Arch boots to a black screen when nvidia drivers are installed (3060)

mahoganydoors · 2022-10-08 21:58:01

I have been having real trouble installing nvidia drivers on my desktop, which is usually a simple process.

I begin with the system booting fine, using llvmpipe as the graphics processor. And next want to use my GPU, which is a Nvidia RTX 3060. I follow the procedure that usually works for me:

1. I first verify the GPU is available: lspci | grep -E "VGA|3D" 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060 Lite Hash Rate] (rev a1)

2. I upgade my system: sudo pacman -Syyu

3. I install the drivers: sudo pacman -S nvidia nvidia-utils nvidia-settings xorg-server-devel opencl-nvidia

4. I blacklist: cat /usr/lib/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf blacklist nouveau

5. I then reboot.

The system then boots into a black screen, with no ability to change tty (ctrl-alt-F*). My only option is to arch-chroot from USB and remove all the nvidia drivers. When I reboot the system boots fine with llvmpipe again.

In desperation, I have followed every guide I can find online, and each gives exactly the same behavior.

Can anyone see what I am missing?

Last edited by mahoganydoors (2022-10-08 22:22:37)

mahoganydoors · 2022-10-08 23:22:03

Discussed here: https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comm … /?sort=new

Lone_Wolf · 2022-10-09 09:55:47

Did you regenerate initramfs (mkinitcpio -P ) after installing nvidia drivers ?

If yes , 515.76 appears to have issues in some combinations, possibly with the 3000 nvidia series cards .

Some links with more info :
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/75995
https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/5 … 0ti/228954
https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/b … 060/228912

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#1 2022-10-08 21:58:01

Arch boots to a black screen when nvidia drivers are installed (3060)

#2 2022-10-08 23:22:03

Re: Arch boots to a black screen when nvidia drivers are installed (3060)

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Re: Arch boots to a black screen when nvidia drivers are installed (3060)

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