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zachalexy

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From: The Netherlands

Registered: 2020-01-08

Posts: 52

[SOLVED] nvidia-lts nvidia-dkms

Hi, currently I have both nvidia-lts and nvidia-dkms installed. I'm not sure if nvidia-lts can be removed as package since dkms hooks with rebuilding my lts and linux kernel? Saw that nvidia-lts just upgraded to 450.57-3 while nvidia-dkms still is on 450.57-2. I can trial and error but rather find advice here before messing up. Few weeks ago switched to the dkms version after a boot issue. Thx again. regards, Zach

Last edited by zachalexy (2020-07-18 16:13:18)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: [SOLVED] nvidia-lts nvidia-dkms

You can switch to DKMS. The DKMS version rebuilds the kernel module for the kernels you have installed on your own system, the nvidia-lts package is a prebuilt module that get's specifically rebuilt each time there's a kernel update.  Sometimes if you have flunky mirrors or if the packagers forget/delay a rebuild it can happen that you receive a new kernel but not a new nvidia-lts version or vice-versa, leading to issues loading the nvidia module. The DKMS module helps alleviate that since you gain some independence from the synchronisation state of the nvidia module, (Though you are dependant on the headers package instead, but that is basically guaranteed to ship at the same time as the kernel as they come from the same underlying package source) at the cost of a slightly longer installl operation as the kernel module has to be built by your computer

Last edited by V1del (2020-07-18 10:42:44)

zachalexy

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From: The Netherlands

Registered: 2020-01-08

Posts: 52

Re: [SOLVED] nvidia-lts nvidia-dkms

Hi, thanks for your informative explanation. Ran sudo pacman -R nvidia-lts already. Regards, Zach