NVIDIA / NVIDIA/nvidia-settings

Can't enable fan speeds in thermal settings with 570.86.16

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Description

This seems very similar to an issue encountered 2 years ago (possibly related to: https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-settings/issues/94), but clicking "Enable GPU Fan Settings" doesn't stick and the fan speed sliders remain greyed out. Speeds are set to 0 rpm by default.

Dowgrading to 565.57.01 fixes the issue.

It's affecting two different PCs, but both of them have the same setup:

arch kernel: 6.13.2-arch1-1
nvidia: 570.86.16-5
nvidia-utils: 570.86.16-2
card: RTX 4070 Ti

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Research direction

Reproduce the disabled fan controls with NVIDIA 570.86.16-5, nvidia-utils 570.86.16-2, and Arch kernel 6.13.2-arch1-1 on the RTX 4070 Ti setup described. Compare the behavior with 565.57.01 and review the related issue #94; done means enabling GPU fan settings persists and the fan-speed sliders are usable instead of greyed out.

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Assessment

Tech stack
arch-linux, c, linux
Domain
desktop, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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