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causality
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 Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:28 pm Post subject: False warning after upgrade of nvidia-drivers? |
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My video card is an older Nvidia GeForce GT 520. From the output of "lspci":
| Code: | | 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [GeForce GT 520] (rev a1) |
I just updated nvidia-drivers (partly so I can run kernel 4.16.x) and received this message:
| Code: | * Messages for package x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-396.18-r1:
* ***** WARNING *****
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* You are currently installing a version of nvidia-drivers that is
* known not to work with a video card you have installed on your
* system. If this is intentional, please ignore this. If it is not
* please perform the following steps:
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* Add the following mask entry to /etc/portage/package.mask by
* echo ">=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-391.0.0" > /etc/portage/package.mask/nvidia-drivers
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* Failure to perform the steps above could result in a non-working
* X setup.
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* For more information please read:
* http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_32667.html |
This is confusing because according to the nvidia.com description, driver version 396.18 *does* support this card: http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/133571/en-us. I checked the ebuild file which led me to the file /usr/portage/eclass/nvidia-driver.eclass. That file gets its data from a different source, http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/396.18/README/supportedchips.html. That second source indicates that the prior link is more accurate. I have not yet rebooted to load the new kernel and nvidia-drivers version.
Should I expect the driver to fail for this card despite being listed on nvidia.com's download page as supported? |
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fedeliallalinea
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| Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2018 2:35 am Post subject: |
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| I got the same warning trying to upgrade to 396.18 on a GTX 970, and just ignored it and installed it anyway - no problems so far. |
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Juippisi
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| Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2018 5:10 am Post subject: |
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It could be because 396.xx is still the beta-release while 390.48 is the latest stable :) |
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fedeliallalinea
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| Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2018 5:49 am Post subject: |
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| Juippisi wrote: |
It could be because 396.xx is still the beta-release while 390.48 is the latest stable  |
Ah ok thanks for clarification, I thinking that 369.xx was stable for nvidia
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| Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2018 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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| fedeliallalinea wrote: | | Juippisi wrote: |
It could be because 396.xx is still the beta-release while 390.48 is the latest stable |
Ah ok thanks for clarification, I thinking that 369.xx was stable for nvidia |
I saw that as well. I looked at the NV site and my card is supported. I think there is a logic flaw in the ebuild but I haven't had time to correct
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