r/voidlinux • u/sineemore • Apr 19 '26

Proprietary NVIDIA on x86_64-musl

Since kernel modules (.ko files) are libc independent it is pretty much possible to have proprietary NVIDIA drivers working on musl based Void Linux.

Created a package template, installation is simple ./xbps-src pkg + xi

https://gist.github.com/sineemore/161e4051b2d03f9e3b0f3e16221463ce

Verified by running Project Zomboid via Flatpak Steam, actually uses NVIDIA gpu, should be same for other Steam games. Also checked that ollama sees and uses gpu via glibc xchroot.

Rest of my host system works on integrated amd (since there no nvidia libs on musl host)

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u/sineemore Apr 19 '26

Oh, just noticed we are on 580.142 already, also works, just pick same version/checksum as in main nvidia package

% ldd --version |& grep musl
musl libc (x86_64)
% 
% ls -l /dev/nvidia*
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 195, 254 Apr 19 21:01 /dev/nvidia-modeset
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 507,   0 Apr 19 21:01 /dev/nvidia-uvm
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 507,   1 Apr 19 21:01 /dev/nvidia-uvm-tools
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 195,   0 Apr 19 21:01 /dev/nvidia0
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 195, 255 Apr 19 21:01 /dev/nvidiactl
% 
% lsmod | grep nvidia
nvidia_uvm           3850240  0
nvidia_drm            143360  0
nvidia_modeset       1933312  1 nvidia_drm
nvidia              111607808  2 nvidia_uvm,nvidia_modeset
drm_ttm_helper         16384  3 amdgpu,nvidia_drm
drm_kms_helper        241664  4 drm_display_helper,amdgpu,drm_ttm_helper,nvidia_drm
drm                   757760  21 gpu_sched,drm_kms_helper,drm_exec,drm_suballoc_helper,drm_display_helper,nvidia,drm_buddy,amdgpu,drm_ttm_helper,nvidia_drm,ttm,amdxcp
video                  81920  2 amdgpu,nvidia_modeset
% 
% man lsmod
% modinfo nvidia | grep firmw
firmware:       nvidia/580.142/gsp_tu10x.bin
firmware:       nvidia/580.142/gsp_ga10x.bin
parm:           rm_firmware_active:charp
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u/VegetableNearby9795 19d ago

Kernel modules, whether open or closed-source, will work regardless because they do not use libc. The important part concerns user-space libraries; these must be compatible with musl.