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Re: Hardware question



On Sun, 2025-03-02 at 21:35 +0200, Anssi Saari wrote:
Van Snyder <van.snyder@sbcglobal.net> writes:

I install the driver by running the NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-570.124.04.run script at level 3, then rebooting.

Why?

Is that DKMS?

To be clear, it's a manual installation of drivers from the
manufacturer. Definitely not DKMS. You want install stuff manually, you
get to update it yourself.

Was there some reason to go with this instead of just installing the
nvidia-driver package from non-free? Even the free nouveau driver seems
to have fairly good support for your GPU.

The nvidia-driver package from non-free apparently doesn't work with a Quadro K2200. NVidia recommends the 570 driver.

When I first installed the system, the left-hand pane of Evolution would spontaneously scroll, even if a different window had keyboard and mouse focus, and the mouse cursor disappeared when I put it into a window title bar or boundary.

The nouveau driver would occasionally lock up.

Those problems were cured by installing the NVidia driver.


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