Update of OS for modern HW

[Vexy]

Hi,

Im trying to figure out if there is a way for me that has modern hardware to get some sort of better support for my system hardware.

The system Im using is an ASRock X870E Phantom Gaming Nova (AM5 platform) 7800X3d Cpu

Nvidia Geforce RTX 4090.

I did look into experimental stuff, but seems like its breaking the system. I have never used MX Linux before, but Ive been with the CachyOs team for 2.5 years, its pretty much a Arch fork distro. My system is not stable before I have some newer Nvidia drivers. The kernel seems to be pretty ok for my 7800x3d.

Nvidia driver for me is the most critical. Due I see artifacts etc on the old driver we have now on my screen. I as i said, I did more of an experimental route here at first, but it also seems to break around packages if I get a more new driver. From what ive seen on the arch side over 2.5 years now, the driver started to get ok for the gpu after 555 driver. Anything we can do here?

Other thing I was looking at, was the live wallpaper. That does not support on dual screen monitors. It just show the animation in the middle of the both screens. Then I cant resize steam for some reason. I have the latest updates. I hope some dev can look into to this, so I might have a bit better time on using the Commodore Os Vision 3.0 on new hardware

I was reading that it was some complications for others that did update kernel and drivers, so im waiting more on suggestion or a feedback before I start breaking things

[Vexy]

''update''

Seems like there are some ways around it now. the 6.14 kernel was pretty useful. It starts to find most of the chipset drivers. Some of it I can live without. I have backup fixes for that, until later kernel.

There are some hickups installing the latest Nvidia driver. Seems like I need to trick the system and add a module for an older driver as a fallback on or upgrade, like a 525 driver, before I can install it. If I don't do it before I update the repo and the keyring. I will pretty much get stuck. So going to do another attempt now. If I get into the latest Nvidia 575 driver now, this will be a pretty much success story. Then solve a lot of my gpu driver issues

[Vexy]

sudo apt install libxnvctrl0=525.85.05-3~deb12u1 --allow-downgrades

install cuda keyring, which will set up Nvidia Developer Repo

type this in Terminal

wget https://developer.download.nvidia.com/c ... -1_all.deb

sudo dpkg -i cuda-keyring_1.1-1_all.deb
sudo apt update

DO NOT run any upgrades while this repo is enabled!!!

Decide what nvidia driver version you want. Many ask for 570 drivers. The following will show what is available

apt policy nvidia-driver

Set up a apt preferences file specifying the version. We will use 570 in our example

Filename: /etc/apt/preferences.d/nvidia-temp command ---> sudo nano /etc/apt/preferences.d/nvidia-temp
Contents:

Package: *nvidia*
Pin: version 570*
Pin-Priority: 999

Package: *nvidia*:i386
Pin: version 570*
Pin-Priority: 999

Package: lib*nv*:i386
Pin: version 570*
Pin-Priority: 999

Package: lib*nv*
Pin: version 570*
Pin-Priority: 999

Package: libcuda*:i386
Pin: version 570
Pin-Priority: 999

Package: libcuda*
Pin: version 570*
Pin-Priority: 999

start up nvidia installer, no need for the -N switch since nvidia repo is enabled, but might be good to skip driver detection. If you use the -N switch, the cuda library and repo will be removed automatically at end of installation. Using -N will also perform step 2 above.

sudo ddm-mx -i nvidia -f nvidia-driver

the chosen version from the Nvidia developer repo should be offered for installation. Make sure to select the Nvidia Developer Repo option when asked press (2)

after install, remove apt preferences file and uninstall cuda-keyring, and disable nvidia repo.

sudo rm /etc/apt/preferences.d/nvidia-temp
sudo apt purge cuda-keyring
sudo apt update

8. Reboot for driver to go into use. You can use the following to revert to open source drivers. The reversion can be run from a console prompt in the event graphical desktop session cannot be started.

sudo ddm-mx -p nvidia


This is pretty much how you trick it to install the most current 570 driver. Im testing and editing a bit now. Seems like the 575 driver is not ready yet for this OS. Downgrading to 570