Apt is a debian/ubuntu package manager so you couldn’t install that way. If you installed EOS using the nvidia option then the nvidia drivers are automatically installed. Otherwise it installs the open source nouveau drivers.
# This file is parsed by pam_env module
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# Syntax: simple "KEY=VAL" pairs on separate lines
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#QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=qt5ct
#QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE=kvantum
BROWSER=firefox
EDITOR=nano
pacman -Qi nvidia-utils
: nvidia-utils
: 560.35.03-5
: NVIDIA drivers utilities
: x86_64
: http://www.nvidia.com/
: custom
: No
: vulkan-driver opengl-driver nvidia-libgl
: libglvnd egl-wayland egl-gbm
: nvidia-settings: configuration tool
xorg-server: Xorg support [install]
xorg-server-devel: nvidia-xconfig
opencl-nvidia: OpenCL support
Required : libglvnd nvidia nvidia-lts
Optional for : ffmpeg ffmpeg4.4 libvdpau vulkan-icd-loader
Conflicts with : nvidia-libgl
Replaces : nvidia-libgl
: 652,24 MiB
: Sven-Hendrik Haase svenstaro@archlinux.org
: 2024 10 03 07:30:41
: 2024 10 04 16:51:01
Reason for installation: Installed as a dependency of another package
Installation script: Yes
Verified by: Signature
Oh, no.
After rebooting the PC several times.
Launched a couple of games and stuff…
Everything became the same…
Everything blinks and the image doubles.
But at least the screen doesn’t go to sleep now.
You currently have the non-DKMS drivers installed, built specifically for the standard and LTS kernels. That’s fine if it’s working of course.
You do have headers installed for your kernels, so if you wanted to try the DKMS version of the driver, it should work too.
The difference:
nvidia-dkms when installed/updated is integrated into any of your installed kernels, provided their respective headers are installed (takes maybe 20-60s depending on your system). Useful when used with other kernels, like linux-zen for example.
nvidia / nvidia-lts is prebuilt for specific use with the standard and LTS kernels respectively.