Did you not try the nvidia-open-dkms already? I might even try them on my older GTX 1060 just to see if they work any different.
Not needed, my system worked out of the box after endeavouros got installed on my Acer unit. That unit has a GTX 1070 8GB card.
Sorry I got mixed up in the thread and was actually wanting to ask @noobr since they were the one having issues. But ya my GTX 1060 works fine too but i will try the nvidia-open-dkms just out of curiosity to see if it works any different on Wayland.
Edit: Well i did try the nvidia-open-dkms and it was a no go. I revereted back to a previous snapshot.
Hi Rick,
I am not sure if you tried already or not, however, the NVIDIA website states: The 1060 is the Pascal Arch. and not compatible with the nvidia-open drivers.
Supported GPUs
Not every GPU is compatible with the open-source GPU kernel modules.
For cutting-edge platforms such as NVIDIA Grace Hopper or NVIDIA Blackwell, you must use the open-source GPU kernel modules. The proprietary drivers are unsupported on these platforms.
For newer GPUs from the Turing, Ampere, Ada Lovelace, or Hopper architectures, NVIDIA recommends switching to the open-source GPU kernel modules.
For older GPUs from the Maxwell, Pascal, or Volta architectures, the open-source GPU kernel modules are not compatible with your platform. Continue to use the NVIDIA proprietary driver.
For mixed deployments with older and newer GPUs in the same system, continue to use the proprietary driver.
If you are not sure, NVIDIA provides a new detection helper script to help guide you on which driver to pick. For more information, see the Using the installation helper script section later in this post.
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Yes i did try it and they donāt work on the GTX 1060. I didnāt see this info prior to.
Edit: I may have seen it before but didnāt pay that much attention at the time. 
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Iāve been debating whether it would be worth while upgrading from a GTX 1060 to the 6 pin variant of the RTX 3050 on my old Dell XPS 8700 with a 460w stock PSU (should be compatible?) before installing Linux on it at some point in order to be able to use the new Open DKMS drivers, or just stick with the GTX 1060 and the proprietary ones and keep the money in my pocket 
Personally i canāt see the advantage of going to an RTX 3050. Also it would require a 550W power supply. I think the 460W would be borderline and possibly problematic. If you are gaming maybe there might be some advantages in some games over the GTX 1060. For everyday computing It would be a waste of money. You would be better off waiting until you upgrade to a totally new system with newer, faster hardware that has higher specs. There is nothing wrong with running linux on the hardware you have. Save your money for another day.
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