Re: NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-575.51.02.run

On Mon, 21 Apr 2025 14:48:10 -0700, % <pursent100@gmail.com> wrote in
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vallor wrote:

On Mon, 21 Apr 2025 13:33:57 -0700, % <pursent100@gmail.com> wrote in
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vallor wrote:

On Mon, 21 Apr 2025 06:17:00 -0700, % <pursent100@gmail.com> wrote in
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vallor wrote:

(I usually mention which NVIDIA binary blob I'm using, but it
hasn't changed from the release drivers for several iterations.)
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so you broke that too

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Nothing is "broken".
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BTW, there's a new set of drivers from the NVIDIA web site -- a new
release driver and a new beta.  I'm now running the beta.
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I still had to "skip-module-load" like this:
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./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-575.51.02.run --skip-module-load
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(Something to do with module dependencies.)
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and you use this application to do what ... exactly

 
The video drivers are used to drive the video.
 
Without the video drivers, you won't have graphics for your gui, or to
to play kick-ass games like Elite Dangerous: Trailblazers.
 

didn't your computer come with video drivers

Very, very old ones.

Anybody using a discrete video card is most likely
keeping up with video drivers.  NVIDIA and RADEON
are two such examples.

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