It’s March 2025 and Monster Hunter Wilds just came out. I tried to download the benchmark to see if it will run well on my machine. It did run OK, but I was getting a lot of graphical glitches. On Windows, when this sort of thing happens, it usually means that my GPU drivers are outdated, and I should get the latest from Nvidia. This is a simple process to do.
What’s the equivalent in Manjaro? I don’t think I should simply download a driver from Nvidia’s website and install it, it’ll probably break a lot of things. But at the same time, the current video-nvidia package is from May 2024, and I’m not sure when that’ll get updated. Is it because I’m on the stable branch?
So, is 570.x available to install on the stable branch or no? Your answer doesn’t make this clear. If so, how? I cannot find any obvious way to switch. I’m stuck with 550.144, which is a year old driver now, and protondb would indicate that pretty much everyone on 550 is having issues with this game.
mbn info linux612-nvidia -q | grep -v 'Packager'
Branch : unstable
Name : linux612-nvidia
Version : 570.124.04-1
Repository : extra
Build Date : Fri 28 Feb 2025 05:13:06
Branch : testing
Name : linux612-nvidia
Version : 550.144.03-7
Repository : extra
Build Date : Sat 01 Mar 2025 13:13:38
Branch : stable
Name : linux612-nvidia
Version : 550.144.03-7
Repository : extra
Build Date : Sat 01 Mar 2025 13:13:38
mbn can be found in the manjaro-check-repos package
So, if you need the 570.x driver, you will either have to wait until it is considered reliable enough to roll out to Stable branch, or make the switch to Unstable branch, as per the previous instructions:
Thanks for your help. That is pretty unfortunate, I might have been willing to switch to testing, but I don’t want automated nightlys. At this point, I’m pretty sure nvidia has moved on from fixing whatever instability they introduced after 550. Might be time to find a workaround or provide 570 with a disclaimer or something.
Saying that show you do not know how Manjaro repo work.
Manjaro sync from Arch stable to Manjaro unstable on a daily base.
Manjaro kernels are built from source when upstream kernel.org releases new versions.
This is initiated by the team’s kernel manager.
To be able to test the new drivers - switching to unstable is required - but it is not as unstable as the name may imply.
It is a common misconception that Manjaro Team is managing your system - in fact it is you that is the system administrator.
My recommandation for anyone using testing or unstable branch is to disable any update nagging services and schedule your maintainance accordingly - it is important to match your flow.
Once a week, every forthnight or one a month - no problem - you are the system admin.
I see, so the unstable branch (which is essentially Arch stable) basically gets very recent Nvidia drivers… was not aware. Thanks for the reply
Do you know what’s stopping the latest Nvidia driver from being brought into stable? What are the issues people are facing?
Given the situation and options, I’d rather stick to the stable branch and use 1 year old nvidia drivers.
Seems like a lot of the people here are describing the same issues I’m facing, so I guess the issue is not necessarily my drivers being too old. In the end the game is designed for Windows, Linux support is a hack, and I shouldn’t expect perfect compatibility all the time. (this is precisely the reason I dual boot for gaming)
I wasn’t expecting the benchmark to run well anyway because my 1080Ti is starting to get old. But was just curious on how well it ran on Linux. I dual boot, so I should try the same test on Windows and see how it compares.