Hello, I am new to Garuda Linux, and I cannot understand why this happens when auto installing the proprietary drivers.
So far, I have :
- Live booted with opensource drivers, in GRUB2 mode, and installed Garuda
- Done a Garuda update and rebooted
hello and welcome 
can you post please your garuda-inxi. Open the Terminal and type it in and copy paste in here as Preformatted text field </> sign or use 3 tiles ~ above and under it.
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You mean as such?
System:
Kernel: 6.14.10-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.1.1
clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=c57efa26-fc15-4a1f-9faf-965957b7cf69 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet resume=UUID=a793aa4b-6ba1-44a4-a19f-db25267161f1 loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.14.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Dell G15 5530 v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Dell model: 0NVG9V v: A02 serial: <superuser required> part-nu: 0BF8
uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell v: 1.23.0 date: 03/04/2025
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 43.3 Wh (78.9%) condition: 54.9/54.9 Wh (100.0%)
volts: 12.6 min: 11.4 model: SMP DELL P8P1P3B type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
status: not charging cycles: 7
CPU:
Info: model: 13th Gen Intel Core i7-13650HX bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
arch: Raptor Lake gen: core 13 level: v3 note: check built: 2022+
process: Intel 7 (10nm) family: 6 model-id: 0xB7 (183) stepping: 1
microcode: 0x12F
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 8 cores: 14 threads: 20 mt: 6 tpc: 2
st: 8 smt: enabled cache: L1: 1.2 MiB desc: d-8x32 KiB, 6x48 KiB; i-6x32
KiB, 8x64 KiB L2: 11.5 MiB desc: 6x1.2 MiB, 2x2 MiB L3: 24 MiB
desc: 1x24 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/4700:4900:3600 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800
5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800 13: 800 14: 800
15: 800 16: 800 17: 800 18: 800 19: 800 20: 800 bogomips: 112127
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake-S UHD Graphics vendor: Dell driver: i915
v: kernel alternate: xe arch: Xe process: Intel 10nm built: 2020-21 ports:
active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:a78b
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GA107BM / GN20-P0-R-K2 [GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU]
vendor: Dell driver: nouveau v: kernel non-free: 550-570.xx+ status: current
(as of 2025-04; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none
empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:25ec class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Microdia Integrated_Webcam_HD driver: uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-3:2 chip-ID: 0c45:6d1a
class-ID: 0e02
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nouveau
alternate: fbdev,intel,nv,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: LG Display 0x0738 built: 2022 res: mode: 1920x1080
hz: 120 scale: 125% (1.25) to: 1536x864 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: intel iris platforms: device: 1 drv: iris
device: 2 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: iris wayland:
drv: iris x11: drv: iris inactive: device-0
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.1.3-arch1.3
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel Graphics (RPL-S)
device-ID: 8086:a78b memory: 14.94 GiB unified: yes display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.313 layers: 9 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu
name: Intel Graphics (RPL-S) driver: mesa intel v: 25.1.3-arch1.3
device-ID: 8086:a78b surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
(LLVM 20.1.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.1.3-arch1.3 (LLVM
20.1.6) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: corectrl wl: wayland-info
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake High Definition Audio vendor: Dell
driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl alternate: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_avs,
snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:7a50 class-ID: 0401
Device-2: NVIDIA GA107 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:2291 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.14.10-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.5 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 Raptor Lake-S PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:7a70 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Dell driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
port: 3000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: ipv6leakintrf0 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-2: proton0 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
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: 1-14:5 chip-ID: 8087:0026
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: N/A
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 20.95 GiB (2.2%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: PC SN740 NVMe WD 1TB 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: 73914108 temp: 33.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 40 GiB size: 40 GiB (100.00%) used: 18.83 GiB (47.1%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 1024 MiB size: 1022 MiB (99.80%)
used: 616 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-3: /home raw-size: 888.87 GiB size: 888.87 GiB (100.00%)
used: 2.11 GiB (0.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 40 GiB size: 40 GiB (100.00%)
used: 18.83 GiB (47.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 40 GiB size: 40 GiB (100.00%)
used: 18.83 GiB (47.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 24 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4
ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 15.3 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 max-streams: 20
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 51.0 C mobo: 36.0 C sodimm: 35.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 0 fan-2: 0
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 15.3 GiB used: 5.26 GiB (34.4%)
Processes: 511 Power: uptime: 1h 0m states: freeze,mem,disk
suspend: s2idle wakeups: 1 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 6.1 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1878 libs: 562
tools: gnome-software,octopi,paru,yay pm: flatpak pkgs: 0 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 (2.7.2-1):
System install date: 2025-06-09
Last full system update: 2025-06-09
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
Failed units:
Yes its right thank you
For your GPU its on Arch wiki website to use the sudo pacman -S nvidia-open-dkms
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Tried to install dkms too, but it throws the same message. Changes failed, zero details
EDIT - Hardware manager seems to throw that error apparently. Terminal does run that command though.
EDIT 2 - nvidia-smi outputs valid information about the driver, but KDE Plasma’s system information shows Intel Mesa instead
where it shows up? Yes because you also have a integrated GPU .
please post your garuda inxi again if its now the right driver installed for it .
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I had the same “problem” but after sudo pacman -S nvidia-dkms the problem was solved.
Hi ,
its different hardware maybe you have another Nvidia GPU and can use nvidia-dkms but for his GPU its in the list for the nvidia-open-dkms.
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There is an important point missing, because you are asked - after the installation and the subsequent reboot - during the initial setup whether you want to install the nvidia drivers. Did this prompt appear? If so, did you confirm or reject it?
Because I wonder why you wanted to install the nvidia drivers manually via “Garuda Settings Manager”.
According to your garuda-inxi it seems that no nvidia driver was installed and only the open source driver nouveau was loaded.
And if no nvidia drivers were actually installed, then installing
is not sufficient. Not all necessary packages will be installed, among others nvidia-prime might be missing which you need for your hybrid-graphics laptop.
Please post a current garuda-inxi again, as @Duke187 has already mentioned, and the output of:
pacman -Qs nvidia
so that we can see which packages are currently installed and which packages are potentially still missing.
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