I know, Linus knows, Nvidia is the worst company Linux has ever dealt with, and I am no exception. I have searched many tutorials online on how to get the drivers for my Nvidia Quadro K2000 driver installed on my "workstation" class computer (cough i7-4770 cough), up to no avail.
Yesterday, I got help from a friend online, who is into Linux and computers in general like me, and helped me with his tips & tricks to get through this. He had given a step-by-step procedure on how to properly manage my system after trying and failing miserably.
linux-headersBefore you start installing these drivers, you need to update your system, along with installing DKMS and the Linux headers. You can install them with just one simple command:
sudo pacman -Syu dkms linux-headers
It's as simple as that.
Simply install the Nvidia driver package by running
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/nvidia-470xx-dkms, along with cd
nvidia-470xx-dkms and makepkg -si.
This will install version 470.xx of the drivers which support Nvidia Quadro K2000. Note that the NVENC
version may be too old for ffmpeg to handle as it is stuck in version 11.1 as of writing
this article.
/etc/mkinitcpio.confYou must edit /etc/mkinitcpio.conf for the drivers to fully work. Type
sudo vim /etc/mkinitcpio.conf and edit the line that begins with HOOKS
and remove kms. After saving the file, run sudo mkinitcpio -P and reboot
the system.
When you log in with startx or just about anything else, the drivers should fully work.
Try running glxgears, fire up Blender, play some Minecraft or CS:GO, and you
should get high FPS.
You are finally set up.
August 27, 2023