diff --git a/troubleshooting/install-nvidia-driver.md b/troubleshooting/install-nvidia-driver.md index 4fb762fd..f3b946e5 100644 --- a/troubleshooting/install-nvidia-driver.md +++ b/troubleshooting/install-nvidia-driver.md @@ -12,6 +12,18 @@ 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. +Radeon driver support is prebaked in the Qubes kernel (v4.4.14-11) but only versions 4000-9000 give or take. +Support for newer cards is limited 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 card support that 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).