As mentioned in my previous post, I run linux and windows in dual boot. Currently EndeavourOS and Windows 11. Lately, I somehow messed up my Linux installation and had more and more graphics issue with unstable output and just a blackscreen instead of my systemd-boot menu.

So I finally took the time to reinstall Linux, and here are the steps (as of today), that worked for me to get EndeavourOS with NVIDIA running, even with hibernation:

1. Drivers: Choose the NVIDIA driver option in the installer boot menu. This will automatically install the drivers for you. Else, install nvidia-inst with yay nvidia-inst and execute as described in their blog post (here)[https://discovery.endeavouros.com/nvidia/new-nvidia-driver-installer-nvidia-inst/2022/03/]. REBOOT

2. tty Output: I decided not to go down the rabbithole and just accepted that the following command will fix tty output for the current driver: sudo nvidia-installer-kernel-para nvidia-drm.fbdev=1 add (mentioned somwhere (here)[https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA#DRM_kernel_mode_setting]). REBOOT

3. Hibernation magic: As described in the wiki (here)[https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA/Tips_and_tricks#Preserve_video_memory_after_suspend], the following commands are required:

   • sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf and add options nvidia NVreg_PreserveVideoMemoryAllocations=1.
   • enable all the following services: sudo systemctl enable nvidia-suspend.service, sudo systemctl enable nvidia-hibernate.service and sudo systemctl enable nvidia-resume.service.
   • REBOOT

Why are there still so many hops to jump through?

IDK

How long did this took you?

Couple of hours… again. The same battle every few years.

Why don’t just use the open-source driver?

CUDA and other stuff. Also performance.

Summary

# choose nvidia option during boot for installation
# => or install via `yay nvidia-inst` and following https://discovery.endeavouros.com/nvidia/new-nvidia-driver-installer-nvidia-inst/2022/03/
reboot

# Make tty work again
sudo nvidia-installer-kernel-para nvidia-drm.fbdev=1 add
reboot

# Hibernation magic
sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf
# => add 'options nvidia NVreg_PreserveVideoMemoryAllocations=1'
sudo systemctl enable nvidia-suspend.service
sudo systemctl enable nvidia-hibernate.service
sudo systemctl enable nvidia-resume.service
reboot