Unable to boot after installing nvidia proprietary drivers

Issues & Assistance
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I am able to install the drivers however it gets stuck on boot, usually gets stuck on "finished terminate plymouth boot screen" I have tried switching to the LTS kerbal, as mentioned in the FAQ, however I get the same results regardless of which kerbal I'm using zen/lts

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We need more details :slight_smile:

Read

please
and post

inxi -Fxxxza

as text! Even if you personally think it is unnecessary.

and
:slight_smile:

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Thanks, I'd like to apologize for my formatting I rarely use forums, it looks like an issue of it not actually installing all the nvidia modules, assuming it's an issue with it being a newer kerbal than is supported, what it says in the FAQ, the only log I have is from installing the drivers, one of the articles you linked said to put ~ at the beginning and end and one said to use `

I'm using garuda dr460nized / garuda210225.iso using the official .torrent from garudalinux.org/downloads

There is no error after installing the nvidia proprietary drivers it starts to boot normally and then gets stuck, usually at "loading initial ramdisk"

I was able to find a few other people with this issue although theirs was solved by doing a system update which I have tried multiple times and doesn't get me any further, I will try removing the zen kernel and see if that's able to get any further

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==> WARNING: errors were encountered during the build. The image may not be complete.

> Successfully installed video-nvidia-dkms

Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA TU102 [GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Rev. A] vendor: eVga.com. driver: nouveau
           v: kernel bus-ID: 09:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1e07 class-ID: 0300
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.10 compositor: kwin_x11 driver:
           loaded: modesetting,nouveau alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa display-ID: :0 screens: 1
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x2160 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1016x571mm (40.0x22.5")
           s-diag: 1165mm (45.9")
           Monitor-1: HDMI-1 res: 3840x2160 hz: 30 dpi: 52 size: 1872x1053mm (73.7x41.5")
           diag: 2148mm (84.6")
           OpenGL: renderer: NV162 v: 4.3 Mesa 20.3.4 direct render: Yes

driver: loaded: modesetting,nouveau

Driver nvidia ist not installed.

Post

mhwd -li
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This is the output after installing

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And strangely now none of the snapshots are booting

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Short text files (< 38,000 chars???) you can post here :slight_smile:

Same on my PC.

 Installed PCI configs:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           video-linux            2021.02.19                true            PCI
     video-nvidia-dkms            2020.12.19               false            PCI

inxi -G     
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] driver: nvidia v: 460.67 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.10 driver: loaded: nvidia resolution: 3840x2160~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 1060 6GB/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 460.67

Maybe you can install new?
Check sha256sum.

Please also wait for other helpers, I am not the best in log reading :slight_smile:

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this is my second install, I'll download again, no worries thanks for the quick replies

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Do update system before you install nvidia driver.

sudo pacman -Syu

or

upd
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I have run multiple system updates before and after installing the driver

roughly an hour until the iso is done downloading

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okay sorry for the late reply had issues with finding my thumbdrive, still freezes when I'm trying to boot with proprietary drivers, gets stuck on the spinning circle

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Press Esc at spinning circle, so you see where halts occur - be aware, it can take up to 5min to progress.

If hanging, try booting with free drivers.

Once booted -

sudo pacman -Syu

reboot

then

sudo dkms autoinstall

reboot and test if working nicely.

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when I boot from live iso I get 1 failure I can see on screen

Failed to start LiveMedia Pacman mirror ranking script See 'systemctl status mirrors-live.service' for details

then it get's stuck on

[Ok] Finished Permit User Sessions.
     Starting Deactivate Plymouth Boot screen...
     Starting Hold until boot process finishes up...
     Starting Terminate Plymouth Boot Screen...
[OK] Activated swap Swap Block/Partition

I think I've tried the other before but I'll try it again

15 minutes not getting any further, I let it sit for a couple hours after I had installed the drivers yesterday.

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Ok, keep us updated as to your progress/problems/symptoms, please. :slightly_smiling_face:

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bro but dmks will not work in garuda linux.

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Wouldn't be the first time I've been wrong. :slightly_smiling_face:

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sorry for the wait, like king1 mentioned "nothing happened" when I ran sudo dkms autoinstall, video-linux is still the only pci config listed when I run mhwd -li hardware config shows that the nvidia driver isn't installed

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Nice to see I am not the only sucker with this exact problem :rofl:

Actually, I have an even better idea: sleep, since its midnight, then tomorrow just make a dual boot of windows 10 and dragonized, then I can use win10 for games and dragonized for everything else.

Also means I can keep playing genshin impact on the laptop LOL

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yeah I'm getting ready to install manjaro if I can't figure it out within the next few days, just love the look and preinstalled goodies garuda has

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Perhaps your rig requires special grub kernel boot parameters.

Search online for any boot params you may need.

Start here:

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