On Wed, 2023-02-22 at 15:43 -0500, Jeremy Hendricks wrote: > Van, what is the specific GPU you have? I know it’s GF108 but what is > the actual model?
# nvidia-detect 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GF108 [GeForce GT 630] [10de:0f00] (rev a1) > > On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 3:33 PM Van Snyder <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Tue, 2023-02-21 at 23:27 +0200, Georgi Naplatanov wrote: > > > On 2/21/23 23:16, Van Snyder wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2023-02-21 at 22:41 +0200, Georgi Naplatanov wrote: > > > > > On 2/21/23 22:13, Van Snyder wrote: > > > > > > I have an NVidia GF108 video card. It works just fine, so I > > > > > > don't see a > > > > > > reason to replace it. > > > > > > > > > > > > It needs the nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver. > > > > > > > > > > > > But when I installed Debian 11, it chose the 470 driver, > > > > > > which doesn't > > > > > > work with GF108. > > > > > > > > > > > > Maybe that was caused by selecting "install all the > > > > > > drivers" instead of > > > > > > "install only the relevant drivers." I thought that meant > > > > > > "download them > > > > > > all in case you install some new hardware." > > > > > > > > > > > > Shouldn't the installer install only the drivers for the > > > > > > relevant > > > > > > hardware, even if it downloads all of them? > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm not going to re-install just to do an experiment to see > > > > > > if the > > > > > > installer does it right if I tell it to install only the > > > > > > relevant > > > > > > drivers. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > > > > > It seems that nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver is available in > > > > > Debian 11 > > > > > (bullseye). You have just to install it. If you have problems > > > > > again, > > > > > then try to use open source driver for NVidia's cards - > > > > > Nouveau. it's > > > > > installed by default and you have just to uninstall NVidia's > > > > > proprietary > > > > > drivers - nvidia-*. > > > > > > > > I did install it, but it took me a week to find that that was > > > > the > > > > problem. I had expected Debian's installer to choose to use the > > > > correct > > > > driver even if all the drivers it has in its entire achive are > > > > downloaded. > > > > > > > > > There is a package nvidia-detect > > > > > > it tells you which driver is appropriate for your NVidia's video > > > card. > > > > > > Yeah, I used that. Why didn't the installer use it, and choose the > > 390 driver instead of installing the 470 driver? > > > > > > > > Kind regards > > > Georgi > > > > > > >
