Re: Attempt to use the chipset NVIDIA Corp MCP79 [GeForce 8200M G] (rev b1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) with Dix. Teacher-Guide, Mr. Felix Miata
Susmita/Rajib composed on 2021-04-19 12:45 (UTC+0530):
> ... sufficient to purge xserver-xorg-video-nouveau and restart X to
> engage the modesetting DIX. ...
> Query: you meant apt-get purge xserver-xorg-video-nouveau ? Could you
> please help with the exact line?
All of the following should be equivalent:
apt purge xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
apt-get purge xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
aptitude purge xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
> A note: it has repeatedly been checked that default nouveau never
> worked with the nvidia chipset of my laptop.
That's not good. Did it never work using Knoppix as well? Did you ever try any
Gnu/Linux distro that is neither Debian nor Debian-based? If never no matter the
distro, and if modesetting DIX fails as well, a bug should be reported.
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