Hello,
First i would recommend to enable early kms by one of the methods described here
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Please provide that file content to make sure things are right.
Make sure you do not have a custom xorg.conf file lurking around, so after editing and saving /etc/X11/mhwd.d/nvidia.conf, run this command:
sudo mhwd-gpu --setmod nvidia --setxorg /etc/X11/mhwd.d/nvidia.conf
I have a GTX 960 and never gave me any troubles with the updates … but i use early kms. Did you enable it too on your install? There are two ways to enable that. Both require in /etc/default/grub to have this line:
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Then you could alter a bit the /etc/X11/mhwd.d/nvidia.conf file. Replace the Section "Device" from your file with this:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
Option "TripleBuffer" "On"
Option "ConnectToAcpid" "Off"
Option "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0 {ForceFullCompositionPipeline=On}"
EndSection
Make sure that in the same config the HorizSync and VertRefresh values in the Section "Monitor" are not missing or blank. See how to deal with that here
Well, is not so straight forward … You go to X Server Display Configuration and make sure the values are the correct ones
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Then lower that window you have some buttons. You click on Save to X Configuration File
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But you are not doing so, because you click on Preview in the popup window
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Make that popup window larger so you can read, and you copy the entire Section "Monitor"
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Then you open up the /etc/X11/mhwd.d/nvidia.conf with Kate and paste that in place o…
I recommend the use of zram-generator … is the best option IMO regardless how much RAM the system has. See also this:
pamac remove systemd-swap
pamac install zram-generator
Then just to be sure, check this zram - ArchWiki
Also, also …
There is a BIOS update for PRIME Z590-P｜Motherboards｜ASUS Global