nvidia-driver-supported-branches
finds the latest Nvidia
driver series info that support your Nvidia graphics card. With this
information you should be able to install the proper Nvidia driver.
nvidia-driver-supported-branches [options] [parameters]
Options:
-a, --all (Show status for all available driver branches.)
NOTE: this option does nothing due to implementation change.
-h, --help This help.
Parameters:
card_id Nvidia card id (4 hex numbers, lower case letters).
Example: 1b83
Note: card_id is an optional parameter.
The "card_id" value can be found with command:
lspci -vnn | grep -P 'VGA|3D|Display' | sed 's|.*\[10de:\([0-9a-f]*\)\].*|\1|'
Note that there may be limitations by other software to which of the older drivers actually work.
$ nvidia-driver-supported-branches
NVIDIA card id: 1c8f
nvidia-dkms version of Arch: 520.56.06-2
Series 520: supported (Nvidia: 520.56.06)
$ nvidia-driver-supported-branches -a
Info: option '-a' recognized but is no more used.
NVIDIA card id: 1c8f
nvidia-dkms version of Arch: 520.56.06-2
Series 520: supported (Nvidia: 520.56.06)
$ nvidia-driver-supported-branches # here the Nvidia card needs a beta driver
NVIDIA card id: 20f6
nvidia-dkms version of Arch: 520.56.06-2
Series 525: supported (Nvidia: 525.53)
NOTE: nvidia-beta-dkms 525.53 is an AUR package. To install it, use command:
yay -S nvidia-beta-dkms