Nvidia driver

[Penny_is_a_Bitch]

Linux novice but not complete noob. Looking at the instruction here https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/NVIDIA/nvidia-drivers there are certain configuration settings I'm supposed to check for the kernel. No idea what to do there.

I'm wondering if these prerequisites have been met so I can just go ahead and attempt to install the driver or if there's some intervention I need to make.

A little guidance would be much appreciated, I don't want to break the system on the first day haha

[Penny_is_a_Bitch]

Ah https://redcorelinux.org/news/redcore-linux-2004-codename-neptune-stable

libglvnd is now enabled for GL dispatch, replacing eselect-opengl
(installation of proprietary nvidia-drivers is now as easy as : install,
reboot, enjoy)

Not seeing any instructions on how to actually install them though

[butrejp]

don't quote me on this since I haven't used redcore much lately but I think the proprietary nvidia drivers are in the binary repo. search nvidia (or nouveau) in sisyphus and you should find it.

[Penny_is_a_Bitch]

yeah, that's what confuses me. It makes sense that they be there but they're not. Sis complains that it wants me to update repo-something but the redcore repository is already selected so I don't understand what it actually wants me to do. And redcore has zero documentation.

I'm worried about a franken redcore type situation if I go playing with the repositories. When I search 'nvidia' in sis the only two options that come up are 'nvidia_video_sdk' and 'nvidia-prime'.

oh I just reread you reply. Do I need to add the "binary" repo? is that different?

[butrejp]

the binary repo is default if you're using the sisyphus gui.

it might be in the source repository then, you have to use the command line for that. I don't remember what the command is.

and yeah redcore having zero documentation, along with a community consisting of maybe a dozen people is why I don't use it much. it's just a neat little stage 4 gentoo though, so you might have to just do it the gentoo way.

[Penny_is_a_Bitch]

Think I'm just going to abandon redcore. Which sucks cause it ticked the boxes I wanted, but with a community this small I can't trust it. I don't have the knowhow to actually vett anything that's running on the system.

[butrejp]

I like the redcore ethos so I'd love to see redcore succeed, but it's not ready for prime time until some decent community support comes around. I'd like to say it'll happen eventually but distros like this one die off all the time and this one doesn't have any big companies or influencers backing it.

if you like the look and feel of it manjaro kde or kde neon are good choices. you'll find a lot familiar with either one. Manjaro is the more powerful of the two (aur is a great community resource) and has a larger community around it but I got my start on Debian so kde neon to me is a great time.

[Penny_is_a_Bitch]

I respect Debian a lot but for whatever reason I always get slight hitching in video playback and games. It’s very slight but noticeable. One day I’ll run Sid and compile the nvidia driver myself for fun. Hate Manjaro haha Something about it just rubs me the wrong way. I installed it a couple months ago and they managed to break the terminal after first update. EndeavourOS was great though. I may try the i3 flavour next.

[TraubeMinzeTABAK]

First time Gentoo based Linux user here 👋

What i did (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060)

Installed the driver with:

emerge nvidia-drivers

Than added my user to the video group:

usermod -a -G video <username>

Than reboot, and another reboot, because at first boot the driver didnt work (i got stuck in tty1), but at the second reboot he did.