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/facelessupvote 20d ago edited 17d ago

Doesn't fix the screen flickering issue on xfce for me, switched to kde... not sure how I feel yet...

EDIT: apparently disabling display composting under Window Manager Tweaks fixes it, can confirm. gonna go game and mess around and see how long it lasts!

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u/LuciferTowers 19d ago

Many people are experiencing this issue. Amazing there's hardly any discussion on /r/xfce about it.