NVIDIA Suspend fix

setup-nvdia-suspend.sh

# Use systemd for managing NVIDIA driver suspend in drivers ====>>> PRIOR to version 470 <<<=====
# https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/450.66/README/powermanagement.html
# https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/unable-to-set-nvidia-kernel-module-parameters/161306
# Please note: In Fedora Linux you may need to just install the xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-power pakage 
# as sugested by @goombah88 in the comments below. 

TMP_PATH=/var/tmp
TMPL_PATH=/usr/share/doc/nvidia-driver-460/

echo "options nvidia NVreg_PreserveVideoMemoryAllocations=1 NVreg_TemporaryFilePath=${TMP_PATH}" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-power-management.conf 

sudo install --mode 644 "${TMPL_PATH}/nvidia-suspend.service" /etc/systemd/system
sudo install --mode 644 "${TMPL_PATH}/nvidia-hibernate.service" /etc/systemd/system
sudo install --mode 644 "${TMPL_PATH}/nvidia-resume.service" /etc/systemd/system
sudo install "${TMPL_PATH}/nvidia" /lib/systemd/system-sleep
sudo install "${TMPL_PATH}/nvidia-sleep.sh" /usr/bin

sudo systemctl enable nvidia-suspend.service
sudo systemctl enable nvidia-hibernate.service
sudo systemctl enable nvidia-resume.service

apparently fix is going to be available in upcoming 565 linux driver release. NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules#662 (comment)

sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-graphics-drivers-kms.conf

and add these lines into it:

options nvidia-drm fbdev=1 options
nvidia NVreg_PreserveVideoMemoryAllocations=1
options nvidia NVreg_TemporaryFilePath=/var/tmp

I can confirm this also fixes the resume from suspend problem for me:
Ubuntu 24.04, Nvidia Quadro M2000M, with the latest nvidia driver 560 and it works also on wayland

thank you @chanh2018!

For info. I'm on nvidia driver version 555.58.02

After a lot of trial, error and luck, I commented out the fbdev=1 line in the /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-graphics-drivers-kms.conf file and resume started to work again. Oh and don't forget to sudo update-initramfs -u and reboot first of course......

options nvidia-drm modeset=1
#options nvidia-drm fbdev=1
options nvidia NVreg_PreserveVideoMemoryAllocations=1
options nvidia NVreg_TemporaryFilePath=/var/tmp

I can confirm this also fixes the resume from suspend problem for me: Ubuntu 24.04, Nvidia Quadro M2000M, with the latest nvidia driver 560 and it works also on wayland

thank you @chanh2018!

it worked on Ubuntu 24.04 but broke again on 24.10 :-(

what fixed it for me again - for now - was

• Switching to the Nouveau driver in "Software & Updates" > Additional drivers
• and then purge all nvidia packages... sudo apt --purge remove "*nvidia*"

This is my current setting and it's working for me (Linux Mint 22, Nvidia GeForce GTX 745 using Nvidia 550.107.02 driver)

sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-graphics-drivers-kms.conf

and add these lines into it:

options nvidia-drm fbdev=1 options nvidia NVreg_PreserveVideoMemoryAllocations=1 options nvidia NVreg_TemporaryFilePath=/var/tmp

Thanks!

Configuration: NVIDIA GeForce RTX™ 3050 Laptop GPU | Fedora 41 | Kernel GNU/Linux 6.11.7-300

As I've tried many things, I had to do a cleanup first.
sudo dnf remove \*nvidia\* --exclude nvidia-gpu-firmware

Check if the nouveau driver is disabled.. Follow up the section 2.6.

Install the nvidia drivers from RPM repository.
sudo dnf install akmod-nvidia

Remove nvidia sleep service.
sudo rm /lib/systemd/system-sleep/nvidia

For what I've been experienced, I think that what causes the problem is the "integration of all" and the nvidia sleep service.

Okay, clearing things up the issue has been resolved:

1. Either use LTS kernel (6.6) or 6.12rc.
2. Make sure to enable nvidia-suspend, nvidia-resume and nvidia-hibernate systemd services.
3. Make sure you have fbdev and NVreg_PreserveVideoMemoryAllocations=1 (and /var/tmp path etc)
4. Use nvidia open dkms 565 drivers.

As a side note, mind that a GNOME extension or another program may interfere with suspend by failing to release the /dev/nvidia handle (you will see wait requests sent by the driver to the shell in the logs). In my case it was the Vitals GNOME extension. Once I removed it, Ubuntu 24.04.1 suspends and resumes without any issues.