From 1d560949f378554f49dc1fcbc785f902395bd945 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tristan Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2017 12:01:40 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update install-nvidia-driver.md I didn't like this page. Perhaps this helps? --- troubleshooting/install-nvidia-driver.md | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/troubleshooting/install-nvidia-driver.md b/troubleshooting/install-nvidia-driver.md index 4fb762fd..34d57871 100644 --- a/troubleshooting/install-nvidia-driver.md +++ b/troubleshooting/install-nvidia-driver.md @@ -12,6 +12,19 @@ redirect_from: You can use rpm packages from rpmfusion, or you can build the driver yourself. +## Word of Caution + +Proprietary (NVIDIA/AMD) drivers are known to be sometimes highly problematic, or completely unsupported. +AMD driver support is prebaked in the Qubes kernel (4.14) but only RADEON HD 4000-9000 give or take, NOT most of the latest cards. +NOT until AMDGPU support in the 4.5+ kernel, which isn't released yet for Qubes. + +Built in Intel Graphics, Radeon graphics (between that 4000-9000 range), and perhaps some prebaked NVIDIA cards i don't know about. Those are your best bet for Great Qubes support. + +If you do happen to get proprietary drivers working on your Qubes system (Via installing them). Please take the time to go to the +[Hardware Compatibility List (HCL)](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/hcl/#generating-and-submitting-new-reports ) +Add your computer, graphics card, and installation steps you did to get everything working. + + ## RpmFusion packages There are rpm packages with all necessary software on rpmfusion. The only package you have to compile is the kernel module (but there is a ready built src.rpm package).