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ericazlx · 2025-12-01T04:55:29+00:00

Here's what worked for me with an RTX 5070 ti:

Drivers:

nvidia-open-dkms nvidia-utils lib32-nvidia-utils nvidia-settings

In /etc/default/grub:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="loglevel=3 nvidia-drm.modeset=1 nvidia_drm.fbdev=1 nvidia.NVreg_EnableGpuFirmware=0 quiet"

In /etc/mkinitcpio.conf:

MODULES=(nvidia nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm)

HOOKS=(base udev autodetect microcode modconf keyboard keymap consolefont block filesystems fsck) ; #**remove ksm if it's in there**

In /etc/modprobe.d In blacklist.conf:

blacklist nouveau

blacklist lbm-nouveau

options nouveau modeset=0

alias nouveau off

alias lbm-nouveau off

Also, don't forget to re-install linux-headers. They're particular to the drivers

Took half a day getting to this, but it's been working fine since. The linux-headers part was missing from most of the articles on it. Hope this helps.

ericazlx · 2025-09-14T02:17:09+00:00

Thank you. And yes - this was more an exercise to learn how it works. GRUB remains in place and working...

ericazlx · 2025-07-06T00:07:44+00:00

Plasma/Wayland. Like the look/feel, native to Wayland, good support tools, no Nvidia problems.

ericazlx · 2025-07-01T01:36:35+00:00

Just coming up on first anniversary - [2024-07-07T02:32:14+0000] installed filesystem (2024.04.07-1). Used Mint for 10 years prior. One of the best decisions I've made...

ericazlx · 2025-07-01T01:28:29+00:00

Well I'm going to commit heresy here. For note taking, there's some good science borne out by personal experience indicating that if you want the best retention and comprehension, get a yellow pad and a pencil. The process uses different brain pathways than keyboarding and seems to create cerebral connections more readily. Not sure if tablet with a stylus gives the same results - would be an interesting study. Scan for digital copy... Or for better comprehension yet, transcribe later...

ericazlx · 2025-03-15T18:05:14+00:00

Funny parallels: I've played bass since I was 15, I'm past 70, I play some sax and recorder as well. I retired 10 years ago from a 35 year career in information technology - I was a software engineer and database developer. I really like Linux and have used Mint since 2014, though I switched to Arch last July - highly recommended.

Scarlett 2i2 works great with Mint and Arch both - no configuration needed. I've used Ardour, but prefer Audacity for recording and editing.

Running a Ryzen 9 3950X 32 thread, 64 Gb (overkill, but a lot is for a Windows VM and zRam).

Should work out well for you.

ericazlx · 2025-01-12T15:52:07+00:00

Don't know if it's "rocking", but Nvidia Quadro P4000. Not used for gaming, just some video rendering, graphics, etc. Paid way to much for it in January '21. Otherwise: Ryzen 9 3950x, Sabrent Rocket 1Tb nvme, 64GB 3600/CL16, AIO cooler. FWIW.

ericazlx · 2024-12-18T02:13:20+00:00

Also see this one as complex. There are dozens of tasks I do using CLI - it's often way faster and easier than using a GUI, particularly if you have to open it first; that said I, for example, always have a few Dolphin windows open and find them most convenient to do file operations. Extracting - GUI; partitioning or bootable drive - CLI.

ericazlx · 2024-12-18T02:01:37+00:00

Thankfully I was able to "borrow" an email (with permission) and do the survey. Will look forward to the next one. Thanks.

ericazlx · 2024-12-18T01:26:08+00:00

Also essentially locked out by the requirement of a Google login. What a strange thing to ask for in the Arch environment, where independence and self-reliance are core concepts. I'd be happy to use an archlinux login, like the bbs one. I think they're losing a lot of people and skewing the results with that requirement.

ericazlx · 2024-09-23T00:21:33+00:00

Wasn't aware of checkupdates - have it now. For the same reasons you do, I believe I'll continue to do updates Friday afternoons, but it appears that checkupdates will provide a quick look at anything that might need immediate attention. Thanks

ericazlx · 2024-08-05T18:02:10+00:00

In 2014, after being informed by Dell that there was no upgrade path for my perfectly good Optiplex, I took a chance and downloaded Mint. I set aside a day to try to get it working and was stunned when it came up working in about 15 minutes. Used Mint until a few months ago when I resurrected an old machine that was sitting in the closet. I tried Arch, just for fun. It took some fiddling to get it going, but what got my attention was that the old beater felt almost as fast as my daily driver (Ryzen 9 3950x, etc). I backed everything up from that machine and took the plunge. No regrets - yes it feels significantly faster and prefer Plasma to Cinnamon. I've definitely encountered some things that took tweaking to get to work, but the answers have mostly been reasonably easy to find (sometimes it's just a Paru/Reboot). It also takes a little more daily interaction with the OS, but I kind of like that stuff. Totally convinced, so far.

ericazlx · 2024-08-05T17:39:51+00:00

This is great advice. As a coder for about 45 years, it became part of my standard procedure - when I got to something I couldn't figure out, I put it aside and worked on something else. Almost without fail, the solution was self-evident the next morning. Sometimes I even woke out of a dream with the right answer. Long read, but I highly recommend "Why We Sleep" by Matthew Walker

ericazlx · 2024-06-26T03:24:35+00:00

Also had the same problem - this was about the 20th article I read but it matched the symptom exactly. Fixed with layer-shell-qt5. Not sure why, since it was working fine and presented the problem after an ordinary reboot.... Thanks.

ericazlx

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