# NousResearch/hermes-agent · NVIDIA 580+ driver crash on Linux desktop

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address desktop app crashes occurring on systems with NVIDIA 580+ drivers, particularly on Ubuntu 24.04, with proposed fixes involving GPU or ANGLE rendering workarounds.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #122950. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #122950 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-122950`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #40077: Desktop app crashes on NVIDIA 580+ drivers (Ubuntu 24.04)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#122950: fix(desktop): route ANGLE through SwiftShader on NVIDIA 580+ Linux drivers**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/linux-nvidia-egl-fallback.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/linux-nvidia-egl-fallback.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`
- **#40119: fix(desktop): disable gpu for nvidia 580 drivers**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #122950 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-25`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`