Howto install nvidia drivers

archlinux

identify the your current nvidia card driver:

lspci -k|grep -EA2 VGA

blacklist nouveau drivers:

cat > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf << EOF
blacklist nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0
alias nouveau off
EOF

install nvidia latest stable drivers:

pacman -Sy nvidia-dkms nvidia-settings opencl-nvidia lib32-opencl-nvidia lib32-virtualgl lib32-nvidia-utils lib32-mesa-libgl nvidia-utils libva-nvidia-driver

or install latest nvidia beta drivers:

su - username
yay -S lib32-nvidia-utils-beta lib32-opencl-nvidia-beta nvidia-beta-dkms nvidia-utils-beta libva-nvidia-driver nvidia-settings

edit /etc/default/grub and add the following:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="nvidia-drm.modeset=1"

recreate grub config:

grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

edit /etc/mkinitcpio.conf and add the following:

MODULES="nvidia nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm"

re create initramfs image:

mkinitcpio -P

reboot system:

reboot

when reboot use the following command to identify your nvidia drivers version:

cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version

gentoo linux

update package list:

emerge --sync

first we install kernel-bin

emerge gentoo-kernel-bin 

update grub configuration:

grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

reboot system:

reboot

block nouveau driver:

blacklist nouveau drivers:
cat > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf << EOF
blacklist nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0
alias nouveau off
EOF

install nvidia drivers:

emerge nvidia-drivers

reboot system:

reboot

fedora linux

upgrade the system packages:

sudo dnf -y upgrade 

install the required dependencies:

sudo dnf install -y kernel-devel kernel-headers gcc make dkms acpid libglvnd-glx libglvnd-opengl libglvnd-devel pkgconfig

install rpmfusion repo:

sudo dnf install -y https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm
sudo dnf install -y https://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm

update dnf cache:

sudo dnf makecache

black list nouveau driver:

echo -e "blacklist nouveau\noptions nouveau modeset=0" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf

install nvidia drivers:

sudo dnf install -y akmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda nvidia-vaapi-driver libva-utils vdpauinfo

reboot system:

reboot

verify installation:

nvidia-smi

ubuntu linux

add required repositories:

sudo add-apt-repository restricted  
sudo add-apt-repository multiverse  
sudo apt update

install build-essentials and kernel-headers:

sudo apt install -y build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)

black list nouveau driver:

sudo sh -c "echo 'blacklist nouveau\\noptions nouveau modeset=0' > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf"  

recreate initramfs:

sudo update-initramfs -u

install nvidia drivers:

sudo apt install -y nvidia-driver-570 

reboot system:

reboot

verify installation:

nvidia-smi

remove nvidia drivers

remove nvidia stable packages:

pacman -R lib32-nvidia-utils lib32-opencl-nvidia nvidia-dkms nvidia-settings nvidia-utils opencl-nvidia lib32-virtualgl nvidia-settings

remove nvidia beta packages:

pacman -R lib32-nvidia-utils-beta lib32-opencl-nvidia-beta nvidia-beta-dkms nvidia-utils-beta opencl-nvidia-beta lib32-virtualgl nvidia-settings

remove the following file:

rm /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf

reboot system:

reboot

nvidia thermal control settings

if you have issues controlling thermal settings add the following file:

cat >> /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config << EOF
needs_root_rights=yes
allowed_users=console
EOF

troubleshooting

if you have issues with obs with the following error:

libDeckLinkAPI.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
warning: A DeckLink iterator could not be created.  The DeckLink drivers may not be installed

do the following:

pacman -R libva-vdpau-driver && pacman -S libva-nvidia-driver --noconfirm