This is my fourth attempt, and the screen freezes at 34% every time. I have even waited for over an hour, but there has been no progress.
Iām using a 500 Mbps wired internet connection. Is that considered slow.?
Iāve had a similar experience and the reason in my case was a faulty nvme disk. Might be a good idea to test the target disk using something like dd utility.
I wonder if the installation indeed breaks, or itās just the GUI. Apparently it happens when dkms compiles nvidia kernel modules. Maybe thereās a bug affecting your configuration. I have nvidia but apparently a newer card (mine is 40 series), so it could be something specific to your setup. Also, things change. There could be some new regressions affecting newer kernels or something.
I would recommend you to try the CLI installer or manual/Arch method.
You probably have the same problem I have with a new installation: mirrors.
I get mirror problems every time I do a fresh install. It even happened few days ago with a test installation that I have on a external SSD where I couldnāt update my system with a lot of mirrors errors and had to run the cachyos-rate-mirrors tool on that install despite not having that problem on my main system. Not sure if this tool is ran or is available in the installation media.
Of course assuming that is what is causing that problem for you.
This is definitely possible, however he said it froze at 34% every time. @leejm did installer freeze every time when dkms starts compiling nvidia module?
I already tried running cachyos-rate-mirrors in the terminal and proceeded with the installation again, but the same issue still occurred.
It always freezes at the āchwd -> dkms install --no-depmod nvidia...ā step.
Iām not sure if it will work, but Iāll try a manual installation tomorrow. Thanks for the advice.
You donāt have to go down the full manual route. I havenāt used it, but AFAIK thereās an official CLI installer. Try using that before doing a full manual install, unless you have other reasons for trying it (learning experience, more control etc). For a regular CachyOS install, personally I would pick the CachyOS CLI installer.
I tried the CLI installer, but the same freezing issue occurs during the āInstall base packagesā stepā¦
Sorry to hear that. What kind of Nvidia GPU is that, and whatās the hardware (Laptop or a desktop)? Is this a first time youāre installing a Linux system, or have you already used another distro before?
Iām almost at the point of giving up right nowā¦ Iām using a GTX 960 GPU and a desktop. This is my first time using Linux.
Thatās an older card, but it should still be supported by the 580 driver. If the rest of your PC is that old too, you might want to try a different distro.
CachyOS is a bleeding edge rolling release. Testing on older hardware is probably not a priority for CachyOS or the upstream developers.
If you donāt mind tinkering, you can keep trying. You can almost certainly get it working on CachyOS. But if you just want something that works (for now at least, since youāre just starting with Linux), Iād try Ubuntu.
Iād start with the latest LTS (26.04). If you still have issues, Iād also try 24.04 LTS (previous LTS release). If you use 24.04, Iād avoid the HWE stack and stick with the standard kernel and the 535 NVIDIA driver (Donāt remember if 24.04 already enables HWE by default). But Iād try 26.04 first.
Edit:
Btw Cachy devs just/yesterday release a new version (June Release), have you already tried with that one?