NVIDIA have again pushed out a brand new Vulkan beta driver, with version 418.31.03 now available with game fixes and new extensions.
As a reminder, these drivers are a special series all by themselves, done outside of their normal driver series to test new features, new API extensions and other interesting stuff.
Here's whats new and changed in this release:
- New Extensions:
- Fixes:
- Hitman 2 visual corruption on Linux when running with dxvk translation
- Total War Warhammer II crash or hang when using Alt-Tab on Linux
It's good to see NVIDIA act so quickly to help improve Linux gaming, also interesting to see drivers get special adjustments just for projects like DXVK. Not surprising though, since it's included in Valve's Steam Play. The more games playable on Linux, the wider the testing area they have.
See the full info on the NVIDIA website.
Hat tip to Jack!
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where is the ppa for this we need one!
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where is the ppa for this we need one!Sadly, it seems the original Ubuntu PPA for these drivers hasn't been updated in some time.
Last edited by Liam Dawe on 19 Feb 2019 at 8:00 pm UTC
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Avehicle7887 19 Feb 2019
The Nvidia drivers on Ubuntu can be installed using the default installer from the official website, I've been installing them that way for the past 5 years without issues.
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According nvidia json file:
{ "fileformat_version" : "1.0.0", "ICD": { "library_path": "NV_VK_ICD_", "api_version" : "1.1.99" } }
^_^
According nvidia json file:
{ "fileformat_version" : "1.0.0", "ICD": { "library_path": "NV_VK_ICD_", "api_version" : "1.1.99" } }
^_^
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walther von stolzing 19 Feb 2019
The Nvidia drivers on Ubuntu can be installed using the default installer from the official website, I've been installing them that way for the past 5 years without issues.I would never betray my distro's packaging system with such a vile and malignant non-packaged installation!!! I am even surprised it apparently survived kernel upgrades for you....
(in the most extreme cases I build the package myself)
I used nvidia's installers for about a year on Fedora (and briefly on openSUSE), with no problems; the kernel modules would be automatically rebuilt with each update. I moved to negativo17's repos just out of laziness -- and because he updates his repo very quickly. (The only drawback is that he doesn't package the beta drivers for stable (so to speak) Fedora.)
I understand distros' general caution about this, but I don't get why they don't explain (in wikis or manuals; whereever the topic of proprietary nvidia drivers comes up) *exactly* what's under risk of breaking. It can't *just* be that they don't want newbies to panic when they have to boot into a virtual terminal.
Last edited by walther von stolzing on 19 Feb 2019 at 10:06 pm UTC
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What are the effects of having VK_EXT_depth_clip_enable? Does having and using this extension by DXVK prevents some sort of clipping issues or is it more efficient/improves performance when setting this (once) on the driver side?
(I wish my knowledge would be better in graphics api domain..)
Last edited by jens on 19 Feb 2019 at 10:20 pm UTC
(I wish my knowledge would be better in graphics api domain..)
Last edited by jens on 19 Feb 2019 at 10:20 pm UTC
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Wrong, that is the normal PPA.where is the ppa for this we need one!Sadly, it seems the original Ubuntu PPA for these drivers hasn't been updated in some time.
You have the wrong link it's /ppa not /dev
Last update was 4 days ago for version 4.15.27
https://launchpad.net/~graphics-drivers/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
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Wrong, that is the normal PPA.where is the ppa for this we need one!Sadly, it seems the original Ubuntu PPA for these drivers hasn't been updated in some time.
You have the wrong link it's /ppa not /dev
Last update was 4 days ago for version 4.15.27
https://launchpad.net/~graphics-drivers/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
@TheDaftRick your link is the stable PPA, so that doesn't include beta for Vulkan testing, that's why liamdawe said yours is the wrong one
At least, the normal PPA is still active...
Last edited by Shinikio on 20 Feb 2019 at 1:00 am UTC
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Why is there no official Linux port of Hitman 2?
Fixes for HITMAN 2?
I played the whole game with Proton and didn't noticed any issues. What was wrong? o.o
i guess this is why. this game runs pretty good with proton and some linux users already played it
same with life is strange 2.
less money for feral
feral should focus on unplayable games like online games (or Hitman: Absolution) and action games where you need more FPS... like shadow of war
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where is the ppa for this we need one!Sadly, it seems the original Ubuntu PPA for these drivers hasn't been updated in some time.
I probably shouldn't share this ... but:
Staging (DO NOT USE)
(currently at 418.30)
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So, we have game-specific (well, even game-under-Proton/DXVK-specific) fixes and tweaks in proprietary drivers for Linux.
Strange times :)
Strange times :)
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Driver seems to work great, but i have nothing to test what was fixed :D I dont own Hitman 2 and i never had alt+tab issues with WARHAMMER II
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DoctorJunglist 20 Feb 2019
Is this Yakuza 0 or Yakuza Kiwami?
According nvidia json file:
{ "fileformat_version" : "1.0.0", "ICD": { "library_path": "NV_VK_ICD_", "api_version" : "1.1.99" } }
^_^
I know Yakuza 0 works via SteamPlay / DXVK, but Kiwami got released yesterday and I'm curious if it works as well (there are no reports on ProtonDB yet).
Last edited by DoctorJunglist on 20 Feb 2019 at 12:13 pm UTC
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walther von stolzing 20 Feb 2019
Wrong, that is the normal PPA.where is the ppa for this we need one!Sadly, it seems the original Ubuntu PPA for these drivers hasn't been updated in some time.
You have the wrong link it's /ppa not /dev
Last update was 4 days ago for version 4.15.27
https://launchpad.net/~graphics-drivers/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
Sorry, I couldn't help it.
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Again, like the other link someone gave, this is not the correct one. The one I linked to in my first comment is the correct one, but it's not being updated.where is the ppa for this we need one!Sadly, it seems the original Ubuntu PPA for these drivers hasn't been updated in some time.
I probably shouldn't share this ... but:
Staging (DO NOT USE)
(currently at 418.30)
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I used nvidia's installers for about a year on Fedora (and briefly on openSUSE), with no problems; the kernel modules would be automatically rebuilt with each update. I moved to negativo17's repos just out of laziness -- and because he updates his repo very quickly. (The only drawback is that he doesn't package the beta drivers for stable (so to speak) Fedora.)The problem with scripts started as root (it is the case with installation of nVidia driver via official script) is that they could do everything. In another words your system is no longer "legit" after such installation outside packaging system. Proper driver package (I mean from trusted sources like https://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/nvidia-driver/) could be fully uninstalled via system dnf tools. With driver installed via script - you do not have certainty that uninstall script will work properly (I mean it will properly restore original files).
I understand distros' general caution about this, but I don't get why they don't explain (in wikis or manuals; whereever the topic of proprietary nvidia drivers comes up) *exactly* what's under risk of breaking. It can't *just* be that they don't want newbies to panic when they have to boot into a virtual terminal.
Nowadays situation is much better, but in the past proprietary nVidia driver installation was a mess. I mean in the past nVidia proprietary driver to work required replace many Linux system libraries related to OpenGL and others... It was one of many reasons why nVidia was banned by Fedora for many years... Nowadays thanks to Red Hat/Fedora and nVidia cooperation - situation is much better. For example thanks to GLVND (OpenGL Vendor Neutral Dispatch Library) proprietary libraries could coexist in system without removing their open counterparts.
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Not entirely true. Feral somewhere mentioned that if game port is announced - you could buy it before Linux release, they will get their money anyway (probably it is some kind of agreement between Feral and publishers). So in case of Life is Strange 2 - they will receive money even if you played it on Linux via Steam Proton before port release. In case of Hitman 2 - port is not announced, so probably you are right and Feral will receive nothing...Fixes for HITMAN 2?
I played the whole game with Proton and didn't noticed any issues. What was wrong? o.o
i guess this is why. this game runs pretty good with proton and some linux users already played it
same with life is strange 2.
less money for feral
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Not entirely true. Feral somewhere mentioned that if game port is announced - you could buy it before Linux release, they will get their money anyway (probably it is some kind of agreement between Feral and publishers). So in case of Life is Strange 2 - they will receive money even if you played it on Linux via Steam Proton before port release. In case of Hitman 2 - port is not announced, so probably you are right and Feral will receive nothing...Fixes for HITMAN 2?
I played the whole game with Proton and didn't noticed any issues. What was wrong? o.o
i guess this is why. this game runs pretty good with proton and some linux users already played it
same with life is strange 2.
less money for feral
even if that is true, life is strange 2 was announced for linux before proton came out
hitman2 worked day 1 with proton (except online, but this also works now)
so maybe feral just dont get the licence to port hitman, because IOI can have linux money too
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...Again, like the other link someone gave, this is not the correct one. The one I linked to in my first comment is the correct one, but it's not being updated.
Staging (DO NOT USE)
(currently at 418.30)
Yeah, Michael Marley is clearly not updating the "correct" dev PPA anymore - but he has his own PPAs and he does make updates there. He has actually posted the 418.31.03 driver now, but it's to his "staging 2" PPA.
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