Because native Steam depends on nvidia-utils
and lib32-nvidia-utils
(provide vulkan-driver
and lib32-vulkan-driver
respectively), you cannot replace these packages without removing steam first. You can simply remove steam
and then reinstall after everything works.
Read https://wiki.hyprland.org/Nvidia/. Some important side notes:
- "Fixing random flickering, nuclear method" is exactly what it says. It will nuke battery life and power usage, because your GPU will be forced to run in the highest power state.
- for DRM kernel mode setting, I recommend following the instructions on the Arch wiki instead: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA#DRM_kernel_mode_setting
If you are experiencing issues with 545/550 drivers, you can try switching to nvidia-535xx-dkms
(AUR).
- remove the current providers for
nvidia
andnvidia-utils
.- also remove
lib32-nvidia-utils
if applicable.
- also remove
- install
nvidia-535xx-dkms
andnvidia-535xx-utils
from the AUR.- also install
lib32-nvidia-535xx-utils
if applicable.
- also install
- reboot and pray your issues are solved
Gamemode might seem like a niche tool that wont do a lot, but especially with Proton games it can change games from being unplayable to running with no issues whatsoever. I also recommend adding DiSPLAY=
to launch options, which will sometimes prevent games from running in xwayland.
If you don't play any games, use nouveau. otherwise don't.
This list is far from complete, feel free to suggest things i should add here