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Distribution: Slackware64 15.0 (started with 13.37). Testing -current in a spare partition.
Posts: 934
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Originally Posted by cwizardone
It is based on the GPU microarchitecture. Most of the 700 series used the Kepler architecture. The top three were based on the newer Maxwell architecture. So, you are safe until they decide to "legacy" Maxwell. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler_(microarchitecture)
Nice, thanks for the info GTX 960 is indeed a Maxwell GM206.
Nvidia beta 545.23.06 was released a few days ago. When i used nvidia and did a lot of driver testing, I found their beta drivers tended to be totally fine as a rule, so it's worth checking to see if any early issues are detected.
Nvidia also has a really good bug reporting tool by the way, which makes bug reporting pretty easy, in case you find any bugs on the beta.
I'm not positive, but I believe this may be the driver that becomes next legacy, when they finish their 'open source' (sic, aka, wrapper between kernel and device firmware blob) 'driver'. Note that not even Nvidia is pretending this will be an actual driver in the normally understood sense of the word.
I was actually expecting 535 to close out the pre Turing graphics device support, but it appears they are having trouble getting the 'open source' driver out of beta, so it may be even more releases. I believe Turing and newer have the embedded firmware blob, which is required for the non driver 'open source driver' to work, so there will never be as far as I know any 'open source' pre Turing driver unless it's nouveau.
The 470 driver, that's all pre Maxwell/Pascal devices, Kepler era, EOL September 2024, it depends on what source you check.
The "release highlights," a list of supported products and a download link can be found at each of the above URLs.
Installation instructions can be found under the heading, "Additional Information" at each of the above links. Under that same heading you can find detailed installation instructions by clicking on "README."
Last edited by cwizardone; 10-31-2023 at 02:33 PM.
Distribution: Slackware64-current with "True Multilib" and KDE4Town.
Posts: 9,154
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Nvidia's Latest "New Feature Branch" Driver, Version: 545.29.06, has been released.
The "release highlights" and bug fixes, a list of supported products and a download link can be found at, https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driv.../216530/en-us/
Installation instructions can be found under the heading, "Additional Information" at the above link. Under that same heading you can find detailed installation instructions by clicking on "README."
Last edited by cwizardone; 11-23-2023 at 12:36 PM.
Distribution: Slackware64-current with "True Multilib" and KDE4Town.
Posts: 9,154
Original Poster
Rep:
Nvidia's Latest "New Feature Branch" Driver, Version: 545.29.06, has been released.
The "release highlights" and bug fixes, a list of supported products and a download link can be found at, https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driv.../216530/en-us/
Installation instructions can be found under the heading, "Additional Information" at the above link. Under that same heading you can find detailed installation instructions by clicking on "README."
Last edited by cwizardone; 11-23-2023 at 12:36 PM.
Distribution: Slackware64-current with "True Multilib" and KDE4Town.
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There is something very odd going on. Post #847, was duplicated by, I'm guessing, the board software. If I edit and delete the text in #848, save the change, and refresh the page, the text in #847 is also deleted and replaced with whatever I typed in #848, and vice versa.
I've tried three browsers, changed kernels and graphics drivers, but the result is always the same.
Anyone have an idea as to what in the heck in going on?
Last edited by cwizardone; 11-23-2023 at 01:33 PM.
I noticed that duplication. Now that you tell us they seem to edit in syncronicity, I looked at the links behind the comment numbers (847 and 848) and they point to the exact same place.
i always feel as if i am doing something wrong when things works for most people.
This is the nth time I try to install the native Nvidia drivers on my box (no matter how updated the version claims to be) and, I always get the same result. NOT installed.
This time i also took the time to browse the "/var/log/nvidia-installer.log" file and I noticed that the only error reported is the lack of a "stdarg.h" file.
I attached the log file for anyone's perusal should any expert/developer wish to dig into the issue and perhaps throw some hints on how to resolve the problem.
To be honest, the Noeuveu drivers have been working great for me since always, as I have never been able to install the native nvidia drivers, (despite what everyone claim them to be kr@pp0l@); the only thing that bugs me is the constant system freeze when I browse high resolution/3D maps such as in google-earth-pro and the occasional freeze when I launch VLC while working on other photo and video applications such as GIMP or KDEnlinve (which I think a 6GB video card should be able to handle pretty easily, or am i wrong here too?)
Distribution: Slackware64-current with "True Multilib" and KDE4Town.
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On the download page for each Nvidia driver (at their website) you will find
installation instructions under the heading, "Additional Information." Under that same heading you can find detailed installation instructions by clicking on "README."
i always feel as if i am doing something wrong when things works for most people.
This is the nth time I try to install the native Nvidia drivers on my box (no matter how updated the version claims to be) and, I always get the same result. NOT installed.
This time i also took the time to browse the "/var/log/nvidia-installer.log" file and I noticed that the only error reported is the lack of a "stdarg.h" file.
I attached the log file for anyone's perusal should any expert/developer wish to dig into the issue and perhaps throw some hints on how to resolve the problem.
To be honest, the Noeuveu drivers have been working great for me since always, as I have never been able to install the native nvidia drivers, (despite what everyone claim them to be kr@pp0l@); the only thing that bugs me is the constant system freeze when I browse high resolution/3D maps such as in google-earth-pro and the occasional freeze when I launch VLC while working on other photo and video applications such as GIMP or KDEnlinve (which I think a 6GB video card should be able to handle pretty easily, or am i wrong here too?)
Thanks
I had a similar error when it couldn't find the kernel source directory. 6.6.y kernels actually broke the nVidia module Makefile:
Have you tried using the --kernel-name, --kernel-output-path, and --kernel-source-path options with the installer?
Here is my upgrade_kernel_module.sh script:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
NvVER=545.29.06
KVER=${KVER:-$(uname -r)}
#KVER=5.19.17-etr
MODULE_ONLY=--kernel-modules-only
#MODULE_ONLY=
if [ -z "$MODULE_ONLY" ]; then
# Both of these call nvidia-smi. If it is running it prevents
# the nvidia module from unloading.
/etc/rc.d/rc.system76-power stop
/etc/rc.d/rc.monitor_sensors stop
sleep 2s
fi
# --dkms \
# --kernel-module-build-directory=kernel-open \
# --expert
sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-$NvVER.run \
--kernel-name="$KVER" \
--kernel-output-path=/lib/modules/"$KVER"/build \
--kernel-source-path=/lib/modules/"$KVER"/build/source \
"$MODULE_ONLY" \
--kernel-module-build-directory=kernel-open \
--install-compat32-libs \
--no-cc-version-check
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GTX 960 is indeed a Maxwell GM206.
