Re: nouveau on old NV GPUs (was: NVidia 340 video driver in Bookworm?)
On Wed, Jul 03, 2024 at 11:29:43AM -0700, Van Snyder wrote:
> On Wed, 2024-07-03 at 08:03 +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> > Resolve never to buy Nvidia again :)
>
> 1) On my brother's antique Dell Vostro 1700 laptop, the NVidia G68M
> (GeForce 8400M GS) is soldered to the motherboard.
>
As above: if all else fails, install in text mode and then install a
desktop environment. Don't try to install the Nvidia proprietary drivers.
> 2)I'm running NVidia in two desktops because my erstwhile SA gave them
> to me when computers were decommissioned. At the time they were a big
> step up. Now NVidia doesn't support them in Debian. What do you
> recommend for them? Multiple monitors. No gaming but an occasional
> video. And some features of the KDE Kinfocenter, especially the System
> Monitor, either don't work at all, or just make a mess, without a
> graphic accelerator.
>
>
Same here. 2 x Nvidia machines here - neither using Nvidia proprietary
drivers both using nouveau - difference being that these are running
GNOME. I got given one Nvidia card - one's a 1050, one's a 1060 from
memory.
All the very best, as ever,
Andy
(amacater@debian.org)
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