Install the "nvidia-dkms" package using pacman
#[SOLVED] How do I install nvidia drivers? I read the wiki but I can't figure it out.
cobalt venture
rain cypress
In most cases, it should be as simple as installing the nvidia or nvidia-open package
although it may change depending on some things
vale doveBOT
rain cypress
Did you edit /etc/mkinitcpio.conf and remove kms from the hooks section?
and then run mkinitcpio -P afterwards
yeah you need to do that or novueau will be included in the initramfs and be loaded on boot
cobalt venture
Also did you add nvidia-drm-modeset=1, and add your modules?
rain cypress
yes
rain cypress
and then run `mkinitcpio -P` afterwards
and then run this command
rain cypress
wait, have you installed any of the driver packages yet?
cobalt venture
lemme grab the full list of what you need rq
nvidia-dkms (or nvidia-open-dkms)
nvidia-utils
lib32-nvidia-utils
theres a few more im trying to find
rain cypress
nvidia-utils should already be pulled as a dependency
and lib32-nvidia-dkms isn't a thing
rain cypress
nvidia (either the normal one, dkms, or open) and lib32-nvidia-utils should be good package-wise
Are you able to access another TTY with ctrl + alt + F[2-6]?
cobalt venture
yep
rain cypress
Which package did you install for the driver?
cobalt venture
You are able to access tty, that's good. Just login with your user account for now
yep
rain cypress
When you ran mkinitcpio -P, did you run it as root or with sudo?
cobalt venture
not necessary for drivers (plus you wouldn't be able to access it rn anyeay bc of the boot hang)
I would recommend having the aw nvidia page open that way it's easier to follow, if possible, but this is irrelevant. Next step iss
ginme a sec
wait then how are you on discord
ye
Android or iOS?
rain cypress
this seems very relevant
cobalt venture
Anyways
This is if you can't boot into a login scrren: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Kernel_mode_setting#Disabling_modesetting
rain cypress
I don't think that will work with the proprietary drivers
cobalt venture
yesh no
i need to take a step back rq and re figure this whole thing out bc my adhd is kicking into overdrive rn (which is why im starting to go off track)
Ok so, you installed nvidia-dkms, and ran sudo mkinitcpio -P
alright
Output?
like what did you mean by hanging on this, the boot hang?
what does the boot hang look like (since ive never seen it)
take a pic of it and send it here
rain cypress
wait, did you install the headers for your kernel?
because you need that to use dkms
rain cypress
If you're using the kernel from linux, install the linux-headers package
cobalt venture
Zen is linux-zen-headers, lts is linux-lts-headers and so on and so forth (i run zen bc gaeming)
rain cypress
I believe so
cobalt venture
Yeah
Does it hang during init? (systemd, that thing with the OK text in green)
Oh
Just go to tty2, remove linux-headers and install linux-lts--headers and reboot
ok good 👍
now
Let's gooo
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cobalt venture
there might be some extra snaller things like libvaapi, vaapi support, using GBM instead of EGLstreams and things like that, those are a little more advanced