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You have to reinstall the module nvidia-340xx-dkms 340.108-29 after updating the linux kernel 5.17.5-arch1-2.

I installed Linux 5.17.3 and the latest updates now the system has flashing underscore on left upper corner, the desktop won't boot up, anyone can suggest anything? As FiestaLake suggested IgnoreABI option solved the issue. Thanks!

I recommand to install core/linux-lts and nvidia-340xx-lts as this package seems not compatible with mainline kernel. Here's the output at the end of installation.

  ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid.
         include/generated/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing.
         Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it.

I used the Viterzgir patch for kernel 17 and build succeeded and all is up and running

@Imh69 I overlooked the "download Snapshot" possibility. Thanks for reminding me.

@hias Please try the @Viterzgir one that's working 2 and it's more complete.

@fvsc Download the snapshot package, extract it, patch the sources in that directory with the @Viterzgir patch ( https://pastebin.com/raw/QqKwAbSy ), you should modify the PKGBUILD and add the patch and the b2sum of it, then just compile/make the package and installed it with: makepkg -si You should be running the 5.17 kernel that you want to use with this nvidia driver when you execute the makepkg command. (You can make a function() in bashrc or an .sh file to semi-automatic execute it when you upgrade your kernel version 5.17.* as long as this aur package isn't updated)

Regards.

Can someone tell me where I can download the kernel patches? Thanks in advance.

I tried lmh69´s Patch and X starts again. tnx.

PKGBUILD I used for linux:

# Maintainer: graysky <graysky AT archlinux DOT us>
# Maintainer: Jerry Xiao <aur@mail.jerryxiao.cc>
# Contributor: Giancarlo Razzolini <grazzolini@archlinux.org>
# Contributor: Eric Bélanger <eric@archlinux.org>

pkgbase=nvidia-340xx
pkgname=(nvidia-340xx nvidia-340xx-dkms); [ -n "$NVIDIA_340XX_DKMS_ONLY" ] && pkgname=(nvidia-340xx-dkms)
pkgver=340.108
pkgrel=29
pkgdesc="NVIDIA drivers for linux, 340xx legacy branch"
arch=('x86_64')
url="https://www.nvidia.com/"
makedepends=("nvidia-340xx-utils=${pkgver}" 'linux>=5.5' 'linux-headers>=5.5')
conflicts=('nvidia')
license=('custom')
options=(!strip)
# https://github.com/warpme/minimyth2/tree/master/script/nvidia/nvidia-340.108/files
source=("https://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/${pkgver}/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-${pkgver}-no-compat32.run"
  20-nvidia.conf
  0001-kernel-5.7.patch
  0002-kernel-5.8.patch
  0003-kernel-5.9.patch
  0004-kernel-5.10.patch
  0005-kernel-5.11.patch
  0006-kernel-5.14.patch
  0007-kernel-5.15.patch
  0008-kernel-5.16.patch
  0009-kernel-5.17.patch
)
b2sums=('6538bbec53b10f8d20977f9b462052625742e9709ef06e24cf2e55de5d0c55f1620a4bb21396cfd89ebc54c32f921ea17e3e47eaa95abcbc24ecbd144fb89028'
        '49d99f612e8eee3ab5e34083c25348bfd14ed5fc8a7984dafc0dad7c0ae0df2c0b2a63a1bb993da440eb0a60293d7c753ca3889bd2f51991b8ddc51bce2fe4a8'
        '7150233df867a55f57aa5e798b9c7618329d98459fecc35c4acfad2e9772236cb229703c4fa072381c509279d0588173d65f46297231f4d3bfc65a1ef52e65b1'
        'b436095b89d6e294995651a3680ff18b5af5e91582c3f1ec9b7b63be9282497f54f9bf9be3997a5af30eec9b8548f25ec5235d969ac00a667a9cddece63d8896'
        '947cb1f149b2db9c3c4f973f285d389790f73fc8c8a6865fc5b78d6a782f49513aa565de5c82a81c07515f1164e0e222d26c8212a14cf016e387bcc523e3fcb1'
        '665bf0e1fa22119592e7c75ff40f265e919955f228a3e3e3ebd76e9dffa5226bece5eb032922eb2c009572b31b28e80cd89656f5d0a4ad592277edd98967e68f'
        '344cd3a9888a9a61941906c198d3a480ce230119c96c72c72a74b711d23face2a7b1e53b9b4639465809b84762cdc53f38210e740318866705241bc4216e4f35'
        '31a4047ab84d13e32fd7fdbf9f69c696d3fab6666c541d2acf0a189c1d17c876970985167fd389a4adc0f786021172bdec1aa6d690736e3cf9fcd8ceabe5fd32'
        'b3b7bbd597252b25ccb68f431f83707a10d464996f6c74bb67143795df96054da719faf09c1ad2e1c215261356833ad3fa0d9e60552151f827f9d7be7ae44605'
        'caedc5651bfd14c02fb677f9c5e87adef298d871c6281b78ce184108310e4243ded82210873014be7fedee0dd6251305fa9bbce0c872b76438e0895ef76109d9'
        '8b4a7de6d13d9fa5c5569117a371ba615a967b7a1eb40db81e28433a9775a60a4d665a2e141209c8a62f81ea0c1f9156260686188a2e1de11537d923f2fa97f7')
_pkg="NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-${pkgver}-no-compat32"

# default is 'linux' substitute custom name here
_kernelname=linux
_kernver="$(</usr/src/$_kernelname/version)"
_extradir="/usr/lib/modules/$_kernver/extramodules"

prepare() {
  sh "${_pkg}.run" --extract-only

  cd "${_pkg}"

  local src
  for src in "${source[@]}"; do
    src="${src%%::*}"
    src="${src##*/}"
    [[ $src = 0*.patch ]] || continue
    echo "Applying patch $src..."
    patch -Np1 < "../$src"
  done

  cp -a kernel kernel-dkms
}

build() {
  [ -n "$NVIDIA_340XX_DKMS_ONLY" ] && return 0
  cd "${_pkg}/kernel"
  make SYSSRC="/usr/src/$_kernelname" module

  cd uvm
  make SYSSRC="/usr/src/$_kernelname" module
}

package_nvidia-340xx() {
  pkgdesc="NVIDIA drivers for linux, 340xx legacy branch"
  depends=('linux>=5.3.6' "nvidia-340xx-utils=$pkgver" 'libgl')
  install=nvidia-340xx.install

  install -Dt "${pkgdir}${_extradir}" -m644 \
    "${srcdir}/${_pkg}/kernel"/{nvidia,uvm/nvidia-uvm}.ko

  find "${pkgdir}" -name '*.ko' -exec gzip -n {} +

  echo "blacklist nouveau" |
    install -Dm644 /dev/stdin "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/modprobe.d/nvidia-340xx.conf"

  install -Dm644 "$srcdir/20-nvidia.conf" "$pkgdir/usr/share/nvidia-340xx/20-nvidia.conf"
}

package_nvidia-340xx-dkms() {
  pkgdesc="NVIDIA driver sources for linux, 340xx legacy branch"
  depends=('dkms' "nvidia-340xx-utils=$pkgver" 'libgl')
  optdepends=('linux-headers: Build the module for Arch kernel')
  provides=("nvidia-340xx=$pkgver")
  conflicts+=('nvidia-340xx')
  install=nvidia-340xx.install

  cd "${_pkg}"

  install -dm 755 "${pkgdir}"/usr/src
  cp -dr --no-preserve='ownership' kernel-dkms "${pkgdir}/usr/src/nvidia-${pkgver}"
  cat "${pkgdir}"/usr/src/nvidia-${pkgver}/uvm/dkms.conf.fragment >> "${pkgdir}"/usr/src/nvidia-${pkgver}/dkms.conf

  echo "blacklist nouveau" |
    install -Dm644 /dev/stdin "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/modprobe.d/${pkgname}.conf"

  install -Dm644 "$srcdir/20-nvidia.conf" "$pkgdir/usr/share/nvidia-340xx/20-nvidia.conf"
}

# vim:set ts=2 sw=2 et:

thx again @Viterzgir .Im too had no problems and Mate is running fine again

Can confirm @Viterzgir's patch works fine. Thanks.