From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6249D158020 for ; Mon, 21 Nov 2022 16:11:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 778B1E09C3; Mon, 21 Nov 2022 16:11:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.io (ciao.gmane.io [116.202.254.214]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2D2D5E098F for ; Mon, 21 Nov 2022 16:11:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ox9OB-0004kk-WD for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 21 Nov 2022 17:11:20 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading from 5.14 to 6.0 version Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2022 16:11:13 -0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <3418bb3d-f939-6606-7e19-5e883c198208@gmail.com> <2446bc27-6406-dbe6-0076-ab01d49413c5@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) X-Archives-Salt: 30199f28-1454-4c2e-ac20-61143693150b X-Archives-Hash: 71cd26aa3951c5738236a27adf2c359f On 2022-11-21, Dale wrote: > I did re-emerge the nvidia drivers for the old kernel. [...] > > If I get bored, and it warms up a little, I may build a 5.19 kernel.  > Thing is, by the time I get around to rebooting, nvidia may have updated > and the new one I already got will work.  :/ About 15 years ago, after a bad experience with ATI dropping Linux driver support for a card that was only a year old (and no luck getting the open source driver to work reliably), I switched to NVidia (mostly Qaudro cards -- fanless until that ceased to be an option). They always worked great using the NVidia blob drivers, but using NVidia drivers was a constant source of minor pain. Often kernel updates had to be postponed until NVidia driver support caught up, and they too dropped support and forced me to replace a board that was still working perfectly. Eventually, I just gave up and started using built-in Intel graphics. Life was much easier. A high-end gamer probably wouldn't be happy, but my mid-range mainboard happily drove three decent-sized displays (two DVI and one DP) at their native resolutions. I find the same to be true on my newer AMD system with built-in Radeon Vega graphics. It too "just works" with the in-kernel-tree support and open-source Xorg drivers. I did have to give up the option of having multiple X11 screens. The proprietary NVidia driver supported multiple screens, but the drivers for built-in Intel and Radeon drivers don't seem to. -- Grant