Okay Its currently installing and it is installing nvidia-dkms.
This should recognize your nvidia card:
lspci -vnn | grep -PA10 'VGA|Display|3D'
If it doesnāt, it can be a hardware issue.
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00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation WhiskeyLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics 620] [8086:3ea0] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company WhiskeyLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics 620] [103c:85e5]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 128, IOMMU group 0
Memory at a2000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at b0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
I/O ports at 5000 [size=64]
Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [virtual] [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915
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02:00.0 3D controller [0302]: NVIDIA Corporation GP108M [GeForce MX250] [10de:1d13] (rev a1)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company GP108M [GeForce MX250] [103c:85e5]
!!! Unknown header type 7f
Memory at a3000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at 90000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at a0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
I/O ports at 4000 [size=128]
Kernel modules: nouveau
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 15)
DeviceName: Hanksville Gbe Lan Connection
Havenāt seen that beforeā¦ so the card is not recognized.
um but it works on Windows perfectly 
This is what I have with the lspci command:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GP108 [GeForce GT 1030] [10de:1d01] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. GP108 [GeForce GT 1030] [1043:85f4]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 30
Memory at f6000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
I/O ports at e000 [size=128]
Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [virtual] [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia
Well I am back to scratching my head again
I think the !!! Unknown header type 7f is common. Is picking up the wrong id code?
Did you get the drivers installed and what does inxi -Ga show now?
Yes I did.
Device-1: Intel WhiskeyLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics 620] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20
ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:3ea0 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GP108M [GeForce MX250] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: N/A alternate: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia non-free: 545.xx+
status: current (as of 2023-10; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Pascal code: GP10x
process: TSMC 16nm built: 2016-2021 pcie: speed: Unknown lanes: 63
link-max: gen: 6 speed: 64 GT/s bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1d13
class-ID: 0302
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.4
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,intel,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x439d built: 2018 res: 1920x1080
hz: 60 dpi: 128 gamma: 1.2 size: 382x215mm (15.04x8.46") diag: 438mm (17.3")
ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris
device: 1 drv: swrast surfaceless: drv: iris x11: drv: iris
inactive: gbm,wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 23.3.5-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (WHL
GT2) device-ID: 8086:3ea0 memory: 14.99 GiB unified: yes
API: Vulkan Message: No Vulkan data available.
As a test, if you blacklist i915 (the Intel driver), will Nvidia GPU be recognized?
I guess not, and the system may not work at all, but surely you have the USB installer stick availableā¦
I see itās the same N/A. Hmm?
Okies I will report back. I gotta rebuild dracut right?
Yup sadly.
@manuel
the gpu is not necessarily broken. It falls off the bus first which would point to a power management/bus/kernel problem.
Maybe try kernel parameter intel_idle.max_cstate=1
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Lemme restore my system quickly. Then Ill report back.
Another kernel parameter nvidia-drm.modeset=1 is worth a try if you donāt have it yet.
@evozio
So no luck so far?
Edit: Do you have dual boot Windows?
Nope no luck so far, tried those kernel parameters.
And no I donāt dual boot right now, Wiped my whole disk to install Endeavor.
Just noticed that you have package libva-nvidia-driver-git instead of libva-nvidia-driver. Is there are reason for that?