I’ve been using Linux for the past 20 years or so. Never been a poweruser or someone who tinkered alot with his system, but I know my way around, can read documentation (if I’m able to find it) and solve many (or all) problems by myself (of course with the help of Wikis, Google searches and Forums).
I’ve not use a lot off different distros, as I like to get my system working and then get on with my life, so I only have experience with SUSE, Ubunt, Mint and Manjaro.
The past ~14 years I’m using NVIDIA GPUs and never had any real problems.
After the recent hick-ups within the lead of Manjaro I thought it was time to switch to something different.
Naturally I found EndeavourOS, which seems like the best of both worlds: Arch with an easy to use installer.
But sadly, the installer isn’t working for me. I can’t go on without NIVIDA drivers, but the ibt=off approach doesn’t work for me either.
Both result in a unresponsive system, leaving me stuck and unable to do anything, besides hitting the hard reset or power button.
Further searches through this forum or internet hasn’t brought up any kind of revelation.
What didn’t I find or what information am I missing to get EndeavourOS installed?
I’d like to try, but the start isn’t encouraging.
Operating System: Manjaro Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.9
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.112.0
Qt Version: 5.15.11
Kernel Version: 6.1.64-1-MANJARO (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-4790 CPU @ 3.60GHz
Memory: 15.6 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760/PCIe/SSE2
Manufacturer: MSI
Product Name: MS-7821
System Version: 1.0
What do you mean by ‘using the open source drivers’? The ‘UEFI Default’, or the ‘Fallback’?
If I’m using the ‘Default’ option he system proceeds for about 10-145 seconds until I get a mouse pointer which barely moves. The system won’t do anything else after that.
This is a behavior, which I’m familiar with from the Manajaro installer, when I try to install not using the correct NVIDiA drivers.
It’s a shame that a perfectly good graphics card is now turned to e-waste because NoVidea decided it’s too old for you to use it and they won’t update drivers for it or make them open source so that the community can maintain it.
The best solution is to get an AMD graphics card.
The less than ideal solution is to use the Noveau driver, a reverse-engineered driver provided by a community of enthusiasts. The experience might not be ideal.
But why isn’t any other major distribution having this problem? I have recently installed Manjaro again on a different hard drive and it works without any hiccups.
As EndeavourOS calamares can’t support my GPU without changes, I’ll either go back to Manjaro, where I do not have these problems, or I’ll be switching to Debian Testing.
Thanks for the effort, but my goal is to get a stable user friendly distro, where I do not have to jump to through many hoops to get it running.
I’ll give Debian a try and if this not works out I’ll return to Manjaro, where NVIDIA doesn’t seem to be an issue.
I appreciate the help given!
Why doesn’t EndeavourOS does the same? Security? Given the option would at least give a chance to get the system running and fix things later? Or a Wiki article on what to do in this case.
Judging from what I saw I’m not the only one having trouble with NVIDIA/EndeavourOS.
In that case, the right distro for you might be Debian. I think Manjaro will drop support for your GPU sooner than that.
You can still use it on EndeavourOS but with the drivers from the AUR. However, when will they stop being maintained is anyone’s guess. You also need to be careful not to update your kernel before there is an update to the drivers. It’s too much fuss, to be frank, you’re better off with Debian.
Or just get an equivalent old AMD card, it should be fairly cheap, especially if used.
