batocera.linux 5.25 with nvidia-legacy drivers (390.xx) - Discontinued

poke

Community provided build for 5.27 with nvidia-legacy: https://batocera.org/users/alexxandrefs/5.27-nvidia-legacy/

I’m looking for someone to maintain this custom build after 5.25. If you are interested, please, let me know.

Changelog

19/03/2020 - 5.25 released. nvidia-driver version: 390.132
18/03/2020 - 5.25 archived seems corrupted. Wait until I re-upload it.
15/03/2020 - 5.25 released. nvidia-driver version: 390.132
11/10/2019 - 5.24 released. nvidia-driver version: 390.132
06/09/2019 - 5.23 released. nvidia-driver version: 390.129
13/06/2019 - rc1 promoted to stable. No need to update if you are already using 5.22rc1.
08/06/2019 - 5.22rc1. nvidia-driver version: 390.116
30/03/2019 - Based on 5.21. nvidia-driver version: 390.116
19/01/2019 - First release. based on 5.20. nvidia-driver version: 390.87

This build is only for old nvidia gpus supported by the 390.xx branch. If you have a new nvidia gpu, use the standard image.

How to install:

batocera-upgrade https://camargo.batocera.org/nvidia-legacy/upgrades/stable/last/

Remember to edit /boot/batocera-boot.conf to enable it!

mount -o remount,rw /boot
batocera-settings /boot/batocera-boot.conf --command uncomment --key nvidia-driver
mount -o remount,ro /boot
reboot

Source code: https://github.com/tcamargo/batocera.linux/tree/nvidia-legacy

Check if your GPU is supported in the nvidia website:
https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/149145/en-us

**Model GT 730 is listed as supported in the 430.xx branch, but driver is not loading. Please use this image if you can’t use standard Batocera.linux with nvidia-driver. **

**NVIDIA Optimus notebooks: Enabling nvidia-driver in optimus setups without the proper config will lead to very poor performance. Give @Broceliande script a try: batocera-hybrid-nvidia **

I won’t provide builds for 340.xx.

mpb

poke

[poke wrote:] I won't provide builds for 340.xx. Sorry, I don't have the necessary hardware.

Do any of the old versions of batocera include the 340.xx driver? I have a 2010 Mac Mini with GeForce 320M graphics, and I am curious to see if the 340.xx driver works. Thank you.

joinski

poke I won't provide builds for 340.xx. Sorry, I don't have the necessary hardware.

Do you want to have the necessary hardware? I have a system with nvidia ION-Chipset laying around, which i do not need anymore.
It is a Zotac ION ITX P (IONITX-PE) with an Intel Celeron SU2300 and NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GPU.
I could donate it and send it to you (you just would have to pay shipping costs).

s1dh

poke

Is there a how-to or kind of procedure that could help me to bundle nvidia 340 legacy driver with batocera ?

Thanks for your reply

Regards,

[   367.396] (WW) NVIDIA(0): The NVIDIA Second Generation ION GPU installed in this system
[   367.396] (WW) NVIDIA(0):     is supported through the NVIDIA 340.xx Legacy drivers.
[   367.396] (WW) NVIDIA(0):     Please visit http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html for
[   367.396] (WW) NVIDIA(0):     more information.  The 396.54 NVIDIA driver will ignore
[   367.396] (WW) NVIDIA(0):     this GPU.  Continuing probe...
[   367.396] (EE) No devices detected.

BZZ

poke Thank you for that. I am still learning about Batocera but enabling the Nvidia allowed me to play games that I could not before. ;-) I am however noticing a slight delay in the actual main menu since installing them. It is not bothering me that much compared to games I can play ;-)

Linoleum77

I gave it a try on my GTX 560 ti (i3 2120). Worked like a charm!! Now I see what I was missing out! Game Cube and Saturn Games are finally playable.

xerxes

I tested it with an old Zotac GT 710 Graphics Card. It worked with the standard drivers before, but it seems to be better now. PSX runs flawless with 4x internal resolution now.

A question: Can I use the update function or will this overwrite the legacy driver?

Regards
Michael

poke

xerxes you can't! Otherwise you will end up with the last nvidia drivers (415.xx)
By the way, GeForce GT 710 is supported by 415.27. Why are you using legacy?

xerxes

...for two reasons:

It seems that the legacy drivers are a little bit better: Gamecube F-Zero runs almost flawless now and PS2 Silpheed without stuttering (on a Intel i5, 8GB RAM).

I am going to buy a GT 1030, so I will need the legacy driver in the future and I wanted to test the drivers before. But the fact that updates will not work makes me think about this upgrade - will there be legacy driver in the future? At least as "new installments / images"?

poke

xerxes did you enable the nvidia-drivers in batocera before? vanilla ships with nouveau and nvidia-drivers. By default, you get nouveau. You have to enable it following the same procedure (edit recalbox-boot.conf).

This thread has an old version of nvidia-drivers (390.xx or nvidia-driver-legacy).

xerxes

...yes, I enabled the nvidia driver in the recalbox-boot.conf. As far as I understand are the "official" images of batocera shipped with open source drivers, and the custom built with proprietary drivers from nvidia!?
Like I wrote - the drivers of the custom build seens to work a little bit faster: In Silpheed (PS2) for example I had few stuttering, this is gone now. I should test more games to verify...

poke

xerxes not exactly..

official images ship with open-source and the last nvidia proprietary version
my custom build ships with open source and the legacy nvidia proprietary drivers

If you card is supported, and yours is, you can enable nvidia-driver in the official image. Just edit recalbox-conf.boot.

xerxes

poke Thanks for this information!

So I can go on with the official image. But how can I find out that the GT 1030 will be supported? The list here: https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/137276/en-us seems to be valid only for the legacy driver - or did I get this wrong?

Thanks and regards
Michael

poke

xerxes Compatibility list for 415.27: https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/141847/en-us

GameCast

i have GTX 1050 ti 4gb and works greate 😉

poke

GameCast you can use the standard batocera image with a 1050. The new and shine nvidia-driver is available. This custom build is older gpus (series 5 and 4). Your card is a series 10. Just upgrade to 5.20 and be happy.

You are the second to use the legacy branch unnecessarily. I guess I need to put a warning in the first post...

KaratsuFr

poke Big Thanks
so batocera standard 5.19 without driver was not usable for
Saturn (test virtua fighter 2)
Gamecube (test mario kart)
Wii (test mario kart)
PS2 (test DBZ Budokai 3)
most of the rest was ok
now on my Core2Duo 3Ghz 4Go Ram and GT560Ti
saturn / Gamecube / wii run fullspeed
ps2 almost : cpu limit

got issue with multiple output video and need to connect to DVI 1 but after that all good
(if not on good DVI was having high CPU usage and no nv accelaration)

would be very happy to have this version by default

GameCast

poke i just want confirm the batocera versions 5.19 and 5.20 are working greate whit gtx 1050 .. not necesary to edit recalbox.cfg #nvidia to nvidia ..

poke

GameCast yes, batocera will work ok using the default drivers with 2D emulators. Performance of 3D, like wii and ps2, is much better with nvidia proprietary drivers.

GameCast

poke i´ve tested the 2 ways whit nvidia and without nvidia , and just got some diferences emulation on 3ds cores. with nvidia configured 3ds runs smootly on some games .
ps2 wii and game cube it runs over open GL dont see some diferences on this emulation systems .

poke

GameCast OpenGL stack on nvidia drivers is better than nouveau/gallium. Anyway, if you are happy with open source drivers, good.

KaratsuFr

GameCast - your setup seems to be over powered that's why you don't see any diff with or without nvidia drivers 🙂

during your test have you activate FPS to be sure you are not running under fps sometime ?

the most consumming emulator so far is PS2 or 3DS ..

poke overall most user won't see the diff if they have good any configuration but having the most of an hardware help quite a lot and if ps3 emu or wii u emu are going to batocera i'm sure that this will make a diff

tris20

When I edited the boot config file. With felting the # the I only got I black screen. I hear the menu sound but nothing else.

poke

tris20 gpu model? Which image? Legacy or batocera default?