Need help with installing Clear Linux with nvidia 2080 TI

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Hello,

I am very new to linux. I have just finished building a new PC and have it dual booting windows 10 on the first drive and clear linux on the second drive.

When I install clear linux and boot into it it stops at a gray screen. I have to hit CTRL ALT F2 etc to load the TTY session. Then if I type in the command startx then it will load the GUI but without all of the extra modules.

I believe the issue from what I have read is the fact that I have a 2080 TI and Clear Linux is using third party drivers which are not compatible with the latest card. I have tried for over 20 hours now to get the nvidia drivers installed but I lack the skill and experience to fully be able to troubleshoot as to what all I need to do.

I wanted to see if any of you know of a why to install the actual nvidia drivers during the install of Clear Linux instead of afterwords or if someone has compiled and released a version of the latest clear linux with it already added to the disk image?

Also is there a discord channel that I can log into on my phone for assistance from other users for faster help?

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There’s some good stuff on this forum:

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I know I tried this and I did not have luck. I could not get the script to run so I then followed the sublink to the post that the scripts where based on and followed them and still no luck.

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What do you mean by not able to get them to run?

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I ran the scripts but it gave errors and did not end up in a working install of nvidia drivers or access to the desktop GUI