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@parsal ok i was so lazy that i did make pamac install it for me

first it told me it needed >5.5 kernel and >5.5 headers. i thought the patches will do the job so i ignored it the nividia driver failed to install for some reason and the open source graphics driver was disabled and so Xorg so i had no choice other than reinstall arch distro (i tried deleting the disable file module through nano but failed)

i think i have to build it through terminal. but how?

i,m so new to that "package building" so i think as you could build it it will be easy for you to explain it

start with me from 0 to 100 my installation was so wrong i think

I was able to build for Manjaro 20.2 with the 5.10.2 kernel with the following changes to the PKGBUILD file. First adapt the kernel variables:

 # default is 'linux' substitute custom name here
-_kernelname=linux
-_kernver="$(</usr/src/$_kernelname/version)"
-_extradir="/usr/lib/modules/$_kernver/extramodules"
+_kernelname=`uname -r`
+_kernver="$(</usr/lib/modules/$_kernelname/extramodules/version)"
+_extradir="/usr/lib/modules/$_kernelname/extramodules"

And after that, change the paths in the build() function:

 build() {
   cd "${_pkg}/kernel"
-  make SYSSRC="/usr/src/$_kernelname" module
+  make SYSSRC="/usr/lib/modules/$_kernelname/build" module

   cd uvm
-  make SYSSRC="/usr/src/$_kernelname" module
+  make SYSSRC="/usr/lib/modules/$_kernelname/build" module
 }

After these changes, build it with: makepkg -s

@damonh As I said, I would fix it and give a link to a fixed version If I had the technical knowledge of make and install procedure.
@modin5 I can but it would be incomplete since I only installed it on my laptop; I'm kind of a newbie myself. So I think it's easier if you tell me exactly where you're having trouble.
For starters, exactly what command are you running and what does the error say?

@parsal can you make a step by step installation guide for newbies like me ?

sorry if i,m not patient enough or noisy i,m just worried about it.

thanks @parsal for the information anyway.

Thank you @parsal, but can you please explain how to fix this package? Thank you.

Thank you very much for maintaining this driver. Saved me!
I successfully installed it on Manjaro 20.2 kernel 5.10.2-2-Manjaro. However I think some minor changes could be very useful for everyone:
- On my linux, /usr/src folder is empty (no linux link to kernel headers) so I had to manually create that. I think replacing that with $(uname -r) would solve this issue.
- On my linux, extramodules is not actually in kernel headers folder but in a parent directory (both of them in /usr/lib/modules) and extramodules in kernel headers is symlink to it. After installation on "Cleaning Up" step, I got an error: "/usr/lib/modules/5.10.2-2-MANJARO/extramodules already exists (owned by linux 5.10)" (something like that) and I had to rename the symlink temporarily to be able to install and then copied the files back to the real extramodules folder and created symlink again.
I would change the files and give you a link if I had the technical knowledge.
Thanks again :)

i tried installing this on pamac but it failed and i had to reinstall my arch-based distro (now i,m using endeavour os).

i,m not saying this isn,t working but i,m having a problem installing it.

i maybe a newbie but i have no problem using the terminal if i know what i,m doing / a tutorial.

so can someone please make a step by step installation introduction ?

i,m using zen kernel 5.9 on endeavour os with lxqt DE.

This does not build on kernel 5.10.x, I have updated the PKGBUILD and added the required patch here: https://gitlab.com/gksudolol/nvidia-340xx

@papakilo - Thanks for point me to the patch. Not out-of-date until 5.10.x goes into [core].

Works well to me on Kernel 5.9.12.