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Yuri_0504

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Registered: 2021-05-21

Posts: 2

[SOLVED] Can't install nvidia drivers Intel 530/GTX 960M (UX501V)

I have nouveau drivers installed. I want to get rid of them and install official NVIDIA drivers.
I tried to follow NVIDIA guide
I installed NVIDIA package and rebooted my system.
I tried to download my the driver from NVIDIA's website but it failed installation.
I installed optimus-manager.

> lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)"
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 530 (rev 06)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1080
Kernel driver in use: i915
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01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM107M [GeForce GTX 960M] (rev a2)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1080
Kernel modules: nouveau

> yay -Qs nvidia
local/egl-wayland 1.1.6-1
EGLStream-based Wayland external platform
local/libvdpau 1.4-1
Nvidia VDPAU library
local/libxnvctrl 465.27-1
NVIDIA NV-CONTROL X extension
local/nvidia 465.31-3
NVIDIA drivers for linux
local/nvidia-settings 465.27-1
Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
local/nvidia-utils 465.31-1
NVIDIA drivers utilities

dmesg log
Xorg log

Last edited by Yuri_0504 (2021-05-21 13:47:54)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: [SOLVED] Can't install nvidia drivers Intel 530/GTX 960M (UX501V)

Multiple things are outdated here. Your kernel must match the version the nvidia package was built against, for nvidia 465.31-3 that would be the 5.12.5 kernel.

Do you have a reason, are you knowingly on 5.11.16? If yes, you need to install the linux-headers matching that kernel version and switch the nvidia package for nvidia-dkms, if not and you'd actually intend to boot 5.12.5 then you are currently not booting that and will want to check your boot loader configuration... or you are doing partial upgrades which is something you should never do: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/System … nsupported

Last edited by V1del (2021-05-21 13:01:37)

Yuri_0504

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Registered: 2021-05-21

Posts: 2

Re: [SOLVED] Can't install nvidia drivers Intel 530/GTX 960M (UX501V)

Multiple things are outdated here. Your kernel must match the version the nvidia package was built against, for nvidia 465.31-3 that would be the 5.12.5 kernel.

Do you have a reason, are you knowingly on 5.11.16? If yes, you need to install the linux-headers matching that kernel version and switch the nvidia package for nvidia-dkms, if not and you'd actually intend to boot 5.12.5 then you are currently not booting that and will want to check your boot loader configuration... or you are doing partial upgrades which is something you should never do: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/System … nsupported

Thank you! Full system update helped.