a little confused
so I just installed the newest Nvidia drivers (575.64-5)
then I reboot my system and all of a sudden the os is running very choppy and my second screen isn’t being recognised, is there something I’ve done wrong?
i am running a nvidia 1650 laptop so im not sure if thats an issue or not
i am very new to arch and didnt realise this would happen
Hello and welcome,
please open the Terminal and type in or copy and paste garuda-inxi. Mark it and copy and paste here the output please. Use the </> sign or use tree ~ above and under it. So we can see which hardware you have to install the right Nvidia driver for your System.
We cant help without this info. Its also written in the Template that you deleted before to write the Message.
do i have to do it on my current system or can i get the inxi from a snapshot? as nothing is wanting to load
snapshot is fine, we need your specs 
But use garuda-inxi 
System:
Kernel: 6.15.4-zen2-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.1.1
clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/.snapshots/18/snapshot/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=9a4327a9-b2a5-4aa0-b8be-54eea460c6e5 quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
rootflags=defaults,noatime,compress=zstd,subvol=@/.snapshots/18/snapshot
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.4.1 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.15.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 81LK v: IdeaPad L340-15IRH Gaming
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 v: IdeaPad L340-15IRH Gaming
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0J40700 WIN
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: LENOVO_MT_81LK_BU_idea_FM_IdeaPad
L340-15IRH Gaming uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: BGCN34WW
date: 05/21/2021
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 37.5 Wh (100.0%) condition: 37.5/45.0 Wh (83.4%)
volts: 12.7 min: 11.5 model: Celxpert L18C3PF1 type: Li-poly
serial: <filter> status: full cycles: 257
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-9300HF bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Coffee Lake
gen: core 9 level: v3 note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 0xD (13) microcode: 0x104
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 4 cores: 4 threads: 8 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB
desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2400 min/max: 800/4100 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: powersave cores: 1: 2400 2: 2400 3: 2400 4: 2400 5: 2400 6: 2400
7: 2400 8: 2400 bogomips: 38400
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q] vendor: Lenovo
driver: nvidia v: 575.64 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550-570.xx+
status: current (as of 2025-04; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Turing code: TUxxx
process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-2022 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
lanes: 16 ports: active: none off: HDMI-A-1,eDP-1 empty: none
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1f91 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Lite-On Integrated Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-8:4 chip-ID: 04ca:7070
class-ID: 0e02
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia
unloaded: modesetting,nouveau alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa
gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch d-rect: 3840x1080 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 pos: primary,left model: 22W_LCD_TV serial: <filter>
built: 2014 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 305 gamma: 1.2
size: 160x90mm (0.63x0.35") diag: 184mm (7.2") ratio: 16:9, 16:10 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
Monitor-2: eDP-1 pos: right model: LG Display 0x05e5 built: 2018 res:
mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) 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: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia
x11: drv: nvidia inactive: device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 575.64
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 3.91 GiB display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.313 layers: 10 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 driver: nvidia v: 575.64 device-ID: 10de:1f91
surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: corectrl, nvidia-settings,
nvidia-smi wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:a348 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10fa
class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Trust Microphone driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-1:2
chip-ID: 145f:02bc class-ID: 0300
API: ALSA v: k6.15.4-zen2-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.6 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: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Lenovo driver: ath10k_pci v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:0042 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp7s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Lenovo driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
port: 3000 bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp8s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:6 chip-ID: 0cf3:e500
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: N/A
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 387.53 GiB used: 54.87 GiB (14.2%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung
model: MZALQ256HAJD-000L2 size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: AL2QFXV7 temp: 40.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Hitachi model: HCC545016B9A300
size: 149.05 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 3.0 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: HDD rpm: 5400
serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0209 scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 616 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-2: /home raw-size: 238.18 GiB size: 238.18 GiB (100.00%)
used: 54.87 GiB (23.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-3: /var/log raw-size: 238.18 GiB size: 238.18 GiB (100.00%)
used: 54.87 GiB (23.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/tmp raw-size: 238.18 GiB size: 238.18 GiB (100.00%)
used: 54.87 GiB (23.0%) 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: 7.67 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 57.0 C pch: 64.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 8 GiB available: 7.67 GiB used: 2.7 GiB (35.2%)
Processes: 327 Power: uptime: 0m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 2.97 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1778 libs: 525 tools: octopi,paru Compilers:
clang: 20.1.6 gcc: 15.1.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 4.0.2
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.38
Garuda (2.7.3-1):
System install date: 2025-06-28
Last full system update: 2025-06-29
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
Failed units: systemd-remount-fs.service
thx for the garuda-inxi
For your system you need the open-dkms drivers.
Open the Terminal and copy and paste this commands for installing it.
sudo pacman -Rdd garuda-nvidia-config nvidia-dkms nvidia-settings nvidia-utils opencl-nvidia libxnvctrl lib32-nvidia-utils lib32-opencl-nvidia gwe python-py3nvml
no reboot and install
sudo pacman -S nvidia-open-dkms egl-wayland lib32-nvidia-utils lib32-opencl-nvidia nvidia-settings opencl-nvidia nvidia-utils
if its askinf for dependencies say yes (y Y)
hope it will solve your issue. If any problems please copy and paste the outputs like you did before with the garuda - inxi .
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