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So I've been trying to install the proprietary Nvidia drivers on my homelab so I can get my fine ass art generated using Automatic1111 & Stable diffusion. I installed the Nvidia 510 server drivers, everything seems fine, then when I reboot, nothing. WTF Nvidia, why you gotta break X? Why is x even needed on a server driver. What's your problem Nvidia!

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

amd didn't care a few years ago, but their drivers are open, so the community can fix it even if the company don't care(now amd care a lot more, so it's better) nvidia is a closed source crap, and it don't give a fuck too

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I thought nvidis was opening their drivers some as of sometime last year. Still shit though.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It didnt open the parts of the driver that mattered

[–] Sjoerd1993 1 points 1 year ago

The kernel modules were opened, which is absolutely relevant, it’ll make the entire process easier for many. The thing is that it’s not the same drivers, this open variety is pretty bad still and the code is simply not good enough yet to be incorporated into the Linux kernel. They were working on it, but it’s gonna take time.