tu...@posteo.de wrote:
> On 05/02 11:53, Dale wrote:
>> Howdy,
>>
>> I mentioned in another thread that I was going to upgrade to a much
>> newer kernel.  I also have to make sure Nvidia supports that kernel. 
>> So, I went to the Nvidia site and did a search by model number.  This is
>> the output of lspci:
>>
>>
>> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK107 [GeForce GTX
>> 650] (rev a1)
>>
>>
>> So, I did the manual thing, since this is Linux not windoze, and
>> selected the series and model.  According to the list it provided, I
>> should be using the drivers in the 440 slot.  I'm currently using the
>> 390 slot since when I installed that card, that is what it showed.  I'm
>> almost 100% certain I checked this when installing this card.  My
>> question is, is it normal for nvidia to change the series of drivers for
>> cards like this?  Am I reading this wrong?  Link to Nvidia site.
>>
>> https://www.geforce.com/drivers
>>
>> I couldn't provide a link to the selected part since it doesn't seem to
>> provide one, java stuff I guess.  Next link I went too. 
>>
>> https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/results/159360/
>>
>> According to that the 440 series supports the 5.6 series of kernel.  It
>> doesn't indicate a specific version tho.  Does that mean I can go to the
>> very latest version or do I need to look elsewhere to see what is
>> supported?  If it matters, I use gentoo-sources.  Currently on 4.19.40
>> and I'm showing gentoo-sources-5.6.7 as the latest available in the
>> tree.  Since I don't upgrade kernels much, may as well take a large
>> leap.  ;-)
>>
>> Thanks much.  A little confused. 
>>
>> Dale
>>
>> :-)  :-)
>>
>> P. S. Got my garden about half disced. Dry side about ready to plant and
>> wet side is lightly disced to help it dry out.  :-D
>>
> Hi Dale, 
>
> I am now running kernel 5.6.9 (vanilla) and nvidia-driver 440.82-r3.
>
> Again, Blender cannot find the Optix related parts of the driver.
> This package still does not work for me. As far as I can see,
> the non-Optix specific things are fine, though.
>
> So I will reboot, remove the portage package of the driver and
> install the original by nvidia and this will fix the issue
> with Optix...
>
> Cheers!
> Meino

Thanks for the info.  Now I think I'm good to go. 

Dale

:-)  :-) 

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