#nvidia linux driver

[cozy-sims]

Linux update! (And a few Nvidia tips)

After a dreadful day of trying to make this work, I'm reporting that The Sims 2 finally works on my new Linux system! 😭❤️ Admittedly I have made my own life harder setting this up, but the most important thing I've learned from this experience and thought it might worth sharing:

Before you try to install TS2 on your Linux, make sure that you have your graphics card's driver updated!

When I first installed The Sims 2 on Linux it was incredibly laggy and choppy, because the default Nouveau driver didn't work well enough with my Nvidia card. After I installed the Nvidia driver from the built in driver manager, the game just straightup crashed.

Then I had to find out that Mint's driver manager couldn't install the newest driver for my card (RTX 3070), and even when installed, it didn't work. 😂

So if you have an Nvidia card and struggling or planning to install Linux in the future, below the cut are a few useful tips that I've discovered in the depths of the Internet:

Check what driver the official Nvidia site recommends for your GPU. - I did this and it showed driver version 570.

2. I think this is optional, but open your terminal and type the cmd: sudo apt update - this will trigger Linux to update its driver list.

3. Open Driver Manager, and see if the recommended driver (570 in my case is available). For me it was not available, only the 550, this was my issue.

3.1. If you can see your required driver, awesome, install it from the driver manager and skip to step 5. 3.2. If not, you have to use this PPA. -> Meaning you have to open your terminal and enter the following commands (when I list multiple commands to run, first type the first one, press enter, then type the next one, press enter etc.): sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ ppa sudo apt update You can also find installation guide on the link above, but it's basically this. 4. Now you have to restart your system, and repeat Step 3. of this list. The newest driver should show up in your Driver Manager now, install it.

5. After installing, open your terminal and type the following command: inxi -G -> this will allow us to check if the driver works properly. Shock, it did not for me :D When working properly, it should look like this:

Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X: loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch resolution: 1:1920x1080~60Hz 2: 1920x1080~60Hz When not working, it looks like this: Example 1: Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X: loaded: nouveau unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa failed: nvidia

6. This is the thread that helped me fix this problem. You have to scroll down to the Nvidia Graphics troubleshooting tips.

7. I had to add this "kernel boot parameter": nvidia_drm.fbdev=1 into the system. On this link you can see how to add it either temporarily or "permanently" (meaning you don't have to add it every time you start your system, but it is removable).

To add it permanently, you have to type the following commands into your terminal:

sudo nano /etc/default/grub GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nvidia_drm.fbdev=1" sudo update-grub

8. After you added it, reboot your system, and when it starts again, check if the parameter is there with the command: cat /proc/cmdline

9. If it's there, run the inxi -G command again, and see if it looks like it should.

10. If not, you might have to update the Kernel version of your Linux, which you can do in the Update Manager/View/Linux Kernels menu. I had to update mine from 6.8 to 6.11.

After all this you should be good to install the game, I made my life so much harder than it was necessarily so I hope my research on how to deal with an Nvidia Graphics card with Sims 2 on Linux is helpful to some of you. 😂

[baja-blasted]

God bless indie devs who spend hours of their own time helping me troubleshoot why their game isn't running correctly on my personal linux machine (we still don't know why).

[newshinyurl]

i think i should be allowed to eat nvidia executives. alive. with a fork. the linux support sucks that much

[nashvillehotchicken]

"windows 11 upgrade ready!" "your computer is eligible for windows 11!" "download windows 11 now!"

[thottykunikida]

Must… read… more… abt linux…

[konnetwork]

Nvidia Warns GeForce GPU Users: Update Drivers Now to Patch Critical Security Vulnerabilities

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[nksistemas]

NVIDIA 560 Beta Linux Driver Lanzado con Módulos de Kernel GPU Abiertos por Defecto

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[veuhoffblog]

Nvidia Treiber unter Linux Ubuntu 22.04 / Debian 11 installieren (Display-Driver)

Dieser Artikel unterstützt euch dabei, die aktuellen Nvidia Treiber für Quadro- und GeForce Grafikkarten unter Linux Ubuntu 22.04 und Debian 11 zu installieren. Für die Installation eines NVIDIA-GPU-Drivers stehen uns auf UNIX basierten Distributionen unterschiedliche Möglichkeiten...[Weiterlesen]

[pulipuli]

看看網頁版全文 ⇨ Linux開機卡在「Started Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status」 / Linux Boot Stucks at "Started Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status" https://blog.pulipuli.info/2023/06/linux-boot-stucks-at-started-loadsave-rf-kill-switch-status.html 可能是顯示卡驅動程式壞了。 ---- # 環境 / Environment 我是用的電腦是Linux的Ubuntu 22.04作業系統，使用的是KDE Plasma桌面環境。 特別的是，我還另外用Razer Core X外接顯示卡盒接了一張NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060，以便進行深度學習的運算。 關於外接顯卡的事情，之前我也有在「在Ubuntu切換外接顯卡與內建顯卡」這篇講過。 筆電加上外接顯卡的配置，這是平常人比較少見的組合(雖然說使用Linux當桌面本身就是很少見的做法了)。 但這次的問題就是出在這個外接顯卡上。 # 問題敘述 / Problem 有時候筆電開機會卡在「Started Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status」的訊息，然後就不會繼續啟動了。 如果是正常的開機，此時應該要能夠順利進入到桌面環境。 但發生錯誤的時候，它會卡在「Started Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status」，就不會進行後續的其他步驟。 這時候仍然可以按Ctrl + Alt + F2~F12來切換其他終端、登入、並進入到指令列，以便檢查、調整系統本身。 https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/o79g1w/boot_stuck_at_ok_started_loadsave_rf_kill_switch/。 網路上遇到「Started Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status」問題的人大多使用的是Arch Linux。 有人說應該要用「systemctl status systemed-rfkill.service」檢查服務狀態，但我自己的電腦查下來並沒有遇到此問題。 也有人說可能是藍芽的問題，但我的電腦關閉藍芽也沒用。 後來看到SMF67指出可能是nvidia套件的問題，我才找到原因。 # 確認NVIDIA顯示卡是否正常運作 / Check the driver of NVIDIA。 http://andy51002000.blogspot.com/2019/01/nvidia-smi-has-failed-because-it.html。 在指令列輸入「nvidia-smi」，此時應該會顯示NVIDIA顯示卡的運作狀態。 但是此時我看到的卻是錯誤訊息：。 [Code...] ---- 繼續閱讀 ⇨ Linux開機卡在「Started Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status」 / Linux Boot Stucks at "Started Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status" https://blog.pulipuli.info/2023/06/linux-boot-stucks-at-started-loadsave-rf-kill-switch-status.html

[piratesexmachine420]

Thoughts on Linux (the OS)

Misconception!

I don't want to be obnoxiously pedantic, but Linux is not an OS. It is a kernel, which is just part of an OS. (Like how Windows contains a lot more than just KERNEL32.DLL). A very, very important piece, which directly shapes the ways that all the other programs will talk to each other. Think of it like a LEGO baseplate.

Everything else is built on top of the kernel. But, a baseplate does not a city make. We need buildings! A full operating system is a combination of a kernel and kernel-level (get to talk to hardware directly) utilities for talking to hardware (drivers), and userspace (get to talk to hardware ONLY through the kernel) utilities ranging in abstraction level from stuff like window management and sound servers and system bootstrapping to app launchers and file explorers and office suites. Every "Linux OS" is a combination of that LEGO baseplate with some permutation of low and high-level userspace utilities.

Now, a lot of Linux-based OSes do end up feeling (and being) very similar to each other. Sometimes because they're directly copying each other's homework (AKA forking, it's okay in the open source world as long as you follow the terms of the licenses!) but more generally it's because there just aren't very many options for a lot of those utilities.

Want your OS to be more than just a text prompt? Your pick is between X.org (old and busted but...well, not reliable, but a very well-known devil) and Wayland (new hotness, trying its damn hardest to subsume X and not completely succeeding). Want a graphics toolkit? GTK or Qt. Want to be able to start the OS? systemd or runit. (Or maybe SysVinit if you're a real caveman true believer.) Want sound? ALSA is a given, but on top of that your options are PulseAudio, PipeWire, and JACK. Want an office suite? Libreoffice is really the only name in the game at present. Want terminal utilities? Well, they're all gonna have to conform to the POSIX spec in some capacity. GNU coreutils, busybox, toybox, all more or less the same programs from a user perspective.

Only a few ever get away from the homogeneity, like Android. But I know that you're not asking about Android. When people say "Linux OS" they're talking about the homogeneity. The OSes that use terminals. The ones that range in looks from MacOS knockoff to Windows knockoff to 'impractical spaceship console'. What do I think about them?

I like them! I have my strongly-felt political and personal opinions about which building blocks are better than others (generally I fall into the 'functionality over ideology' camp; Nvidia proprietary over Nouveau, X11 over Wayland, Systemd over runit, etc.) but I like the experience most Linux OSes will give me.

I like my system to be a little bit of a hobby, so when I finally ditched Windows for the last time I picked Arch Linux. Wouldn't recommend it to anyone who doesn't want to treat their OS as a hobby, though. There are better and easier options for 'normal users'.

I like the terminal very much. I understand it's intimidating for new users, but it really is an incredible tool for doing stuff once you're in the mindset. GUIs are great when you're inexperienced, but sometimes you just wanna tell the computer what you want with your words, right? So many Linux programs will let you talk to them in the terminal, or are terminal-only. It's very flexible.

I also really, really love the near-universal concept of a 'package manager' -- a program which automatically installs other programs for you. Coming from Windows it can feel kinda restrictive that you have to go through this singular port of entry to install anything, instead of just looking up the program and running an .msi file, but I promise that if you get used to it it's very hard to go back. Want to install discord? yay -S discord. Want to install firefox? yay -S firefox. Minecraft? yay -S minecraft-launcher. etc. etc. No more fucking around in the Add/Remove Programs menu, it's all in one place! Only very rarely will you want to install something that isn't in the package manager's repositories, and when you do you're probably already doing something that requires technical know-how.

Not a big fan of the filesystem structure. It's got a lot of history. 1970s mainframe computer operation procedure history. Not relevant to desktop users, or even modern mainframe users. The folks over at freedesktop.org have tried their best to get at least the user's home directory cleaned up but...well, there's a lot of historical inertia at play. It's not a popular movement right now but I've been very interested in watching some people try to crack that nut.

Aaaaaand I think those are all the opinions I can share without losing everyone in the weeds. Hope it was worth reading!

[nonsensical-pixels]

hellow, new update, for now this is gonna look a bit more like a random thoughts / gameplay simblr...

ts2 is running amazing on fedora 41 - i'm legit not getting ANY pink even with a full stress test of high lot imposters, a TON of high-poly cc, etc! LITERALLY my dream!

but, unfortunately, i haven't got simpe, milkshape, etc. to run yet. which i've been procrastinating for some time due to lack of tutorials but also laziness, i'm liking my new schedule and i can finally enjoy this game the way will wright intended 🩷

A FINAL UPDATE FOR MY PINK SOUP EXPERIMENTATION

at this point, i have tested sims 2 on the latest windows 11 on various other PCs in my house, with both AMD and NVIDIA graphics cards. there's barely any difference. i still am experiencing major crashing and pink soup issues on systems with an RTX 3060, RX 580, GTX 1660 Ti, and of course my 7900 XTX. dxvk, new drivers, literally everything great minds like @osab and @brandinotbroke and many others have suggested has done nothing.

BUT!

at their suggestion, i tried Linux. Fedora 41 as i said above.

AND ALL MY PROBLEMS HAVE GONE AWAY.

other games are now running smoothly too with 0 errors and crashing; of course i don't have access to the same apps and ease of comfort as i did on windows, but hot damn, i can play sims 2! with and without cc! again!!

i am also not the only one, funnily enough! in our tests this massive pink flashing issue seems to affect not just my PC, but many others who have both NVIDIA or AMD graphics cards. the only link we have found... is windows 11.

with Linux it just all goes away!

so tl;dr;

IF YOU ARE HAVING PINK FLASHING ISSUES ON YOUR WINDOWS 11, IT IS LIKELY NOT YOUR PC, IT IS AN ISSUE WITH THE LATEST WINDOWS UPDATE!

so do NOT go out buying yourself an RTX GPU or a new CPU, it is just NOT going to help! don't bother with trying to reinstall windows because literally it has done nothing for me.

our current theory is that something is screwed with the latest update. in directx, in texture memory allocation - literally do not know. all we know is that a different OS just - fixes it. literally and figuratively like magic.

if you're willing to learn how to install Linux and potentially a new SSD, go for it! hopefully in a few days me or someone else will have a tutorial out.

LONG LIVE LINUX!

[durgewyll]

there's a post going around saying to update your nvidia drivers, and if you updated your driver because of veilguard, the version it tells you to download (560.70) is NOT the latest version. download and install version 566.03 instead.

To address these security vulnerabilities, you’ll need the latest Nvidia GeForce drivers with version 566.03 for Windows and versions 565.57.01, 550.127.05, and 535.216.01 for Linux. Nvidia also points out that some distributors also supply the necessary security updates as versions 565.92, 561.03, 556.35, and 553.05. For Nvidia RTX, Quadro, and NVS, update versions 566.03, 553.24, and 538.95 will address the security issues.

(source)

[fedora-official]

I'm sorry if this kind of question gets asked all the time, but I have never used Linux before and would like to move away from Windows entirely. Do you have any distro(s) you would recommend? (Fedora?) I keep trying to do my own research but I end up being so indecisive it gives me anxiety.

yes i'm used to this question. i'm also delighted to answer it every time. I'm kinda hoping the new steamOS could improve the competition in this space.

In the meantime, my go-to answer is always Linux Mint. It's stable, has a big community, and it's very much windows-like. That means respectively few bugs, lots of help online (forums), and a familiar interface. And omg it's so easy to install the official nvidia drivers

Now if you have basic knowledge of linux (from school for instance) and you're not scared of going into a terminal, you can also look into stuff like fedora, which officially supports KDE Plasma, an even more windows-like (subjectively), and very heavily customisable desktop.

[daveedmee]

Linux people of the tumblewebs

......hi...

Help me getting Wayland to play nicely with my NVIDIA card, plz?

I don't understand what I'm doing wrong :(

Under Wayland my Monitor displays as Unknown-1 instead of HDMI-2 and I think Wayland doesn't even use my graphics card.

Installed Nvidia-dkms drivers, added

nvidia nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm

to my modules in my mkinitcpio.conf but i don't get what's missing :(

[solus-official]

weird technical issue

hey so my roommate (who runs windows because linux is "too difficult" yeah i know) has one of the weirdest technical issues that i've seen in a while: They used to run a 4 monitor setup, 3 1080p monitors and 1 drawing tablet. It worked (relatively) fine and only needed some minor finicking from me because it had awful resolutions on all 3 main monitors. Genuinely some kinda bargain bin monitors that don't even use standard power connectors. Recently, they've gotten 2 new monitors. Brand new 2k 165htz curved screens. Installed those onto the monitor mounts and thought everything was okay. Until they tried connecting the third main monitor again, which just, didn't find a source from the computer. The drawing tablet was fine again. Tried to use either of the two monitors that were replaced in that same spot and same results, they turn on fine but just don't receive a signal from the computer. Already tried re-installing drivers, No change. Already tried switching to different driver versions. no change. Tried different cables, different ports, haven't found anything that works. Checked BIOS and didn't find anything that could help (Although we did find that the ram speed wasn't running at max cause XMP was disabled. Fixed that but haven't found a fix for the monitor) if anyone knows anything, or wants to suggest something, let me know. There's one more thing I haven't tried myself and thats switching which port the monitor is in the GPU because my roommate was very apprehensive to doing that at all. I personally believe it's the GPU thats fucked up. System Specs: ryzen 9 5900X nvidia 3070 FTW3 ultra 32G DDR4-3600 2x monitors displaying 2k . 165hz (recent upgrade) 1x monitor displaying 1080p . 165hz 1x drawing tablet 1080p . 60hz

[nixcraft]

News: Linux 6.10 has been released. Me: Awesome. Download and install the Linux kernel 6.10 && reboot. Nvidia driver: Haha. K. Bye, and here is my gift to you *kernel panic* Me: Pikachu face.