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FS#68786 - [nvidia] cant open blender after upgrading nvidia and nvidia-utils

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Jakob (jarinox) - Sunday, 29 November 2020, 11:43 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Sunday, 29 November 2020, 12:07 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
After upgrading nvidia-455.38-7 and nvidia-utils-455.38-1 to nvidia-455.45.01-2 and nvidia-utils-455.45.01-1 i can't open blender.

When running blender from the command line it says:
Error! Unsupported graphics card or driver.
A graphics card and driver with support for OpenGL 3.3 or higher is required.
The program will now close.

After downgrading to nvidia-455.38-7 and nvidia-utils-455.38-1 blender works fine.

Additional information:
Graphics card: GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Steps to reproduce:
Open blender-17:2.91.0-1 from the command line.
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Closed by  Doug Newgard (Scimmia)
Sunday, 29 November 2020, 12:07 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Sunday, 29 November 2020, 11:57 GMT
The module has to match the kernel, and the utils have to match the module. I'm assuming you just haven't booted the new kernel?
Comment by Jakob (jarinox) - Sunday, 29 November 2020, 12:05 GMT
You're right - after booting the new kernel it works fine - I didn't think of that!

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