[OpenIndiana-discuss] using Nvidia RTX 5060 with recent OI

[Andreas Wacknitz]

Am 27.05.26 um 07:30 schrieb Tim Mooney via openindiana-discuss:
> In regard to: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] using Nvidia RTX 5060 with 
> recent...:
>
>> Using 2025.10 will not work; you'll need to use a 2026.04 install 
>> image because I have cleaned the repository after the release. So 
>> package versions installed and referenced by older installation 
>> images might be unavailable.
>
> That confirms what I suspected when I started trying to interact with
> 2025.10.  I could see missing versions of userland-incorporation.
>
>> 2026.04 should be fine, though. You only need to freeze the 
>> osnet-incorporation packge by
>> pfexec pkg freeze osnet-incorporation
>> This will make sure that you don't accidentially upgrade to a newer 
>> illumos-userland version.
>
> Ah, good idea.  I've now
>
>     - reinstalled 2026.04 text install
>     - done the
>
>         pkg freeze osnet-incorporation
>
>     - installed and removed mate_install
>
>         pkg install mate_install
>         reboot
>         pkg uninstall mate_install
>
>     - installed nvidia-580
>
>         pkg uninstall xorg-video nvidia-470
>         pkg install nvidia-580
>         reboot
>
> However, I am currently blocked from reinstalling xorg-video. Every
> time I try with nvidia-580 installed already, I get
>
> Planning: Checking for conflicting actions ... Done (0.468s)
>            Packages to install:  2
>        Create boot environment: No
> Create backup boot environment: No
>           Rebuild boot archive: No
>
> Changed packages:
> openindiana.org
>   driver/graphics/nvidia-470
>     None -> 470.256.2-2024.0.0.0
>   x11/server/xorg/driver/xorg-video
>     None -> 1-2024.0.0.0
>
> pkg install: The following packages all deliver driver actions to nvidia:
>
> pkg://openindiana.org/driver/graphics/nvidia-580@580.159.3,5.11-2026.0.0.0:20260429T164248Z
> pkg://openindiana.org/driver/graphics/nvidia-470@470.256.2,5.11-2024.0.0.0:20240605T164150Z
>
> These packages cannot be installed together. Any non-conflicting subset
> of the above packages can be installed.
>
>
>
>
> and many additional conflicts.
>
> When I run
>
>     pkg contents -m xorg-video
>
> I see as the last line:
>
> depend fmri=driver/graphics/nvidia-390 fmri=driver/graphics/nvidia-340 
> fmri=driver/graphics/nvidia-470 fmri=driver/graphics/nvidia 
> type=require-any
>
> It looks like the meta-packages/xorg-video/xorg-video.p5m
> probably needs a few updates and xorg-video needs a component 
> rebuild.  Do
> you want *all* the missing nvidia-XXX options added and a pull request
> submitted for that, or is it faster for you to just tackle it?
>
> Since the unversioned (in the component name) fmri=driver/graphics/nvidia
> *is* listed, the @595 driver would still be an option, but that's 
> probably
> my only option.
>
>> If you are brave you might update to the osnet-incorporation of May 
>> 12th, which is fine for my Z6.
>
> Tomorrow I'll probably try the 595 drivers and updating just to an
> osnet-incorporation version from approximately May 12th, since I'm 
> blocked
> on any of the nvidia-5XX drivers.
>
>> I already have tried to isolate the problematic PR from illumos-gate 
>> but reverting neither
>> 18103 ena: validate device-supplied register offsets and descriptor 
>> indices
>> nor
>> 18108 libtopo reports the wrong errno on enumeration failure
>> fixed the situation for my Z6 and I don't know how to create a 
>> working patch for
>> 18106 Update AMD microcode to 20251202
>> which is binary.
>
> Am I reading the commit incorrectly, or is it actually an update to
> 20260416 *from* 20251202?
>
> Thanks for the suggestions and the pkg freeze idea.  I'll report back if
> the nvidia at 595 drivers from the frozen install work, but right now I'm
> not very hopeful.
>
> Tim
Simply uninstall xorg-video. That should be possible and then you should 
be able to install any nvidia driver.

Andreas