Re: Nvidia legacy driver install..

[tony mollica <tjm3@threedogs.net>]

Sorry, Jessie to Stretch.

On 07/05/2017 07:37 AM, tony mollica wrote:
> Thanks for all the input on this.  I had originally planned to wait as
> long as possible to install the Nvidia stuff, but I think now that I'll
> give it a try when I get some time.  No reports of breaking the  system
> permanently and only a  couple of relatively minor issues.  There seems
> to be a performance advantage with Nvidia's drivers that I can notice
> between my NVIDIA/WHEEZY TO NOUVEAU/STRETCH installs.
>
> tony
>
> On 07/04/2017 01:09 AM, David Baron wrote:
> > On יו×? שלישי, 4 ביולי 2017 16:27:21 IDT Mark Fletcher wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jul 03, 2017 at 09:17:00AM -0700, tony mollica wrote:
> > > > On another note,
> > > >
> > > > just checking to see if anyone has used the nvidia driver (304 series)
> > > > install and if there were any problems that arose or needed to be
> > > > resolved
> > > > either before or after the installation?
> > >
> > > I had to do this for the first time with the upgrade to stretch,
> > > apparently my circa-2009 nvidia geforce card is now "legacy".
> > >
> > > I did think the upgrade process was compromised a bit by this, but I
> > > got it working in the end.
> > >
> > > The upgrade news said "Don't install the new driver if you have an old
> > > card." Well thanks, but what am I supposed to do instead???
> > >
> > > During the upgrade, it pointed out that my card was not supported by the
> > > new driver, and that I needed the legacy driver (previous question
> > > answered). ....
> > Always, loads of run.
> >
> > I actually do like Nouveau but it does not play well with Firefox, et.
> > al, and
> > KDE. If this has been fixed, someone please inform me.
> >
> > Failing that, I use the 304xx legacy driver.
> > Installs without a hitch.
> > xorg.conf is deprecated. Live without it.
> > I need to blacklist Nouveau in /etc/modprobe.d -- installation
> > provides an
> > nvidia-blacklists-nouveau.conf to put there.
> > Voile!