On 04/13 01:29, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 13/04/18 01:18, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > On 04/12 10:01, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > > On 12/04/18 16:31, Alexey Eschenko wrote: > > > > Is this some kind of maintainer's mistake or does NVIDIA really messed > > > > up with drivers again? > > > > > > Before updating the nvidia driver, you should always check here: > > > > > > http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx > > > > > > and see if the version you're updating to is a beta driver or not. > > > > > > As a long time nvidia-drivers user, I really recommend to: > > > > > > 1. Use an LTS kernel series (latest LTS series is 4.14.x.) > > > 2. Do not install nvidia beta drivers. > > > 3. Do not use X.Org pre-releases. > > > > > > Currently, that means these in package.mask: > > > > > > >=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-4.15 > > > >=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-391 > > > >=x11-base/xorg-server-1.19.99 > > > > > > Unless you're using Chrome, where 390 has a bug that makes it unusable > > > slow, > > > so you need: > > > > > > >=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-385 > > > > > > You need to check on the available versions these packages manually from > > > time to time to see if it's safe to update them. > > > > > > Also, nvidia driver version can be confusing. 390 is the latest stable > > > series, while 384 is the "LTS-like" stable series. To be frank, I find it > > > impossible to tell what's happening with driver releases from nvidia if I > > > don't read phoronix.com news. > > > > > > In any event, the TL;DR is that sticking to non-beta drivers and non-beta > > > xorg and the latest LTS kernel will result in avoiding the majority of > > > breakages. > > > > > > > > > > hi Alexey, > > > > which in turn is, what I said before: > > I will be bound to older versions of software. > > It is, what I try to avoid. > > Do you have something specific in mind? I'm not aware of software that > requires a non-LTS kernel right now, or a beta X.Org driver, or a beta > nvidia-driver. > >
I think of security incidents like meltdown/spectre for example...
