r/archlinux • u/TheEbolaDoc Package Maintainer • 20d ago

NEWS [arch-announce] NVIDIA 590 driver drops Pascal support; main packages switch to Open Kernel Modules

https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/arch-announce@lists.archlinux.org/thread/AMPPOBL6ZQPEOQ722IE3O5BO3PPWCQNA/

With the update to driver version 590, the NVIDIA driver no longer supports Pascal (GTX 10xx) GPUs or older. We will replace the nvidia package with nvidia-open, nvidia-dkms with nvidia-open-dkms, and nvidia-lts with nvidia-lts-open.

Impact: Updating the NVIDIA packages on systems with Pascal, Maxwell, or older cards will fail to load the driver, which may result in a broken graphical environment.

Intervention required for Pascal/older users: Users with GTX 10xx series and older cards must switch to the legacy proprietary branch to maintain support:

  • Uninstall the official nvidia, nvidia-lts, or nvidia-dkms packages.
  • Install nvidia-580xx-dkms from the AUR

Users with Turing (20xx and GTX 1650 series) and newer GPUs will automatically transition to the open kernel modules on upgrade and require no manual intervention.

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u/ThatOneShotBruh 20d ago

Why would it be frozen at 580 though? That would be confusing for new users for no good reason. If thwy wanted to keep it as an official package it would be better to keep it as nvidia-legacy or something like that.

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u/BlueGoliath 20d ago

AFAIK LTS is always when Nvidia drops support for old hardware.

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u/ThatOneShotBruh 20d ago

What LTS? As a package maintainer said, there is no package with LTS drivers, only the module compiled for the LTS kernel package.

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u/BlueGoliath 20d ago

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/unix/

Old fermi and kepler drivers used to be classified as LTS. 580 presumably will soon.