Installing Nvidia drivers (Gtx 660)

paulman3 · 2013-07-10 00:06:04

On my new install of Arch about every hour my screen pixelates up, which is followed by an error message that says Nouveau error: GPU Lockup.

I decided to install proprietary drivers in terminal and receive this:

[paul@paul ~]$ sudo pacman -S nvidia
[sudo] password for paul: 
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
:: nvidia-libgl and mesa-libgl are in conflict (libgl). Remove mesa-libgl? [y/N] y
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: nouveau-dri: requires mesa-libgl=9.1.4
[paul@paul ~]$

I tried looking around and reading the wiki but couldn't find anything.

karol · 2013-07-10 00:09:38

Have you tried to remove the nouveau stuff first?

2ManyDogs · 2013-07-10 00:09:46

Why did you answer "y" when the default answer was "N" ? Did you try answering "N" to remove mesa-libgl?

(edit) There is also this from the nvdia wiki page:

Note:
The nvidia-libgl or nvidia-{304xx,173xx,96xx}-utils package is a dependency and will be pulled in automatically. It may conflict with the libgl package; this is normal. If pacman asks to remove libgl and fails due to unsatisfied dependencies, remove it with pacman -Rdd libgl. Or, if pacman asks to remove mesa-libgl and fails due to unsatisfied dependencies, remove it with pacman -Rdd mesa-libgl.

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karol · 2013-07-10 00:12:20

2ManyDogs wrote:

Why did you answer "y" when the default answer was "N" ? Did you try answering "N" to remove mesa-libgl?

nvidia require nvidia-libgl, not just any libgl.

2ManyDogs · 2013-07-10 00:16:11

See my edit (or the nvdia wiki page). Or try removing nouveau, as karol suggests.

(edit) never mind. i really need a break from here. sorry karol.

Last edited by 2ManyDogs (2013-07-10 00:17:24)

karol · 2013-07-10 00:20:03

2ManyDogs wrote:

See my edit (or the nvdia wiki page). Or try removing nouveau, as karol suggests.

I thought about suggesting using 'pacman -Rdd', but if nouveau-dri is the only thing that needs mesa-libgl, OP can just remove it, as it doesn't conflict with nvidia and won't be removed when installing the proprietary drivers.

paulman3 · 2013-07-10 00:33:27

I uninstalled Nouveau drivers, which then let me successfully install Nvidia drivers. But now when I boot into Arch the screen is completely black.

karol · 2013-07-10 00:39:37

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=166208 ?

paulman3 · 2013-07-10 02:10:14

Now I have to re-install Arch to get back in and blacklist i915?

karol · 2013-07-10 13:06:58

No, just use a liveCD / liveUSB to blacklist and see if it helps.

WorMzy · 2013-07-10 13:55:19

Or just blacklist it on the kernel command line in your bootloader: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ke … and_line_2

You'll still need to blacklist it permanently once you're booted.

paulman3 · 2013-07-10 20:31:38

I added

modprobe.blacklist=i915

to the end of the kernel command line then booted, but it doesn't load past saying archlinux: clean, 127544/30531584 files, 2945151/122096384 blocks

karol · 2013-07-10 20:34:13

Are you booting with 'quiet' on the kernel command line?
Are you booting to tty or straight to X?

paulman3 · 2013-07-10 20:48:32

I removed "quiet" from the line and replaced it with modprobe.blacklist=i915 and this time it said "Timed out waiting for device system-subsystem-net-devices-eth0.device.
Dependency failed for dhcpcd on eth0."

I am booting straight to X.

WorMzy · 2013-07-10 21:16:13

That's not related to your graphics driver, it looks like you have dhcpcd@eth0.service enabled, but don't have your ethernet cable connected. After that message, do you get dropped to a login prompt?

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paulman3 · 2013-07-10 21:25:16

I have my ethernet cable connected fine, just checked. And no, once I boot it goes through a list of things with green "ok" next to them except it just pauses on that screen with a message at the bottom saying that it timed out.

WorMzy · 2013-07-10 21:47:30

You said that this is an new install, is there any chance you used an old install media (over half a year old)? If so, there's a chance you enabled dhcpcd@eth0.service while in the live environment, but your network interface is now known by a different name (https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=156283).

After waiting for a while after the timed out message (like a minute or so), does anything else happen? Can you switch to a different TTY?

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