How do I switch to proprietary nvidia drivers?

@tetris4 wrote:

Hello,

Yes sure you can do this procedure in recovery mode.

I was asking for that output to see what kind of drivers I would suggest installing. In your case inxi -F says GT218, GeForce 210, so according to nvidia’s drivers website, you should go for nvidia 340xx.

So to sum up, these are the steps to follow:

1. Boot into recovery mode.
2. Make sure your system is updated by running
   sudo pacman -Syu
3. Remove related entries to nouveau
   sudo pacman -Rdd mesa-libgl
sudo pacman -R xf86-video-nouveau
4. Install nvidia drivers for your card
   sudo pacman -S nvidia-340xx
sudo pacman -S nvidia-340xx-utils
5. Keep fingers crossed and reboot.

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