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pacman -S nvidia-dkms
Hollywood, here I come!
I think you’re misunderstanding what a partial upgrade is.
A partial upgrade is where you update the database without then upgrading every package (calling pacman -Sy with the u switch).
pacman -S, therefore, is not a partial upgrade, as the database is not updated with the y switch.
See System maintenance#Partial upgrades are unsupported for more info.
I thought dkms was recommended only for alternative kernels, and that nvidia or nvidia-open is what’s recommended generally.
LOL isn’t that the truth. I wanted my desktop to not bother chugging watts through my 3090 and generating excess heat when barely KDE Plasma and a browser is running, but trying to set up GPU offload just left me with a blank terminal screen.
Thank God for the geniuses who implemented Snapper rollbacks in OpenSUSE! Otherwise, the Nvidia drivers in the repos work fine and I’m scared to touch them…
Works fine for me? (opensuse tumbleweed)
Didn’t take much effort, hybrid mode got implemented automatically and then I just manually added a widget for quick switching between only integrated graphics, hybrid mode and only nvidia (basically never using that one, just either integrated or hybrid)
That’s nice! I’m glad it glad it worked so well for you. That’s the thing about configuration, sometimes it works without much effort!
I wish everyone shared your experience, but I guess it’s a YMMV kind of thing, right?
I never understood this. Maybe because I stick with basic distros like Ubuntu or Mint. But I have not had this issue.
I saw a meme about sound cards recently and thousands of likes on social media.
And I wonder if it’s people up voting because they remember that era, if it’s bots, or if it’s just people who kinda get the joke and don’t want to be left out?
most likely the last one. especially in computer science, there’s always a lot of people who sorta understand and just want to be included. that’s why most computer science memes are “JavaScript bad” or “python slow” or other super basic mass opinions. I feel like it’s super rare I see an actually original computer science meme
I haven’t had issues for about a decade. I haven’t had an nvidia card for about a decade either. I think the two may be connected.
It depends a lot on which specific GPU you have and whether it’s a laptop.
New-ish GPU in a desktop with the monitor plugged directly into the GPU? Easy to get working, literally a checkbox on most distros.
1000 series GPU or older in a laptop and you need reasonable battery life and/or some “advanced” features like DP Alt-Mode? Good luck.
Edit: Also, no Wayland until very recently. Possibly never, depending on the age of the GPU.
Same, I’m on OpenSUSE, nVidia hosts its own OpenSUSE repo. As far back as 8 years(for me) you add the repo and add the driver. Everything works.
I’ve never had trouble installing them. Getting them to work after an update is another story.
