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FS#78073 - [nvidia] 530.41.03 gfx glitches with vulkan and opengl

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Patrick W. (Pad.Trick) - Friday, 31 March 2023, 14:35 GMT
Last edited by Sven-Hendrik Haase (Svenstaro) - Sunday, 18 June 2023, 05:42 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Sven-Hendrik Haase (Svenstaro)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
this driver version produces incorrect lightning behavior in 3D applications like Games,
it also causes several games to produce incorrect mesh rendering in other 3D applications.
its a already know fact that this driver version causes several issues and needs to be fixed by nvidia.
several other distributions already rolled back to version 525.89.02 which i done manually to fix this issue.

as examples.
Elite Dangerous(proton), start the Games browse while docked at station the station menu or walk in the hangar.
u will notice the massive gfx glitches with meshes and lightning.

CS:GO(native-opengl), if the enemy stands inside a shadow area, the complete texture of that enemy turns into very dark color or black. the same happens with player self too.

X-COM 1 & 2(native), several lightning issues during mission, several geometry issues during missions. menu glitching also.


Additional info:
530.41.03-1

Steps to reproduce:
Install driver version 530.41.03-1, use some 3d demanding games or applications
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Closed by  Sven-Hendrik Haase (Svenstaro)
Sunday, 18 June 2023, 05:42 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  I'll assume this is fixed with the new driver. If it isn't, please request to reopen.
Comment by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Friday, 31 March 2023, 22:09 GMT
Yes, there are issues but the driver mostly works for most people and Arch doesn't roll back lightly. Nvidia issues are beyond the control of Arch and have to be reported to Nvidia. It's that simple. I would close this as "Upstream" but the PM might want to have a say.
Comment by Sven-Hendrik Haase (Svenstaro) - Friday, 31 March 2023, 22:54 GMT
Please post references to the distros that have rolled back. I think reading the context there would be really valuable.

Also, please post the link to the issue on the NVIDIA forums.
Comment by Eli Scott (eliscott) - Monday, 10 April 2023, 17:01 GMT
Wanted to echo this bug, which I'm also experiencing - especially in Elite Dangerous.
Comment by Sven-Hendrik Haase (Svenstaro) - Monday, 10 April 2023, 17:53 GMT
I'm still unable to find any discussion of other distros about the instability of 530.41.03. nix is shipping that version as stable. Void never updated to 530.41.03 but I can't find any discussion on that. Gentoo ships 530.41.03 as testing but without any discussion about this particular bug.

There are a couple of issues over at https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/c/gpu-graphics/linux/148 but I didn't find anything that would seem to fit this error description. Since there isn't really anything we can do about the nvidia drivers and this doesn't appear to be a packaging problem and other distros don't seem to actually agree on rolling it back, I'll close it as upstream in a few days.

Keep in mind, these are mostly binary drivers and there really isn't much we can do except for deciding the places where files land. Please report the issue to nvidia upstream.
Comment by Eli Scott (eliscott) - Monday, 10 April 2023, 18:08 GMT
Great, thanks for your attention to this. I'm thinking for now I'll downgrade to the version indicated above. ED is one of my favorite games and I haven't really been able to play it for about a week! I"ll see what I can scrounge up to report to nvidia directly.
Comment by Dan (doctorzeus) - Wednesday, 17 May 2023, 12:45 GMT
Dito this issue with me in both Elite Dangerous and Jurassic Park World Evolution 2..

https://imgur.com/LdcRilV

What is the last nvidia driver version before this starts occurring does anyone know? I have tried downgrading to an earlier version w/deps but am having trouble not breaking XOrg..
Comment by Sven-Hendrik Haase (Svenstaro) - Wednesday, 14 June 2023, 23:12 GMT
Does 535 work for you?

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