The Latest NVIDIA Linux Driver Release.

garpu · 01-12-2022, 01:40 PM

Do the drivers work with 5.16 yet?

cwizardone · 01-12-2022, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by garpu

Do the drivers work with 5.16 yet?

The 470.94 driver works with the 5.16.0 kernel and worked with all the 5.16-release candidates.

garpu · 01-12-2022, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by cwizardone

The 470.94 driver works with the 5.16.0 kernel and worked with all the 5.16-release candidates.

Good to know. Sounds like 15.0 is going with the 5.15 tree.

Lenard Spencer · 01-14-2022, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by garpu

Do the drivers work with 5.16 yet?

Legacy version 390.147 also works with the 5.16 kernel.

chrisretusn · 01-15-2022, 04:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Lenard Spencer

Legacy version 390.147 also works with the 5.16 kernel.

Awesome!!

JayByrd · 01-29-2022, 12:45 PM

Just a quick heads-up: I discovered yesterday that the nvidia kernel module may fail to build on kernel 5.17-rc1.

Joanbm on github has developed a patch for nvidia-470. This patch worked for me on nvidia-legacy304, so I would assume that it will be needed for all the other legacy versions, as well.

Regnad Kcin · 01-29-2022, 08:58 PM

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System:
Host: *** Kernel: 5.15.18 x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.23.5
Distro: Slackware 15.0
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: Z390 Phantom Gaming-ITX/ac
serial: *** UEFI: American Megatrends v: P4.40
date: 11/26/2019
CPU:
Info: 8-core model: Intel Core i7-9700K bits: 64 type: MCP cache: L2: 2 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 4824 min/max: 800/4900 cores: 1: 4801 2: 4802 3: 4802
4: 4802 5: 4888 6: 4845 7: 4857 8: 4801
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU106 [GeForce RTX 2060 Rev. A] driver: nvidia
v: 510.39.01
Display: server: X.Org 1.20.14 driver: loaded: nvidia resolution:
1: 1366x768~60Hz 2: 1920x1200~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060/PCIe/SSE2
v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 510.39.01
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS driver: snd_hda_intel
Device-2: NVIDIA TU106 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
Device-3: Shure MV51 type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.18 running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes

new BETA driver, 510.39.01 builds and installs from the .run binary with
-current and the new 5.15.18 kernel and works just fine.

Lenard Spencer · 01-30-2022, 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JayByrd

Just a quick heads-up: I discovered yesterday that the nvidia kernel module may fail to build on kernel 5.17-rc1.

Joanbm on github has developed a patch for nvidia-470. This patch worked for me on nvidia-legacy304, so I would assume that it will be needed for all the other legacy versions, as well.

A slightly modified version of this patch (patching nv-procfs.h instead of nv-procfs-utils.h) works with legacy 390.147 as well.
The patch is NOT needed for the new 510.xx beta driver.

cwizardone · 01-31-2022, 01:02 PM

Nvidia's "Latest Production Branch" Driver, Version: 470.103.01, has been released.

The "release highlights" and a download link can be found at, https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driv...x/186016/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."

cwizardone · 02-01-2022, 10:00 AM

Nvidia's "Latest Production Branch" Driver, Version: 510.47.03, has been released.

The "release highlights" and a download link can be found at, https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driv...x/186156/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."

drumz · 02-01-2022, 10:11 AM

New feature in 510.47.03 "Dynamic Boost":

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Added a new daemon, nvidia-powerd, to provide support for the Dynamic Boost feature on supported systems. Dynamic Boost balances power between the CPU and the GPU for improved performance. For more details, see the "Dynamic Boost on Linux" chapter in the README.

However, it requires systemd so presumably will not work on Slackware:

http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree8...amicboost.html

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Software Requirements

The system must fulfill all of the following requirements:

Use the systemd init daemon.
Support the D-Bus message bus system.
Use the cpufreq infrastructure.

drumz · 02-01-2022, 01:16 PM

Just upgraded to 510.47.03 and I no longer experience the 100% CPU from kwin_x11 bug described here:
https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/...essages/192892

I experienced the bug on 495.46, and had reverted to the 470 series driver (which works fine).

Regnad Kcin · 02-02-2022, 03:32 PM

new driver, 510.47.03 builds and installs from the .run binary with
-current and the new 5.15.19 kernel and works just fine.

SqdnGuns · 02-04-2022, 07:39 PM

As an FYI, I have an Asus Rog widescreen display that has G-Sync. I have to disable G-Sync in Nvidia or I get some odd flickering and delay with mouse movement and typing. Run this as root to disable G-Sync is you encounter this issue.

Code:

nvidia-settings -a AllowVRR=0

andrew.46 · 02-10-2022, 02:56 AM

Now the dust has settled and -current has restarted I can confirm the NVidia 510.47.03 is working fine with kernel 5.16.7 (my 'safe' kernel):

Code:

andrew@ilium~$ uname -r && nvidia-smi --query-gpu=driver_version --format=csv,noheader
5.16.7-ads
510.47.03
andrew@ilium~$