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From: tuxic@××××××.de
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia driver plus kernel info questions
Date: Sat, 02 May 2020 17:43:50
Message-Id: 20200502174341.nkuecysp77u5gixj@solfire
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Nvidia driver plus kernel info questions by Dale
1 On 05/02 11:53, Dale wrote:
2 > Howdy,
3 >
4 > I mentioned in another thread that I was going to upgrade to a much
5 > newer kernel.  I also have to make sure Nvidia supports that kernel. 
6 > So, I went to the Nvidia site and did a search by model number.  This is
7 > the output of lspci:
8 >
9 >
10 > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK107 [GeForce GTX
11 > 650] (rev a1)
12 >
13 >
14 > So, I did the manual thing, since this is Linux not windoze, and
15 > selected the series and model.  According to the list it provided, I
16 > should be using the drivers in the 440 slot.  I'm currently using the
17 > 390 slot since when I installed that card, that is what it showed.  I'm
18 > almost 100% certain I checked this when installing this card.  My
19 > question is, is it normal for nvidia to change the series of drivers for
20 > cards like this?  Am I reading this wrong?  Link to Nvidia site.
21 >
22 > https://www.geforce.com/drivers
23 >
24 > I couldn't provide a link to the selected part since it doesn't seem to
25 > provide one, java stuff I guess.  Next link I went too. 
26 >
27 > https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/results/159360/
28 >
29 > According to that the 440 series supports the 5.6 series of kernel.  It
30 > doesn't indicate a specific version tho.  Does that mean I can go to the
31 > very latest version or do I need to look elsewhere to see what is
32 > supported?  If it matters, I use gentoo-sources.  Currently on 4.19.40
33 > and I'm showing gentoo-sources-5.6.7 as the latest available in the
34 > tree.  Since I don't upgrade kernels much, may as well take a large
35 > leap.  ;-)
36 >
37 > Thanks much.  A little confused. 
38 >
39 > Dale
40 >
41 > :-)  :-)
42 >
43 > P. S. Got my garden about half disced. Dry side about ready to plant and
44 > wet side is lightly disced to help it dry out.  :-D
45 >
46
47 Hi Dale,
48
49 I am now running kernel 5.6.9 (vanilla) and nvidia-driver 440.82-r3.
50
51 Again, Blender cannot find the Optix related parts of the driver.
52 This package still does not work for me. As far as I can see,
53 the non-Optix specific things are fine, though.
54
55 So I will reboot, remove the portage package of the driver and
56 install the original by nvidia and this will fix the issue
57 with Optix...
58
59 Cheers!
60 Meino

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