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How do I get Nviddia drivers to work in arch? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So i’m helping my best friend to try instaling nvidia gtx 1050 mobile drivers on his laptop, we genualy don’t know what to do and i can figure out how to make it work, so it would be very helpfull if someone could explain me what to do or provive me with a guide to make it work

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[–] alfredalpaca 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

nvidia-dkms has never not worked for me. Arch wiki has more info in the nvidia page.

If this laptop is your friend's main laptop, I'd recommend going for something other than arch or at the very least preparing before going into it

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

DKMS would have been my next suggestion too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

We're thinking in the possibility of using debian only for games, because he's been using arch for almost a year and a half and he likes it very much, but we could prefer having the drivers working on arch directly for convenience