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Remove Nvidia proprietary driver option (nvidia-dkms no longer in repos) #4343

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Remove Nvidia proprietary driver option (nvidia-dkms no longer in repos)
dylanmtaylor Mar 31, 2026
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Remove libva-mesa-driver (now provided by mesa)
dylanmtaylor Mar 31, 2026
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14 changes: 1 addition & 13 deletions archinstall/lib/hardware.py
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Expand Up @@ -41,10 +41,8 @@ class GfxPackage(Enum):
Dkms = 'dkms'
IntelMediaDriver = 'intel-media-driver'
LibvaIntelDriver = 'libva-intel-driver'
LibvaMesaDriver = 'libva-mesa-driver'
LibvaNvidiaDriver = 'libva-nvidia-driver'
Mesa = 'mesa'
NvidiaDkms = 'nvidia-dkms'
NvidiaOpenDkms = 'nvidia-open-dkms'
VulkanIntel = 'vulkan-intel'
VulkanRadeon = 'vulkan-radeon'
Expand All @@ -62,12 +60,11 @@ class GfxDriver(Enum):
IntelOpenSource = 'Intel (open-source)'
NvidiaOpenKernel = 'Nvidia (open kernel module for newer GPUs, Turing+)'
NvidiaOpenSource = 'Nvidia (open-source nouveau driver)'
NvidiaProprietary = 'Nvidia (proprietary)'
VMOpenSource = 'VirtualBox (open-source)'

def is_nvidia(self) -> bool:
match self:
case GfxDriver.NvidiaProprietary | GfxDriver.NvidiaOpenSource | GfxDriver.NvidiaOpenKernel:
case GfxDriver.NvidiaOpenSource | GfxDriver.NvidiaOpenKernel:
return True
case _:
return False
Expand All @@ -91,7 +88,6 @@ def gfx_packages(self) -> list[GfxPackage]:
GfxPackage.Xf86VideoAmdgpu,
GfxPackage.Xf86VideoAti,
GfxPackage.Xf86VideoNouveau,
GfxPackage.LibvaMesaDriver,
GfxPackage.LibvaIntelDriver,
GfxPackage.IntelMediaDriver,
GfxPackage.VulkanRadeon,
Expand All @@ -103,7 +99,6 @@ def gfx_packages(self) -> list[GfxPackage]:
GfxPackage.Mesa,
GfxPackage.Xf86VideoAmdgpu,
GfxPackage.Xf86VideoAti,
GfxPackage.LibvaMesaDriver,
GfxPackage.VulkanRadeon,
]
case GfxDriver.IntelOpenSource:
Expand All @@ -123,15 +118,8 @@ def gfx_packages(self) -> list[GfxPackage]:
packages += [
GfxPackage.Mesa,
GfxPackage.Xf86VideoNouveau,
GfxPackage.LibvaMesaDriver,
GfxPackage.VulkanNouveau,
]
case GfxDriver.NvidiaProprietary:
packages += [
GfxPackage.NvidiaDkms,
GfxPackage.Dkms,
GfxPackage.LibvaNvidiaDriver,
]
case GfxDriver.VMOpenSource:
packages += [
GfxPackage.Mesa,
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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions archinstall/lib/models/profile.py
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Expand Up @@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ def parse_arg(cls, arg: _ProfileConfigurationSerialization) -> Self:
greeter = arg.get('greeter', None)
gfx_driver = arg.get('gfx_driver', None)

if gfx_driver == 'Nvidia (proprietary)':
raise ValueError(
'The Nvidia proprietary driver (nvidia-dkms) has been removed from the Arch repos. '
'Please use "Nvidia (open kernel module for newer GPUs, Turing+)" instead.'
)

return cls(
profile,
GfxDriver(gfx_driver) if gfx_driver else None,
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion archinstall/lib/profile/profiles_handler.py
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Expand Up @@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ def install_greeter(self, install_session: Installer, greeter: GreeterType) -> N
def install_gfx_driver(self, install_session: Installer, driver: GfxDriver) -> None:
debug(f'Installing GFX driver: {driver.value}')

if driver in [GfxDriver.NvidiaOpenKernel, GfxDriver.NvidiaProprietary]:
if driver in [GfxDriver.NvidiaOpenKernel]:
headers = [f'{kernel}-headers' for kernel in install_session.kernels]
# Fixes https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/issues/585
install_session.add_additional_packages(headers)
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