Merge pull request #3956 from ashddev/fix/nvidia-legacy-driver-for-older-gpus

fix(nvidia): install legacy NVIDIA driver on older GPUs

install/config/hardware/nvidia.sh

@@ -1,80 +1,40 @@
-# ==============================================================================
+NVIDIA="$(lspci | grep -i 'nvidia')"
-# Hyprland NVIDIA Setup Script for Arch Linux
-# ==============================================================================
-# This script automates the installation and configuration of NVIDIA drivers
-# for use with Hyprland on Arch Linux, following the official Hyprland wiki.
-#
-# Author: https://github.com/Kn0ax
-#
-# ==============================================================================
-
-# --- GPU Detection ---
-if [ -n "$(lspci | grep -i 'nvidia')" ]; then
-  # --- Driver Selection ---
-  # Turing (16xx, 20xx), Ampere (30xx), Ada (40xx), and newer recommend the open-source kernel modules
-  if echo "$(lspci | grep -i 'nvidia')" | grep -q -E "RTX [2-9][0-9]|GTX 16"; then
-    NVIDIA_DRIVER_PACKAGE="nvidia-open-dkms"
-  else
-    NVIDIA_DRIVER_PACKAGE="nvidia-dkms"
-  fi
 
+if [ -n "$NVIDIA" ]; then
   # Check which kernel is installed and set appropriate headers package
-  KERNEL_HEADERS="linux-headers" # Default
+  KERNEL_HEADERS="$(pacman -Qqs '^linux(-zen|-lts|-hardened)?$' | head -1)-headers"
-  if pacman -Q linux-zen &>/dev/null; then
+
-    KERNEL_HEADERS="linux-zen-headers"
+  if echo "$NVIDIA" | grep -qE "RTX [2-9][0-9]|GTX 16"; then
-  elif pacman -Q linux-lts &>/dev/null; then
+    # Turing (16xx, 20xx), Ampere (30xx), Ada (40xx), and newer recommend the open-source kernel modules
-    KERNEL_HEADERS="linux-lts-headers"
+    PACKAGES=(nvidia-open-dkms nvidia-utils lib32-nvidia-utils libva-nvidia-driver)
-  elif pacman -Q linux-hardened &>/dev/null; then
+  elif echo "$NVIDIA" | grep -qE "GTX 9|GTX 10"; then
-    KERNEL_HEADERS="linux-hardened-headers"
+    # Pascal (10xx) and Maxwell (9xx) use legacy branch that can only be installed from AUR
+    PACKAGES=(nvidia-580xx-dkms nvidia-580xx-utils lib32-nvidia-580xx-utils)
+  fi
+  # Bail if no supported GPU
+  if [ -z "${PACKAGES+x}" ]; then
+    echo "No compatible driver for your NVIDIA GPU. See: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA"
+    exit 0
   fi
 
-  # force package database refresh
+  pacman -S --needed --noconfirm "$KERNEL_HEADERS" "${PACKAGES[@]}"
-  sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm
-
-  # Install packages
-  PACKAGES_TO_INSTALL=(
-    "${KERNEL_HEADERS}"
-    "${NVIDIA_DRIVER_PACKAGE}"
-    "nvidia-utils"
-    "lib32-nvidia-utils"
-    "egl-wayland"
-    "libva-nvidia-driver" # For VA-API hardware acceleration
-    "qt5-wayland"
-    "qt6-wayland"
-  )
-
-  sudo pacman -S --needed --noconfirm "${PACKAGES_TO_INSTALL[@]}"
 
   # Configure modprobe for early KMS
-  echo "options nvidia_drm modeset=1" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf >/dev/null
+  sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf <<EOF >/dev/null
+options nvidia_drm modeset=1
+EOF
 
   # Configure mkinitcpio for early loading
-  MKINITCPIO_CONF="/etc/mkinitcpio.conf"
+  sudo tee /etc/mkinitcpio.conf.d/nvidia.conf <<EOF >/dev/null
+MODULES+=(nvidia nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm)
+EOF
 
-  # Define modules
+  # Add NVIDIA environment variables
-  NVIDIA_MODULES="nvidia nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm"
+  cat >>$HOME/.config/hypr/envs.conf <<'EOF'
 
-  # Create backup
+# NVIDIA
-  sudo cp "$MKINITCPIO_CONF" "${MKINITCPIO_CONF}.backup"
-
-  # Remove any old nvidia modules to prevent duplicates
-  sudo sed -i -E 's/ nvidia_drm//g; s/ nvidia_uvm//g; s/ nvidia_modeset//g; s/ nvidia//g;' "$MKINITCPIO_CONF"
-  # Add the new modules at the start of the MODULES array
-  sudo sed -i -E "s/^(MODULES=\\()/\\1${NVIDIA_MODULES} /" "$MKINITCPIO_CONF"
-  # Clean up potential double spaces
-  sudo sed -i -E 's/  +/ /g' "$MKINITCPIO_CONF"
-
-  sudo mkinitcpio -P
-
-  # Add NVIDIA environment variables to hyprland.conf
-  HYPRLAND_CONF="$HOME/.config/hypr/hyprland.conf"
-  if [ -f "$HYPRLAND_CONF" ]; then
-    cat >>"$HYPRLAND_CONF" <<'EOF'
-
-# NVIDIA environment variables
 env = NVD_BACKEND,direct
 env = LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME,nvidia
 env = __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME,nvidia
 EOF
-  fi
 fi

install/omarchy-other.packages

@@ -27,9 +27,12 @@ linux
 linux-firmware
 linux-headers
 macbook12-spi-driver-dkms
+nvidia-580xx-dkms
 nvidia-dkms
 nvidia-open-dkms
+nvidia-580xx-utils
 nvidia-utils
+lib32-nvidia-580xx-utils
 lib32-nvidia-utils
 pipewire
 pipewire-alsa

migrations/1766942230.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+echo "Migrate legacy NVIDIA GPUs to nvidia-580xx driver (if needed)"
+
+# Only migrate GTX 9xx or 10xx (Pascal/Maxwell)
+NVIDIA="$(lspci | grep -i 'nvidia')"
+if echo "$NVIDIA" | grep -qE "GTX 9|GTX 10"; then
+  # Piping yes to override existing packages
+  yes | sudo pacman -S nvidia-580xx-dkms nvidia-580xx-utils lib32-nvidia-580xx-utils
+fi