Re: Looking for video card recommendation
Last time I installed it I downloaded the driver from NVIDIA web site. I
was able to install it and it worked well, but updates started bothering
me. Maybe I should have tried a Debian repo, but I did not and I have no
recollection of the reason.
Anyway, I was trying to install it now using debian repos (deb
http://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster main non-free), as you suggested,
and I got this. Any suggestion?
# nvidia-detect
Detected NVIDIA GPUs:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [NVS
310] [10de:107d] (rev a1)
Checking card: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [NVS 310] (rev a1)
Your card is only supported up to the 390 legacy drivers series.
It is recommended to install the
nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver
package.
# apt-get install nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver : PreDepends: nvidia-installer-cleanup but
it is not installable
Depends: nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver-libs
(= 390.116-1) but it is not going to be installed or
nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver-libs-nonglvnd (= 390.116-1) but it is not
going to be installed
Depends: nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver-bin
(= 390.116-1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends:
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-legacy-390xx (= 390.116-1) but it is not going
to be installed
Depends: nvidia-legacy-390xx-vdpau-driver
(= 390.116-1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: nvidia-legacy-390xx-alternative
(= 390.116-1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: nvidia-legacy-390xx-kernel-dkms
(= 390.116-1) but it is not going to be installed or
nvidia-legacy-390xx-kernel-390.116
Depends: nvidia-support but it is not
installable
Recommends: nvidia-settings-legacy-390xx
but it is not installable
Recommends: libnvidia-legacy-390xx-cfg1
(= 390.116-1) but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: nvidia-persistenced but it is
not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
On 5/5/20 7:07 AM, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote:
On 03.05.2020 19:51, Alberto Sentieri wrote:
I have a Nvidia NVS310 installed in my Linux computer for a few
years. It works well with the Nvidia driver, and not so well with the
Linux nouveau driver. I am looking for a equivalent replacement (a
cheap one) which works well with a standard non-proprietary Linux
device driver. By works well I mean does not lock on me.
I do not need fancy graphics, but I need:
- 2 DisplayPort
- support for 2 monitors up to 2560 x 1600
Since you don't want to use proprietary drivers I suggest you to look
for an AMD video card.
Also 2xDisplayPort is a quite a requirement. At the quick glance your
options are to select from AMD RX570 video cards or better, which
counts as "fancy graphics".
If you are curious about the reason to replace it, here it goes:
The Nvidia NVS310 has never worked well with Linux. In the beginning
(many years ago) I decided to install Nvidia proprietary drivers, but
every kernel upgrade would require an additional effort to have the
driver working. That was enough for me to try the standard
non-proprietary driver again.
What is this "additional effort" you have to perform?
For me, proprietary Nvidia drivers (installed from official Debian
repos, ofcourse) are working fine, and since they build kernel modules
using DKMS automatically every driver update or major kernel update, I
don't have to do anything more than reboot the system, so Xorg server
would use updated driver. You can make the Xorg server to use updated
driver even without reboot, but it will require stopping Xorg server,
reload kernel modules and start it back on, so for me reboot is quicker.
--
With kindest regards, Alexander.
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