New Manjaro (and in generally Arch) user and really confused with nvidia situation

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Hi to the people of this forum.
I currenty use this driver for my nvidia 1060

mhwd --pci -li                                                                                                                                                                                         
> Installed PCI configs:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    video-nvidia-575xx            2025.09.29               false            PCI

I want to upgrade to the latest compatible with my card which in AUR is 580xx.

The package manager in KDE plasma doesn’t allow me to do it because of dependencies broken if I remove the current one.

Can someone tell me how to do it in a safe way not ending up in a no desktop situation ?

Thanks in advance

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I cannot confidently tell you how to change the driver - we would need to have some more information about your system at least.
inxi -zv8
for instance.

And:
what happens when you try to change it?
(it’s probably better to use the command line interface to mhwd - there will be output you can post rather than describe whatever messages the GUI lets you see)

This is just my opinion, based upon the many issues presented here at this forum:

If that driver works, keep using it.
The newer 580 driver seems to not be an improvement for many, but cause problems instead.

If you change it, it may not work - and then you’d need to use the command line interface on a TTY or even have to chroot to reverse it. … be prepared for that.

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Welcome to the forum! :vulcan_salute:

If you want my advice, then don’t do it. :warning:

Nvidia support in GNU/Linux is a moving target. There’s a good reason why that particular driver module is only in the AUR and not in the repository.

My advice on account of proprietary Nvidia drivers is “If it isn’t broken, then don’t try to fix it”. If the 575 driver works, it works. Switching to 580 is only going to give you trouble, and it’s not worth it.

:man_shrugging:

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command output

System:
  Kernel: 6.18.8-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.18-x86_64
    root=UUID=21f0de49-dd73-4f2a-adfa-7c1e9cd64b3f rw nvidia-drm.modeset=1
    mitigations=off quiet splash udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.5.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.22.0
    wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: B550 AORUS PRO AC
    serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required> Firmware: UEFI
    vendor: American Megatrends LLC. v: F18 date: 10/28/2025
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 32 GiB available: 31.24 GiB used: 6.77 GiB (21.7%)
  Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
  Array-1: capacity: 128 GiB slots: 4 modules: 4 EC: None
    max-module-size: 32 GiB note: est.
  Device-1: Channel-A DIMM 0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
    (unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: 3200 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
    min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: G.Skill
    part-no: F4-3200C16-8GVKB serial: N/A
  Device-2: Channel-A DIMM 1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
    (unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: 3200 MT/s volts: curr: 1 width (bits):
    data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: G.Skill part-no: F4-3200C16-8GVKB
    serial: N/A
  Device-3: Channel-B DIMM 0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
    (unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: 3200 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
    min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: G.Skill
    part-no: F4-3200C16-8GVKB serial: N/A
  Device-4: Channel-B DIMM 1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
    (unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: 3200 MT/s volts: curr: 1 width (bits):
    data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: G.Skill part-no: F4-3200C16-8GVKB
    serial: N/A
PCI Slots:
  Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT 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: 0x8701035
  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: 1733 min/max: 559/4639 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 1733 2: 1733 3: 1733
    4: 1733 5: 1733 6: 1733 7: 1733 8: 1733 9: 1733 10: 1733 11: 1733 12: 1733
    bogomips: 91034
  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 svm_lock syscall tce topoext
    tsc tsc_scale umip v_spec_ctrl v_vmsave_vmload vgif vmcb_clean vme
    vmmcall wbnoinvd wdt x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt
    xtopology
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: ghostwrite status: Not affected
  Type: indirect_target_selection 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: old_microcode status: Not affected
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Vulnerable
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Vulnerable
  Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable
  Type: spectre_v1 status: Vulnerable: __user pointer sanitization and
    usercopy barriers only; no swapgs barriers
  Type: spectre_v2 status: Vulnerable; IBPB: disabled; STIBP: disabled;
    PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsa status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
  Type: vmscape status: Vulnerable
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] vendor: Gigabyte
    driver: nvidia v: 575.64.05 alternate: nouveau,nova_core,nvidia_drm
    non-free: 550-580.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-11; EOL~2026-12-xx)
    arch: Pascal code: GP10x process: TSMC 16nm built: 2016-2021 pcie: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-1 empty: DP-2, DP-3, DVI-D-1,
    HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c03 class-ID: 0300
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.21 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia
    gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: DP-1 model: BenQ BL2411 serial: <filter> built: 2014 res:
    mode: 1920x1200 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 94 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red:
    x: 0.655 y: 0.333 green: x: 0.302 y: 0.635 blue: x: 0.149 y: 0.063 white:
    x: 0.314 y: 0.329 size: 518x324mm (20.39x12.76") diag: 611mm (24.1")
    ratio: 16:10 modes: 1920x1200, 1920x1080, 1600x1200, 1680x1050,
    1280x1024, 1440x900, 1280x800, 1280x720, 1024x768, 1024x576, 800x600,
    720x576, 720x480, 640x480
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
    drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia
    x11: drv: nvidia inactive: device-1
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 575.64.05
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
    6GB/PCIe/SSE2 memory: 5.86 GiB display-ID: :1.0
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.335 layers: 2 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
    GeForce GTX 1060 6GB driver: nvidia v: 575.64.05 device-ID: 10de:1c03
    surfaces: N/A
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
    wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo,xprop
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 07:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f1 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio
    vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
    lanes: 16 bus-ID: 09:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.18.8-1-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: 1.4.10 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: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 05:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210/AX1675 2x2 [Typhoon Peak] driver: iwlwifi
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 06:00.0
    chip-ID: 8086:2725 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp6s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX210 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-5:2 chip-ID: 8087:0032
    class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
    rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 3.18 TiB used: 40.51 GiB (1.2%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:4 model: M2PD3-4L 512GB size: 447.13 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: T5230522 temp: 40.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: A-Data model: SX8200PNP
    size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 32A0T54B temp: 32.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM003-1ER162
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: CC45 scheme: MBR
  ID-4: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: HGST (Hitachi) model: HTS721010A9E630
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: A3J0 scheme: GPT
  ID-5: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: HGST (Hitachi) model: HTS725050A7E630
    size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: A380 scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 446.88 GiB size: 438.79 GiB (98.19%)
    used: 40.34 GiB (9.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:6
    label: N/A uuid: 21f0de49-dd73-4f2a-adfa-7c1e9cd64b3f
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.44%)
    used: 177.3 MiB (70.4%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:5
    label: EFI-SYSTEM uuid: FA7E-53A7
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 size: 475.86 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
    uuid: 01D8692EFA996A80
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 772 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
    uuid: B21CCAEC1CCAAB25
  ID-3: /dev/nvme1n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 size: 331.6 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A
    uuid: 060F-6234
  ID-4: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 931.51 GiB fs: ntfs
    label: Seagate 1T 7200 uuid: 06A4DB6CA4DB5CAD
  ID-5: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 931.51 GiB fs: ntfs label: External
    uuid: 01CFFE9C77355190
  ID-6: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33 size: 465.76 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A
    uuid: 8fb74f41-c9af-43d9-ae51-53ad29fb1f24
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: 1-5:2 info: Intel AX210 Bluetooth type: bluetooth driver: btusb
    interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0032 class-ID: e001
  Hub-2: 1-6:3 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 05e3:0608 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-7:4 info: Integrated Express RGB LED Controller type: HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 048d:5702 class-ID: 0300
  Hub-3: 1-8:5 info: Dell USB 2.0 Hub [MTT] ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 413c:1010 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-8.1:7 info: Logitech Nano Receiver type: keyboard,mouse
    driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 98mA
    chip-ID: 046d:c534 class-ID: 0301
  Device-2: 1-8.4:8 info: Dell Wired Multimedia Keyboard
    type: keyboard,mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1
    speed: 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.0 power: 98mA
    chip-ID: 413c:2110 class-ID: 0301
  Hub-4: 1-10:6 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 05e3:0608 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-5: 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
  Hub-6: 3-0:1 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
  Hub-7: 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
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 45.6 C mobo: 31.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): fan-1: 1016 fan-2: 0 fan-3: 0 fan-4: 740 fan-5: 976
  Power: 12v: N/A 5v: N/A 3.3v: 3.48 vbat: 3.05
Repos:
  Packages: 1385 pm: pacman pkgs: 1370 libs: 346 tools: pamac,yay pm: flatpak
    pkgs: 15
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
    1: https://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    2: https://mirrors.dotsrc.org/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    3: https://ftp.psnc.pl/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    4: https://southfront.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    5: https://mirror.meowsmp.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    6: https://volico.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    7: https://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    8: https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    9: https://manjaro.c3sl.ufpr.br/stable/$repo/$arch
    10: https://manjaro.mirrors.lavatech.top/stable/$repo/$arch
    11: https://distrohub.kyiv.ua/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    12: https://mirrors.manjaro.org/repo/stable/$repo/$arch
    13: https://mirror.easyname.at/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    14: https://mirror.2degrees.nz/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    15: https://mirror.freedif.org/Manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    16: https://mirrors.cicku.me/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    17: https://fosszone.csd.auth.gr/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    18: https://ask4.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    19: https://ftpmirror1.infania.net/mirror/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    20: https://mirror.phoepsilonix.love/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    21: https://mirror.xenyth.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    22: https://mirror.alpix.eu/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    23: https://ohioix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    24: https://gsl-syd.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    25: https://mirror.alwyzon.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    26: https://ziply.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    27: https://cofractal-ewr.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    28: https://mirror.23m.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    29: https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    30: https://edgeuno-bog2.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    31: https://mirror.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    32: https://mirrors2.manjaro.org/stable/$repo/$arch
    33: https://repo.ialab.dsu.edu/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    34: https://manjaro.mirrors.uk2.net/stable/$repo/$arch
    35: https://mirror.raiolanetworks.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    36: https://coresite.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    37: https://ftp.linux.org.tr/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    38: https://nnenix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    39: https://mirrors.ucr.ac.cr/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    40: https://mirror.futureweb.be/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    41: https://manjaro.kurdy.org/stable/$repo/$arch
    42: https://mirror.mobinhost.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    43: https://mirrors.eric.ovh/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    44: https://ftp.tsukuba.wide.ad.jp/Linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    45: https://ftp.rz.tu-bs.de/pub/mirror/manjaro.org/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
    46: https://manjaro.ynh.ovh/stable/$repo/$arch
    47: https://mirrors.up.pt/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    48: https://opencolo.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    49: https://ftp.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    50: https://nocix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    51: https://codingflyboy.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    52: https://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    53: http://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    54: https://forksystems.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    55: https://irltoolkit.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
  CPU top: 5 of 368
  1: cpu: 5.3% command: firefox pid: 49032 mem: 466.8 MiB (1.4%)
  2: cpu: 4.3% command: firefox pid: 1397 mem: 1544.9 MiB (4.8%)
  3: cpu: 2.9% command: firefox pid: 8622 mem: 297.9 MiB (0.9%)
  4: cpu: 0.8% command: firefox pid: 59143 mem: 121.6 MiB (0.3%)
  5: cpu: 0.7% command: kwin_wayland pid: 1016 mem: 239.6 MiB (0.7%)
  Memory top: 5 of 368
  1: mem: 1544.9 MiB (4.8%) command: firefox pid: 1397 cpu: 4.3%
  2: mem: 1422.7 MiB (4.4%) command: pamac-manager pid: 37153 cpu: 0.1%
  3: mem: 489.6 MiB (1.5%) command: firefox pid: 53613 cpu: 0.1%
  4: mem: 478.5 MiB (1.4%) command: firefox pid: 35825 cpu: 0.2%
  5: mem: 466.8 MiB (1.4%) command: firefox pid: 49032 cpu: 5.3%
Info:
  Processes: 368 Power: uptime: 5h 29m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 12.44 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
    power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 258 default: graphical
    tool: systemctl
  Compilers: gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.40
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Thank you.

As I said:

and, more important:

be prepared for having to fix it … without a GUI

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Thanks for the reply.

To be honest I don’t know if it works as it should. It seems it does.

The only reason I want to go to the 580xx is this:

CUDA_DISABLE_PERF_BOOST 	1 	

Optional. Requires NVIDIA driver >= 580.105.08. Disables the forced power boost the GPU gets when CUDA is activated. This should reduce the power usage when decoding video. This setting is the equivilent of the 'CUDA Force P2' NVIDIA Profile Inspector setting on Windows.

I already use this unofficial VAAPI driver to have HW video decoding in firefox but I also need to reduce power of the GPU. I don’t do gaming, just use it for more efficient video decoding.

that’s all.

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FYI, that’s in the repos as libva-nvidia-driver.

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Thanks for the advice.

I’m comfortable with root and CLI I just don’t like drama and to be honest, it took me a week to have my desktop working as it should (initially I had a very weird issue with sleep mode related to my motherboard) and I have to settle down for now before I take new “risks” of doing experiments.

OK, I may stay with the current driver for the time being but to my understanding, choosing nvidia (any generation) with linux is a big pain in the ass. Maybe it’s time to go back to AMD.

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Following @Aragorn 's advice… If it aint broke, don’t fix it.

FYI, According to one young man I know in my town. nVidia is a pain in the arse on Windows too. Mainly because they aren’t interested in anything but AI, which counter intuitively runs on Linux.

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Since I myself switched from a GTX 970 to an RX 9070XT, I can highly recommend taking this step.
Life has been much more relaxed since then. I no longer have to worry about driver versions or fiddling around with configurations.

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Personally, I have avoided nVidia since at least 2005. I made the decision to never support any company or organisation that won’t fully support Linux based Operating Systems.

If I am unfortunate enough to have to use hardware that includes nVidia, I use the Open Source Driver.

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