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OK, I honestly forgot that I included an example config file. Since I don't have the hardware for testing, and since I still don't have a sense from users that it is a requirement, I will leave it in the post_install and depend on the user's ability to read pacman's output and manually copy the example over.

What xorg-server version is compatible with this driver? I have been trying to install it but I aways get a black screen when starting X server.

That's why Manjaro users struggle to get some support here, guys see this laziness to read by some and end up thinking that everyone is like that.

Meganium97, you need to create link with named linux to /lib/modules/5.14.7-2-MANJARO/build (or whatever your kernel version is). That is because Arch and Manjaro have differences.

You need to have installed headers first (sudo pamac install linux514-headers).

If you have linux file link to an old kernel version then removed it (sudo rm /usr/src/linux).

Then run:

cd /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/ | echo $(uname -r) | sudo tee /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/version > /dev/null | sudo ln -s /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build /usr/src/linux

(This will create the link file linux with your current version of the kernel)

You need to remove the link file /lib/modules/5.14.7-2-MANJARO/extramodules (sudo rm /lib/modules/5.14.7-2-MANJARO/extramodules), because it will give you an error while installing the nvidia drivers

Create a new dir for the extramodules (sudo mkdir /lib/modules/5.14.7-2-MANJARO/extramodules)

Copy all files to the new dir from /lib/modules/extramodules-5.14-MANJARO/ (sudo cp /lib/modules/extramodules-5.14-MANJARO/* /lib/modules/5.14.7-2-MANJARO/extramodules/)

Then you should run the installer (sudo pamac install nvidia-340xx).

After it is done you must copu 20-nvidia.conf to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ (sudo cp /usr/share/nvidia-340xx/20-nvidia.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/)

Then reboot (sudo reboot)

That's it

(You may have to do this again after a kernel update from a terminal because it may not start in Desktop mode (Ctrl+Alt+F2 to enter terminal). Don't forget to change the kernel version in the path names. (uname -r)

I've been getting the error that /usr/src/linux doesn't exist. What can I do? Using manjaro with kernel 5.14.7-2

So, it now works in 5.14.7-arch1-1, but no longer boots (just a blank screen and _ in the top left corner) in 5.10.68-1 (linux lts)

I have linux lts installed as stable mainline often breaks (until there's a fix to this package). Given 5.10 will now be supported for many years, it was my mitigation against the instability of mainline non-lts.

It's nice 5.14 works but if it breaks in 5.15 at some point, I won't be able to use 5.10 in the interim. Any ideas?

Sorry guys for not reply (special in gitlab) but I have been busy in rl. About the b2sum, it was correct to my local revision. Probably during the clone/merge process something escaped to my tired eyes.

I'm glad it helped.

Everything works very well. Thanks. However, I never found on the web the answer to this question about Nvidia:

why /dev/dri/renderD128 isn't in /dev/dri ?

Thank you very much! The driver is working.

Latest -24 version works great for me on 5.14.6.arch1-1. /dev/drm is present and SDDM works too. My hats off to the devs that are keeping my old laptop going with the latest and greatest!

@alou-S You need to manually create the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf. The filename 20-nvidia.conf is totally optional here, I personally named it because:

• It is easier to know exactly what sort of contents would be expected within that file, at a glance; it is pertaining to nvidia of course, and,

• The prefixing of the numbers indicates that it has a higher priority/preference when Xorg starts.

Have a look at Arch Linux wiki, troubleshooting nvidia page. It gives you an idea of why I chose to use that filename, and to have that file there, even though that linked issue does not specifically apply to me.