No option to install properitary driver Nvidia

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I am trying to install drivers for my new Nvidia card, I am following this answer here:
How can i install nvidia driver However my hardware configuration menu looks like this

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I don’t see any options t install anything besides the open source ones, and it’s currently running very sluggishly with what looks like no driver in the inxi menu.
Any help you can offer I’d appreciate it

My garuda-inxi

ystem:
Kernel: 6.6.9-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc available: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=bc0be5f8-d708-4a3c-94de-eb2756e14569 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.10 tk: Qt v: 5.15.11 wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1
dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: MAG B660M MORTAR WIFI DDR4 (MS-7D42)
v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: 1.C0
date: 05/19/2023
CPU:
Info: model: 12th Gen Intel Core i5-12400F bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Alder Lake gen: core 12 level: v3 note: check built: 2021+
process: Intel 7 (10nm ESF) family: 6 model-id: 0x97 (151) stepping: 2
microcode: 0x32
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: 3579 high: 3583 min/max: 800/4400 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 3579 2: 3579 3: 3579
4: 3579 5: 3579 6: 3579 7: 3579 8: 3579 9: 3579 10: 3583 11: 3579 12: 3579
bogomips: 59904
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA AD106 [GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB] vendor: Gigabyte
driver: N/A alternate: nouveau non-free: 545.xx+
status: current (as of 2023-10) arch: Lovelace code: AD1xx
process: TSMC n4 (5nm) built: 2022+ pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2805 class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.10 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.3
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nouveau
alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa gpu: N/A display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: Unknown-1 res: 1920x1080 size: N/A modes: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 0 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast
surfaceless: drv: swrast wayland: drv: swrast x11: drv: swrast
API: OpenGL v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 23.3.2-arch1.2 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 16.0.6 256 bits)
device-ID: ffffffff:ffffffff memory: 30.47 GiB unified: yes
display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.274 layers: 7 device: 0 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM
16.0.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 23.3.2-arch1.2 (LLVM 16.0.6)
device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-S HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
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 vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:22bd
class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.6.9-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 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 Alder Lake-S PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:7af0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169
v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 4000 bus-ID: 04:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp4s0 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: 1-14:7 chip-ID: 8087:0026
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2
lmp-v: 11 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 7c0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 84.55 GiB (9.1%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD BLACK SN750 SE 1TB size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 711250WD temp: 34.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 84.55 GiB (9.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 584 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 84.55 GiB (9.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 84.55 GiB (9.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 84.55 GiB (9.1%) 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: 31.2 GiB used: 512 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 12 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 51.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Processes: 346 Uptime: 5m wakeups: 0 Memory: total: 32 GiB
available: 31.2 GiB used: 3.8 GiB (12.2%) Init: systemd v: 255
default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 Packages:
pm: pacman pkgs: 1364 libs: 425 tools: octopi,paru Shell: fish v: 3.7.0
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.31
Garuda (2.6.22-1):
System install date:     2023-12-22
Last full system update: 2024-01-05 ↻
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Failed units:
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https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA

Try this:

sudo pacman -S nvidia-dkms nvidia-settings

Nvidia Settings is optional, but it is common to install it.

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I was originally following that wiki and I made my system unusable.
Interestingly enough, after installing that I cannot open settings manager or hardware config. Going to try rebooting and see.
Edit: Can’t even do that. Terminal won’t open and restart button from start menu doesn’t do anything.

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So any time I install something nvidia related I cannot boot my system anymore and have to restore it with a snapshot.
I’ve been trying to install this driver for 3 days, why is this so hard?

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Switch to a TTY with CTRL+ALT+F2, log in, and reboot.

I don’t know, Nvidia hardware is very unstable and causes a lot of problems.

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The Ctrl+alt+f2 isn’t doing anything, is there somewhere special I have to key it in? When I reboot after running those commands I get a black screen after logging in and I cannot bring up a terminal.

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Maybe you are in VT2 (so try F3, or another F key).

Try logging in to a X11 session instead of Wayland. There should be an option somewhere on the login screen to change it.

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Device-1: NVIDIA AD106 [GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB] vendor: Gigabyte
driver: nvidia

Thank you, changing the session worked. It looks like now the driver is finally installed.
In summary for future people, run sudo pacman -S nvidia-dkms nvidia-settings then reboot. Then change to a x11 session from the login screen otherwise it’ll freeze.

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