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jmbruges

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Registered: 2019-07-09

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Help on installing Archlinux on Precision 3630 Tower

Hi,

I would like to achieve a full installation of this new PC. This model I have supports Ubuntu 16.04 LTS but I am looking for a better distro (that is why Archlinux). In other distros I have been expirencing problems to install the drivers of the two graphic cards I have (Nvidia quadro p4000)

Does any one has successfully install Archlinux with this pc specs that could support me?

Thanks community!

description: Desktop Computer
    product: Precision 3630 Tower (0871)
    vendor: Dell Inc.
    serial: 
    width: 64 bits
    capabilities: smbios-3.1 dmi-3.1 smp vsyscall32
    configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop family=Precision sku=0871 
  *-core
       description: Motherboard
       product: 0NNNCT
       vendor: Dell Inc.
       physical id: 0
       version: A01
       serial: 
     *-firmware
          description: BIOS
          vendor: Dell Inc.
          physical id: 0
          version: 1.1.6
          date: 12/14/2018
          size: 64KiB
          capacity: 15MiB
          capabilities: pci pnp upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer acpi usb biosbootspecification netboot uefi
     *-memory
          description: System Memory
          physical id: 9
          slot: System board or motherboard
          size: 32GiB
        *-bank:0
             description: DIMM DDR4 Synchronous 2666 MHz (0.4 ns)
             product: M378A2K43CB1-CTD
             vendor: Samsung
             physical id: 0
             serial: 4159E7ED
             slot: DIMM1
             size: 16GiB
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 2666MHz (0.4ns)
        *-bank:1
             description: DIMM DDR4 Synchronous 2666 MHz (0.4 ns)
             product: M378A2K43CB1-CTD
             vendor: Samsung
             physical id: 1
             serial: 4159E85F
             slot: DIMM2
             size: 16GiB
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 2666MHz (0.4ns)
        *-bank:2
             description: [empty]
             physical id: 2
             slot: DIMM3
        *-bank:3
             description: [empty]
             physical id: 3
             slot: DIMM4
     *-cache:0
          description: L1 cache
          physical id: 14
          slot: L1 Cache
          size: 384KiB
          capacity: 384KiB
          capabilities: synchronous internal write-back unified
          configuration: level=1
     *-cache:1
          description: L2 cache
          physical id: 15
          slot: L2 Cache
          size: 1536KiB
          capacity: 1536KiB
          capabilities: synchronous internal write-back unified
          configuration: level=2
     *-cache:2
          description: L3 cache
          physical id: 16
          slot: L3 Cache
          size: 12MiB
          capacity: 12MiB
          capabilities: synchronous internal write-back unified
          configuration: level=3
     *-cpu
          description: CPU
          product: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700 CPU @ 3.20GHz
          vendor: Intel Corp.
          physical id: 17
          bus info: cpu@0
          version: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700 CPU @ 3.20GHz
          slot: U3E1
          size: 2788MHz
          capacity: 3200MHz
          width: 64 bits
          clock: 100MHz
          capabilities: x86-64 fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp constant_tsc art arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf tsc_known_freq pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 sdbg fma cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm abm 3dnowprefetch cpuid_fault epb invpcid_single pti ssbd ibrs ibpb stibp tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid ept_ad fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 hle avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid rtm mpx rdseed adx smap clflushopt intel_pt xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 xsaves dtherm arat pln pts hwp hwp_notify hwp_act_window hwp_epp md_clear flush_l1d cpufreq
          configuration: cores=6 enabledcores=6 threads=12
     *-pci
          description: Host bridge
          product: 8th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers
          vendor: Intel Corporation
          physical id: 100
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
          version: 07
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
          configuration: driver=skl_uncore
          resources: irq:0
        *-pci:0
             description: PCI bridge
             product: Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor PCIe Controller (x16)
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
             version: 07
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:16 ioport:4000(size=4096) memory:b4000000-b50fffff ioport:a0000000(size=301989888)
           *-display
                description: VGA compatible controller
                product: GP104GL [Quadro P4000]
                vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
                version: a1
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
                configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
                resources: irq:141 memory:b4000000-b4ffffff memory:a0000000-afffffff memory:b0000000-b1ffffff ioport:4000(size=128) memory:b5000000-b507ffff
           *-multimedia
                description: Audio device
                product: GP104 High Definition Audio Controller
                vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
                physical id: 0.1
                bus info: pci@0000:01:00.1
                version: a1
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
                configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
                resources: irq:17 memory:b5080000-b5083fff
        *-display
             description: VGA compatible controller
             product: Intel Corporation
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
             version: 00
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pciexpress msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
             resources: iomemory:600-5ff iomemory:400-3ff irq:142 memory:6000000000-6000ffffff memory:4000000000-400fffffff ioport:5000(size=64)
        *-generic:0 UNCLAIMED
             description: System peripheral
             product: Xeon E3-1200 v5/v6 / E3-1500 v5 / 6th/7th Gen Core Processor Gaussian Mixture Model
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 8
             bus info: pci@0000:00:08.0
             version: 00
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: msi pm cap_list
             configuration: latency=0
             resources: iomemory:600-5ff memory:600111b000-600111bfff
        *-generic:1
             description: Signal processing controller
             product: Cannon Lake PCH Thermal Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 12
             bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
             version: 10
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm msi cap_list
             configuration: driver=intel_pch_thermal latency=0
             resources: iomemory:600-5ff irq:18 memory:600111a000-600111afff
        *-usb
             description: USB controller
             product: Cannon Lake PCH USB 3.1 xHCI Host Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 14
             bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
             version: 10
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm msi xhci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0
             resources: iomemory:600-5ff irq:125 memory:6001100000-600110ffff
           *-usbhost:0
                product: xHCI Host Controller
                vendor: Linux 5.0.0-15-generic xhci-hcd
                physical id: 0
                bus info: usb@1
                logical name: usb1
                version: 5.00
                capabilities: usb-2.00
                configuration: driver=hub slots=16 speed=480Mbit/s
              *-usb
                   description: Keyboard
                   product: USB Receiver
                   vendor: Logitech
                   physical id: 1
                   bus info: usb@1:1
                   version: 24.01
                   capabilities: usb-2.00
                   configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=98mA speed=12Mbit/s
           *-usbhost:1
                product: xHCI Host Controller
                vendor: Linux 5.0.0-15-generic xhci-hcd
                physical id: 1
                bus info: usb@2
                logical name: usb2
                version: 5.00
                capabilities: usb-3.10
                configuration: driver=hub slots=10 speed=10000Mbit/s
              *-usb
                   description: Mass storage device
                   product: USB3.0-CRW
                   vendor: Generic
                   physical id: 8
                   bus info: usb@2:8
                   logical name: scsi4
                   version: 29.08
                   serial: 28203008282014000
                   capabilities: usb-3.00 scsi emulated scsi-host
                   configuration: driver=usb-storage maxpower=800mA speed=5000Mbit/s
                 *-disk
                      description: SCSI Disk
                      product: SD Card Reader
                      vendor: Generic-
                      physical id: 0.0.0
                      bus info: scsi@4:0.0.0
                      logical name: /dev/sda
                      version: 1.00
                      serial: 2012062914345300
                      capabilities: removable
                      configuration: ansiversion=6 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
                    *-medium
                         physical id: 0
                         logical name: /dev/sda
        *-memory UNCLAIMED
             description: RAM memory
             product: Cannon Lake PCH Shared SRAM
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 14.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:14.2
             version: 10
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz (30.3ns)
             capabilities: pm cap_list
             configuration: latency=0
             resources: iomemory:600-5ff iomemory:600-5ff memory:6001114000-6001115fff memory:6001119000-6001119fff
        *-serial:0
             description: Serial bus controller
             product: Intel Corporation
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 15
             bus info: pci@0000:00:15.0
             version: 10
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=intel-lpss latency=0
             resources: irq:22 memory:4010000000-4010000fff
        *-communication
             description: Communication controller
             product: Cannon Lake PCH HECI Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 16
             bus info: pci@0000:00:16.0
             version: 10
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=mei_me latency=0
             resources: iomemory:600-5ff irq:144 memory:6001117000-6001117fff
        *-storage
             description: SATA controller
             product: Cannon Lake PCH SATA AHCI Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 17
             bus info: pci@0000:00:17.0
             version: 10
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: storage msi pm ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ahci latency=0
             resources: irq:126 memory:b3120000-b3121fff memory:b3123000-b31230ff ioport:5090(size=8) ioport:5080(size=4) ioport:5060(size=32) memory:b3122000-b31227ff
        *-pci:1
             description: PCI bridge
             product: Intel Corporation
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1b
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
             version: f0
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:122 memory:b5200000-b52fffff
           *-storage
                description: Non-Volatile memory controller
                product: Toshiba America Info Systems
                vendor: Toshiba America Info Systems
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
                version: 00
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: storage pciexpress pm msi msix nvm_express bus_master cap_list
                configuration: driver=nvme latency=0
                resources: irq:16 memory:b5200000-b5203fff
        *-pci:2
             description: PCI bridge
             product: Intel Corporation
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
             version: f0
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:0
        *-pci:3
             description: PCI bridge
             product: Intel Corporation
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c.4
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.4
             version: f0
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:123 ioport:3000(size=4096) memory:b2000000-b30fffff ioport:80000000(size=301989888)
           *-display
                description: VGA compatible controller
                product: GP104GL [Quadro P4000]
                vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
                version: a1
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
                configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
                resources: irq:143 memory:b2000000-b2ffffff memory:80000000-8fffffff memory:90000000-91ffffff ioport:3000(size=128) memory:b3000000-b307ffff
           *-multimedia
                description: Audio device
                product: GP104 High Definition Audio Controller
                vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
                physical id: 0.1
                bus info: pci@0000:04:00.1
                version: a1
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
                configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
                resources: irq:17 memory:b3080000-b3083fff
        *-pci:4
             description: PCI bridge
             product: Cannon Lake PCH PCI Express Root Port 9
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
             version: f0
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:0
        *-pci:5
             description: PCI bridge
             product: Intel Corporation
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.2
             version: f0
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:124
           *-pci
                description: PCI bridge
                product: ASM1083/1085 PCIe to PCI Bridge
                vendor: ASMedia Technology Inc.
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
                version: 04
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pci msi pm pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
        *-isa
             description: ISA bridge
             product: Intel Corporation
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
             version: 10
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: isa bus_master
             configuration: latency=0
        *-multimedia
             description: Audio device
             product: Cannon Lake PCH cAVS
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.3
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
             version: 10
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm msi cap_list
             configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=32
             resources: iomemory:600-5ff iomemory:600-5ff irq:19 memory:6001110000-6001113fff memory:6001000000-60010fffff
        *-serial:1
             description: SMBus
             product: Cannon Lake PCH SMBus Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.4
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.4
             version: 10
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             configuration: driver=i801_smbus latency=0
             resources: iomemory:600-5ff irq:16 memory:6001116000-60011160ff ioport:efa0(size=32)
        *-serial:2 UNCLAIMED
             description: Serial bus controller
             product: Cannon Lake PCH SPI Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.5
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.5
             version: 10
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             configuration: latency=0
             resources: memory:fe010000-fe010fff
        *-network
             description: Ethernet interface
             product: Ethernet Connection (7) I219-LM
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.6
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.6
             logical name: eno1
             version: 10
             serial: e4:b9:7a:ee:ba:2f
             size: 100Mbit/s
             capacity: 1Gbit/s
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
             configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=3.2.6-k duplex=full firmware=0.5-4 ip=10.14.10.128 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
             resources: irq:127 memory:b3100000-b311ffff

Last edited by ewaller (2019-07-09 14:31:44)

Trilby

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Re: Help on installing Archlinux on Precision 3630 Tower

First, please edit your post to add [ code ] tags around the commands/output.

Then follow the installation guide, you'll be guided through all the needed steps.  Post here if/when you run into trouble.

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ewaller

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Re: Help on installing Archlinux on Precision 3630 Tower

jmbruges, Welcome to Arch Linux.  I took the liberty of adding code tags to your post so that I could read it.  Sorry I cannot provide any insight into Nvida cards.

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Lone_Wolf

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Re: Help on installing Archlinux on Precision 3630 Tower

Your card is supported by the latest nvidia driver, see https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverR … 8589/en-us .

Your system also seems to have an integrated intel GPU , making this a hybrid graphics system.

Read https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Hybrid_graphics , https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVIDIA_Optimus and https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bumblebee to get an idea of the possibilities.

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