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

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