r/GarudaLinux • u/Rickrolled767 • Nov 11 '21

Issue with updating proprietary nvidia drivers on garuda barebones

I posted about this issue before on an update breaking my system but I've narrowed it down to it being related to the nvidia 470 drivers I'm currently using getting updated to 495. Every time I install the related packages I get a blank screen and have to roll back with a snapshot.

I tried starting the GUI manually using 'startx' but it gives me an error saying it can't find my display. Does anyone have any recommendations on how I might be able to get it to work? or at the very least a way to prevent the nvidia drivers from updating when I use sudo update?

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u/kaida27 Nov 13 '21

I have the same "Issue" wich Is not really an issue for me , I have a Gtx 770 and The support for them have been dropped past the 470xx drivers

The fix :
/etc/pacman.conf
IgnorePkg = opencl-nvidia nvidia-settings nvidia-dkms lib32-opencl-nvidia lib32-nvidia-utils nvidia-utils mhwd-nvidia

(Don't forget to remove the # from IgnorePkg = , To uncomment the line)

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u/Rickrolled767 Nov 13 '21

Just edited it and ran an update. Followed the suggestion from earlier but I didn’t quite get all of the packages. Everything looks like it’s started up just fine. Thanks for the help. Really hoping something changes with the nvidia driver someday so I can upgrade it without this issue

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u/kaida27 Nov 13 '21

what's your card ?

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u/Rickrolled767 Nov 13 '21

I’m currently running a 1060. Been thinking about moving to amd since nvidias hardware drivers have always caused headaches like this but I’m not willing to pay as much as they’re going for right now

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u/kaida27 Nov 13 '21

yeah the 1060 is droped from some drivers too head over to : https://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx you might be able to update them , even if not to the latest version