NVIDIA GPU Driver Installation & Configuration for AcreetionOS

Official AcreetionOS Documentation & Step-by-Step Tutorial

1. NVIDIA Graphics on AcreetionOS

AcreetionOS provides automated GPU detection during installation. If you need to reinstall or configure NVIDIA proprietary drivers for gaming, 3D rendering, or CUDA compute, follow this guide.

2. Identifying Your GPU Architecture

lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)"

3. Installing Proprietary NVIDIA Drivers

For modern NVIDIA GPUs (GTX 16xx, RTX 20xx, 30xx, 40xx, and newer):

# Install driver, DKMS module, and 32-bit gaming libraries
sudo pacman -S nvidia-dkms nvidia-utils lib32-nvidia-utils linux-headers nvidia-settings

# Enable NVIDIA DRM kernel mode setting
sudo sed -i 's/GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="/&nvidia-drm.modeset=1 /' /etc/default/grub
sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

4. Optimus Laptop Hybrid Graphics (Intel/AMD + NVIDIA)

On laptops with dual GPUs, AcreetionOS uses NVIDIA PRIME Render Offload to save battery. The integrated GPU powers your desktop display, while heavy 3D apps run on the dedicated NVIDIA card:

# Run any application on the dedicated NVIDIA GPU
prime-run steam
prime-run blender

5. Verifying NVIDIA Installation

nvidia-smi

This command displays your driver version, GPU temperature, VRAM usage, and active GPU processes.