
Installation through pacman allows upgrading the driver together with the rest of the system. These instructions are for those using the stock linux or linux-lts packages. For custom kernel setup, skip to the next subsection.ġ. Determine the necessary driver version for your card by: If you do not know what graphics card you have, find out by issuing:Ģ.
NV50, NVC0, etc.) on Nouveau wiki's code names page or. Looking up the name in NVIDIA's legacy card list: if your card is not there you can use the latest driver. Visiting NVIDIA's driver download site.ģ. Install the appropriate driver for your card: For even older cards (released in 2010 or earlier), have a look at #Unsupported drivers.Ĥ.For GeForce 400/500/600 series cards from around 2010-2011, install the nvidia-390xx-dkms AUR package.For the Kepler (NVE0) series (including GeForce 630-920) from around 2013-2014, install the nvidia-470xx-dkms AUR package.If these packages do not work, nvidia-beta AUR may have a newer driver version that offers support.For the Maxwell (NV110) series and newer, including: GeForce 930~, 10-20, Quadro/Tesla/Tegra cards and newer (for a detailed list, see Official Readme), install the nvidia package (for use with the linux kernel) or nvidia-lts (for use with the linux-lts kernel) package. For 32-bit application support, also install the corresponding lib32 nvidia package from the multilib repository (e.g. The nvidia package contains a file which blacklists the nouveau module, so rebooting is necessary. Once the driver has been installed, continue to #Xorg configuration or #Wayland. Starfront collision install over tegra tab lg drivers#
If you have a GeForce 300 series card or older (released in 2010 or earlier), Nvidia no longer supports drivers for your card. This means that these drivers do not support the current Xorg version. It thus might be easier if you use the Nouveau driver, which supports the old cards with the current Xorg.
For GeForce 8/9, ION and 100-300 series cards, install the nvidia-340xx-dkms AUR package.However, Nvidia's legacy drivers are still available and might provide better 3D performance/stability.