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For the beginners in need of assistance, first take a look at this recommended guide https://github.com/korvahannu/arch-nvidia-drivers-installation-guide - maybe it helps to solve the issues your are having with this version of the driver.

This driver compiles and installs but does not activate 3D support Neither browsers nor software that requires OpenGL work

The module is loaded but programs cannot access 3D

I have been testing this with the LTS kernel I have been using kernel 6.1.0 for a month now.. because the driver works on Debian so I decided to use a kernel that is more similar to the one that Debian 12 has

If changing the kernel works, I don't see that it is a problem with Mesa or the current OpenGL

I had previously mentioned this topic here

The result of updating the grub configuration with grub-mkconfig is unpredictable for multi-boot. On the other hand, it is probable not recommended for beginners to add entries to /etc/grub.d/40_custom or directly to grub.cfg. I don't use grub-mkconfig, adding the entries "nvidia-drm.modeset=1 nvidia-drm.fbdev=1" to grub.cfg solved the 3D performance issue. I never needed these entries before. I am not sure if the early loading of the modules is needed or may cause more trouble.

For the beginners in need of assistance, first take a look at this recommended guide https://github.com/korvahannu/arch-nvidia-drivers-installation-guide - maybe it helps to solve the issues your are having with this version of the driver.

korvahannu has a guide on github.com that includes the boot parameters and uses yay to install the package korvahannu/arch-nvidia-drivers-installation-guide: A repository that holds a simple guide on how you can install and configure proprietary NVIDIA drivers for Arch Linux.

Works like a charm on a GTX 670 with both 6.12 and 6.13.

I'd propose to pin the comment about the GRUB boot option, I didn't follow the discussion here and it took me some time to figure out that the boot option is the root of my problems (which are now solved).

Thanks for the continuing packaging! :-)

I solved it by installing an older kernel

6.1.12-arch1-1, the most similar to the one that comes with

Debian, since the 470xx works perfectly on Debian

If the hardware is old, a new kernel is not worth it

It will not add anything to the old hardware

It is understood that it is not a problem with anything else

Neither the kernel nor arch, just that these boards

are old and we have to accept it

working good here

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 I have set options for: /etc/default/grub GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT= "... nvidia-drm.modeset=1 nvidia-drm.fbdev=1" /etc/mkinitcpio.conf MODULES=(nvidia nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm) i also have /etc/X11/xorg.conf that was generated in the past using nvidia-setting

tested with: nvidia-smi, War Thunder,cs 2, space engineers, and vintage story I have noted that now I´m able to open nvidia-setting(I wasn´t able to in previous versions)

Thank you SoftExpert, Joan and all the other contributors.

I think it is unrelated but some (vs)mods have had errors loading mono(harmony)shared libraries after full update(just sharing the information in case it became relevant in the future)

Confirmed working on kernel 6.13!


6.13.1-arch1-1


nvidia_uvm 2789376 0

nvidia_drm 86016 5

nvidia_modeset 1511424 9 nvidia_drm

nvidia 40759296 405 nvidia_uvm,nvidia_modeset

video 81920 3 apple_gmux,i915,nvidia_modeset


Thank you SoftExpert, Joan and all the other contributors

My Lenovo Z500 with a GT 645M seems to work okay, at least as far as vkcube and nvidia-smi are concerned. H264 decoding is also okay with prime-run mpv --hwdec=nvdec.

Keep in mind that Xorg runs on the Intel GPU in this setup.