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N3Cr0 @lemmy.world

3w ago

Kudos to Nvidia

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pacman -S nvidia-dkms
Hollywood, here I come!
- Nah, that's
  pacman -S hollywood
  Hollywood
- 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 -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.
- 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-dkms to make sure the binaries are always freshly baked.
- Yeah, obviously, who wouldn’t know that

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