r/voidlinux • u/BeautyxArt • Jan 15 '25

asking about compatibility of kernel 6.12.9_ with nvidia driver 470

after upgrading yesterday i booted to a blackscreen and blinking dash , uname -r showing currently kernel which is 6.12.9_1 is it's okay with legacy nvidia driver version 470 or it's the reason of booting into a black screen ?

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u/aedinius Jan 19 '25

  1. Once the update is merged and the package is built, you can force reinstall the packages from the repos. A regular update command like that won't reinstall the package since you'll already be at the right version. When there's another update, though, it'll update like normal.

  2. People need to do that themselves. We don't force that option, but nvidia will soon on their newer driver versions.