That is right: Even if Manjaro officially dropped it, you will still make use of your hardware investment!
I have it working on [Kernel-6.1.1-1-Manjaro], thanks to the tip from jlourenco27, for the steps I did after following the excellent instructions above – thank you codesardine!
Install kernel-6.1 (or 6.0 for that matter), and follow every step that codesardine has outlined above, with one exception. Get the source [nvidia-340xx.git] from AUR instead of Manjaro. Since the above instruction entailed cloning as shown below, there will be a conflict in the directory location. You can clone to a new director in your local drive and then copy the file over to the originally cloned Manjaro file or simply delete the Manjaro nvidia-340xx-utils directory as I have shown with the rm command (trying type out basics for someone who is new to all of this)
In [/etc/default/grub] file you opened above, locate the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT= and insert ibt=off. If you have other items on this line make sure you insert ibt=off before end quote mark"
Does not compute. If the original Arch package / current AUR package worked on Manjaro, there never would have been a separate nvidia-340xx-utils package. Remember, Manjaro supports mulitiple kernel versions while Arch only supports the latest stable and LTS kernels.
Your theory is applicable here. I am able to use the nvidia driver against linux510, linux515, and linux61. Linux6.1 is the latest and the 5.10, 5.15 are indeed LTS, hence proving your assertion!
You completely missed the point. No theories are involved, it’s just the way things are. If the AUR package worked for you, it was by mere happenstance and will not always work.
Arch only has linux (latest stable) and linux-lts (latest LTS).
Manjaro currently has linux61 (stable), linux60 (stable), linux515 (LTS), linux510 (LTS) linux54 (LTS), linux419 (LTS), linux60-rt (stable RT) and linux515-rt (LTS RT).
FYI, 6.1 is still the latest stable kernel. It should be the next LTS kernel, but it will not be marked as such until 6.2 is stable and 6.0 is EOL.
I concur, AUR worked for me by happenstance, because the Kernels I had happened to be LTS and the latest… On the contrary, If I had Kernel 6.0, AUR git source wouldn’t have worked for me.
Has anyone managed to get the NVIDIA 340xx proprietary driver working with RT Kernels?
I know NVIDIA disallows this combination with the installer preventing module build against “realtime” kernels. Not sure if it is due to a technical reason or just EOL support issue. I have a hunch it is a non-technical issue, because I had nouveau driver work with the same graphics card and RT kernels. I understand Kernel-rt is probably a niche and supporting it is not worth the effort from a business point of view. If it is strictly a support logistics issue, are there any workarounds to build proprietary DKMS driver modules against Kernel-RT supported by Manjaro?
I’ve tried in the past to install this driver on my 2009 MBP and tbh it’s a (non working) mess. The last time I tried was three yrs ago and I still use nouveau for daily driving.
My kernel is now at 6.6 and I’d like to try again.
How can I clear out previous leftovers and start a clean install with dkms support? I only install LTS kernels.
He’s using Nouveau currently, he wants to try again the old 340 DKMS drivers.
As an alternative, isn’t a new kernel driver for Nvidia now available with better support, or did the recent improvement on Nvidia support went to Nouveau?
