First 384 Series Linux Driver NVIDIA 384.47 Beta Is Available

By releasing NVIDIA 384.47 beta earlier today, NVIDIA for Linux driver has reached the 384 series, a new short-lived stable release series.

NVIDIA 384.47 add following new GPUs support:

• GeForce GTX 1080 with Max-Q Design
• GeForce GTX 1070 with Max-Q Design
• GeForce GTX 1060 with Max-Q Design
• GeForce GT 1030
• GeForce MX150
• P106-100

There are also various bug-fixes and other changes since 381.22 release in the beta driver:

• Fixed a bug that could cause OpenGL applications to crash after calling glDeleteBuffers on VBOs that have been remapped with ARB_vertex_attrib_binding.
• Fixed a bug that could sometimes cause OpenGL applications to lock up until the X server receives input.
• Fixed a bug that caused nvidia-settings to drop device BusID values when making changes to an existing X configuration file
• Fixed a regression that prevented nvidia-xconfig from querying some GPUs, e.g. when running `nvidia-xconfig -a`
• Fixed a bug that caused VDPAU playback to be corrupted when extended to coordinates beyond 16384 pixels.
• Updated nvidia-persistenced to initialize nvidia-modeset.ko in addition to nvidia.ko when setting persistence mode.
• Restored several sanity checks that were inadvertently removed from the kernel module build process in the 355.06 driver.
• Added support for a “Nearest” transform filter in the X driver. This causes the X driver to use nearest neighbor filtering when performing screen transformations. The filter can be requested through the ‘filter’ argument to RandR’s RRSetCrtcTransform, or through the ‘ResamplingMethod’ MetaMode token.
• Fixed a bug where nvidia-installer would install a wrong version of the Vulkan ICD configuration file when GLVND is disabled for the GLX client.
• Fixed a bug that could cause driver errors when setting modes on X screens running at Depth 8 or Depth 15.
• Fixed a bug that could cause intermittent kernel panics when running with PRIME Sync.
• Fixed a bug that caused a kernel panic when hotplugging HDMI displays on some Zotac mini PCs.
• Updated nvidia-installer to label kernel modules with SELinux file type ‘modules_object_t’. Some system SELinux policies only permit loading of kernel modules with this SELinux file type.
• Removed support for checking for and downloading updated driver packages and precompiled kernel interfaces from nvidia-installer. This functionality was limited to unencrypted ftp and http, and was implemented using code that is no longer actively maintained.

Download NVIDIA 384.47:

The Proprietary GPU Drivers PPA is not ready for the new driver series at the moment.

If you want to test this driver, grab the official .run installer from the bottom links in the announcement.