Re: Question about nvidea-driver

[Georgi Naplatanov <gosho@oles.biz>]

On 7/16/20 4:18 PM, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
> I am running Buster on my Linux Platform.
> 
> The installer selected the xserver-xorg-videau-nouveau, libdrm-nouveau2
> and libdrm-nouveau22:i386 packages.  However, I have a GK208 [GeForce GT
> 710B] (rev a1) card on the platform and have installed the nvidia-driver
> package.  Everything seems to work without any problems.
> 
> My question is can I remove the nouveau package without breaking my
> system?  Also, is it possible to direct the installer to use the
> nvidia-driver rather the nouveau package.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 

Hi Stephen,

I'm not 100% sure but I think that proprietary Nvidia driver
blocks/black lists nouveau driver automatically.

Kind regards
Georgi