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keshav

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Registered: 2023-07-30

Posts: 7

problem with installing nvidia drivers

for some context, i recently installed arch linux attempting to dual boot with windows, however i accidentally wiped my windows install while formatting my drives and i'm prompted with a error when i try installing windows with a usb with the iso written onto it, and i don't really want to switch distros, so none of those are an option for me if someone reccomends me to switch back.

anyways, i run the commands:

$ sudo pacman -Syyu

$ sudo pacman -S nvidia nvidia-utils nvidia-settings xorg-server-devel opencl-nvidia

and install the drivers with no error. HOWEVER, when i try to play a game, my graphics card is still not being used at all. i have a rtx 3060 with a i9 9600k, and I run from 20-45 fps on minecraft while using the lunar client modpack on linux, compared to the usual 150-200 on windows, and when i run the NVIDIA X Server program which installed when i ran these commands,, I only have the "Application Profiles" & "nvidia-settings Configuration" tabs.

espritlibre

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Registered: 2022-12-15

Posts: 138

Re: problem with installing nvidia drivers

is this a hybrid gpu setup? no matter what, the great ArchWiki got you covered, but it will require some reading and configuring..

keshav

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Registered: 2023-07-30

Posts: 7

Re: problem with installing nvidia drivers

is this a hybrid gpu setup? no matter what, the great ArchWiki got you covered, but it will require some reading and configuring..

no, the rtx 3060 is my only gpu, and i read the archwiki page on nvidias propiertary drivers and couldnt really see anything on the archwiki that helped fix this problem.

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: problem with installing nvidia drivers

Is your display connected to the integrated intel GPU or to the nvidia GPU?

keshav

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Registered: 2023-07-30

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Re: problem with installing nvidia drivers

Is your display connected to the integrated intel GPU or to the nvidia GPU?

both of my monitors are connected to my GPU, however my second monitor is connected through HDMI instead of DP, i doubt that impacts anything though.

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: problem with installing nvidia drivers

Alright, then did you follow all of the steps outlined in on the nvidia wiki page for installation?

keshav

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Registered: 2023-07-30

Posts: 7

Re: problem with installing nvidia drivers

Alright, then did you follow all of the steps outlined in on the nvidia wiki page for installation?

yeah, however i was just now going back through the steps & it seems when i run "nvidia-xconfig" as instructed in the xorg config section, it gives me this error:

WARNING: Unable to locate/open X configuration file.


WARNING: Unable to parse X.Org version string.


ERROR: Unable to write to directory '/etc/X11'.

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: problem with installing nvidia drivers

forget a bout nvidia-xconfig.

Can you give us the output of lscpi -k, as well as the xorg log?

keshav

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Registered: 2023-07-30

Posts: 7

Re: problem with installing nvidia drivers

forget a bout nvidia-xconfig.

Can you give us the output of lscpi -k, as well as the xorg log?

here, im not sure what you mean about xorg log, you're gonna have to elaborate

 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060 Lite Hash Rate] (rev a1)
	Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060 Lite Hash Rate]
	Kernel driver in use: nouveau 

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: problem with installing nvidia drivers

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xorg#General

But "Kernel driver in use: nouveau" gives it away. You missed a step (at least) in the installation instructions. You're not using the nvidia driver.

keshav

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Registered: 2023-07-30

Posts: 7

Re: problem with installing nvidia drivers

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xorg#General

But "Kernel driver in use: nouveau" gives it away. You missed a step (at least) in the installation instructions. You're not using the nvidia driver.

hm, im pretty sure i didn't but ill go through it and reply again if i run into a new error. thanks!