       FREQ_BAND = "2.4";
#       SSID = "FC-Kiffen";
#       PASSPHRASE = "ZA8r2dXB3KddEn";
#     };
#   };

  services.avahi.enable = true;
  services.avahi.nssmdns4 = true;

  # Enable sound with pipewire.
#   hardware.pulseaudio = {
#     enable = true;
#     extraConfig = "load-module module-equalizer-sink\nload-module module-dbus-protocol";
#   };
#   security.rtkit.enable = true;
  # By default, NixOS uses Pipewire. Below is the default setting
   services.pipewire = {
     enable = true;
     alsa.enable = true;
     alsa.support32Bit = true;
     pulse.enable = true;
#     extraConfig.pipewire =
#      {
#         "10-null-sink" = {
#           context.objects = [
#             { factory = "adapter";
#               args = {
#                 factory.name = "support.null-audio-sink";
#                 node.name = "my-sink";
#                 media.class = "Audio/Sink";
#                 audio.position = [ "FL" "FR" "FC" "LFE" "RL" "RR" ];
#                 monitor.channel-volumes = true;
#                 monitor.passthrough = true;
#                 adapter.auto-port-config = {
#                   mode = "dsp";
#                   monitor = true;
#                   position = "preserve";
#                 };
#               };
#             }
#           ];
#         };
#      };
    # If you want to use JACK applications, uncomment this
    #jack.enable = true;

    # use the example session manager (no others are packaged yet so this is enabled by default,
    # no need to redefine it in your config for now)
    #media-session.enable = true;
  };

  # TLP Power management
#   services.tlp = {
#     enable = true;
#     settings = {
#       CPU_SCALING_GOVERNOR_ON_BAT="performance";
#       CPU_SCALING_GOVERNOR_ON_AC="performance";
#
#       # 100 is max
#       CPU_MAX_PERF_ON_BAT=100;
#       CPU_MAX_PERF_ON_AC=100;
#     };
#   };

  # Enable touchpad support (enabled default in most desktopManager).
  # services.xserver.libinput.enable = true;

  users.groups.plugdev = {};

  # Define a user account. Don't forget to set a password with ‘passwd’.
  users.users.nika = {
    isNormalUser = true;
    description = "nika";
    extraGroups = [ "networkmanager" "wheel" "libvirtd" "wireshark" "openrazer" "scanner" "lp" "plugdev" ];
    packages = with pkgs; [
      kdePackages.kate
    #  thunderbird
    ];
  };

  services.davfs2.enable = true;

  services.samba.enable = true;

  #services.monero.enable = true;

#   services.xmrig = {
#     enable = true;
#     settings = {
#       autosave = true;
#       cpu = true;
#       opencl = false;
#       cuda = true;
#       pools = [
#         {
#           url = "pool.supportxmr.com:443";
#           user = "your-wallet";
#           keepalive = true;
#           tls = true;
#         }
#       ];
#     };
#   };

  # Install firefox.
  programs.firefox.enable = true;

  # Install Steam
  programs.steam = {
    enable = true;
    remotePlay.openFirewall = true; # Open ports in the firewall for Steam Remote Play
    dedicatedServer.openFirewall = true; # Open ports in the firewall for Source Dedicated Server
  };

  # install git
  programs.git = {
    enable = true;
  };

  programs.wireshark = {
    enable = true;
  };

  programs.coolercontrol.enable = true;

  hardware.openrazer.enable = true;

  #nixpkgs.config.allowUnfreePredicate = pkg: builtins.elem (lib.getName pkg) [
  #  "steam"
  #  "steam-original"
  #  "steam-run"
  #];

  # Allow unfree packages
  nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;

  # libvirtdeez nuts AAAAAAAAAAAAaa
  virtualisation.libvirtd = {
    enable = true;
    qemu = {
      package = pkgs.qemu_kvm;
      runAsRoot = true;
      swtpm.enable = true;
      ovmf = {
        enable = true;
        packages = [(pkgs.OVMF.override {
          secureBoot = true;
          tpmSupport = true;
        }).fd];
      };
      vhostUserPackages = [
        pkgs.virtiofsd
      ];
    };
  };

  # Automatically delete generations older than 30 days every week
  nix.gc = {
    automatic = true;
    dates = "weekly";
    options = "--delete-older-than 30d";
  };

 # specialisation."VFIO".configuration = {
  #  system.nixos.tags = [ "with-vfio" ];
  # vfio.enable = true;
  #};

  # List packages installed in system profile. To search, run:
  # $ nix search wget
  environment.systemPackages =
    let
      nvidiaEnabled = lib.elem "nvidia" config.services.xserver.videoDrivers;
    in
    (with pkgs; [
  #  vim # Do not forget to add an editor to edit configuration.nix! The Nano editor is also installed by default.
  #  wget
    librewolf
    lshw
    vlc
    wineWowPackages.stable
    winetricks
    gparted
    ntfs3g
    kdePackages.yakuake
    htop
    _1password-gui
    vencord
    spotify
    obs-studio
    cowsay
    kdePackages.kalarm
    nextcloud-client
    pciutils
    exfat
    wireshark
    exfatprogs
    cifs-utils
    kdePackages.kdenlive
    #glaxnimate
    hyfetch
    openrazer-daemon
    polychromatic
    libsForQt5.skanlite
    #gnome.simple-scan
    openrgb-with-all-plugins
    popsicle
    #libsForQt5.xp-pen-g430-driver
    krita
    #libsForQt5.xp-pen-deco-01-v2-driver
    tmuxPlugins.open
    screen
  # linux-wallpaperengine
    signal-desktop
    monero-gui
    qpaeq
    xmrig
    vesktop
    coolercontrol.coolercontrol-gui
    coolercontrol.coolercontrol-ui-data
    lm_sensors
    yt-dlp
    arduino
    usbutils
    audacity
    freerdp3
    remmina
    xclicker
    dotnetCorePackages.sdk_8_0_2xx
    icu
    vscode
    qdirstat
    kdePackages.kget
    #kdePackages.kcolorpicker
    #libsForQt5.kcolorpicker
    xcolor
    kdiskmark
    gsmartcontrol
    qpwgraph
    libreoffice
    esptool
    kdePackages.korganizer

    # QEMU stuff
    qemu
    virt-manager
    virt-viewer
    dnsmasq
    vde2
    bridge-utils
    netcat-openbsd
    libguestfs
    libvirt
  ])
  ++ lib.optionals nvidiaEnabled [
    (config.hardware.nvidia.package.settings.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {
      buildInputs = oldAttrs.buildInputs ++ [ pkgs.vulkan-headers ];
    }))
  ];



  # Some programs need SUID wrappers, can be configured further or are
  # started in user sessions.
  # programs.mtr.enable = true;
  # programs.gnupg.agent = {
  #   enable = true;
  #   enableSSHSupport = true;
  # };

  # List services that you want to enable:

  # Enable the OpenSSH daemon.
  # services.openssh.enable = true;

  # Open ports in the firewall.
  # networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ ... ];
  # networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [ ... ];
  # Or disable the firewall altogether.
  # networking.firewall.enable = false;

  # This value determines the NixOS release from which the default
  # settings for stateful data, like file locations and database versions
  # on your system were taken. It‘s perfectly fine and recommended to leave
  # this value at the release version of the first install of this system.
  # Before changing this value read the documentation for this option
  # (e.g. man configuration.nix or on https://nixos.org/nixos/options.html).
  system.stateVersion = "24.05"; # Did you read the comment?

  nix.settings.experimental-features = [ "nix-command" "flakes" ];
}

I haven’t done anything since my last reply.

59

Thanks! Do you still get a complaint about that module if you omit the manual additons to boot.initrd.kernelModules? Also, you seem to have gone to nvidia driver version 555.58.02 instead of the 560.35.03 you were trying earlier - it’s quite possible the former is just incompatible with this kernel version.

60

Removing boot.initrd.kernelModules lets me successfully build. Problem is that I think my driver just doesn’t exist when I do that. GPU things are not there, even nvidia-settings.
Building the system now with the previous driver still gives me the modprobe error.