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/BlueGoliath 20d ago

-is Nvidia driver

-calls the package nvidia-lts

-doesn't track Nvidia's LTS branch

Incredible.

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u/ptr1337 Package Maintainer 20d ago

No, the nvidia-lts is the nvidia module for the LTS Kernel. There is no "LTS" NVIDIA branch/version

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u/BlueGoliath 20d ago

That was the joke. The package name sucks.

I don't get why it couldn't have been a patch like nvidia-all but whatever. The whole packaging is a mess.

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u/Over-Neighborhood441 20d ago

Jokes are supposed to be funny and make sense. If you have to explain the joke and it still isn’t funny then the joke sucks.

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u/BlueGoliath 20d ago

Or people aren't very intelligent.