[OpenIndiana-discuss] Howto change NVidia driver version

[Andreas Wacknitz]

Am 20.03.21 um 08:16 schrieb Stephan Althaus:
> On 03/19/21 09:07 PM, John D Groenveld wrote:
>> Try
>> # beadm create nvidia-460
>> # beadm mount nvidia-460 /tmp/nvidia-460
>> # pkg -R /tmp/nvidia-460 uninstall xorg-video nvidia nvidia-390
>> # pkg -R /tmp/nvidia-460 install nvidia-460
>> # beadm activate nvidia-460
>> # init 6
>>
>> John
>> groenveld at acm.org
>>
>> _
>
> Hello!
>
> Thanks to John to point out this possibility of changing the nvidia
> driver version and avoid intermediate reboots.
>
> I would like to add the following lines on how to change from
> proprietary NVIDIA driver packages,
> for the sake of completeness..
>
>
> This to remove the proprietary NVIDIA driver and install
> OI-delivereddefault version 390
>
> # beadm create nvidia-oi
> # beadm mount nvidia-oi /tmp/nvidia-oi
> # pkgrm -R /tmp/nvidia-oi NVDAgraphics NVDAgraphicsr
> # pkg -R /tmp/nvidia-oi install xorg-video nvidia
> pkg:/system/kernel/platform
> # beadm activate nvidia-oi
> # init 6
>
>
> This toremove the proprietary NVIDIA driver and install OI-delivered
> version 460
>
> # beadm create nvidia-oi
> # beadm mount nvidia-oi /tmp/nvidia-oi
> # pkgrm -R /tmp/nvidia-oi NVDAgraphics NVDAgraphicsr
> # pkg -R /tmp/nvidia-oi install xorg-video nvidia-460
> pkg:/system/kernel/platform
> # beadm activate nvidia-oi
> # init 6
>
>
> The install of package "pkg:/system/kernel/platform" delivers the OI
> version of the kernel driver gfx_private, which may have been changed
> by the install of a proprietary NVIDIA driver (versions >=387).
>
> Greetings,
>
> Stephan
>
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Hi,

maybe it's time to put something on https://docs.openindiana.org
The sources of it are here: https://github.com/OpenIndiana/oi-docs
PR's are welcome and can be written by anybody capable of typing and has
some knowledge of markdown...

Regards,
Andreas