[oi-dev] Nvidia Driver 470.256.02 fails to load properly

[Stephan Althaus]

On 7/13/25 20:46, Atiq Rahman wrote:
> Hi Marcel,
> Thank you.
>
> > You can replace the driver/graphics/nvidia-470 package by
> driver/graphics/nvidia
>
> How can I replace that package on usb image 
> (OI-hipster-gui-20250606.usb) with 570.169 before I write it onto my 
> USB drive?
>
> During the boot of live usb image I don't have a network connection 
> (have to see if wireless drivers are working after installation is 
> complete) to install packages.
>
> Best!
>
> Atiq
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 13, 2025 at 11:20 AM Marcel Telka <marcel at telka.sk> wrote:
>
>     On Sun, Jul 13, 2025 at 10:42:14AM -0700, Atiq Rahman wrote:
>     > When I look up on the nvidia site for the driver, ref,
>     > https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/drivers
>     >  lists drivers. latest version:
>     >   Driver Version: 575.64.03 - Release Date: Tue Jul 01, 2025
>
>     The 575.64.03 version is New Feature Branch.  We do not have that
>     packaged (deliberately).  Instead, we do have packaged the latest
>     Production Branch version (currently at 570.169) as
>     driver/graphics/nvidia.
>
>     See also https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/unix/
>
>     You can replace the driver/graphics/nvidia-470 package by
>     driver/graphics/nvidia.
>
>     -- 
>     +-------------------------------------------+
>     | Marcel Telka   e-mail: marcel at telka.sk  |
>     |                homepage: http://telka.sk
>
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Hi!

It's best to use a network cable for on very recent hardware.

As an alternative, maybe you have an older USB WLAN stick you could use.

Have fun!

Stephan

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