Trouble installing Nvidia drivers on bare metal (kali 2021.4)

hello, i hope i am formatting this correctly (don't be afraid to tell me where i'm wrong, i enjoy learning new stuff). i'm used to using reddit's markdown version, but since it's my first time posting over here... i think i got this.

ok, so here's what i'm trying to do, i have a bare metal install of kali installed on my 2nd drive. my main daily driver (on my first drive) is manjaro (no ms windows here). here's my specs and hardware. i've shown the output of different commands showing: lspci VGA devices, etc... also, i followed the instructions to install the drivers and cuda tools exactly as desribed on this link https://www.kali.org/docs/general-us...on-kali-linux/. about a quarter of the way down, there's a section for "optimus for laptops/notebooks." i followed those to a T and i still can't get the kernel driver to change to nvidia. i tried installing on different branches to the same result. i have since reverted back to the rolling-release. nvidia-smi, nvidia-detect, etc... isn't working, nvidia x server app doesn't open. i don't know what to do? i'm probably missing something stupid but hey... i'll own it at this point if that's what it is.

for what it's worth, my whole reason for this is so i can utilize my gpu's hashing power on the go when needed. thanks for looking

sudo dmidecode | grep -A 9 -i "system information"

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sudo dmidecode | grep -A 9 -i "system information"
System Information
        Manufacturer: Acer
        Product Name: Nitro AN515-54
        Version: V1.23
        Serial Number: NHQ5VAA00191312C193400
        UUID: 7e935f01-994f-e911-80cf-9828a640bd77
        Wake-up Type: Power Switch
        SKU Number: 0000000000000000
        Family: Nitro 5

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lshw -short -sanitize

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lshw -short -sanitize
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
H/W path        Device        Class          Description
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                              system        Computer
/0                            bus            Motherboard
/0/0                          memory        16GiB System memory
/0/1                          processor      Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9300H CPU @ 2.40GHz
/0/100                        bridge        8th Gen Core 4-core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers [Coffee Lake H]
/0/100/1                      bridge        6th-10th Gen Core Processor PCIe Controller (x16)
/0/100/1/0                    display        GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q]
/0/100/1/0.1    card1        multimedia    GP107GL High Definition Audio Controller
/0/100/1/0.1/0  input28      input          HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3
/0/100/1/0.1/1  input29      input          HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7
/0/100/1/0.1/2  input30      input          HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=8
/0/100/1/0.1/3  input31      input          HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=9
/0/100/2        /dev/fb0      display        CoffeeLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics 630]
/0/100/8                      generic        Xeon E3-1200 v5/v6 / E3-1500 v5 / 6th/7th/8th Gen Core Processor Gaussian Mixture Model
/0/100/12                    generic        Cannon Lake PCH Thermal Controller
/0/100/14                    bus            Cannon Lake PCH USB 3.1 xHCI Host Controller
/0/100/14.2                  memory        RAM memory
/0/100/14.3    wlan0        network        Cannon Lake PCH CNVi WiFi
/0/100/15                    bus            Cannon Lake PCH Serial IO I2C Controller #0
/0/100/15.1                  bus            Cannon Lake PCH Serial IO I2C Controller #1
/0/100/16                    communication  Cannon Lake PCH HECI Controller
/0/100/17                    storage        Cannon Lake Mobile PCH SATA AHCI Controller
/0/100/1b                    bridge        Cannon Lake PCH PCI Express Root Port #21
/0/100/1b/0    /dev/nvme0    storage        WDS500G3X0C-00SJG0
/0/100/1b/0/1  /dev/nvme0n1  disk          NVMe disk
/0/100/1d                    bridge        Cannon Lake PCH PCI Express Root Port #9
/0/100/1d/0    /dev/nvme1    storage        KINGSTON RBUSNS8154P3256GJ1
/0/100/1d/0/1  /dev/nvme1n1  disk          NVMe disk
/0/100/1d.5                  bridge        Cannon Lake PCH PCI Express Root Port #14
/0/100/1d.5/0  eth0          network        RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
/0/100/1e                    communication  Cannon Lake PCH Serial IO UART Host Controller
/0/100/1f                    bridge        HM470 Chipset LPC/eSPI Controller
/0/100/1f/0                  system        PnP device PNP0c02
/0/100/1f/1                  system        PnP device PNP0c02
/0/100/1f/2                  system        PnP device PNP0c02
/0/100/1f/3                  system        PnP device PNP0c02
/0/100/1f/4                  system        PnP device PNP0b00
/0/100/1f/5                  generic        PnP device INT3f0d
/0/100/1f/6                  input          PnP device PNP0303
/0/100/1f/7                  system        PnP device PNP0c02
/0/100/1f/8                  system        PnP device PNP0c02
/0/100/1f.3    card0        multimedia    Cannon Lake PCH cAVS
/0/100/1f.3/0  input32      input          HDA Digital PCBeep
/0/100/1f.3/1  input33      input          HDA Intel PCH Front Headphone
/0/100/1f.4                  bus            Cannon Lake PCH SMBus Controller
/0/100/1f.5                  bus            Cannon Lake PCH SPI Controller
/1              input0        input          AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
/2              input1        input          Lid Switch
/3              input18      input          Logitech Wireless Mouse
/4              input19      input          Video Bus
/5              input2        input          Sleep Button
/6              input20      input          Video Bus
/7              input21      input          Acer Wireless Radio Control
/8              input22      input          PC Speaker
/9              input23      input          Acer WMI hotkeys
/a              input24      input          HD WebCam: HD WebCam
/b              input25      input          ELAN0504:01 04F3:3091 Mouse
/c              input27      input          ELAN0504:01 04F3:3091 Touchpad
/d              input3        input          Power Button
/e              input4        input          Power Button
WARNING: output may be incomplete or inaccurate, you should run this program as super-user.

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lspci | grep -i vga

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lspci | grep -i vga
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation CoffeeLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics 630]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q] (rev a1)

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lspci -s 01:00.1 -v

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lspci -s 01:00.0 -v
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q]
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 149, IOMMU group 1
        Memory at a3000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Memory at 90000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
        Memory at a0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
        I/O ports at 5000 [size=128]
        Expansion ROM at a4080000 [disabled] [size=512K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>
        Kernel driver in use: nouveau
        Kernel modules: nvidia

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https://www.kali.org/docs/general-us...on-kali-linux/

this tutorial doesnt work what gives, i installed fresh install off kali usb, to hard drive. followed tutorial step by step,

cannot continue, after verfiy driver installation,
nvidia-smi

this command shows nothing like the picture in the tutorial...

another document on cuda from nvidia dot com, "not sure what year" said edit - sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf

and add

blacklist nouveau

options nouveau modeset=0

using this technique gave me grub error, and wouldnt boot - also while stuck not booting, pressing F1 and logging into terminal, using command nvideo-smi was able to show new items not seen before.

but i lost gui. any ways i think editing the blacklist file is not a fix so lets not do that unless other wise you can guide me in the proper position to fix this issue with me not able to install cuda,

thanks for reading. 1080 graphics card nvidia says its applicable.