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The stable release driver 550.127.05 mentions "Fixed a bug which could cause applications using GBM to crash when running with nvidia-drm.modeset=0".
While the bigger NVIDIA 565.57.01 Beta includes various new features and fixes I've split below for easy reading.
New Features & Improvements
- Re-enabled GLX_EXT_buffer_age on Xwayland. This extension had been previously disabled on Xwayland due to a bug which is now fixed.
- Added support for mmap of exported DMA-BUF objects.
- Added several new per-plane and per-CRTC vendor-specific properties to nvidia-drm. These properties may be used by Wayland compositors to program the GPU's color pipeline for HDR hardware acceleration.
- Introduced a driver optimization to mitigate the performance loss from the 'd3d9.floatEmulation' option in DXVK.
- Updated the framelock settings page of the nvidia-settings control panel to use the GTK3 theme text color rather than defaulting to white for the text color, improving legibility with some themes.
- Implemented support for VK_EXT_depth_clamp_control.
- Reduced some cases of stutter with OpenGL syncing to vblank while using GSP firmware.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed a bug that could cause suspend/resume to fail when using the NVreg_PreserveVideoMemoryAllocations option: https://github.com/NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules/issues/472
- Fixed a bug that caused the cursor image to be truncated on Gamescope: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/gamescope/issues/1099
- Fixed a bug that caused FarCry 5 running through DXVK to display a black screen.
- Fixed some performance regressions that were observed with Vkd3d 2.9.
- Fixed a bug that could cause flickering in some applications when using Unified Back Buffer (UBB).
- Fixed a bug which could cause incorrect and/or washed out colors to be displayed with HDR scanout: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=482780
- Implemented support for VK_EXT_depth_clamp_control.
- Fixed a bug which could cause applications using GBM to crash when running with nvidia-drm.modeset=0.
- Fixed a bug that could cause kernel crashes upon attempting KMS operations through DRM when nvidia_drm was loaded with modeset=0.
Let me know your thoughts in the comments!
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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So far the driver has been as good as the previous one. No issues to report. No regressions noticed yet.
but since i didn't have any issues with 560.xx drivers, i don't really have anything to try to see what got fixed for my usecases or games. will see about vkd3d performance i guess, but i don't play many modern games and the ones with dx12 i played seemed to run with no perf issues on 560 already, but will keep an eye on this.
edit: ok tested gamescope and yeah the cursor rendering seems to be fixed now. That was the final issue with gamescope for me. Though i don't really like gamescope, cause i have to force cursor grab in Warhammer Online, otherwise every mouse move just points me to look at the floor. With forced curosr grab thats fine, but i cant escape to second monitor easily without switching workspace.
Last edited by Xpander on 24 October 2024 at 8:35 am UTC
but since i didn't have any issues with 560.xx drivers, i don't really have anything to try to see what got fixed for my usecases or games. will see about vkd3d performance i guess, but i don't play many modern games and the ones with dx12 i played seemed to run with no perf issues on 560 already, but will keep an eye on this.
edit: ok tested gamescope and yeah the cursor rendering seems to be fixed now. That was the final issue with gamescope for me. Though i don't really like gamescope, cause i have to force cursor grab in Warhammer Online, otherwise every mouse move just points me to look at the floor. With forced curosr grab thats fine, but i cant escape to second monitor easily without switching workspace.
Last edited by Xpander on 24 October 2024 at 8:35 am UTC
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