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Details of x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers:

Description: NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver
Homepage: https://www.nvidia.com/

available versions:

releases	alpha	amd64	arm	hppa	ia64	mips	ppc	ppc64	ppc macos	s390	sh	sparc	x86	USE-Flags	dependencies	ebuild warnings
nvidia-drivers-565.77	-	~	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+X abi_x86_32 abi_x86_64 kernel-open persistenced powerd +static-libs +tools wayland	show	Currently loaded NVIDIA modules do not match the newly installed libraries and may prevent launching GPU-accelerated applications. Easiest way to fix this is normally to reboot. If still run into issues (e.g. API mismatch messages in the \`dmesg\` output), please verify that the running kernel is ${KV_FULL} and that (if used) the initramfs does not include NVIDIA modules (or at least, not old ones). Detected that the current kernel command line is using 'slub_debug=', this may lead to system instability/freezes with this version of ${PN}. Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/796329 *WARNING* You are installing a version of ${PN} known not to work with a GPU of the current system. If unwanted, add the mask: echo '${NV_LEGACY_MASK}' > ${EROOT}/etc/portage/package.mask/${PN} echo '${NV_LEGACY_MASK}' >> ${EROOT}/etc/portage/package.mask ...then downgrade to a legacy[1] branch if possible (not all old versions are available or fully functional, may need to consider nouveau[2]). [1] https://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_32667.html [2] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Nouveau Open source variant of ${PN} was selected, note that it requires Turing/Ampere+ GPUs (aka GTX 1650+). Try disabling if run into issues. Also see: ${EROOT}/usr/share/doc/${PF}/html/kernel_open.html !!! WARNING !!! Detected HandleNvidiaSleep=yes in ${EROOT}/etc/elogind/sleep.conf.d/. This 'could' cause issues if used in combination with the new hook installed by the ebuild to handle sleep using the official upstream script. It is recommended to disable the option. !!! WARNING !!! Detected a custom script at ${EROOT}{/etc,{/usr,}/lib*}/elogind/system-sleep referencing NVIDIA. This version of ${PN} has installed its own hook at ${EROOT}/usr/lib/elogind/system-sleep/nvidia and it is recommended to remove the custom one to avoid potential issues. Feel free to ignore this warning if you know the other NVIDIA-related scripts can be used together. The warning will be removed in the future. show
nvidia-drivers-550.40.82	-	~	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+X abi_x86_32 abi_x86_64 kernel-open persistenced powerd +static-libs +tools wayland	show	Currently loaded NVIDIA modules do not match the newly installed libraries and may prevent launching GPU-accelerated applications. Easiest way to fix this is normally to reboot. If still run into issues (e.g. API mismatch messages in the \`dmesg\` output), please verify that the running kernel is ${KV_FULL} and that (if used) the initramfs does not include NVIDIA modules (or at least, not old ones). Detected that the current kernel command line is using 'slub_debug=', this may lead to system instability/freezes with this version of ${PN}. Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/796329 *WARNING* You are installing a version of ${PN} known not to work with a GPU of the current system. If unwanted, add the mask: echo '${NV_LEGACY_MASK}' > ${EROOT}/etc/portage/package.mask/${PN} echo '${NV_LEGACY_MASK}' >> ${EROOT}/etc/portage/package.mask ...then downgrade to a legacy[1] branch if possible (not all old versions are available or fully functional, may need to consider nouveau[2]). [1] https://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_32667.html [2] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Nouveau Open source variant of ${PN} was selected, be warned it is experimental and only for modern GPUs (e.g. GTX 1650+). Try to disable if run into issues. Please also see: ${EROOT}/usr/share/doc/${PF}/html/kernel_open.html !!! WARNING !!! Detected HandleNvidiaSleep=yes in ${EROOT}/etc/elogind/sleep.conf.d/. This 'could' cause issues if used in combination with the new hook installed by the ebuild to handle sleep using the official upstream script. It is recommended to disable the option. !!! WARNING !!! Detected a custom script at ${EROOT}{/etc,{/usr,}/lib*}/elogind/system-sleep referencing NVIDIA. This version of ${PN} has installed its own hook at ${EROOT}/usr/lib/elogind/system-sleep/nvidia and it is recommended to remove the custom one to avoid potential issues. Feel free to ignore this warning if you know the other NVIDIA-related scripts can be used together. The warning will be removed in the future. show
nvidia-drivers-550.142	-	~	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+X abi_x86_32 abi_x86_64 kernel-open persistenced powerd +static-libs +tools wayland	show	Currently loaded NVIDIA modules do not match the newly installed libraries and may prevent launching GPU-accelerated applications. Easiest way to fix this is normally to reboot. If still run into issues (e.g. API mismatch messages in the \`dmesg\` output), please verify that the running kernel is ${KV_FULL} and that (if used) the initramfs does not include NVIDIA modules (or at least, not old ones). Detected that the current kernel command line is using 'slub_debug=', this may lead to system instability/freezes with this version of ${PN}. Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/796329 *WARNING* You are installing a version of ${PN} known not to work with a GPU of the current system. If unwanted, add the mask: echo '${NV_LEGACY_MASK}' > ${EROOT}/etc/portage/package.mask/${PN} echo '${NV_LEGACY_MASK}' >> ${EROOT}/etc/portage/package.mask ...then downgrade to a legacy[1] branch if possible (not all old versions are available or fully functional, may need to consider nouveau[2]). [1] https://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_32667.html [2] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Nouveau Open source variant of ${PN} was selected, be warned it is experimental and only for modern GPUs (e.g. GTX 1650+). Try to disable if run into issues. Please also see: ${EROOT}/usr/share/doc/${PF}/html/kernel_open.html !!! WARNING !!! Detected HandleNvidiaSleep=yes in ${EROOT}/etc/elogind/sleep.conf.d/. This 'could' cause issues if used in combination with the new hook installed by the ebuild to handle sleep using the official upstream script. It is recommended to disable the option. !!! WARNING !!! Detected a custom script at ${EROOT}{/etc,{/usr,}/lib*}/elogind/system-sleep referencing NVIDIA. This version of ${PN} has installed its own hook at ${EROOT}/usr/lib/elogind/system-sleep/nvidia and it is recommended to remove the custom one to avoid potential issues. Feel free to ignore this warning if you know the other NVIDIA-related scripts can be used together. The warning will be removed in the future. show
nvidia-drivers-550.135	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+X abi_x86_32 abi_x86_64 kernel-open persistenced powerd +static-libs +tools wayland	show	Currently loaded NVIDIA modules do not match the newly installed libraries and may prevent launching GPU-accelerated applications. Easiest way to fix this is normally to reboot. If still run into issues (e.g. API mismatch messages in the \`dmesg\` output), please verify that the running kernel is ${KV_FULL} and that (if used) the initramfs does not include NVIDIA modules (or at least, not old ones). Detected that the current kernel command line is using 'slub_debug=', this may lead to system instability/freezes with this version of ${PN}. Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/796329 *WARNING* You are installing a version of ${PN} known not to work with a GPU of the current system. If unwanted, add the mask: echo '${NV_LEGACY_MASK}' > ${EROOT}/etc/portage/package.mask/${PN} echo '${NV_LEGACY_MASK}' >> ${EROOT}/etc/portage/package.mask ...then downgrade to a legacy[1] branch if possible (not all old versions are available or fully functional, may need to consider nouveau[2]). [1] https://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_32667.html [2] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Nouveau Open source variant of ${PN} was selected, be warned it is experimental and only for modern GPUs (e.g. GTX 1650+). Try to disable if run into issues. Please also see: ${EROOT}/usr/share/doc/${PF}/html/kernel_open.html !!! WARNING !!! Detected HandleNvidiaSleep=yes in ${EROOT}/etc/elogind/sleep.conf.d/. This 'could' cause issues if used in combination with the new hook installed by the ebuild to handle sleep using the official upstream script. It is recommended to disable the option. !!! WARNING !!! Detected a custom script at ${EROOT}{/etc,{/usr,}/lib*}/elogind/system-sleep referencing NVIDIA. This version of ${PN} has installed its own hook at ${EROOT}/usr/lib/elogind/system-sleep/nvidia and it is recommended to remove the custom one to avoid potential issues. Feel free to ignore this warning if you know the other NVIDIA-related scripts can be used together. The warning will be removed in the future. show
nvidia-drivers-535.216.01-r1	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+X abi_x86_32 abi_x86_64 kernel-open persistenced powerd +static-libs +tools wayland	show	Currently loaded NVIDIA modules do not match the newly installed libraries and may prevent launching GPU-accelerated applications. Easiest way to fix this is normally to reboot. If still run into issues (e.g. API mismatch messages in the \`dmesg\` output), please verify that the running kernel is ${KV_FULL} and that (if used) the initramfs does not include NVIDIA modules (or at least, not old ones). Detected that the current kernel command line is using 'slub_debug=', this may lead to system instability/freezes with this version of ${PN}. Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/796329 *WARNING* You are installing a version of ${PN} known not to work with a GPU of the current system. If unwanted, add the mask: echo '${NV_LEGACY_MASK}' > ${EROOT}/etc/portage/package.mask/${PN} echo '${NV_LEGACY_MASK}' >> ${EROOT}/etc/portage/package.mask ...then downgrade to a legacy[1] branch if possible (not all old versions are available or fully functional, may need to consider nouveau[2]). [1] https://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_32667.html [2] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Nouveau Open source variant of ${PN} was selected, be warned it is experimental and only for modern GPUs (e.g. GTX 1650+). Try to disable if run into issues. Please also see: ${EROOT}/usr/share/doc/${PF}/html/kernel_open.html !!! WARNING !!! Detected HandleNvidiaSleep=yes in ${EROOT}/etc/elogind/sleep.conf.d/. This 'could' cause issues if used in combination with the new hook installed by the ebuild to handle sleep using the official upstream script. It is recommended to disable the option. !!! WARNING !!! Detected a custom script at ${EROOT}{/etc,{/usr,}/lib*}/elogind/system-sleep referencing NVIDIA. This version of ${PN} has installed its own hook at ${EROOT}/usr/lib/elogind/system-sleep/nvidia and it is recommended to remove the custom one to avoid potential issues. Feel free to ignore this warning if you know the other NVIDIA-related scripts can be used together. The warning will be removed in the future. show
nvidia-drivers-470.256.02-r2	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+X abi_x86_32 abi_x86_64 persistenced +static-libs +tools	show	Currently loaded NVIDIA modules do not match the newly installed libraries and may prevent launching GPU-accelerated applications. Easiest way to fix this is normally to reboot. If still run into issues (e.g. API mismatch messages in the \`dmesg\` output), please verify that the running kernel is ${KV_FULL} and that (if used) the initramfs does not include NVIDIA modules (or at least, not old ones). Detected that the current kernel command line is using 'slub_debug=', this may lead to system instability/freezes with this version of ${PN}. Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/796329 *WARNING* You are installing a version of ${PN} known not to work with a GPU of the current system. If unwanted, add the mask: echo '${NV_LEGACY_MASK}' > ${EROOT}/etc/portage/package.mask/${PN} echo '${NV_LEGACY_MASK}' >> ${EROOT}/etc/portage/package.mask ...then downgrade to a legacy[1] branch if possible (not all old versions are available or fully functional, may need to consider nouveau[2]). [1] https://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_32667.html [2] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Nouveau !!! WARNING !!! Detected HandleNvidiaSleep=yes in ${EROOT}/etc/elogind/sleep.conf.d/. This 'could' cause issues if used in combination with the new hook installed by the ebuild to handle sleep using the official upstream script. It is recommended to disable the option. !!! WARNING !!! Detected a custom script at ${EROOT}{/etc,{/usr,}/lib*}/elogind/system-sleep referencing NVIDIA. This version of ${PN} has installed its own hook at ${EROOT}/usr/lib/elogind/system-sleep/nvidia and it is recommended to remove the custom one to avoid potential issues. Feel free to ignore this warning if you know the other NVIDIA-related scripts can be used together. The warning will be removed in the future. Be warned/reminded that the 470.xx branch reached end-of-life and NVIDIA is no longer fixing issues (including security). Free to keep using (for now) but it is recommended to either switch to nouveau or replace hardware. Will be kept in-tree while possible, but expect it to be removed likely in late 2027 or earlier if major issues arise. Note that there is no plans to patch in support for kernels branches newer than 6.6.x which will be supported upstream until December 2026. show
nvidia-drivers-390.157	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+X abi_x86_32 abi_x86_64 persistenced +static-libs +tools	show	Currently loaded NVIDIA modules do not match the newly installed libraries and may prevent launching GPU-accelerated applications. Easiest way to fix this is normally to reboot. If still run into issues (e.g. API mismatch messages in the \`dmesg\` output), please verify that the running kernel is ${KV_FULL} and that (if used) the initramfs does not include NVIDIA modules (or at least, not old ones). Be warned/reminded that the 390.xx branch reached end-of-life and NVIDIA is no longer fixing issues (including security). Free to keep using (for now) but it is recommended to either switch to nouveau or replace hardware. Will be kept in-tree while possible, but expect it to be removed likely in late 2027 or earlier if major issues arise. Note that there is no plans to patch in support for kernels branches newer than 6.1.x which will be supported upstream until December 2026. show

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Known bugs:

bug ID	component	assigned to	status	description	last change
433102	Core system	cardoe	UNCONFIRMED	x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers - CONFIG_AMD_IOMMU causes kernel module to fail?	2012-11-13 09:49:39
454560	Library	cardoe	UNCONFIRMED	x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-313.18 with kernel 3.7.4 - NVRM: This PCI I/O region assigned to your NVI	2013-02-05 19:04:08
454740	Library	cardoe	UNCONFIRMED	x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-304.64 should not include udev rule to unconditionally load nvidia.ko (ev	2013-02-02 16:50:24
457594	Applications	cardoe	UNCONFIRMED	x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers: some elog messages could be shown only first time using readme.gentoo.ec	2013-02-15 07:29:28

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