NVIDIA 560 Beta Linux Driver Released with Open GPU Kernel Modules by Default
NVIDIA 560 promises an updated nvidia-installer that features the NVIDIA Open-Source GPU kernel modules by default on systems with NVIDIA GPUs that support both the proprietary and open kernel modules, such as NVIDIA Turing, Ampere, Ada Lovelace, Blackwell, Grace Hopper, and Hopper.
It also promises support for the EGL_KHR_platform_x11 and EGL_EXT_platform_xcb extensions on Xwayland, a PipeWire backend to NvFBC to enable it to work on Wayland compositors that support screencasting via XDG Desktop Portal, and support for multiple concurrent clients to NvFBC direct capture.
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NVIDIA 560 Linux driver Beta has Wayland improvements, defaults to open GPU kernel modules
NVIDIA has released a fresh Beta to get you testing all the latest features and fixes. So here's what's new in the NVIDIA 560.28.03 driver Beta for Linux.
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NVIDIA Released Driver for Upcoming NVIDIA 560... » Linux Magazine
Along with the release of the new NVIDIA 560 series of GPUs, the installer for the driver includes the new NVIDIA open-source GPU kernel modules.
Two years ago, NVIDIA released the first GPU driver to include kernel modules with the goal of replacing the proprietary, closed-source drivers. Since then, the modules have matured enough that the NVIDEO 560 series will default to the open-source kernel modules.
As well, these new modules aim to add support for the EGL_KHR_platform_x11 and EGL_EXT_platform_xcb extensions for Xwayland as well as a PipeWire backend to enable NvFBC to work with Wayland compositors.
Other highlights include support for multiple concurrent clients to NvFBC direct capture, support for DRM-DMS explicit synchronization via the IN_FENCE_FD mode, support for Variable Refresh Rates for Wayland with pre-Volta GPUs, as well as plenty of bug fixes.
The new NVIDIA installer will default to the new open-source kernel modules on systems with GPUs that support both proprietary and open kernel modules.
Bugfixes a few weeks later
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NVIDIA Linux Driver Beta 560.31.02 Out Now
NVIDIA today released a fresh update to the current ongoing 560 Beta driver series with version 560.31.02 bringing some bug fixes. This follows on from the first in the 560 series released in late July.