Button to install NVIDIA proprietary drivers missing

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System:
  Kernel: 6.5.5-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
    clocksource: tsc available: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=51b2812e-c004-4cd7-8410-6f02938631cd rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet quiet rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0 loglevel=3
    ibt=off
  Desktop: i3 v: 4.22 info: i3bar vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0
    Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Dell G15 5530 v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 04HG9Y v: A00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell
    v: 1.4.0 date: 05/04/2023
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 44.3 Wh (86.7%) condition: 51.1/54.9 Wh (93.2%)
    volts: 12.2 min: 11.4 model: BYD DELL DVG8M35 type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
    status: discharging cycles: 23
CPU:
  Info: model: 13th Gen Intel Core i5-13450HX bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
    arch: Raptor Lake gen: core 13 level: v3 note: check built: 2022+
    process: Intel 7 (10nm) family: 6 model-id: 0xB7 (183) stepping: 1
    microcode: 0x119
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 10 mt: 6 tpc: 2 st: 4 threads: 16 smt: enabled
    cache: L1: 864 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB, 6x48 KiB; i-6x32 KiB, 4x64 KiB
    L2: 9.5 MiB desc: 6x1.2 MiB, 1x2 MiB L3: 20 MiB desc: 1x20 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 836 high: 1094 min/max: 800/4600:3400 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 1094 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800
    5: 800 6: 800 7: 907 8: 900 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 878 13: 800 14: 800
    15: 800 16: 800 bogomips: 83558
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake-S UHD Graphics vendor: Dell driver: i915
    v: kernel arch: Gen-13 process: Intel 7 (10nm) built: 2022+ ports:
    active: eDP-2 empty: DP-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:a78b
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GN20-P0-R-K2 [GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU]
    vendor: Dell driver: nouveau v: kernel non-free: 535.xx+
    status: current (as of 2023-09) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
    process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-23 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8
    link-max: lanes: 16 ports: active: none empty: HDMI-A-1,eDP-1
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:25ec class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: Sunplus Innovation Integrated_Webcam_HD driver: uvcvideo
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-3:2
    chip-ID: 1bcf:2b9d class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 compositor: Picom v: git-b700a
    driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nouveau alternate: fbdev,intel,nv,vesa
    dri: iris,nouveau gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
    s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: eDP-2 model: Najing CEC Panda 0x005f built: 2021 res: 1920x1080
    hz: 120 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64")
    diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia nouveau platforms:
    device: 0 drv: iris device: 1 drv: nouveau device: 2 drv: swrast
    surfaceless: drv: iris x11: drv: iris inactive: gbm,wayland
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.3 vendor: intel mesa v: 23.2.1-arch1.1
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel Graphics (RPL-S)
    device-ID: 8086:a78b memory: 7.27 GiB unified: yes
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.264 layers: 7 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu
    name: Intel Graphics (RPL-S) driver: mesa intel v: 23.2.1-arch1.1
    device-ID: 8086:a78b surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
    (LLVM 16.0.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 23.2.1-arch1.1 (LLVM
    16.0.6) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel vendor: Dell driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl
    alternate: snd_hda_intel,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:7a50 class-ID: 0401
  Device-2: NVIDIA driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1
    chip-ID: 10de:2291 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.5.5-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.80 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: N/A bus-ID: 00:14.3
    chip-ID: 8086:7a70 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Dell driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
    port: 3000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:4 chip-ID: 8087:0026
    class-ID: e001
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2
    lmp-v: 11 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 7c010c
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 48.68 GiB (10.2%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: A-Data
    model: SM2P41C3 NVMe 512GB size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 92212301 temp: 45.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 48.68 GiB (10.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 576 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 48.68 GiB (10.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 48.68 GiB (10.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 48.68 GiB (10.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 7.45 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 16 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 65.0 C mobo: N/A sodimm: SODIMM C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 0
Info:
  Processes: 331 Uptime: 18m wakeups: 3544 Memory: total: 8 GiB note: est.
  available: 7.45 GiB used: 3.14 GiB (42.2%) Init: systemd v: 254
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 Packages:
  pm: pacman pkgs: 1322 libs: 412 tools: octopi,paru Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16
  running-in: kitty inxi: 3.3.30
Garuda (2.6.16-1):
  System install date:     2023-10-04
  Last full system update: 2023-10-04
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
  Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
  Failed units:            

The button inside Hardware Configuration to install propietary drivers is missing. Where can I download propietary drivers?

Hi there, welcome to the forum.
Try this

sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300

Switched to lts kernel (as recommended here Garuda linux not supporting nvidia rtx 3050 - #2 by BluishHumility) and still no drivers on that page.

Thank you for answering, this is what the command returns:

sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300
> Skipping already installed config 'video-linux' for device: 0000:01:00.0 (0300:10de:25ec) Display controller nVidia Corporation 
> Skipping already installed config 'video-linux' for device: 0000:00:02.0 (0300:8086:a78b) Display controller Intel Corporation 

And what is present on my hardware configuration page:

sudo pacman -S nvidia-dkms

?

This worked. Run this then reboot and the card will be used.

nvidia smi say the card is off, but I will assume it is wrong.

nvidia-smi
Wed Oct  4 15:20:38 2023       
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 535.113.01             Driver Version: 535.113.01   CUDA Version: 12.2     |
|-----------------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name                 Persistence-M | Bus-Id        Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp   Perf          Pwr:Usage/Cap |         Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                                         |                      |               MIG M. |
|=========================================+======================+======================|
|   0  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 ...    Off | 00000000:01:00.0 Off |                  N/A |
| N/A   66C    P0              25W /  80W |   1724MiB /  6144MiB |     37%      Default |
|                                         |                      |                  N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
                                                                                         
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                                            |
|  GPU   GI   CI        PID   Type   Process name                            GPU Memory |
|        ID   ID                                                             Usage      |
|=======================================================================================|
|    0   N/A  N/A       849      G   /usr/lib/Xorg                                64MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      3809    C+G   ...fensive/game/bin/linuxsteamrt64/cs2     1648MiB |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Also didn’t have to use prime-run to use the card, which is weird.

Thank you very much sir.

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