Re: [gentoo-user] Re: x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-391+ does not support latest GPU?

[tuxic@posteo.de]

On 04/13 01:29, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> On 13/04/18 01:18, tuxic@posteo.de wrote:
> > On 04/12 10:01, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> > > On 12/04/18 16:31, Alexey Eschenko wrote:
> > > > Is this some kind of maintainer's mistake or does NVIDIA really messed
> > > > up with drivers again?
> > > 
> > > Before updating the nvidia driver, you should always check here:
> > > 
> > >    http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx
> > > 
> > > and see if the version you're updating to is a beta driver or not.
> > > 
> > > As a long time nvidia-drivers user, I really recommend to:
> > > 
> > >    1. Use an LTS kernel series (latest LTS series is 4.14.x.)
> > >    2. Do not install nvidia beta drivers.
> > >    3. Do not use X.Org pre-releases.
> > > 
> > > Currently, that means these in package.mask:
> > > 
> > >    >=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-4.15
> > >    >=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-391
> > >    >=x11-base/xorg-server-1.19.99
> > > 
> > > Unless you're using Chrome, where 390 has a bug that makes it unusable slow,
> > > so you need:
> > > 
> > >    >=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-385
> > > 
> > > You need to check on the available versions these packages manually from
> > > time to time to see if it's safe to update them.
> > > 
> > > Also, nvidia driver version can be confusing. 390 is the latest stable
> > > series, while 384 is the "LTS-like" stable series. To be frank, I find it
> > > impossible to tell what's happening with driver releases from nvidia if I
> > > don't read phoronix.com news.
> > > 
> > > In any event, the TL;DR is that sticking to non-beta drivers and non-beta
> > > xorg and the latest LTS kernel will result in avoiding the majority of
> > > breakages.
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > hi Alexey,
> > 
> > which in turn is, what I said before:
> > I will be bound to older versions of software.
> > It is, what I try to avoid.
> 
> Do you have something specific in mind? I'm not aware of software that
> requires a non-LTS kernel right now, or a beta X.Org driver, or a beta
> nvidia-driver.
> 
> 

I think of security incidents like meltdown/spectre for example...