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
or install latest nvidia beta drivers:
su - username yay -S lib32-opencl-nvidia-beta opencl-nvidia-beta nvidia-beta-dkms nvidia-utils-beta
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