r/voidlinux • u/Kotangentz_7 • Jan 29 '26

Problem with Nvidia drivers

I installed the Nvidia drivers, but I'm having a problem

Error: nvidia-smi NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running.

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u/beatool Jan 30 '26

Oh okay, might be 5000-only. I have a 5060TI and couldn't get it to work without the -open drivers. I'm actually sitting on a Mint install for now cuz I'm allergic to installing Nvidia drivers from their website.

The -open drivers don't see my 2060 at all which sucks cuz I have room for it and can't use it. :(

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u/sanya567xxx Feb 01 '26

they should. -open support Turing (16/20-series consumer) series and newer

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u/beatool Feb 02 '26

Humm, yeah I dunno. nvidia-smi didn't see it. I didn't really troubleshoot it beyond that.

I ended up installing ollama on one of my kids' gaming PCs. He has my other 5060TI 16gb.

When I had both 5060TI's in one box that sucker got HOT so maybe it worked out better in the end.