vividspecter@lemmy.world to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoIt's Recommended To Avoid Using The Open-Source NVIDIA Driver On Linux 6.3www.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: linux@kbin.sociallinuxmasterrace@kbin.social
arrow-up120arrow-down1external-linkIt's Recommended To Avoid Using The Open-Source NVIDIA Driver On Linux 6.3www.phoronix.comvividspecter@lemmy.world to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: linux@kbin.sociallinuxmasterrace@kbin.social
Linux 6.3 triggers a use-after-free inside #nouveau with the consequence of corruption kernel memory.
minus-squareangrymouse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoAfaik only with very old cards you should use nouveau. Nvidia put some shenanigans on drivers and nouveau team cannot reverse-engineer the new cards.
minus-squarevividspecter@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI’m not sure of the full details, but that has changed recently: https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Ampere-Firmware-Blobs
Afaik only with very old cards you should use nouveau. Nvidia put some shenanigans on drivers and nouveau team cannot reverse-engineer the new cards.
I’m not sure of the full details, but that has changed recently: https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Ampere-Firmware-Blobs