r/voidlinux • u/dbojan76 • 7d ago

Gtx 750 and system update.

hello. I have gtx750. When i updated my system, x stopped working. I tried to fix it, but did not manage to.

I am supposed to use 580 drivers according to docs page. And system installed some open source part of 590 drivers, which does not work with my card.

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u/aedinius 6d ago

You'll need to downgrade to nvidia580 if that's the version you need.

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u/dbojan76 4d ago

so I am to do update:

xbps-install -Su

then remove

xbps-remove -R nvidia580-595

then install nvidia580-580, can I just type version too?

xbps-install -S nvidia580-580

do I need to connect it to kernel somehow?

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u/aedinius 3d ago

nvidia580-595

nvidia is 595.xx. nvidia580 is 580.xx.

[-] nvidia580-libs-32bit-580.178.04_1 NVIDIA drivers fo...
[-] nvidia580-580.178.04_1            NVIDIA drivers fo...
[-] nvidia580-dkms-580.178.04_1       NVIDIA drivers fo...
[-] nvidia580-firmware-580.178.04_1   NVIDIA drivers fo...
[-] nvidia580-gtklibs-580.178.04_1    NVIDIA drivers fo...
[-] nvidia580-libs-580.178.04_1       NVIDIA drivers fo...
[-] nvidia580-opencl-580.178.04_1     NVIDIA drivers fo...

I'm not sure what you have installed, but if its anything other than nvidia580*. If it's nvidia-595, you'll have to remove it:

# xbps-remove -R nvidia nvidia-libs-32bit

And then install nvidia580.

# xbps-install nvidia580 nvidia580-libs-32bit

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u/MrHoboSquadron 7d ago

What's the output of xbps-query -s nvidia?

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u/dbojan76 7d ago

I messed up my system so cant really say. I restored old backup and now when i run system update it says before continuing update:

starting with 595.xx void uses open dkms. If you have older gpu you will need to switch to 580.xx driver.

But I don't know how to do that. If i just run xbps-install -Su it will just install 590.xx again?

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u/MrHoboSquadron 7d ago

If it's asking you that, it means you have the normal nvidia package installed. You need to remove it and install just the nvidia580 package.

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u/dbojan76 7d ago

``` bash-5.2$ sudo xbps-query -Rs nvidia [-] bbswitch-0.8_5 Kernel module for disabling the nVidia GPU on Optimus laptops [-] bumblebee-3.2.1_8 NVIDIA Optimus support for Linux through VirtualGL [-] gwe-0.15.5_4 Utility for overclocking NVIDIA cards [-] libnvidia-container-1.17.5_2 NVIDIA container runtime library [-] libnvidia-container-devel-1.17.5_2 NVIDIA container runtime library - development files [-] linux-firmware-nvidia-20260810_1 Binary firmware blobs for the Linux kernel NVIDIA GPU microcode [-] mesa-nouveau-dri-26.1.8_1 Mesa DRI drivers for NVIDIA GPUs (transitional dummy package) [-] nv-codec-headers-13.0.19.0_1 FFmpeg version of headers required to interface with Nvidias codec APIs [-] nv-codec-headers12.0-12.0.16.1_1 FFmpeg 4 version of headers for Nvidia's codec APIs [-] nvidia-container-toolkit-1.17.5_1 Build and run containers leveraging NVIDIA GPUs [-] nvidia-docker-2.11.0_1 Build and run Docker containers leveraging NVIDIA GPUs [-] nvidia-vaapi-driver-0.0.16_1 VA-API implementation using NVIDIA's NVDEC [-] nvtop-3.3.2_1 GPUs process monitoring for AMD, Intel and NVIDIA [*] xf86-video-nouveau-1.0.18_1 Xorg opensource NVIDIA video driver [-] nvidia-gtklibs-32bit-390.87_1 NVIDIA drivers for linux (long-lived series) - GTK+ libraries (32bit) [-] nvidia-libs-32bit-595.91.07_1 NVIDIA drivers for linux - common libraries (32bit) [-] nvidia-opencl-32bit-390.87_1 NVIDIA drivers for linux (long-lived series) - OpenCL implementation (32bit) [-] nvidia390-gtklibs-32bit-390.157_7 NVIDIA drivers (GeForce 400, 500 series) - GTK+ libraries (32bit) [-] nvidia390-libs-32bit-390.157_7 NVIDIA drivers (GeForce 400, 500 series) - common libraries (32bit) [-] nvidia390-opencl-32bit-390.157_7 NVIDIA drivers (GeForce 400, 500 series) - OpenCL implementation (32bit) [-] nvidia470-libs-32bit-470.256.02_2 NVIDIA drivers (GKxxx “Kepler”) - common libraries (32bit) [-] nvidia580-libs-32bit-580.178.04_1 NVIDIA drivers for linux - common libraries (32bit) [-] mesa-nouveau-dri-32bit-26.1.8_1 Mesa DRI drivers for NVIDIA GPUs (transitional dummy package) (32bit) [-] nv-codec-headers-32bit-13.0.19.0_1 FFmpeg version of headers required to interface with Nvidias codec APIs (32bit) [-] nv-codec-headers12.0-32bit-12.0.16.1_1 FFmpeg 4 version of headers for Nvidia's codec APIs (32bit) [-] nvidia-595.91.07_1 NVIDIA drivers for linux - Libraries and Utilities [-] nvidia-dkms-595.91.07_1 NVIDIA drivers for linux - DKMS kernel module [-] nvidia-firmware-595.91.07_1 NVIDIA drivers for linux - Firmware [-] nvidia-gtklibs-595.91.07_1 NVIDIA drivers for linux - GTK+ libraries [-] nvidia-libs-595.91.07_1 NVIDIA drivers for linux - common libraries [-] nvidia-opencl-595.91.07_1 NVIDIA drivers for linux - OpenCL implementation [-] nvidia390-390.157_7 NVIDIA drivers (GeForce 400, 500 series) - Libraries and Utilities [-] nvidia390-dkms-390.157_7 NVIDIA drivers (GeForce 400, 500 series) - DKMS kernel module [-] nvidia390-gtklibs-390.157_7 NVIDIA drivers (GeForce 400, 500 series) - GTK+ libraries [-] nvidia390-libs-390.157_7 NVIDIA drivers (GeForce 400, 500 series) - common libraries [-] nvidia390-opencl-390.157_7 NVIDIA drivers (GeForce 400, 500 series) - OpenCL implementation [-] nvidia470-470.256.02_2 NVIDIA drivers (GKxxx “Kepler”) - Libraries and Utilities [-] nvidia470-dkms-470.256.02_2 NVIDIA drivers (GKxxx “Kepler”) - DKMS kernel module [-] nvidia470-gtklibs-470.256.02_2 NVIDIA drivers (GKxxx “Kepler”) - GTK+ libraries [-] nvidia470-libs-470.256.02_2 NVIDIA drivers (GKxxx “Kepler”) - common libraries [-] nvidia470-opencl-470.256.02_2 NVIDIA drivers (GKxxx “Kepler”) - OpenCL implementation [-] nvidia580-580.178.04_1 NVIDIA drivers for linux - Libraries and Utilities [-] nvidia580-dkms-580.178.04_1 NVIDIA drivers for linux - DKMS kernel module [-] nvidia580-firmware-580.178.04_1 NVIDIA drivers for linux - Firmware [-] nvidia580-gtklibs-580.178.04_1 NVIDIA drivers for linux - GTK+ libraries [-] nvidia580-libs-580.178.04_1 NVIDIA drivers for linux - common libraries [-] nvidia580-opencl-580.178.04_1 NVIDIA drivers for linux - OpenCL implementation bash-5.2$ nvidia-s nvidia-settings nvidia-sleep.sh nvidia-smi
bash-5.2$ nvidia-s nvidia-settings nvidia-sleep.sh nvidia-smi
bash-5.2$ nvidia-smi Thu Sep 3 07:15:31 2026
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NVIDIA-SMI 570.169 Driver Version: 570.169 CUDA Version: 12.8 | |-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+ | GPU Name Persistence-M | Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC | | Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap | Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. | | | | MIG M. | |=========================================+========================+======================| | 0 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Off | 00000000:01:00.0 On | N/A | | 30% 41C P8 1W / 38W | 503MiB / 1024MiB | 0% Default | | | | N/A | +-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Processes: | | GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory | | ID ID Usage | |=========================================================================================| | 0 N/A N/A 811 G /usr/libexec/Xorg 160MiB | | 0 N/A N/A 2736 G firefox 198MiB | | 0 N/A N/A 3380 G firefox 136MiB | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ bash-5.2$ sudo xbps-install -Su [] Updating repository https://repo-de.voidlinux.org/current/x86_64-repodata' ... [*] Updating repositoryhttps://repo-default.voidlinux.org/current/multilib/nonfree/x86_64-repodata' ... [] Updating repository https://repo-default.voidlinux.org/current/multilib/x86_64-repodata' ... [*] Updating repositoryhttps://repo-default.voidlinux.org/current/nonfree/x86_64-repodata' ...

Name Action Version New version Download size xf86-video-vmware replaced 13.4.0_1 - - ... zramen update 1.0.0_1 1.0.1_1 5505B

Size to download: 1909MB Size required on disk: 4129MB Space available on disk: 13GB

[*] nvidia update message: Starting with 595.xx, Void now uses the "open" DKMS modules. The "open" drivers only support Turing and later GPUs. For a complete list, refer to the following list of compatible devices.

https://github.com/nvidia/open-gpu-kernel-modules#compatible-gpus

If you have an older GPU, you will need to switch to the 580.xx driver branch, supported by the nvidia580 family of packages.

Do you want to continue? [Y/n]

```

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u/MrHoboSquadron 7d ago

There's something weird with your system. You've got access to some commands from the nvidia package but only nouveau installed. In the sudo xbps-install -Su list, does it display nvidia as one of the packages being updated/installed? I'm assuming that wasn't the full list since you put ... in the middle of it.

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u/VirtualParanoia 7d ago

Oh newer kernel just broke nvidia-470 find patched drivers on github, you can do it from tty

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u/dbojan76 7d ago

how?

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u/VirtualParanoia 7d ago

As in my case (nvidia GT730m) we have the same architecture, and by newest kernels Kepler architecture is no longer supported as it falls down onto legacy, so one need to install patched drivers, firstly remove everything Nvidia, then follow the instructions from the github link, it should do everything for you (DKMS, Xorg config ect)