Re: Nvidia, Trixie, legacy drivers
Eric S Fraga composed on 2025-08-15 08:00 (UTC+0100):
> Response below/inline for email Eben King wrote:
>> Hmm, I hadn't considered that my video card might become unsupported.
> Yeah, not something I had considered!
> My graphics card is NVIDIA Corporation GM107GL [Quadro K620]. The
> driver is nouveau for the moment. Do I need to worry? How do I find
> out?
> Maybe I'll just not upgrade...
GM107GL works fine here:
# inxi -GSaz --za --hostname
System:
Host: gb970 Kernel: 6.12.41+deb13-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
v: 14.2.0 clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: root=LABEL=<filter> ipv6.disable=1 net.ifnames=0
plymouth.enable=0 noresume consoleblank=0 mitigations=off
Desktop: TDE (Trinity) v: R14.1.5~[DEVELOPMENT] tk: Qt v: 3.5.0 wm: Twin
v: 3.0 with: kicker vt: 7 dm: 1: TDM 2: XDM Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 13
(trixie)
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GM107GL [Quadro K2200] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: nouveau v: kernel non-free: 550-580.xx+ status: current (as of
2025-08; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Maxwell code: GMxxx process: TSMC 28nm
built: 2014-2019 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s ports: active: DP-1,DP-2,DVI-I-1 empty: none bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:13ba class-ID: 0300 temp: 51.0 C
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 compositor: Twin v: 3.0 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: nouveau gpu: nouveau
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3600x2640 s-dpi: 120 s-size: 762x558mm (30.00x21.97")
s-diag: 944mm (37.18")
Monitor-1: DP-1 pos: primary,bottom-l model: Acer K272HUL serial: <filter>
built: 2018 res: mode: 2560x1440 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2
size: 598x336mm (23.54x13.23") diag: 686mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 2560x1440 min: 720x400
Monitor-2: DP-2 pos: top-left model: NEC EA243WM serial: <filter>
built: 2011 res: mode: 1920x1200 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 94 gamma: 1.2
size: 519x324mm (20.43x12.76") diag: 612mm (24.1") ratio: 16:10 modes:
max: 1920x1200 min: 640x480
Monitor-3: DVI-I-1 pos: top-right model: Dell P2213 serial: <filter>
built: 2013 res: mode: 1680x1050 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 90 gamma: 1.2
size: 473x296mm (18.62x11.65") diag: 558mm (22") ratio: 16:10 modes:
max: 1680x1050 min: 720x400
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia nouveau platforms: device: 0 drv: nouveau
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: nouveau surfaceless: drv: nouveau x11:
drv: nouveau inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.5 compat-v: 4.3 vendor: mesa v: 25.0.7-2 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: NV117 device-ID: 10de:13ba memory: 3.87 GiB
unified: no
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.309 layers: 4 device: 0 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM
19.1.7 128 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.0.7-2 (LLVM 19.1.7)
device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo x11: xdriinfo,
xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
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