Nvidia is a graphics processing chip manufacturer that currently generates most of its revenue from the sales of graphics processing units (GPUs), which are used for competitive gaming, professional visualization, and cryptocurrency mining.
1. Install nvidia driver using pacman command
sudo pacman -S nvidia
Note: add pacman hook to compile module on kernel upgrades
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/etc/pacman.d/hooks/nvidia.hook |
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[Trigger] Operation=Install Operation=Upgrade Operation=Remove Type=Package Target=nvidia Target=linux # Change the linux part above and in the Exec line if a different kernel is used [Action] Description=Update Nvidia module in initcpio Depends=mkinitcpio When=PostTransaction NeedsTargets Exec=/bin/sh -c 'while read -r trg; do case $trg in linux) exit 0; esac; done; /usr/bin/mkinitcpio -P' |
2. Blacklist nouveau driver
sudo bash -c "echo blacklist nouveau > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf"
3. Add graphics card configuration in Xorg server
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf
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Section "OutputClass" Identifier "intel" MatchDriver "i915" Driver "modesetting" EndSection Section "OutputClass" Identifier "nvidia" MatchDriver "nvidia-drm" Driver "nvidia" Option "AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration" Option "PrimaryGPU" "yes" ModulePath "/usr/lib/nvidia/xorg" ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" EndSection |
4. Load nvidia modules on boot – update firmware
/etc/mkinitcpio.conf
MODULES=(nvidia nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm)
sudo mkinitcpio -P linux
5. Finally, update ~/.xinitrc
use this command to list providers and update in xinitrc file
xrandr --listproviders
~/.xinitrc
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xrandr --setprovideroutputsource modesetting NVIDIA-0 xrandr --auto exec i3 &>> "/var/log/i3.log" |
Test the GPU processes now
Using nvidia-smi
Using nvtop
Hello! Still can’t make it work. Should I create the xinitrc for the user or root? i3 throws a permission denied. Confused as hell :S
yes,
you should.
my .xinitrc looks like this.