Start by installing xorg and nvidia graphics

pacman -S xorg-server xorg-server-utils xorg-xinit xorg-utils xorg-twm xorg-xclock xterm xorg-xrandr nvidia nvidia-libgl xf86-input-evdev

Reboot

reboot

Install awesome, touchpad support and vicious

pacman -S awesome xf86-input-synaptics vicious hddtemp alsa-utils wireless_tools

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