Nixpkgs: nvidiaLegacy390 Needed

[billksun]

Issue description

Looks my graphics card (Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti) has been moved to legacy status. However, the 390.xx legacy drivers are not available on NixOS yet:

Steps to reproduce

Technical details

• system: "x86_64-linux"
• host os: Linux 4.19.0, NixOS, 19.03pre156996.c70ad805d21 (Koi)
• multi-user?: yes
• sandbox: yes
• version: nix-env (Nix) 2.1.3
• channels(root): "nixos-19.03pre156996.c70ad805d21"
• channels(bill): ""
• nixpkgs: /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos

[FRidh]

With https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/49703 you should be able to set

hardware.nvidia.package = config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidiaPackages.stable_390;

[nek0]

I have the same Problem as described in this issue, but simply adding

hardware.nvidia.package = config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidiaPackages.stable_390;

to my configuration.nix yields following error:

error: The option `hardware.nvidia.package' defined in `/etc/nixos/configuration.nix' does not exist.

I need more Information to set this up correctly. Can anybody help me?

Edit:

Nevermind. I didn't notice the referenced pull-request still being open.

[eadwu]

Mind trying #51294 using nvidiaLegacy390 in videoDrivers though FRidh's solution should work.

[billksun]

I haven't done any development on nixos before, how would I test this?

I cloned your repo, but I don't know how to proceed from there.

[Mic92]

You can build packages from the repository by using the -I parameter:

$ cd nixpkgs
$ nix-build -I nixpkgs=$(realpath .) -A linuxPackages.nvidia_x11_legacy304
$ sudo nixos-rebuild switch -I nixpkgs=$(realpath .)

For more ad-hoc questions, you can also join IRC.

[Mic92]

According to the manual the following would load other nvidia packages:

services.xserver.videoDrivers = [ "nvidiaLegacy340" ];
services.xserver.videoDrivers = [ "nvidiaLegacy304" ];

https://nixos.org/nixos/manual/#sec-x11-graphics-cards-nvidia

[billksun]

@Mic92 Thank you for your help!

I have successfully built the package, installed, and loaded nvidiaLegacy390 via configuration.nix, and can confirm that #51294 does indeed solve my problem.