Hi! this is my first time installing Linux and have mainly been using ChatGPT to help me install Manjaro.
All went well until I tried to install proprietary drivers for my RTX 2070. I first went with the method of using the command:
sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300
It installed fine, however when I tried to reboot it wouldn’t give me any video output. ChatGPT had me try to open TTY with CTRL+ALT+F2 (and then F2-F6 as well).
None of the shortcuts did anything for me. I booted into the Live USB that I used to install Manjaro and was able to chroot into the installed version and uninstall the proprietary drivers which got me back to where I was.
I then tried to install the drivers from Manjaro Settings Manager which gave me the same black screen.
ChatGPT had me try one more time to install and had me edit GRUB with
sudo nano /etc/default/grub
And then had me edit the line
GRUB+CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=‘quiet spash’
to
GRUB+CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=‘quiet spash nvidia-drm.modeset=1’
it had me save, update-grub and reboot. But still the exact same result.
I did find out that I am able to load the proprietary drivers when booting into the Live USB.
I have looked around on the forum too, but haven’t seen anyone with the exact same problem.
Can someone help me install the proprietary drivers correctly?
Here is my inxi -zv8
System:
Kernel: 6.12.21-4-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.12-x86_64
root=UUID=bb9fa58b-7c95-4117-9c08-42855a0730f6 rw quiet splash
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.12.0
wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING v: Rev 1.xx
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU uuid: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: 3103 date: 06/17/2020
Battery:
Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
System RAM: total: 16 GiB available: 15.54 GiB used: 2.13 GiB (13.7%)
Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
Array-1: capacity: 128 GiB slots: 4 modules: 2 EC: None
max-module-size: 32 GiB note: est.
Device-1: DIMM_A1 type: no module installed
Device-2: DIMM_A2 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered (unregistered)
size: 8 GiB speed: 3600 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1
width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Corsair
part-no: CMK16GX4M2C3600C20 serial: N/A
Device-3: DIMM_B1 type: no module installed
Device-4: DIMM_B2 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered (unregistered)
size: 8 GiB speed: 3600 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1
width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Corsair
part-no: CMK16GX4M2C3600C20 serial: N/A
PCI Slots:
Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2 gen: 2
level: v3 note: check built: 2020-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x71 (113) stepping: 0 microcode: 0x8701034
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB
desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 32 MiB desc: 2x16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2200 min/max: 2200/4208 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 2200 2: 2200 3: 2200
4: 2200 5: 2200 6: 2200 7: 2200 8: 2200 9: 2200 10: 2200 11: 2200 12: 2200
bogomips: 86424
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy
constant_tsc cpb cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total
cqm_occup_llc cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid
f16c flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb ibs
irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mba mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe
msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw overflow_recov pae
pat pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb
pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse pse36 rapl rdpid rdpru rdrand rdseed rdt_a
rdtscp rep_good sep sev sev_es sha_ni skinit smap smca smep ssbd sse sse2
sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 stibp succor svm_lock syscall tce topoext tsc
tsc_scale umip v_spec_ctrl v_vmsave_vmload vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall
wbnoinvd wdt xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt xtopology
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT enabled with STIBP
protection
Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: Safe RET
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; STIBP:
always-on; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU106 [GeForce RTX 2070] vendor: Gigabyte driver: nouveau
v: kernel non-free: 550-570.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-04;
EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Turing code: TUxxx process: TSMC 12nm FF
built: 2018-2022 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: lanes: 16
ports: active: DP-3,HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2 bus-ID: 09:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:1f02 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Logitech Webcam C270 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-1:2 chip-ID: 046d:0825
class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa
dri: nouveau gpu: nouveau display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 6000x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1587x381mm (62.48x15.00")
s-diag: 1632mm (64.26") monitors: <missing: xrandr>
Monitor-1: DP-3 model: LG (GoldStar) HDR WQHD serial: <filter> built: 2021
res: 3440x1440 dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.651 y: 0.333 green:
x: 0.306 y: 0.631 blue: x: 0.149 y: 0.059 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329
size: 800x335mm (31.5x13.19") diag: 867mm (34.1") modes: 3440x1440,
2560x1080, 1920x1080, 1680x1050, 1600x900, 1280x1024, 1280x800, 1152x864,
1280x720, 1024x768, 800x600, 720x576, 720x480, 640x480
Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 model: BenQ EW2780Q serial: <filter> built: 2019
res: 2560x1440 dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.663 y: 0.333 green:
x: 0.302 y: 0.616 blue: x: 0.149 y: 0.059 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329
size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9
modes: 2560x1440, 1920x1080, 1680x1050, 1600x900, 1280x1024, 1280x800,
1152x864, 1280x720, 1024x768, 832x624, 800x600, 720x576, 720x480,
640x480, 720x400
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia nouveau platforms: device: 0 drv: nouveau
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: nouveau surfaceless: drv: nouveau x11:
drv: nouveau inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.5 compat-v: 4.3 vendor: mesa v: 25.0.3-arch1.1 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: NV166 device-ID: 10de:1f02 memory: 7.78 GiB
unified: no
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.309 layers: N/A device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (NVK TU106) driver: mesa nvk v: 25.0.3-arch1.1
device-ID: 10de:1f02 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo,xprop
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU106 High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8
link-max: lanes: 16 bus-ID: 09:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f9 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0c:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Logitech Webcam C270 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-1:2 chip-ID: 046d:0825
class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Device-4: C-Media Blue Snowball 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:0005 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.12.21-4-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.1 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igb v: kernel
pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 04:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Info: services: NetworkManager,systemd-timesyncd
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.85 TiB used: 8.72 GiB (0.5%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO 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: 2B2QEXE7 temp: 39.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:6 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 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: 1B4QFXO7 temp: 37.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Philips model: N/A size: 29.3 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 3.2 spd: 5 Gb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: N/A serial: <filter> fw-rev: 3.00
scheme: MBR
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 48.83 GiB size: 47.76 GiB (97.81%) used: 8.53 GiB (17.9%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme1n1p5 maj-min: 259:11 label: N/A
uuid: bb9fa58b-7c95-4117-9c08-42855a0730f6
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%)
used: 316 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:7 label: N/A
uuid: 3065-FBDF
ID-3: /home raw-size: 154.11 GiB size: 150.63 GiB (97.74%)
used: 187.1 MiB (0.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme1n1p6 maj-min: 259:12
label: N/A uuid: 47b03018-bed8-4bd1-a1f1-dfd70ab4e20f
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 size: 50 MiB fs: ntfs
label: System Reserved uuid: EE3A5E043A5DC9EB
ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 930.12 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: 92AC5E6DAC5E4BBB
ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 size: 775 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: 62526C41526C1C53
ID-4: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4 size: 100 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A
uuid: 1A63-07CB
ID-5: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5 size: 498 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: 0E906C52906C41F7
ID-6: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:8 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-7: /dev/nvme1n1p3 maj-min: 259:9 size: 726.94 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: 0FDF0C630FDF0C63
ID-8: /dev/nvme1n1p4 maj-min: 259:10 size: 511 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: A222A60322A5DC93
ID-9: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 4.19 GiB fs: iso9660
ID-10: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 4 MiB fs: vfat label: MISO_EFI
uuid: 0880-DD28
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 10 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-1:2 info: Logitech Webcam C270 type: video,audio
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 500mA
chip-ID: 046d:0825 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Device-2: 1-2:3 info: Glorious Series One PRO Wireless
type: mouse,keyboard driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 500mA
chip-ID: 258a:2018 class-ID: 0301 serial: <filter>
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 2-4:2 info: PHILIPS type: mass storage driver: usb-storage
interfaces: 1 rev: 3.2 speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1
mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 power: 144mA chip-ID: 346d:5678 class-ID: 0806
serial: <filter>
Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 5-1:2 info: C-Media Blue Snowball type: audio,HID
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 1.1
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 0d8c:0005 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Device-2: 5-4:3 info: Apple Aluminium Keyboard (ANSI) type: keyboard,mouse
driver: apple,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 494mA chip-ID: 05ac:024f class-ID: 0301
Hub-6: 6-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 52.0 C mobo: 39.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 958 case-1: 397 case-2: 544 case-3: 583
Power: 12v: 10.08 5v: N/A 3.3v: N/A vbat: 3.27
Repos:
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1175 libs: 323 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
1: https://manjaro.kurdy.org/stable/$repo/$arch
2: https://mirrors.cicku.me/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
3: https://mirror.phoepsilonix.love/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
CPU top: 5 of 295
1: cpu: 18.0% command: firefox pid: 1212 mem: 496.7 MiB (3.1%)
2: cpu: 4.7% command: [kworker/u49:6-kvfree_rcu_reclaim] pid: 2274
mem: 0.00 MiB (0.0%)
3: cpu: 3.7% command: firefox pid: 1634 mem: 290.7 MiB (1.8%)
4: cpu: 3.3% command: firefox pid: 1431 mem: 277.3 MiB (1.7%)
5: cpu: 3.2% command: [kworker/u49:4-kvfree_rcu_reclaim] pid: 588
mem: 0.00 MiB (0.0%)
Memory top: 5 of 295
1: mem: 496.7 MiB (3.1%) command: firefox pid: 1212 cpu: 18.0%
2: mem: 346.8 MiB (2.1%) command: plasmashell pid: 897 cpu: 0.6%
3: mem: 290.7 MiB (1.8%) command: firefox pid: 1634 cpu: 3.7%
4: mem: 277.3 MiB (1.7%) command: firefox pid: 1431 cpu: 3.3%
5: mem: 243.9 MiB (1.5%) command: firefox pid: 1719 cpu: 1.4%
Info:
Processes: 295 Power: uptime: 11m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 6.19 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Compilers: N/A Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 default: Bash v: 5.2.37
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.38