Nvidia install

Windows

Download/Install

Linux

Official NVIDIA driver

Install driver associated with kernel

LTS kernel

pacman -Rsd linux-headers  # remove headers not associated with your kernel
pacman -S linux-lts linux-lts-headers \
    && mkinitcpio -p linux-lts \
    && pacman -S nvidia-lts

Current kernel

Custom kernel

pacman -Rsd linux-headers  # remove headers not associated with your kernel
pacman -S ${custom-kernel-with-headers} \
    && mkinitcpio -P \
    && nvidia-dkms

blacklist nouveau

# /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf

blacklist nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0

disable modeset and framebuffer (modeset currently preventing vconsole)

# /boot/loader/entries/archlinux.conf

# ...
options ... rdblacklist=nouveau nomodeset nofb  # maybe get rid of nofb?

Nouveau

TODO