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= nvidia thermal settings =
= nvidia thermal settings =
if you have issues controlling thermal settings add the following file:
if you have issues controlling thermal settings add the following file:
  cat > /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config < EOF
  cat >> /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config < EOF
  needs_root_rights=yes
  needs_root_rights=yes
  allowed_users=console
  allowed_users=console
  EOF
  EOF

Revision as of 02:42, 20 December 2023

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 drivers:

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

reboot system:

reboot

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

cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version

remove nvidia drivers

remove the following packages:

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

remove the following file:

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

reboot system:

reboot

nvidia thermal 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