NVIDIA how to do it right

General system Kernel, boot, graphics & hardware
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installing nvidia-dkms will blacklist nouveau but could be neofetch gave you a false detection if running in TTY ?

If not it could be installing the needed packages was not working (just taking a look into :crystal_ball:)

So first of all give some needed info like the exact full output when installing packages, and the kernel parameter needs to be added in any case:

DRM kernel mode setting

To enable DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) kernel mode setting, add the nvidia_drm.modeset=1 kernel parameter.

wiki says :wink:

If you are using grub the most common way is to add it to grub boot kernel parameter implementation: