Fix drivers for older NVIDIA MXxxx mobile GPUs

Installs legacy drivers for older Pascal and Maxwell GPUs MXxx, MX2xx, MX3xx
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Jan Margeta
2026-01-20 13:28:55 +01:00
parent ed9a4a45ba
commit 5b2c0dafbf
2 changed files with 21 additions and 2 deletions

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@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ if [ -n "$NVIDIA" ]; then
if echo "$NVIDIA" | grep -qE "RTX [2-9][0-9]|GTX 16"; then if echo "$NVIDIA" | grep -qE "RTX [2-9][0-9]|GTX 16"; then
# Turing (16xx, 20xx), Ampere (30xx), Ada (40xx), and newer recommend the open-source kernel modules # Turing (16xx, 20xx), Ampere (30xx), Ada (40xx), and newer recommend the open-source kernel modules
PACKAGES=(nvidia-open-dkms nvidia-utils lib32-nvidia-utils libva-nvidia-driver) PACKAGES=(nvidia-open-dkms nvidia-utils lib32-nvidia-utils libva-nvidia-driver)
elif echo "$NVIDIA" | grep -qE "GTX 9|GTX 10|Quadro P"; then elif echo "$NVIDIA" | grep -qE "GTX 9|GTX 10|Quadro P|MX1|MX2|MX3"; then
# Pascal (10xx or Quadro Pxxx) and Maxwell (9xx) use legacy branch that can only be installed from AUR # Pascal (10xx, Quadro Pxxx, MX150, MX2xx, and MX3xx) and Maxwell (9xx, MX110, and MX130) use legacy branch that can only be installed from AUR
PACKAGES=(nvidia-580xx-dkms nvidia-580xx-utils lib32-nvidia-580xx-utils) PACKAGES=(nvidia-580xx-dkms nvidia-580xx-utils lib32-nvidia-580xx-utils)
fi fi
# Bail if no supported GPU # Bail if no supported GPU

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migrations/1768906440.sh Normal file
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echo "Migrate legacy mobile NVIDIA GPUs to nvidia-580xx driver (if needed)"
# Only migrate MX1xx, 2xx or 3xx (Pascal/Maxwell)
NVIDIA="$(lspci | grep -i 'nvidia')"
if echo "$NVIDIA" | grep -qE "MX1|MX2|MX3"; then
if ! pacman -Qq | grep -qE '^linux(-[a-z0-9]+)?-headers$'; then
echo "Error: no linux headers package installed (required for DKMS drivers). Please install the appropriate headers and re-run this migration."
exit 1
fi
# Piping yes to override existing packages
yes | sudo pacman -S nvidia-580xx-dkms nvidia-580xx-utils lib32-nvidia-580xx-utils
# Verify packages were installed
if ! pacman -Qq nvidia-580xx-dkms nvidia-580xx-utils lib32-nvidia-580xx-utils &>/dev/null; then
echo "Error: NVIDIA 580xx driver packages failed to install"
exit 1
fi
fi