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minus-square@[email protected]Mlinkfedilink68•3 months agopacman -S nvidia-dkms Hollywood, here I come!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•3 months agoI thought dkms was recommended only for alternative kernels, and that nvidia or nvidia-open is what’s recommended generally.
minus-square@[email protected]Mlinkfedilink2•3 months agoRecommended, yes, but I’ve had issues with the pre-compiled modules before, so I switched to nvidia-dkms to make sure the binaries are always freshly baked.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•3 months agoPartial updates are not supported on Arch. You need to use -Syu.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•3 months agoI think you’re misunderstanding what a partial upgrade is. A partial upgrade is where you update the database without then upgrading every package (calling pacman -Sy with the u switch). pacman -S, therefore, is not a partial upgrade, as the database is not updated with the y switch. See System maintenance#Partial upgrades are unsupported for more info.
pacman -S nvidia-dkmsHollywood, here I come!
Nah, that’s
pacman -S hollywoodHollywood
I thought dkms was recommended only for alternative kernels, and that nvidia or nvidia-open is what’s recommended generally.
Recommended, yes, but I’ve had issues with the pre-compiled modules before, so I switched to
nvidia-dkmsto make sure the binaries are always freshly baked.Yeah, obviously, who wouldn’t know that
Partial updates are not supported on Arch. You need to use
-Syu.I think you’re misunderstanding what a partial upgrade is.
A partial upgrade is where you update the database without then upgrading every package (calling
pacman -Sywith theuswitch).pacman -S, therefore, is not a partial upgrade, as the database is not updated with theyswitch.See System maintenance#Partial upgrades are unsupported for more info.