tu...@posteo.de wrote: > On 05/02 11:53, Dale wrote: >> Howdy, >> >> I mentioned in another thread that I was going to upgrade to a much >> newer kernel. I also have to make sure Nvidia supports that kernel. >> So, I went to the Nvidia site and did a search by model number. This is >> the output of lspci: >> >> >> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK107 [GeForce GTX >> 650] (rev a1) >> >> >> So, I did the manual thing, since this is Linux not windoze, and >> selected the series and model. According to the list it provided, I >> should be using the drivers in the 440 slot. I'm currently using the >> 390 slot since when I installed that card, that is what it showed. I'm >> almost 100% certain I checked this when installing this card. My >> question is, is it normal for nvidia to change the series of drivers for >> cards like this? Am I reading this wrong? Link to Nvidia site. >> >> https://www.geforce.com/drivers >> >> I couldn't provide a link to the selected part since it doesn't seem to >> provide one, java stuff I guess. Next link I went too. >> >> https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/results/159360/ >> >> According to that the 440 series supports the 5.6 series of kernel. It >> doesn't indicate a specific version tho. Does that mean I can go to the >> very latest version or do I need to look elsewhere to see what is >> supported? If it matters, I use gentoo-sources. Currently on 4.19.40 >> and I'm showing gentoo-sources-5.6.7 as the latest available in the >> tree. Since I don't upgrade kernels much, may as well take a large >> leap. ;-) >> >> Thanks much. A little confused. >> >> Dale >> >> :-) :-) >> >> P. S. Got my garden about half disced. Dry side about ready to plant and >> wet side is lightly disced to help it dry out. :-D >> > Hi Dale, > > I am now running kernel 5.6.9 (vanilla) and nvidia-driver 440.82-r3. > > Again, Blender cannot find the Optix related parts of the driver. > This package still does not work for me. As far as I can see, > the non-Optix specific things are fine, though. > > So I will reboot, remove the portage package of the driver and > install the original by nvidia and this will fix the issue > with Optix... > > Cheers! > Meino
Thanks for the info. Now I think I'm good to go. Dale :-) :-)
