nvidia-inst
helps installing drivers for Nvidia graphics
cards when you have
Note that bumblebee is suitable mostly for older machines.
The nvidia-inst
is meant to be the replacement for the
older nvidia-installer-dkms
.
nvidia-inst [options]
-h, --help This help.
-b, --bumblebee Install bumblebee and Nvidia drivers for optimus cards.
-f, --force Force driver installation even if a nvidia card is not detected.
-n, --nouveau Install nouveau driver (open source).
-p, --prime Install also prime render offload.
-q, --quiet Suppress log messages.
-t, --test Test mode. Nothing in your system will be modified.
-v, --version Show version of this software.
--32 Install also support for 32-bit apps.
--conf Create also file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf (might be needed on some systems).
--drivers Show supported NVIDIA driver series for your card.
--ignore Ignore all errors (useful for testing only).
--legacyrepo Add a third party repository for legacy (470 and 390 series) Nvidia drivers.
--listopts List options supported by nvidia-inst.
--listseries List Nvidia driver versions supported by nvidia-inst.
--series (Advanced) Use the given Nvidia driver version (for testing).
If you have an older Nvidia graphics card that is no longer supported
by the latest driver from the Arch repos, you can add a 3rd party repo
to /etc/pacman.conf
with command
nvidia-inst --legacyrepo
and install a legacy driver using pacman.
To see which which Nvidia driver versions support your card:
nvidia-inst --drivers
To test which packages nvidia-inst would add (or remove) without actually doing it:
nvidia-inst --test
Note that you can add other options of needed.
After the preparations above, use the appropriate options to install the drivers.
Other ways to manage the Nvidia graphics cards exist. One popular option is to use the optimus manager (see EndeavourOS wiki and Arch wiki).