Linux Housekeeping: Downgrading Nvidia Drivers to Fix Kernel Panic in Arch Linux
2024-05-13 | #linux #nvidia
Recently, I encountered an issue with my Arch Linux system randomly freezing, along with the caps lock key blinking during the freeze. Further research 1 2 revealed that the culprit was Nvidia (of course!) and their current 550 drivers causing random kernel panics. In this blog, I’ll outline how to downgrade Nvidia drivers to 545 version, which currently serves as the potential fix for the issue. This blog is also relevant in scenarios where you would want to downgrade any other packages.