hello im running manjaro 6.1 kde, i have a gtx 1650ti, and i use the video-hybrid-intel-nvidia driver. i have installed cuda, although im not sure if it’s that causing my issues. but booting up a game results in an instant system freeze/crash. i also have linux61-nvidia installed to further aid. are there missing packages im needing to make my system work? or do i have the wrong things installed, if thats not enough info please comment.
Welcome to the forum! 
What games are you having issues with? Are you using Steam?
Please post your system info as outlined here:
FYI, CUDA has nothing to do with games. The installation is also well over 1.5GB, so I would remove it if nothing requires it.
it is steam i am using, half life 2 is one of the games i am having issues with.
System:
Kernel: 6.1.25-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1-x86_64
root=UUID=958ab089-06d7-47ad-a378-0ec1a3c16f3d rw quiet splash
resume=UUID=e1f9f035-d05a-45c6-9c34-14cf742452c2 udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.4 tk: Qt v: 5.15.8 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Nitro AN515-55 v: V2.06
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: CML model: Stonic_CMS v: V2.06 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: Insyde v: 2.06 date: 08/19/2021
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 47.4 Wh (100.0%) condition: 47.4/57.5 Wh (82.5%)
volts: 16.6 min: 15.4 model: LGC AP18E8M type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: full
Memory:
RAM: total: 11.52 GiB used: 3.13 GiB (27.2%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-10300H bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Comet Lake
gen: core 10 level: v3 note: check built: 2020 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0xA5 (165) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xF4
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB
L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2077 high: 2500 min/max: 800/4500 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 822 2: 2500 3: 800 4: 2500
5: 2500 6: 2500 7: 2500 8: 2500 bogomips: 40009
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
arch_capabilities arch_perfmon art avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush
clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64
dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu
fsgsbase fxsr ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs
ibrs_enhanced ida intel_pt invpcid invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce
md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx ospke pae pat
pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pku pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pts
rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep smap smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1
sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust
tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt
xsaves xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: retbleed mitigation: Enhanced IBRS
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: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB
filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel CometLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics] vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20
ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9bc4
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile]
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: nvidia v: 530.41.03
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 530.xx+
status: current (as of 2023-03) arch: Turing code: TUxxx
process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-22 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1f95 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Chicony HD User Facing type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-5:3
chip-ID: 04f2:b64f class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.1.1
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: vesa
alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: Najing CEC Panda 0x004d built: 2019 res: 1920x1080
hz: 144 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5")
ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.0.2 renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (CML GT2)
direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:06c8 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1
chip-ID: 10de:10fa class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.1.25-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.70 status: off with: wireplumber status: active
tools: pw-cli,wpctl
Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active tools: pacat,pactl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:06f0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp0s20f3 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: r8169 v: kernel
pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 07:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:2600 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp7s0 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
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-14:4
chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 77.16 GiB (32.4%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital model: PC SN530
SDBPNPZ-256G-1014 size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: 21103900 temp: 37.9 C scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 229.37 GiB size: 224.71 GiB (97.97%)
used: 77.16 GiB (34.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
label: N/A uuid: 958ab089-06d7-47ad-a378-0ec1a3c16f3d
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 312 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: N/A
uuid: 03A3-F3BE
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 label: swap
uuid: e1f9f035-d05a-45c6-9c34-14cf742452c2
Unmounted:
Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 16 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-3:2 info: Logitech G402 Gaming Mouse type: Mouse,HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 300mA
chip-ID: 046d:c07e class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Device-2: 1-5:3 info: Chicony HD User Facing type: Video driver: uvcvideo
interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 04f2:b64f
class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Device-3: 1-14:4 info: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: Bluetooth driver: btusb
interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0026
class-ID: e001
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 8 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 42.0 C pch: 47.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 239 Uptime: 16m wakeups: 1 Init: systemd v: 252 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 clang: 15.0.7 Packages: pm: pacman
pkgs: 1208 libs: 338 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9
default: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.26
Half-Life 2 can be played on a wee Intel Atom netbook–I did it. 
Please run Steam from the terminal with the following command. it will upload the output to 0x0.st and display the link after. Please post the link here.
steam-runtime | curl -F 'file=@-' 0x0.st
i know that, but other source/goldsrc games are being that way. i got the problem fixed for a minute like 4 hours ago, and then i accidentally screwed it all over. i removed cuda aswell.
Moderator edit: Fixed link
Sorry, I should have said, “Please run Steam from the terminal with the following command, start Half-Life 2, wait for it to crash, then exit Steam.”
Now the output should yield something useful. 
FYI, I edited your link above so now it’s clickable. I know new users aren’t allowed to post links, just don’t put them in parenthesis–it can’t even be copied that way.
i cant do that. when the game crashes, the entire system crashes. i feel like its a driver issue more than anything.
i cannot get the output, because when i do it, a few minutes in the entire system crashes. unless its my drivers, which ive tried configuring multiple amount of times, are not working. i
I had a similar problem when I bought myself this one 2080 from Asus rankquality. com/en/asus-geforce-turbo-rtx-2080-ti/ you know, it was solved quite simply that the old drivers were not completely uninstalled, due to which the new ones could not be put. Maybe you also have some kind of error associated with it, just try uninstalling all your drivers, then put a new one, maybe it will help you