Installing the nvidia driver

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nvidia provides a binary-only graphics driver that provides 3D acceleration; if you don't require 3D acceleration, you're better off using the standard driver that comes with Ark Linux. It is less buggy, and follows a sane licensing scheme.

If you want to install nvidia's driver anyway:

  • Install the "nvidia" package through Mission Control -> Install Software (alternatively, run apt-get update;apt-get install nvidia on a command line)
  • Run (from a command line) nvidia-enable
  • Restart the X server by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Backspace (warning: this closes all open applications. Save your work first!)
  • If you ever want to switch back to the normal, open source driver, run nvidia-disable from a command line.
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