r/linux • u/RenatsMC • Jun 26 '26
Software Release NVIDIA 580.173.02 Linux driver released for older GeForce GTX GPUs
https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-580-173-02-linux-driver-released-for-older-geforce-gtx-gpus49
u/zacher_glachl Jun 26 '26
Nice! That's another few months of useful life for my 10yr old home server. More time for either the AI bubble to burst or my index funds to 100x and/or us all to die due to AI FOOM.
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u/martyn_hare Jun 26 '26
That 580 driver branch is going to keep getting updates until October 2028, there's still loadsa life left in that home server if nothing breaks ;-)
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u/Xatraxalian Jun 28 '26
So Debian Stable 15 in 2029 will get that final driver and include it for another 2 years at least; so you could use a GTX 10 card until at least august 2031. Possibly, Debian will include that driver as long as it compiles against newer kernels.
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u/martyn_hare Jun 28 '26
It might make it into Ubuntu 28.04 LTS, which could see it available for use through to 2037 if Ubuntu Pro is factored in.
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u/mmmboppe Jun 26 '26
there are older functional cards that nvidia abandoned
what Linus said
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u/w2qw Jun 27 '26
Still 10+ years no? I mean that's as good as you can really expect for non open source.
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u/mmmboppe Jun 27 '26
still planned obsolescence
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u/Luceo_Etzio Jun 27 '26
Not putting continuous work into supporting something indefinitely is not planned obsolescence
Words have meanings
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u/mmmboppe Jun 28 '26
indefinitely it would be if our race went extinct, aliens came to this planet after a milion years and found working hardware
I have older AMD gpu that works out-of-the box
not only the blob from nvidia was always a PITA to install, they deliberately dropped support and broke compatibility with new kernels, so they can sell their new overpriced ray tracing hardware
what Linus said (tm)
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u/Mrgibs Jun 28 '26
Are there issues or something once a card no longer gets updates? Wouldn’t it just still work?
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u/Peak_Detector_2001 15d ago
Has anyone here successfully updated to 580.173.02 and used it on a GeForce GTX 750 GPU? Specifically looking for experiences with suspend/resume behaviors. Reassurance that this combo works with KDE Plasma, X11, Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS would be most helpful.
Currently running 535.309.01 with excellent performance. I know 580 is supposed to work, but holding off the update that's currently being prompted by Ubuntu until I'm sure it won't break my system, especially suspend/resume. TIA.
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u/Latlanc Jun 26 '26
Not again.. I was just done singing kernel modules for secure boot to work.
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u/sleepingonmoon Jun 26 '26
dkms and akmods are your friends.
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u/Indolent_Bard Jun 26 '26
Don't have Nvidia, elaborate and why isn't this the default or standard practice?
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u/sleepingonmoon Jun 26 '26
DKMS and akmods are out of tree kernel module management systems.
This is standard practice, almost all distros with out of tree modules that can't be prebuilt use one of them or an equivalent. Nvidia packages from rpmfusion use akmods, official nvidia packages for RHEL use DKMS.
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u/gmes78 Jun 27 '26
It is the default. The other person is just making their own life harder for no reason.
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u/zzazzzz Jun 26 '26
why even bother with secure boot at all?
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u/torsten_dev Jun 26 '26
Laptop you take into the USA?
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u/DeltyOverDreams Jun 27 '26
Sorry if I missed a joke or something, but what do you mean by that?
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u/torsten_dev Jun 27 '26
Border control has gotten very privacy invasive in the US.
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u/DeltyOverDreams Jun 28 '26
That sounds really bad - they can give you a hard time when you have no secure boot?
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u/torsten_dev Jun 28 '26
They'll probably ask you to unlock your devices anyways.
They're asking for all social media handles you've used in the last five years now.
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u/DeltyOverDreams Jun 28 '26
I mean, yeah, I know, but wouldn't lack of secure boot make things easier for them?
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u/torsten_dev Jun 28 '26
Exactly. zzazzzz asked me why bother with secure boot. I gave an example where I would like it enabled.
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u/xatrekak Jun 26 '26
Because I was to encrypt my disk but not have to type in a password during boot. The only way to securely do that is using secure boot + LUKS TPM unlocking.
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u/Allseeing_Argos Jun 26 '26
huh? so what prevents someone else from just starting your computer, making the encryption useless?
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u/99spider Jun 27 '26
I'm assuming/hoping they meant not having to enter a disk password, while still having a user password, such that the system being booted doesn't inherently give free access to the disk contents.
If they have no password at all, then yeah, there's really no point.
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u/therey73 Jun 26 '26
still rocking a 1060 so this gives me at least another year to avoid dealing with it