Troubles after trying to install 450xx nvidia driver

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I’m not well experienced in Linux but here it is.
I tried to install Blender and it asked for dependencies and refused to be installed.
So i tried to install the new nvidia driver 450xx and before that i had 440xx installed.
And from there the troubles begun.
When i boot into Manjaro i see black screen.
Before that i thought its something with Grub but now i understand that Manjaro boots but the graphics card is not functioning so i can’t see anything.
i use
https://www.supergrubdisk.org/
to boot into Manjaro and the display is set to 1024x768 4:3
while my screen is 2560 × 1440 16:9 and i can’t fix it to the right display resolution.
So i guess i have a driver problem.

בלוק ציטוט
inxi -G
Graphics: Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics
driver: i915 v: kernel
Device-2: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] driver: nvidia v: 440.100
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: vesa resolution: 1024x768
OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 10.0.1 256 bits) v: 3.3 Mesa 20.1.8

I tried to use this commands to remove 440xx and i get an error:

בלוק ציטוט
sudo mhwd -r pci video-nvidia-440xx
Removing video-nvidia-440xx…
Sourcing /etc/mhwd-x86_64.conf
Has lib32 support: true
Sourcing /var/lib/mhwd/local/pci/video-nvidia-440xx/MHWDCONFIG
Processing classid: 0300
Sourcing /var/lib/mhwd/scripts/include/0300
Processing classid: 0302
checking dependencies…
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: removing linux58-nvidia-440xx breaks dependency ‘linux58-nvidia-440xx’ required by linux-latest-nvidia-440xx
Error: pacman failed!
Error: script failed!

Full system info:

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CPU: Quad Core Intel Core i7-2600K (-MT MCP-) speed/min/max: 2715/1600/3800 MHz
Kernel: 5.8.11-1-MANJARO x86_64 Up: 29m Mem: 2682.3/15924.8 MiB (16.8%)
Storage: 2.30 TiB (3.5% used) Procs: 234 Shell: inxi: 3.1.05
[levlan@matos ~]$ inxi -G
Graphics: Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics
driver: i915 v: kernel
Device-2: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] driver: nvidia v: 440.100
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: vesa resolution: 1024x768
OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 10.0.1 256 bits) v: 3.3 Mesa 20.1.8
[levlan@matos ~]$ inxi --full --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host
System: Kernel: 5.8.11-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.19.5
tk: Qt 5.15.1 wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro Linux
Machine: Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: Z68 Pro3 serial:
BIOS: American Megatrends v: P1.60 date: 07/13/2011
Memory: RAM: total: 15.55 GiB used: 2.82 GiB (18.1%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU: Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-2600K bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Sandy Bridge rev: 7 L2 cache: 8192 KiB bogomips: 54300
Speed: 1596 MHz min/max: 1600/3800 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1596 2: 1596 3: 1596
4: 1596 5: 1596 6: 1596 7: 1596 8: 1596
Flags: acpi aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon avx bts clflush cmov constant_tsc
cpuid cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept est flexpriority flush_l1d fpu
fxsr ht ibpb ibrs ida lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor msr mtrr nonstop_tsc
nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts
rdtscp rep_good sep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2
tpr_shadow tsc tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid xsave xsaveopt xtopology xtpr
Graphics: Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics
vendor: ASRock driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:0122
Device-2: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] vendor: PNY driver: nvidia v: 440.100
bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1c03
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: vesa
resolution: 1024x768 s-dpi: 96
OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 10.0.1 256 bits) v: 3.3 Mesa 20.1.8 compat-v: 3.1
direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio vendor: ASRock
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:1c20
Device-2: NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio vendor: PNY driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:10f1
Device-3: JMTek LLC. type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
bus ID: 4-1.6:5 chip ID: 0c76:1467 serial:
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.8.11-1-MANJARO
Network: Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: ASRock
driver: r8169 v: kernel port: d000 bus ID: 05:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8168
IF: enp5s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac:
IP v4: type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global broadcast:
IP v6: type: noprefixroute scope: link
IF-ID-1: tun0 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
IP v4: scope: global broadcast:
IP v6: virtual: stable-privacy scope: link
WAN IP:
Drives: Local Storage: total: 2.30 TiB used: 82.08 GiB (3.5%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 size: 465.76 GiB
speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: rev: 40WD scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EZEX-07WN4A0 size: 931.51 GiB
speed: 6.0 Gb/s rotation: 7200 rpm serial: rev: 1A01 scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EZEX-00WN4A0 size: 931.51 GiB
speed: 3.0 Gb/s rotation: 7200 rpm serial: rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdd type: USB vendor: Kingston model: DataTraveler 3.0 size: 28.88 GiB
serial: rev: PMAP scheme: MBR
Message: No Optical or Floppy data was found.
RAID: Message: No RAID data was found.
Partition: ID-1: / size: 906.94 GiB used: 82.08 GiB (9.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdc2 label: N/A
uuid: 0c95387f-2997-4fa3-9e8a-d7cd6e5bd932
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 299.4 MiB used: 280 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdc1
label: N/A uuid: D8E0-CD32
Swap: ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.80 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/sdc3 label: N/A uuid: 9aed5cbc-9060-442a-a8d3-51bfccf72790
Unmounted: ID-1: /dev/sda1 size: 100.0 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A uuid: 7667-8077
ID-2: /dev/sda2 size: 16.0 MiB fs: <superuser/root required> label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-3: /dev/sda3 size: 465.15 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A uuid: 308A69048A68C844
ID-4: /dev/sda4 size: 505.0 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A uuid: 4632C4FE32C4F449
ID-5: /dev/sdb1 size: 931.51 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A uuid: AA943D7F943D4F57
ID-6: /dev/sdd1 size: 33.0 MiB fs: vfat label: SG2DBOOT uuid: C9A6-7C64
ID-7: /dev/sdd2 size: 265.0 MiB fs: vfat label: SG2DISOS uuid: C98F-1850
USB: Hub: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip ID: 1d6b:0002
Hub: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 8087:0024
Device-1: 1-1.3:3 info: Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3/G4/SE9 G2/50 type: Mass Storage
driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 0951:1666
serial:
Hub: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip ID: 1d6b:0002
Hub: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
chip ID: 1d6b:0003
Hub: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip ID: 1d6b:0002
Hub: 4-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 8087:0024
Device-1: 4-1.1:3 info: Corsair type: Mouse,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid
interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s chip ID: 1b1c:1b5c serial:
Device-2: 4-1.2:4 info: Holtek type: Keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid
interfaces: 4 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s chip ID: 04d9:a131
Device-3: 4-1.6:5 info: JMTek LLC. type: Audio,HID
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
chip ID: 0c76:1467 serial:
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 32.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info: Processes: 230 Uptime: 43m Init: systemd v: 246 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0
Packages: 1406 pacman: 1396 flatpak: 10 Shell: Bash v: 5.0.18 running in: konsole
inxi: 3.1.05

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And make sure to reinstall/force reinstall video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-450xx-prime when you are done.

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i removed 440xx driver.
but installing 450xx failed;
besides on Manjaro Settings>Hardware Configuration, i can still see video-nvidia-440xx still installed.

בלוק ציטוט
sudo mhwd -f -i pci video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-450xx-prim
e
Warning: no matching device for config ‘video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-450xx-pr
ime’ found!
Error: config ‘video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-450xx-prime’ conflicts with confi
g(s): video-nvidia-440xx

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Please read the link.

Well thats odd.

Your system shows the 2 devices, and that nvidia is even currently supported by an nvidia driver.

I guess … you might need to make sure you are up to date first… then list your availables:

sudo pacman -Syyu

mhwd -l

Or rather … this is all probably from your broken config in the first place … you might need to remove current bad drivers, force reinstall open drivers, reboot, so that things are initialized correctly first.

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Just passed by to mention this is a Desktop PC and apparently the iGPU is the default in BIOS. Disable it, remove the drivers you have installed and install only the video-nvidia-440xx or video-nvidia-450xx

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The odd thing is that using command line:
mhwd -l
i get there is no Nvidia driver installed.

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mhwd -l
0000:01:00.0 (0300:10de:1c03) Display controller nVidia Corporation:

              NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE

video-nvidia-450xx            2019.10.25               false            PCI
video-nvidia-440xx            2019.10.25               false            PCI
video-nvidia-435xx            2019.10.25               false            PCI
video-nvidia-430xx            2019.10.25               false            PCI
video-nvidia-418xx            2019.10.25               false            PCI
video-nvidia-390xx            2019.10.25               false            PCI
       video-linux            2018.05.04                true            PCI
 video-modesetting            2020.01.13                true            PCI
        video-vesa            2017.03.12                true            PCI

0000:05:00.0 (0200:10ec:8168) Network controller Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.:

              NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE

     network-r8168            2016.04.20                true            PCI

0000:00:02.0 (0380:8086:0122) Display controller Intel Corporation:

              NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE

       video-linux            2018.05.04                true            PCI

But on System Settings>>Hardware Configuration interface, video-nvidia-440xx is still installed.
I’ll give it another try with whatever i find in the internet or i’ll just reinstall.
i’m wasting my time.

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Just for the update:
Besides trying to install nvidia driver 450xx that failed i also installed video-modesetting and video-messa without knowing what they are meant for.
So only after i removed them i was able to remove video-nvidia-440xx in the Hardware Configuratio GUI.
After that i booted and reinstalled 440xx (didn’t want to go again into the troubles i had after installing 450xx)
Besides that i had a problem with my Grub not identifying Windows10 cause initially cause of the lack of working driver, i had a black screen after booting into Manaro, so i though it is a Grub problem and i messed it up too.
And what helped me is a command i found:

grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Thanks for the help.

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