Nvidia-Driver not being recognized after each update

Hello everybody,

I am getting more annoyed by updating my system with each passing day.

Ever since the Nvidia 570.x drivers it has been a shitshow with my system. After every eos-update, or pacman -Syu I have to rollback my Nvidia-Drivers to a 55x.x Version in order for them to be recognized again.

I am running a RTX 3080 GPU with no dual-booting windows or hybrid-graphicscard in my Desktop-PC. Still I cant seem to get it to work right.

I want to run on wayland and have set both the modeset and fbdev Kernel-Parameters in the /etc/kernel/cmdline file, before rebuilding it using reinstall-kernels.

And now my GPU seems to work with the new 580 drivers, but my perfomance is terrible and my right monitor cant be rotated anymore.

Would someone have the pity to help me with my problem?

I wouldnt mind a Discord-Call or anything. I just want my PC to work again.

Or does anyone else experience these problems aswell?

TLDR: Driver needs to be manually downloaded, after each update. Random Version work and dont work. Kernel-Parameters are set, according to the Arch-Wiki, and everything “should” be working

There must be a problem with your system (or card). I have a 3070Ti and it’s working great under EOS.

I have an RTX 3060 Ti and I’m having no issues using the nvidia-open-dkms 580.95.05-1 driver.

I can also confirm that I have not had any issues considering 3060. Granted, I currently have different distro, but never have had any issues considering Nvidia driver updates, was it EOS or something else.

What’s the full output of

nvidia-inst -t

?

Works here, RTX3070. nvidia open dkms

How did you install the driver?

Heyho, thanks for the many awnsers and suggestions.

nvidia-inst -t results in:

2025-10-11 13:13:36: Note: 08:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GA102 [GeForce RTX 308
0 Lite Hash Rate] [10de:2216] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
2025-10-11 13:13:36: Note: Currently installed packages related to Nvidia:
2025-10-11 13:13:37: egl-gbm 1.1.2.1-1
2025-10-11 13:13:37: egl-wayland 4:1.1.20-1
2025-10-11 13:13:37: egl-x11 1.0.3-1
2025-10-11 13:13:37: lib32-nvidia-utils 580.95.05-1
2025-10-11 13:13:37: lib32-opencl-nvidia 580.95.05-1
2025-10-11 13:13:37: libvdpau 1.5-3
2025-10-11 13:13:37: libxnvctrl 580.95.05-1
2025-10-11 13:13:37: linux-firmware-nvidia 20250917-1
2025-10-11 13:13:37: nvidia-hook 1.5.2-1
2025-10-11 13:13:37: nvidia-inst 25.7.2-1
2025-10-11 13:13:37: nvidia-open-dkms 580.95.05-1
2025-10-11 13:13:37: nvidia-settings 580.95.05-1
2025-10-11 13:13:37: nvidia-utils 580.95.05-1
2025-10-11 13:13:37: opencl-nvidia 580.95.05-1
2025-10-11 13:13:37: Info: nvidia-inst version 25.7.2-1
2025-10-11 13:13:37: Info: Command line: nvidia-inst -t
2025-10-11 13:13:37: Info: Selected mode: nvidia (Nvidia's open source)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
COMMANDS TO RUN:
==> Looks like all requested packages and settings are already OK!

Weirdly journalctl doesnt show any problems. My Kernel-Parameters are being used and set