Cannot Get Past Initial Ramdisk with Nonfree Nvidia Drivers

Hey all,

Still been poking at this and not making much progress. However there is something sticking out to me.
Following the Computer doesn’t boot, boots to a black screen, or stops at a message I see that the kernel that dkms is 5.15.83-1-lts.

[root@garuda-xfce /]# dkms status
nvidia/525.60.11, 5.15.83-1-lts, x86_64: installed
[root@garuda-xfce /]# ls /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/
525.60.11  kernel-5.15.83-1-lts-x86_64

However based on my garuda-inxi I am using a different kernel:

12System:
  12Kernel 5.15.74-1-lts 12arch x86_64 12bits 64 12compiler gcc 12v 12.2.0
    12parameters BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=en_US keytable=us tz=UTC misobasedir=garuda
    misolabel=GARUDA_XFCE_TALON quiet systemd.show_status=1 ibt=off
    systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 driver=free nouveau.modeset=1 i915.modeset=1
    radeon.modeset=1
  12Console N/A 12Distro Garuda Linux 12base Arch Linux
12Machine:
  12Type Desktop 12Mobo Micro-Star 12model B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) 12v 1.0 12serial <filter>
    12UEFI American Megatrends 12v 1.D0 12date 11/07/2019
12CPU:
  12Info 12model AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 12socket AM4 12bits 64 12type MT MCP 12arch Zen+ 12gen 2 12level v3 12note check
    12built 2018-21 12process GF 12nm 12family 0x17 (23) 12model-id 8 12stepping 2 12microcode 0x800820D
  12Topology 12cpus 1x 12cores 8 12tpc 2 12threads 16 12smt enabled 12cache 12L1 768 KiB
    12desc d-8x32 KiB; i-8x64 KiB 12L2 4 MiB 12desc 8x512 KiB 12L3 16 MiB 12desc 2x8 MiB
  12Speed (MHz) 12avg 2200 12min/max 2200/3700 12boost enabled 12base/boost 3700/4350 12scaling
    12driver acpi-cpufreq 12governor schedutil 12volts 1.2 V 12ext-clock 100 MHz 12cores 121 2200 122 2200 123 2200
    124 2200 125 2200 126 2200 127 2200 128 2200 129 2200 1210 2200 1211 2200 1212 2200 1213 2200 1214 2200 1215 2200
    1216 2200 12bogomips 118384
  12Flags avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  12Vulnerabilities
  12Type itlb_multihit 12status Not affected
  12Type l1tf 12status Not affected
  12Type mds 12status Not affected
  12Type meltdown 12status Not affected
  12Type mmio_stale_data 12status Not affected
  12Type retbleed 12mitigation untrained return thunk; SMT vulnerable
  12Type spec_store_bypass 12mitigation Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
  12Type spectre_v1 12mitigation usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  12Type spectre_v2 12mitigation Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling,
    PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  12Type srbds 12status Not affected
  12Type tsx_async_abort 12status Not affected
12Graphics:
  12Device-1 NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] 12vendor Micro-Star MSI 12driver nouveau 12v kernel
    12non-free 525.xx+ 12status current (as of 2022-12) 12arch Pascal 12code GP10x 12process TSMC 16nm
    12built 2016-21 12pcie 12gen 1 12speed 2.5 GT/s 12lanes 4 12link-max 12gen 3 12speed 8 GT/s 12lanes 16 12ports
    12active HDMI-A-1 12empty DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DVI-D-1 12bus-ID 25:00.0 12chip-ID 10de:1c03 12class-ID 0300
  12Display 12server X.org 12v 1.21.1.5 12compositor xfwm 12driver 12gpu nouveau 12note X driver n/a 12tty 80x40
  12Monitor-1 HDMI-A-1 12model Samsung C24F390 12serial <filter> 12built 2020 12res 1920x1080 12dpi 94
    12gamma 1.2 12size 521x293mm (20.51x11.54") 12diag 598mm (23.5") 12ratio 16:9 12modes 12max 1920x1080
    12min 720x400
  12API OpenGL 12Message GL data unavailable in console and glxinfo missing.
12Audio:
  12Device-1 NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio 12vendor Micro-Star MSI 12driver snd_hda_intel 12v kernel
    12pcie 12gen 1 12speed 2.5 GT/s 12lanes 4 12link-max 12gen 3 12speed 8 GT/s 12lanes 16 12bus-ID 25:00.1
    12chip-ID 10de:10f1 12class-ID 0403
  12Device-2 AMD Family 17h HD Audio 12vendor Micro-Star MSI 12driver snd_hda_intel 12v kernel 12pcie 12gen 3
    12speed 8 GT/s 12lanes 16 12bus-ID 27:00.3 12chip-ID 1022:1457 12class-ID 0403
  12Sound API ALSA 12v k5.15.74-1-lts 12running yes
  12Sound Server-1 PulseAudio 12v 16.1 12running no
  12Sound Server-2 PipeWire 12v 0.3.63 12running yes
12Network:
  12Device-1 Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 12vendor Micro-Star MSI
    12driver r8169 12v kernel 12pcie 12gen 1 12speed 2.5 GT/s 12lanes 1 12port f000 12bus-ID 22:00.0
    12chip-ID 10ec:8168 12class-ID 0200
  12IF enp34s0 12state up 12speed 1000 Mbps 12duplex full 12mac <filter>
12Drives:
  12Local Storage 12total 1.39 TiB 12used 10.39 GiB (0.7%)
  12SMART Message Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  12ID-1 /dev/sda 12maj-min 8:0 12vendor Samsung 12model SSD 860 EVO 500GB 12size 465.76 GiB 12block-size
    12physical 512 B 12logical 512 B 12speed 6.0 Gb/s 12type SSD 12serial <filter> 12rev 1B6Q
  12ID-2 /dev/sdb 12maj-min 8:16 12vendor Western Digital 12model WDS100T1B0A-00H9H0 12size 931.51 GiB
    12block-size 12physical 512 B 12logical 512 B 12speed 6.0 Gb/s 12type N/A 12serial <filter> 12rev 00WD
  12ID-3 /dev/sdc 12maj-min 8:32 12type USB 12model N/A 12size 31.05 GiB 12block-size 12physical 512 B
    12logical 512 B 12type N/A 12serial <filter> 12rev 2.00
12Partition:
  12ID-1 / 12raw-size 914.08 GiB 12size 914.08 GiB (100.00%) 12used 10.39 GiB (1.1%) 12fs btrfs
    12block-size 4096 B 12dev /dev/sdb2 12maj-min 8:18
  12ID-2 /boot/efi 12raw-size 300 MiB 12size 299.4 MiB (99.80%) 12used 608 KiB (0.2%) 12fs vfat
    12block-size 512 B 12dev /dev/sdb1 12maj-min 8:17
  12ID-3 /home 12raw-size 914.08 GiB 12size 914.08 GiB (100.00%) 12used 10.39 GiB (1.1%) 12fs btrfs
    12block-size 4096 B 12dev /dev/sdb2 12maj-min 8:18
  12ID-4 /var/log 12raw-size 914.08 GiB 12size 914.08 GiB (100.00%) 12used 10.39 GiB (1.1%) 12fs btrfs
    12block-size 4096 B 12dev /dev/sdb2 12maj-min 8:18
  12ID-5 /var/tmp 12raw-size 914.08 GiB 12size 914.08 GiB (100.00%) 12used 10.39 GiB (1.1%) 12fs btrfs
    12block-size 4096 B 12dev /dev/sdb2 12maj-min 8:18
12Swap:
  12Kernel 12swappiness 133 (default 60) 12cache-pressure 100 (default)
  12ID-1 swap-1 12type zram 12size 15.57 GiB 12used 0 KiB (0.0%) 12priority 100 12dev /dev/zram0
12Sensors:
  12System Temperatures 12cpu 33.1 C 12mobo N/A 12gpu nouveau 12temp 32.0 C
  12Fan Speeds (RPM) N/A 12gpu nouveau 12fan 0
12Info:
  12Processes 355 12Uptime 16m 12wakeups 0 12Memory 15.58 GiB 12used 2.86 GiB (18.4%) 12Init systemd 12v 252
  12default graphical 12tool systemctl 12Compilers 12gcc 12.2.0 12Packages 12pm pacman 12pkgs 1211 12libs 339
  12tools paru 12Client 12inxi 3.3.24
Garuda (2.6.10-1):
  System install date:     2022-12-16
  Last full system update: 2022-12-19 ↻
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       NetworkManager connman
  Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
  Snapshots:               Snapper
Running in chroot, ignoring command 'list-units'
  Failed units:   

This results in a failure state with dkms autoinstall

[root@garuda-xfce /]# dkms autoinstall
Sign command: /usr/lib/modules/5.15.74-1-lts/build/scripts/sign-file
Binary /usr/lib/modules/5.15.74-1-lts/build/scripts/sign-file not found, modules won't be signed
Error! Your kernel headers for kernel 5.15.74-1-lts cannot be found at /usr/lib/modules/5.15.74-1-lts/build or /usr/lib/modules/5.15.74-1-lts/source.
Please install the linux-headers-5.15.74-1-lts package or use the --kernelsourcedir option to tell DKMS where it's located.
Error! One or more modules failed to install during autoinstall.
Refer to previous errors for more information.

I am wondering if there is an issue with the kernel image, that is causing it to reference the wrong version number? I have run
pacman -S linux-lts
pacman -S linux-lts-headers
And made sure the system is up to date via garuda-update and pacman -Syu.