RTX 3060 ti Proprietary software fails to install

Hey,

New to Linux. Just installed Garuda and I cannot get my system to download the proprietary drivers for my RTX 3060 Ti. Any help would be appreciated.

System:
Kernel: 6.6.1-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=7ca90e30-af96-480d-b8c8-deedbb15920e rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.9 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: MPG X570 GAMING PLUS (MS-7C37) v: 2.0
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: A.D0
date: 05/20/2021
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 4
level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25)
model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 0 microcode: 0xA201009
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB
L3: 32 MiB desc: 1x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3924 high: 4745 min/max: 2200/5084 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 3600 2: 4308
3: 3769 4: 3591 5: 3600 6: 4330 7: 3600 8: 4745 9: 3606 10: 4353 11: 3782
12: 3598 13: 4366 14: 4354 15: 3602 16: 3595 bogomips: 121604
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Lite Hash Rate]
vendor: eVga.com. driver: nvidia v: 545.29.02 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm
non-free: 545.xx+ status: current (as of 2023-10; EOL~2026-12-xx)
arch: Ampere code: GAxxx process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie:
gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
bus-ID: 2d:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2489 class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.9 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.2
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: Unknown-1 res: 1920x1080 size: N/A modes: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland:
drv: swrast x11: drv: swrast inactive: device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 23.2.1-arch1.2
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 16.0.6 256 bits)
device-ID: ffffffff:ffffffff memory: 61.25 GiB unified: yes
display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.269 layers: 7 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti driver: nvidia v: 545.29.02 device-ID: 10de:2489
surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 High Definition Audio vendor: eVga.com.
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 2d:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228b class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 2f:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Corsair HS60 PRO Surround USB Sound Adapter
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-5:4 chip-ID: 1b1c:0a4d class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
Device-4: C-Media TONOR TC-777 Audio Device
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 5-1:2 chip-ID: 0d8c:0134 class-ID: 0300
API: ALSA v: k6.6.1-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.85 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 Wireless 8260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 25:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24f3 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp37s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Micro-Star MSI X570-A PRO driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 27:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp39s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-6.1:5
chip-ID: 8087:0a2b class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 4.2
lmp-v: 8 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 7c0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.14 TiB used: 18.83 GiB (1.6%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung
model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 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: 2B2QEXM7 temp: 33.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 840 Series
size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 6B0Q scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 18.83 GiB (2.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 576 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: 18.83 GiB (2.0%) 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: 18.83 GiB (2.0%) 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: 18.83 GiB (2.0%) 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: 62.72 GiB used: 1024 KiB (0.0%)
priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 16
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 51.8 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Processes: 362 Uptime: 4m wakeups: 0 Memory: total: 64 GiB note: est.
available: 62.72 GiB used: 3.51 GiB (5.6%) Init: systemd v: 254
default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 Packages:
pm: pacman pkgs: 1862 libs: 549 tools: gnome-software,octopi,pamac,paru
Shell: fish v: 3.6.1 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.31
Garuda (2.6.19-2):
System install date:     2023-11-20
Last full system update: 2023-11-20
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Failed units:

You are already using the Nvidia drivers. Drivers are handled much differently in Linux; you really don’t go on some website to get them. Either they are built into the kernel or handled with kernel modules that you can install using the terminal (or Garuda’s GUI tools).

What you are probably noticing is that you are in a Wayland session with Nvidia drivers but are not using Direct Rendering Manager (thus the system is feels sluggish).
For more information, click this link:

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@Kayo thank you so much. This worked!

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