Is there a way to install Nvidia 555 beta?

  • Yes, but as the description of the nvidia-beta-driver packages says:

    Summary             : NVIDIA Beta Binary Driver (UNSUPPORTED)
Description         : Unsupported. Use at your own risk.

    Depending on the kernel you're using, you need slightly different packages. I assume you're using the linux-current kernel because you want the newest stuff. In that case you'll need:

    sudo eopkg it nvidia-beta-driver-current nvidia-beta-driver-32bit

Yes, but as the description of the nvidia-beta-driver packages says:

Summary             : NVIDIA Beta Binary Driver (UNSUPPORTED)
Description         : Unsupported. Use at your own risk.

Depending on the kernel you're using, you need slightly different packages. I assume you're using the linux-current kernel because you want the newest stuff. In that case you'll need:

sudo eopkg it nvidia-beta-driver-current nvidia-beta-driver-32bit

Just tested, installed and worked fine nVidia 3060 Ti

Will test sway again soon as this particular gfx card has never worked with sway on proprietary drivers, but works fine for nouveau drivers

Add, if not already, into your environment or bashrc.

I add these into my NixOS, fedora and now, solus and it does help

###---------- Nvidia session ----------###
export LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=nvidia                       # Specifies the VA-API driver to use for hardware acceleration
export WLR_NO_HARDWARE_CURSORS=1             # Disables hardware cursors for Wayland to avoid issues with some Nvidia drivers
export __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia      # Specifies the GLX vendor library to use, ensuring Nvidia's library is used
export __GL_SHADER_CACHE=1                                 # Enables the GL shader cache, which can improve performance by caching compiled shaders
export __GL_THREADED_OPTIMIZATION=1             # Enables threaded optimization in Nvidia's OpenGL driver for better performance
export CLUTTER_BACKEND=wayland                       # Specifies Wayland as the backend for Clutter
export MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1                           # Enables Wayland support in Mozilla applications (e.g., Firefox)
export NIXOS_OZONE_WL=1                                     # Enables the Ozone Wayland backend for Chromium-based browsers
export NIXPKGS_ALLOW_UNFREE=1                        # Allows the installation of packages with unfree licenses in Nixpkgs
export QT_WAYLAND_DISABLE_WINDOWDECORATION=1     # Disables window decorations in Qt applications when using Wayland
export SDL_VIDEODRIVER=wayland                        # Sets the video driver for SDL applications to Wayland
export MOZ_DBUS_REMOTE=1
export MOZ_ALLOW_DOWNGRADE=1                    # Don't throw "old profile" dialog box.

    But you should keep the current one right? Windows in mind, I deinstalled my drivers first, did a reboot and installed the beta drivers afterwards. But my system get stucked at the bios menu. So I had to use the solus history command to jump back in time and let my pc boot again. Had no time to test it again, maybe later this day.

      Phiqu But you should keep the current one right?

      Do you mean whether one should keep the other driver version installed? No, that's not possible.

      How did you install the driver?

          Staudey
          Via SoftwareCenter, which seems not the way to go. So I installed the beta drivers now via terminal and had no problems.

              Phiqu Well, it should work just as well from the Software Center as long as you choose the correct packages.

                ibm450 thanks for the tip, I did add them to my bashrc, unfortunately didn't work, when loging in to a sway session the screen goes black, then after a second or two returns back to the login. it seems Wayland stuff just doesn't like proprietary drivers for this particular card(3060 Ti). but thanks for the export variable, I will definitely keep them handy for future use

                    8 days later

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