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> nixos-unstable doesn't have 555 Version 555.58.02 is under “latest” in nixos-unstable as of about three weeks ago[1]. (Somebody should check with qyliss if s

> nixos-unstable doesn't have 555 Version 555.58.02 is under “latest” in nixos-unstable as of about three weeks ago[1]. (Somebody should check with qyliss if she knows the PR tracker is dead... But the last nixos-unstable bump was two days ago, so it’s there.) [1] https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/4e15c4a8ad30c02d6c2614565600865aec80edca https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/4e15c4a8ad30c02d6c26...

JasonSage 2y ago
`nvidia-smi` shows that my driver version is 550.78. I ran `nixos-rebuild switch --upgrade` yesterday. My nixos channel is `nixos-unstable`. Do you know something I don't? I'd love to be on the latest version. I should have written my post better, it implies that 555 does not exist in nixpkgs, which I never meant. There's certainly a phrasing that captures what I'm seeing more accurately.
- atrus 2y ago
  Are you using flakes? If you don't do `nix flake update` there won't be all that much to update.
  - JasonSage 2y ago
    I am! I forgot about this. Mental model check happening. (Still on 550.)
- mananaysiempre 2y ago
  I did not mean to chastise you or anything, just to suggest you could be able to have a newer driver if you had missed the possibility. The thing is, AFAIU, NVIDIA has several release channels for their Linux driver[1] and 555 is not (yet?) the "production" one, which is what NixOS defaults to (550 is). If you want a different degree of freshness for your NVIDIA driver, you need to say so explicitly[2]. The necessary incantation should be hardware.nvidia.package = config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidiaPackages.latest; This is somewhat similar to how you get a newer kernel by setting boot.kernelPackages to linuxPackages_latest, for example, if case you've ever done that. [1] https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/unix/ https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/unix/ [2] https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Nvidia https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Nvidia
  - JasonSage 2y ago
    I had this configuration but was lacking a flake update to move my nixpkgs forward despite the channel, which I can understand much better looking back. Thanks for the additional info, this HM thread has helped me quite a bit.

JasonSage 2y ago

`nvidia-smi` shows that my driver version is 550.78. I ran `nixos-rebuild switch --upgrade` yesterday. My nixos channel is `nixos-unstable`. Do you know something I don't? I'd love to be on the latest version. I should have written my post better, it implies that 555 does not exist in nixpkgs, which I never meant. There's certainly a phrasing that captures what I'm seeing more accurately.

atrus 2y ago
Are you using flakes? If you don't do `nix flake update` there won't be all that much to update.
- JasonSage 2y ago
  I am! I forgot about this. Mental model check happening. (Still on 550.)
mananaysiempre 2y ago
I did not mean to chastise you or anything, just to suggest you could be able to have a newer driver if you had missed the possibility. The thing is, AFAIU, NVIDIA has several release channels for their Linux driver[1] and 555 is not (yet?) the "production" one, which is what NixOS defaults to (550 is). If you want a different degree of freshness for your NVIDIA driver, you need to say so explicitly[2]. The necessary incantation should be hardware.nvidia.package = config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidiaPackages.latest; This is somewhat similar to how you get a newer kernel by setting boot.kernelPackages to linuxPackages_latest, for example, if case you've ever done that. [1] https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/unix/ https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/unix/ [2] https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Nvidia https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Nvidia
- JasonSage 2y ago
  I had this configuration but was lacking a flake update to move my nixpkgs forward despite the channel, which I can understand much better looking back. Thanks for the additional info, this HM thread has helped me quite a bit.