Fix Error: Kernel module version format change (closes #186)

[phirsch]

Adapts the version matching logic to accommodate version strings in newer open source NVIDIA kernel driver modules as described in #186.

[phirsch]

The failing check seems to be unrelated to the change (rather something to do with cachix).

[jennydaman]

I have tried this locally on my machine and it fixes the build problem for me. Here's some info:

$ nix-shell -p nix-info --run "nix-info -m"
 - system: `"x86_64-linux"`
 - host os: `Linux 6.12.4-arch1-1, Arch Linux, noversion, rolling`
 - multi-user?: `yes`
 - sandbox: `yes`
 - version: `nix-env (Nix) 2.24.7`
 - nixpkgs: `/home/jenni/.nix-defexpr/channels/nixpkgs`

$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX Open Kernel Module for x86_64  565.77  Release Build  (archlinux-builder@geo)  
GCC version:  gcc version 14.2.1 20240910 (GCC) 

[mrdev023]

It works on my machine also with proprietary driver and open.

[rezarajan]

Works on my machine as well.
Arch linux with nvidia-open-dkms driver 570.144

$ nix profile list
Name:               home-manager-path
Store paths:        /nix/store/fkiffi0374d5xcfvxq6dx3fmrkj7mr0j-home-manager-path

Name:               nixGLDefault
Flake attribute:    packages.x86_64-linux.nixGLDefault
Original flake URL: github:nix-community/nixGL/pull/187/head
Locked flake URL:   github:nix-community/nixGL/ea8baea3b9d854bf9cf5c834a805c50948dd2603?narHash=sha256-JlT4VFs8aVlW%2Bl151HZIZumfFsccZXcO/k5WpbYF09Y%3D
Store paths:        /nix/store/8irw6mczqsa7jqpwcsi3x0lw56nmf3c6-nixGL

Name:               nixGLNvidia
Flake attribute:    packages.x86_64-linux.nixGLNvidia
Original flake URL: github:nix-community/nixGL/pull/187/head
Locked flake URL:   github:nix-community/nixGL/ea8baea3b9d854bf9cf5c834a805c50948dd2603?narHash=sha256-JlT4VFs8aVlW%2Bl151HZIZumfFsccZXcO/k5WpbYF09Y%3D
Store paths:        /nix/store/55i3l9a7p6z782sm8fy1d84hwazr4g1q-nixGLNvidia-570.144

Name:               nixVulkanNvidia
Flake attribute:    packages.x86_64-linux.nixVulkanNvidia
Original flake URL: github:nix-community/nixGL/pull/187/head
Locked flake URL:   github:nix-community/nixGL/ea8baea3b9d854bf9cf5c834a805c50948dd2603?narHash=sha256-JlT4VFs8aVlW%2Bl151HZIZumfFsccZXcO/k5WpbYF09Y%3D
Store paths:        /nix/store/vv3c3p719zai5f77cr7cb6wcsm38wik8-nixVulkanNvidia-570.144

Confirmed with running a ghostty terminal wrapper with nixGLDefault.

[JkktBkkt]

In case someone is unable to figure this out:
git clone this repo somewhere
cd into it
git fetch origin pull/187/head:nvidia-open
git switch nvidia-open
nix-env -f ./ -iA auto.nixGLNvidia
(auto.nixVulkanNvidia / auto.nixGLDefault may also be useful)

[romen]

@phirsch could you rebase this on top of the latest master and try to get the pipelines to pass so we can try to push for this to be merged?

[aancel]

This branch also fixes the installation on Ubuntu 24.04 with the proprietary driver on my side.
To do so I used: https://github.com/phirsch/nixGL/archive/fix-versionMatch.tar.gz as the nixGL channel.
Could I assist in any way to get this PR merged ?