Howto NVK

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

enable chaotic repo

install chaotic repo:

pacman-key --recv-key 3056513887B78AEB --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com
pacman-key --lsign-key 3056513887B78AEB
pacman -U --noconfirm 'https://cdn-mirror.chaotic.cx/chaotic-aur/chaotic-keyring.pkg.tar.zst' \
'https://cdn-mirror.chaotic.cx/chaotic-aur/chaotic-mirrorlist.pkg.tar.zst'

run the following command to add chaotic repo to /etc/pacman.conf:

cat >> /etc/pacman.conf << EOF
[chaotic-aur]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/chaotic-mirrorlist
EOF

install yay:

pacman -Sy yay --noconfirm

installing nvk packages

install packages need for nvk:

pacman -S mesa-tkg-git lib32-mesa-tkg-git vulkan-nouveau-git lib32-vulkan-nouveau-git

install xanmod-edge kernel:

su - username
yay -S linux-xanmod-edge linux-xanmod-edge-headers

reboot your system:

reboot

references

• https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/introducing-nvk.html
• https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/vulkan-nouveau-git