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NVIDIA have released the 384.47 beta driver and it includes support for more GPUs and it has a fair amount of bug fixes. One notable bug fix is that it fixes an issue with newer Feral games.

Since newer Feral games check for both OpenGL and Vulkan at start-up, some of you might have experienced a crash with previous drivers. This should fix it. I haven't personally seen the issue, but I know some of you have. If so, try this driver and let us know how it goes.

It adds support for these GPUs:
  • GeForce GTX 1080 with Max-Q Design
  • GeForce GTX 1070 with Max-Q Design
  • GeForce GTX 1060 with Max-Q Design
  • GeForce GT 1030
  • GeForce MX150
  • P106-100


See the full changelog here. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Tags: Beta, Drivers, NVIDIA
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UltraViolet Jun 30, 2017
good news, i wonder if this driver might fix a problem i have while using FireFox and my whole system locking-up
Ehvis Jun 30, 2017
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Quoting: UltraVioletgood news, i wonder if this driver might fix a problem i have while using FireFox and my whole system locking-up

That was a kernel bug that Ubuntu introduced by incorporating patches from an unreleased kernel into theirs. Apparently Mint happily copied it. After it being in there for three months, it was finally fixed recently.
razing32 Jun 30, 2017
Wonder if this helps DoW 3 run without turning my PC into an oven.
Never happened on OpenGL , only on Vulkan.
Ardje Jun 30, 2017
At least 381.22 already fixed vulkan for me on a zotac sn970. Took a while before vulkan really worked.
scix Jun 30, 2017
Quoting: razing32Wonder if this helps DoW 3 run without turning my PC into an oven.
Never happened on OpenGL , only on Vulkan.
Might be a VSync issue, which from what I remember didn't work with Vulkan properly with some games. You could try capping the framerate with libstrangle.
Nanobang Jun 30, 2017
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Quoting: UltraVioletgood news, i wonder if this driver might fix a problem i have while using FireFox and my whole system locking-up

That was a kernel bug that Ubuntu introduced by incorporating patches from an unreleased kernel into theirs. Apparently Mint happily copied it. After it being in there for three months, it was finally fixed recently.

Was it fixed in Ubuntu as well? Or just Mint?
Ehvis Jun 30, 2017
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Quoting: Ehvis
Quoting: UltraVioletgood news, i wonder if this driver might fix a problem i have while using FireFox and my whole system locking-up

That was a kernel bug that Ubuntu introduced by incorporating patches from an unreleased kernel into theirs. Apparently Mint happily copied it. After it being in there for three months, it was finally fixed recently.

Was it fixed in Ubuntu as well? Or just Mint?

It was fixed in Ubuntu (going by two weeks without a crash). Don't know about Mint.
Beamboom Jun 30, 2017
What PPA source do you guys use to get this fresh drivers? I use the ubuntu graphics ppa, that's at v381 now...?
UltraViolet Jun 30, 2017
Quoting: Ehvis
Quoting: UltraVioletgood news, i wonder if this driver might fix a problem i have while using FireFox and my whole system locking-up

That was a kernel bug that Ubuntu introduced by incorporating patches from an unreleased kernel into theirs. Apparently Mint happily copied it. After it being in there for three months, it was finally fixed recently.

cool, this bug only effects nvidia hardware? i have the same set up with a amd card and have had no problems with FireFox ever
Ehvis Jun 30, 2017
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Quoting: UltraVioletcool, this bug only effects nvidia hardware? i have the same set up with a amd card and have had no problems with FireFox ever

Possible. It had something to do with the allocation of large memory pages. If those were effectively allocated by the nvidia driver, then it could be that. It may have been other combinations of hardware though.
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