I'm installing arch but i don't know what it is i'm supposed to do for the nvidia section | Arch Linux Community | Page 1

wind moat Aug 16, 2023, 11:32 AM

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pretty much the title i'm installing arch brand new but i have no idea what i'm supposed to be doing i installed the nvidia package but i don't know what to do after that, please help!

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the wiki is telling me to do something but i don't understand it

errant linden Aug 16, 2023, 11:54 AM

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What are you confused about?

wind moat Aug 16, 2023, 11:56 AM

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its telling me to DRM or somethong

errant linden Aug 16, 2023, 12:40 PM

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What step on the wiki?

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Do you mean adding nvidia-drm.modeset=1 as a kernel parameter?

wind moat Aug 16, 2023, 2:17 PM

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errant linden Do you mean adding `nvidia-drm.modeset=1` as a kernel parameter?

yh

errant linden Aug 16, 2023, 2:20 PM

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What bootloader are you using?

wind moat Aug 16, 2023, 2:21 PM

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grub

errant linden Aug 16, 2023, 2:22 PM

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Edit /etc/default/grub and add that paramarter to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT

wind moat Aug 16, 2023, 2:23 PM

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what about mkconfig?

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minkitconfig

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something like that

wind moat Aug 16, 2023, 2:24 PM

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errant linden Edit `/etc/default/grub` and add that paramarter to `GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT`

i didn't see this

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in the wiki

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do you have any tips for reading the wiki?

errant linden Aug 16, 2023, 2:25 PM

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wind moat what about mkconfig?

After editing the file, you'll need to regenerate the GRUB config

#I'm installing arch but i don't know what it is i'm supposed to do for the nvidia section