I will shortly switch our main Nvidia driver package to the new 510.xx branch in the Unstable repository. Since Nvidia has removed support for the Kepler generation of cards (and older) from this version, you'll unfortunately have to manually switch to the new legacy Nvidia 470 driver packages if you use an affected GPU, otherwise it won't work after the next sync to the Stable/Shannon repository (presumably Friday).

This is a hopefully mostly complete list of cards which have dropped out of support (taken from the "Supported Products" section of the Nvidia driver website):

NVIDIA TITAN Series:
GeForce GTX TITAN, GeForce GTX TITAN Black, GeForce GTX TITAN Z

GeForce 700 Series:
GeForce GTX 780 Ti, GeForce GTX 780, GeForce GTX 770, GeForce GTX 760, GeForce GTX 760 Ti (OEM), GeForce GT 740, GeForce GT 730, GeForce GT 720, GeForce GT 710

GeForce 600(M) Series:
All of them

Quadro Series:
Quadro K6000, Quadro K5200, Quadro K5000, Quadro K4000, Quadro K4200, Quadro K2000, Quadro K2000D, Quadro K600, Quadro K420, Quadro 410

GRID Series:
GRID K520

(Quadro) NVS Series:
NVS 510

If you use one of these cards, to switch to the nvidia-470-glx-driver package set open a terminal and enter one of these commands (whichever applies to your setup):

If you use the linux-current kernel and 32-bit drivers:

sudo eopkg it nvidia-470-glx-driver-current nvidia-470-glx-driver-32bit

If you use the linux-current kernel but no 32-bit drivers:

sudo eopkg it nvidia-470-glx-driver-current

If you use the linux-lts kernel and 32-bit drivers:

sudo eopkg it nvidia-470-glx-driver nvidia-470-glx-driver-32bit

If you use the linux-lts kernel but no 32-bit drivers:

sudo eopkg it nvidia-470-glx-driver

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    Staudey Hi. Please, help a noob 🙂 I'm using this kernel "5.15.37-214.current" and this nvidia driver "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 645 OEM". So, I presume, I need to switch my card, right?

        RicSense: You'll most likely need to switch the driver package, yes.

        To make sure, it's probably easiest to open a terminal and check the output of the following command:

        eopkg li | grep nvidia
        (first part lists the installed packages, and the second one searches for "nvidia")

        If it lists nvidia-glx-driver-common then you'll have to do the switch. If it also lists nvidia-glx-driver-32bit then use the following command to switch in your case:
        sudo eopkg it nvidia-470-glx-driver-current nvidia-470-glx-driver-32bit
        (if no 32-bit driver gets listed, then run the command without the nvidia-470-glx-driver-32bitpart)

        Sorry for the inconvenience, but we haven't upgraded our tooling (yet) to handle such a switch gracefully.

            Staudey the 400, 500, 600, and 700 series were all released within 2 years of each other. I have the MT430. Believe me, I am not complaining, but what's behind the decision to continue support for 400/500s and eliminate support for 600/700? Are the 600/700 'kepler'? (he asks with no idea what kepler is🙂).

                brent what's behind the decision to continue support for 400/500s and eliminate support for 600/700

                With all this uncertainty about Nvidia, it seems likely that a lot of folks who bought Nvidia cards in the past will be looking to upgrade their present cards for something that will continue to be supported for a reasonable time. One might be forgiven for suggesting that they seriously consider a graphics card other than Nvidia for their next purchase.

                Wouldn't Intel perhaps be a better choice the next time? The Intel video in my 2014 Dell laptop is still fully supported, and happily working in a machine that's running on Linux. Also in my wife's Dell laptop of approximately that same vintage, also running on Solus Plasma. Seems like a much better record of not only supporting their graphics cards, but also supporting Linux.

                    brent Believe me, I am not complaining, but what's behind the decision to continue support for 400/500s and eliminate support for 600/700?

                    The 400 and 500 GPUs are already supported by a different, even older, driver branch (the 390.xx series). That one is called nvidia-390-glx-driver-common/current/etc in our repository. So nothing to do for you here; the 390.xx driver will continue to work the same way (until at least the end of 2022, when Nvidia will in fact drop support for it, see also here).

                        Staudey I use the 390's but what happens to me when they drop support in 2023? Go back to Nouveau? Buy a new one? Sorry I'm pestering, I know you're busy.

                        WetGeek Is it too much to ask to have something built to last? 😉--I know the answer. I have intel on the board, so it wouldn't be a leap to get a compatible Intel graphics card. Lord knows I'm not a gamer and don't need no AMD but this sh*t ain't getting any cheaper$$$.....

                              brent I'm not a gamer

                              Neither am I. I can't imagine why some folks are willing to pay this kind of money


                              on a video card. I wonder how long Nvidia plans to support that puppy.

                                brent I use the 390's but what happens to me when they drop support in 2023? Go back to Nouveau? Buy a new one? Sorry I'm pestering, I know you're busy.

                                We'll have to see. Even if they don't continue support after 2022 there will probably be third-party patches to keep the drivers compatible with new kernel versions. But at some point I'm afraid we'll actually have to retire that driver series and then it'll mean back to nouveau. We'll burn that bridge when we get to it (as my favorite malaphor goes ^^).

                                Btw @everyone, please try to keep this thread mostly on topic from here on out. While it is about Nvidia phasing out support for some products, discussions about this practice are more at home in a separate thread. This one is about our particular driver packages and related support.

                                In related news, info for users of the Unstable repository: It will still be a bit until I actually switch the driver series for thenvidia-glx-driver packages. Due to the GCC 12 toolchain update I can't build the packages until the kernel has been updated/rebuilt (I was too slow to get it done before that). The plan still stands though.

                                    Staudey brent

                                    I'm cautiously optimistic that the new open-source kernel modules will help with longer-term kernel compatibility issues, so long as Nvidia's closed stuff stays compatible with user space. We've had good luck with the Nvidia long-term releases. 340 only had to be retired because it was no longer compatible with Xorg.

                                        Staudey Thank you very much for the info, and for the instructions to switch to the legacy Nvidia 470 drivers. I switched to the legacy drivers and my machine (GeForce GT 710) rebooted without any issue.

                                        I guess this issue is what is delaying this week's update, am I right?

                                            I have a Geforce GTX 680. I installed everything matching "nvidia-470*". And then did a "sudo eopkg update". Now I have a no signal situation. Please advice?

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                                              Jumpy I'm back in Solus. I added " single " to the boot parameters after pressing e-key on the systemd boot menu. Then wrote "exit" to the command prompt and Solus Budgie opened up. Then uninstalled everything matching "nvidia-470*".

                                              My GTX680 seem to work with just these installed for now:
                                              $ eopkg li | grep nvidia
                                              nvidia-390-glx-driver-modaliases
                                              nvidia-glx-driver-modaliases

                                              I don't really know what I'm doing. According to this output above, I have no nvidia drivers installed just some "modalias" files.

                                              How can I check which drivers are currently in use?

                                                  Jumpy Now you have no proprietary Nvidia driver installed and your system uses nouveau (the open source driver).
                                                  What you need to do is use one of the commands I posted at the start of the thread. It sounds like you installed ALL of the nvidia-470-* driver packages, which will include both the modules for the current and LTS kernel, which I think (without testing) will cause issues.

                                                  So if you use the linux-current kernel (i.e. the default, if you haven't manually switched to LTS), use the following to install the drivers:

                                                  sudo eopkg it nvidia-470-glx-driver-current

                                                  (and make sure your system has all updates installed too, to avoid a mismatch between driver and kernel)

                                                    joluveba I guess this issue is what is delaying this week's update, am I right?

                                                    Funnily enough that's just a coincidence, and the sync is being held up mostly for different reasons.

                                                        Staudey Funnily enough that's just a coincidence, and the sync is being held up mostly for different reasons.

                                                        May I ask the reason? It's just curiosity.

                                                            What about DoFlicky, Will it be able to detect that system is using older drivers and configure 4xx drivers on those system, or do we have to do it manually still?