I am stuck at loading the initial ramdisk whenever I boot after installing the Nvidia proprietary drivers. I have managed to do restore the snapshots, but this same issue occurs whenever I install the drivers. How can I install the Nvidia drivers in a way that won't cause booting issues?
System:
Kernel: 5.15.52-1-lts arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@_backup_20220707185507844/boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts
root=UUID=b58a04a9-41f8-4a48-8090-affb202853a0 quiet quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3
vt.global_cursor_default=0 loglevel=3
rootflags=defaults,noatime,compress=zstd,discard=async,ssd,subvol=@_backup_20220707185507844
Desktop: LXQt v: 1.1.0 tk: Qt v: 5.15.5 info: cairo-dock, lxqt-panel wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1
dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: B660M DS3H DDR4 v: x.x serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: F4 date: 12/17/2021
CPU:
Info: model: 12th Gen Intel Core i5-12400F bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Alder Lake gen: core 12
built: 2021 process: Intel 7 (10nm ESF) family: 6 model-id: 0x97 (151) stepping: 2
microcode: 0x1F
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache: L1: 480 KiB
desc: d-6x48 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 7.5 MiB desc: 6x1.2 MiB L3: 18 MiB desc: 1x18 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3238 high: 4200 min/max: 800/5600 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: powersave cores: 1: 3259 2: 2905 3: 3073 4: 2553 5: 4098 6: 4043 7: 4011 8: 4090
9: 1798 10: 683 11: 4153 12: 4200 bogomips: 59904
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 status: Vulnerable: eIBRS with unprivileged eBPF
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: nvidia v: 515.57
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 515.xx+ status: current (as of 2022-06) arch: Pascal
process: TSMC 16nm built: 2016-21 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:1c03 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.3 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.2 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting,nouveau alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x2160 s-dpi: 60 s-size: 1626x914mm (64.02x35.98")
s-diag: 1865mm (73.44")
Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 3840x2160 hz: 30 dpi: 61 size: 1600x900mm (62.99x35.43")
diag: 1836mm (72.27") modes: N/A
Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-S HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:7ad0 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f1 class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.52-1-lts running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.54 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1
bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp4s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-7.1:7
chip-ID: 8087:0029 class-ID: e001
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: down bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block:
hardware: no software: no address: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.04 TiB used: 20.03 GiB (1.0%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda
maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37240G size: 223.57 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: B1H5 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST2000DM008-2FR102 size: 1.82 TiB
block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
rev: 0001 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 223.27 GiB size: 223.27 GiB (100.00%) used: 20.03 GiB (9.0%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) used: 608 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 223.27 GiB size: 223.27 GiB (100.00%) used: 20.03 GiB (9.0%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 223.27 GiB size: 223.27 GiB (100.00%) used: 20.03 GiB (9.0%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 223.27 GiB size: 223.27 GiB (100.00%) used: 20.03 GiB (9.0%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.47 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 25.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 301 Uptime: 1m wakeups: 0 Memory: 15.47 GiB used: 1.47 GiB (9.5%) Init: systemd
v: 251 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.1.0 Packages: pacman: 1341 lib: 430
Client: shell wrapper v: 5.1.16-release inxi: 3.3.19
Garuda (2.6.4-2):
System install date: 2022-07-07
Last full system update: 2022-07-07
Is partially upgraded: Yes
Relevant software: NetworkManager
Windows dual boot: Probably (Run as root to verify)
Snapshots: Snapper
Failed units: