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hi @ll i use this way to downgrade and compile again . WARNING! use on own risk read the wiki about downgrading and arch linux archive i used linux-6.13.8.arch1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst linux-headers-6.13.8.arch1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst gcc14-14.2.1+r753+g1cd744a6828f-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

first download
wget https://archive.archlinux.org/repos/2025/03/30/core/os/x86_64/linux-6.13.8.arch1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

wget https://archive.archlinux.org/repos/2025/03/30/core/os/x86_64/linux-headers-6.13.8.arch1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

wget https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/g/gcc14/gcc14-14.2.1%2Br753%2Bg1cd744a6828f-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

install

sudo pacman -U linux-6.13.8 linux-headers-6.13.8 gcc14*

WARNING ! this delete the cc symlink and made a new symlink pointing to gcc-14

sudo unlink /bin/cc

sudo ln -s /bin/gcc-14 /bin/cc

now compile , !dont use the dkms driver! yay nvidia-340xx

when you done , revert symlink to gcc-15 only when you have gcc-15 installed

sudo unlink /bin/cc

sudo ln -s /bin/gcc /bin/cc

Avoid the error of future upgrades !

edit /etc/pacman.conf

IgnorePkg = linux linux-headers

NoUpgrade = linux linux-headers

it works for me and maybe for you , pls send feedback

Works for me in 6.13.8. Got compilation errors with latest 6.14.4.

If it helps Debian SID seems to have some new patches up to kernel 6.14: https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//non-free/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-340xx/nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-340xx_340.108-25_changelog It's a shame that this driver, unlike Debian, has not been updated for almost a year...

@papakilo, I will also add that some software no longer works with it. The one I remember off the top of my head is that I can no longer run Flutter applications. Once in a while I will come across some other software that will no longer work but that is to be expected. To me the important thing is that my desktop environment along with basics like web browser, video player, text editors, etc still work.

@papakilo, I am using it on 6.13.5

Does it work for you with kernel 6.12 or higher? It does not work with kernel 6.12 or higher for me in Manjaro: most of the time i got black screens after boot, once, fiddling, it seemed to work but with a low resolution screen and artifacts on the window frames and the bottom bar.

Sorry - that should be

$ sudo nvidia-xconfig

R

I seem to be able to cure the 'empty window' problem in System Settings and Gwenview by generating a new xorg.conf with

$ nvidia-xconfig

Will there be a patch for kernel 6.12?

Best R

Good News! Just tried on kernel 6.8.2 and works fine.

P.S. Downloaded from inttf

Can someone confirm whether patch works for 6.8 kernel or not? Or 6.7 too...