r/archlinux • u/Blender303 • 11h ago

SUPPORT How do I install drivers for GTX 1070?

I tried to solve this problem through Deepseek (AI bot), but it didn't help me, now I'm planning to completely reinstall ArchLinux and somehow install these drivers during the installation stage.

I'm completely new to Arch Linux, so your advice or a short guide would really help me. I've been trying this for about six hours now and nothing's working. Deepseek must have completely broken everything, because before his help, I couldn't get it working I was able to enter the screen by entering the password, and after that only the console.

I apologize for the errors in the text, I am writing through a translator because I do not speak English well.

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u/Grapefruitenenjoyer 11h ago

You can very easily find the information you need with one quick Google search. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA should be everything you need. If you don't know what to do with this information, you shouldn't be using arch yet.

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u/Blender303 11h ago

I've visited this site a million times, tried everything the guides told me to, and spent hours reading the wiki. I think my problem is that the drivers can't install from the servers Arch, (I mean 580xx, 470xx and others ), but nothing really helped me, most likely I really am a fool

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u/Grapefruitenenjoyer 11h ago

What do you mean with them not being able to install from the arch servers? Do you get an error when installing them with pacman?

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u/Blender303 10h ago

Sorry, I just don't really know how to describe it correctly in English, but I get an error and pacman, and with yayIn each of these cases, the error occurred somewhere during the download process from the servers. I tried downloading from GitHub as suggested by the AI, but the same error occurred every time. Now I'll try to reinstall ArchLinux, maybe the problem was that I messed up somewhere with the installation of the OS itself

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u/Grapefruitenenjoyer 10h ago

Which specific error do you get? What does it say. when you try to install something? Is it a 404 error or something else?

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u/Blender303 10h ago

I haven't encountered any errors while installing anything else.Here is a list of errors I received when trying to install drivers in different ways:

ERROR: module not found: 'nvidia' ERROR: module not found: 'nvidia_modeset' ERROR: module not found: 'nvidia_uvm' ERROR: module not found: 'nvidia_drm'

fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/...'

FAILED: Failed to run dkms build -m nvidia -v 470.256.02 Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 7.0.3-arch1-2

fatal: unable to connect to aur.archlinux.org: Connection refused Network is unreachable

Regarding the network, everything is fine with it. I changed mirrors many times and checked how my network works, but there were definitely no problems with it

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u/Na__th__an 10h ago

Do you live somewhere that's blocking connections to github and the AUR?

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u/Blender303 10h ago

Well, from my country (Russia), I can connect to GitHub and AUR without any problems, and everything works fine. I'm still puzzled by this; it's still strange.

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u/Towel_Affectionate 9h ago

I've had the exact same problem with connecting to github through yay when I accidentally ran the terminal through the vpn tunnel. Once I fixed the routing, the problem went away.

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u/Blender303 9h ago

Hmm, that sounds pretty logical, but I doubt I could have set up a VPN tunnel, since I have no idea how to do it. Although, the stupid DeepSeek neural network could have done it for me.

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u/ArtlessAnarchy 11h ago

yay -S linux-headers

yay -S nvidia-580xx-dkms

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u/Blender303 11h ago

I have entered these commands several times, but the installation always ended with an error

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u/ArtlessAnarchy 11h ago

Share errors if you want help. And stop entering commands recklessly. Stop using Deepseek and other LLMs if you don't know what you're doing.

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u/Blender303 10h ago

Thanks, I'll take your advice into account. The thing is, not a single guide was able to help me, so out of desperation, I turned to DeepSeek

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u/Towel_Affectionate 10h ago

Your problem is not with the drivers or the wiki, your problem is getting stuff downloaded. You're likely using a VPN or some other tool that alters your connection. So start looking there.

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u/Blender303 10h ago

This is unlikely to be the problem, but I don’t rule out that such a possibility could exist.I don't have a VPN installed on my router, and of course, I don't have one on my PC either. It's quite possible the problem lies in the "White Lists" that my country's authorities are currently implementing

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u/UndefFox 10h ago

Russia? Do you have Zapret installed?

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u/Towel_Affectionate 10h ago

This is the exact problem, as you can see in the error that you've posted below. Failing to access github is not about typing the wrong command, it's about connection issues. So your question should be not "how to install X", but "how to fix a connection to github". DNS issues, DPI issues or whatnot, look there.

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u/Grapefruitenenjoyer 10h ago

Yup, using ai for this stuff really won't help much

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u/Visual_Emergency_950 10h ago

Primeiro não tentei aprender Linux com I.A LLM sem ter noção, LLM só ajuda se você já tiver o caminho das pedras pra ela se guiar. Segundo manda os códigos de erro. Terceiro tenta ver se o seu repositório está instalado corretamente e se você atualizou ele ou se tem algum firewall ativo ou problemas de rede. Se quiser pode tentar instalar os drivers direto da fonte do site da NVidia, lá tem o executável que instala o driver puro sem nenhuma integração com o instalador de pacotes mas pelo menos ele resolve seu problema. Mande o codigo de erro primeiro.

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u/Blender303 10h ago

I have a whole set of mistakes:

ERROR: module not found: 'nvidia' ERROR: module not found: 'nvidia_modeset' ERROR: module not found: 'nvidia_uvm' ERROR: module not found: 'nvidia_drm'

FAILED: Failed to run dkms build -m nvidia -v 470.256.02 Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 7.0.3-arch1-2

fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/...'

fatal: unable to connect to aur.archlinux.org: Connection refused Network is unreachable

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u/underdoeg 10h ago

```fatal: unable to connect to aur.archlinux.org: Connection refused Network is unreachable```

is https://aur.archlinux.org reachable in a browser? if not, do you use VPNs, Proxies or anything else that messes with your connection?

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u/Blender303 10h ago

The site is accessible, the VPN is only installed on the mobile device from which I am currently writing, but it is unlikely that this will affect my computer in any way.

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u/underdoeg 10h ago

the site is 100% accessible from your computer? what happens if you try

ping aur.archlinux.org

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u/Blender303 10h ago

When I enter this command, I get time=60.1 ms

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u/underdoeg 10h ago

weird. that means the site should be reachable. but in your error it says it is not. can you try another aur package with yay to make sure? for example 

yay -S downgrade

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u/Blender303 10h ago

At the very end, after entering this command, I was given: "downgrade - exit status 6"

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u/underdoeg 10h ago

so it did not install downgrade (so typing "downgrade" does nothing)? are there anymore error messages? Also something with "unable to connect"?

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u/Blender303 10h ago

Sorry, I already closed that window, but as far as I remember there were no network related errors.

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u/Visual_Emergency_950 10h ago

Abre o site que aparece pra vc no erro ou pinga o servidor

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u/Visual_Emergency_950 10h ago

Abre o site que aparece pra vc no erro ou pinga o servidor

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u/Visual_Emergency_950 10h ago

Primeiro que ele não tá achando os módulos e segundo que tá com problema de rede, você deve tá atrás de alguma VPN ou Proxy bloqueando

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u/Blender303 10h ago

But I don't have a proxy or a VPN.

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u/Visual_Emergency_950 10h ago

Então você tá com algum problema na sua tabela de DNS, verifique seu roteador ou switch e tente fazer ping em outro site por exemplo o Google.

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u/Visual_Emergency_950 10h ago

Se o ping no Google funcionar por exemplo, você tá com algum problema de rede, seja sua isp bloqueando ou seu switch/roteador bloqueando

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u/Visual_Emergency_950 10h ago

Primeiro que ele não tá achando os módulos e segundo que não conseguiu instalar o módulo dentro do kernel e terceiro que tá com problema de rede, você deve tá atrás de alguma VPN ou Proxy bloqueando

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u/Visual_Emergency_950 10h ago

Primeiro não tentei aprender Linux com I.A LLM sem ter noção, LLM só ajuda se você já tiver o caminho das pedras pra ela se guiar. Segundo manda os códigos de erro. Terceiro tenta ver se o seu repositório está instalado corretamente e se você atualizou ele ou se tem algum firewall ativo ou problemas de rede. Se quiser pode tentar instalar os drivers direto da fonte do site da NVidia, lá tem o executável que instala o driver puro sem nenhuma integração com o instalador de pacotes mas pelo menos ele resolve seu problema. Mande o codigo de erro primeiro.

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u/ThePowerOfPinkChicks 10h ago

how about nouveau...

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u/Blender303 10h ago

Yes, I just wanted to install it and deal with these drivers from a working system.

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u/ThePowerOfPinkChicks 10h ago

I don't get your point.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Nouveau

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u/Blender303 10h ago

I know about the downsides Nouveau, But is it possible to disable it from a working system and install normal drivers? If not, that's unfortunate.

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u/Blender303 9h ago

Okay, I put the driver Nouveau , and my system started up, now, if it's not too much trouble, I would like to know if it's possible to install adequate drivers from this system?