I’m new to Linux and I don’t know much yet, sorry about that. When I updated, I saw a few warnings about missing NVIDIA modules, but I didn’t really understand them. Do I have a problem? [My card RTX 2070]
❯ mhwd -li
> Installed PCI configs:
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NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
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video-nvidia-dkms 2024.01.28 false PCI
❯ lspci | grep -i vga
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU106 [GeForce RTX 2070] (rev a1)
garuda linux update
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(2/5) Rejecting pacman transaction if running in snapshot...
(3/5) Saving Linux kernel modules...
(4/5) Removing initramfs...
(5/5) Remove DKMS modules
Error! nvidia/565.57.01: Missing the module source directory or the symbolic link pointing to it.
Manual intervention is required!
Error! nvidia/565.77: Missing the module source directory or the symbolic link pointing to it.
Manual intervention is required!
Error! nvidia/570.124.04: Missing the module source directory or the symbolic link pointing to it.
Manual intervention is required!
Error! nvidia/570.86.16: Missing the module source directory or the symbolic link pointing to it.
Manual intervention is required!
❯ garuda-inxi
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System:
Kernel: 6.13.7-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=400c2f0d-8924-468c-8c78-7fcabce37e16 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.3 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.12.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING v: Rev X.0x
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU uuid: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: 3004 date: 07/12/2021
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-8700K bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Coffee Lake
gen: core 8 level: v3 note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xFA
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 6 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB
desc: 6x256 KiB L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 4394 min/max: 800/4700 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: powersave cores: 1: 4394 2: 4394 3: 4394 4: 4394 5: 4394 6: 4394
7: 4394 8: 4394 9: 4394 10: 4394 11: 4394 12: 4394 bogomips: 88796
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU106 [GeForce RTX 2070] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: nvidia v: 570.133.07 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm
non-free: 550/565.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-01; EOL~2026-12-xx)
arch: Turing code: TUxxx process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-2022 pcie:
gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s ports:
active: none off: DP-1,DP-2 empty: DP-3,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:1f02 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Logitech Webcam C270 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-6:3 chip-ID: 046d:0825
class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch
d-rect: 4480x2520 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-1 pos: primary,top-left model: LG (GoldStar) ULTRAGEAR
serial: <filter> built: 2020 res: mode: 2560x1440 hz: 120 scale: 100% (1)
dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2 size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (27")
ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 2560x1440 min: 640x480
Monitor-2: DP-2 pos: bottom-r model: Asus VG248 serial: <filter>
built: 2017 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 120 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 92 gamma: 1.2
size: 531x299mm (20.91x11.77") diag: 609mm (24") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia gbm:
drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 vendor: nvidia v: 570.133.07 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 7.81 GiB display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.309 layers: 5 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 driver: N/A device-ID: 10de:1f02
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 200 Series PCH HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:a2f0 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA TU106 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:10f9 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: SteelSeries ApS Arctis 7
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-5:2 chip-ID: 1038:12ad class-ID: 0300
Device-4: Logitech Webcam C270 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-6:3 chip-ID: 046d:0825
class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Device-5: HP HyperX QuadCast driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 5-2:3
chip-ID: 03f0:0491 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.13.7-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.1 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 Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: e1000e v: kernel
port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15b8 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: br-a353907cd0ad state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-2: br-d45e94ab80c4 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-3: br-e1202b148fe4 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-4: br0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: unknown mac: <filter>
IF-ID-5: docker0 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown mac: <filter>
IF-ID-6: veth7c5719a state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-7: veth811071b state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-8: vetha997088 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
Info: services: apache2, NetworkManager, nginx, sshd, systemd-timesyncd
Bluetooth:
Device-1: TP-Link UB500 Adapter driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.1
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 5-1.3.3:7 chip-ID: 2357:0604
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: <filter> bt-v: 5.1 lmp-v: 10
status: discoverable: no pairing: no
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.28 TiB used: 586.27 GiB (25.1%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:2 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2B2QEXE7 temp: 29.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: SKC3000S1024G
size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: EIFK51.2 temp: 30.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: KIOXIA model: EXCERIA SATA SSD
size: 223.57 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 15.5 scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: OCZ model: TRION100 size: 223.57 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD
serial: <filter> fw-rev: 11.2 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 223.27 GiB size: 223.27 GiB (100.00%)
used: 46.55 GiB (20.8%) 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: 46.55 GiB (20.8%) 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: 46.55 GiB (20.8%) 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: 46.55 GiB (20.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 46.98 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 max-streams: 12
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 38.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 48 GiB available: 46.98 GiB used: 5.67 GiB (12.1%)
Processes: 459 Power: uptime: 2h 2m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 18.73 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: 1581 pm: pacman pkgs: 1575 libs: 459 tools: octopi,paru
pm: flatpak pkgs: 6 Compilers: gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish
v: 4.0.1 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.37
Garuda (2.7.2-1):
System install date: 2024-11-04
Last full system update: 2025-03-24 ↻
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: timeshift NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot: Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:
Thanks for your answer..