{"id":45649,"date":"2024-02-24T16:07:16","date_gmt":"2024-02-24T16:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=45649"},"modified":"2024-02-24T16:07:16","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T16:07:16","slug":"nvidia-driver-550-54-14-released-with-better-wayland-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2024\/02\/nvidia-driver-550-54-14-released-with-better-wayland-support\/","title":{"rendered":"NVIDIA Driver 550.54.14 Released with Better Wayland Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/nvidia-logo.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-38385\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/nvidia-logo-250x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/nvidia-logo-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/nvidia-logo-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/nvidia-logo-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/nvidia-logo-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/nvidia-logo.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>NVIDIA announced the first stable release for 550 series Linux driver this Friday. It&#8217;s NVIDIA Driver 550.54.14 released as latest production branch version.<\/p>\n<p>The release brings <b>better support for Wayland<\/b>, the more security touchscreen and HiDPI friendly display server, that&#8217;s already default in Ubuntu, Fedora, and other Linux with recent GNOME Desktop. They include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>NVIDIA VDPAU driver for hardware video acceleration can run in XWayland.<\/li>\n<li>Support GNOME &#8216;Night Light&#8217; and KDE &#8216;Night Color&#8217; features on Wayland.<\/li>\n<li>Support for PRIME render offload to Vulkan Wayland WSI.<\/li>\n<li>Add support for virtual reality displays, such as the SteamVR platform, on Wayland compositors support DRM leasing.<\/li>\n<li>Fix Source 2 engine games hang on Wayland session.<\/li>\n<li>Fix that Wayland apps sometimes run at extreme low frame rate on Maxwell, Volta, and Pascal series GPUs.<\/li>\n<li>Fix VRR (Variable Refresh Rate) not working with Wayland.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In addition, NVIDIA 550.54.14 also added experimental support for HDMI 10 bits per component, which can be enabled by loading nvidia-modeset with <code>hdmi_deepcolor=1<\/code>.<\/p>\n<p>It as well added initial experimental support for <b>runtime D3 (RTD3) power management<\/b> on Desktop GPUs, allowing to save power when being idle for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>Other changes in the release include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improve Plasma 5 Kwin performance on hybrid GPU systems<\/li>\n<li>Add support for R8, GR88 and YCbCr GBM formats.<\/li>\n<li>Add support for HDR signaling<\/li>\n<li>New extensions support:\n<ul>\n<li>EGL_ANDROID_native_fence_sync EGL,<\/li>\n<li>VK_KHR_video_encode_queue,<\/li>\n<li>VK_KHR_video_encode_h264,<\/li>\n<li>VK_KHR_video_encode_h265,<\/li>\n<li>and VK_KHR_video_maintenance1.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Fix setting backlight brightness levels.<\/li>\n<li>Fix Xid errors on Hogwarts Legacy and Forza Horizon 4\/5, Horizon Zero Dawn, Metro Exodus, and Halo Infinite.<\/li>\n<li>Fix flicker or blank issue on VRR displays<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more, see the official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/download\/driverResults.aspx\/218826\/en-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">release note<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Install NVIDIA 550.54.14<\/h3>\n<p>The official <code>.run<\/code> installers for Linux are available to download at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/en-us\/drivers\/unix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this page<\/a>. It is however NOT RECOMMENDED for beginners!<\/p>\n<p>For <b>Ubuntu<\/b>, the developer team will build the driver package. At that time, user can launch <b>Additional Drivers<\/b> to get the driver. If you can&#8217;t wait, then try adding the popular <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~graphics-drivers\/+archive\/ubuntu\/ppa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Graphics Driver&#8217; team PPA<\/a>, then check in &#8216;Additional Drivers&#8217; utility.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NVIDIA announced the first stable release for 550 series Linux driver this Friday. It&#8217;s NVIDIA Driver 550.54.14 released as latest production branch version. The release brings better support for Wayland, the more security touchscreen and HiDPI friendly display server, that&#8217;s already default in Ubuntu, Fedora, and other Linux with recent GNOME Desktop. 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