Re: [DNG] Nvidia Drivers

2017-08-15 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sun, 13 Aug 2017 07:45:11 -0400, zap wrote in message <733bb945-c664-c361-2690-17402dbdb...@posteo.de>: > > > Was X working before you tried the nvidia driver? > > Does /etc/xorg.conf exist now? If so, rename it so you can revert > > to a working X. > > > > Maybe try 'apt-get -f install'

Re: [DNG] Nvidia Drivers

2017-08-13 Thread fsmithred
On 08/13/2017 07:45 AM, zap wrote: > > Not to be rude, but I wouldn't trust nvidia drivers even if they were > completely sandboxed. > > They A: hate free software, B: they require proprietary firmware and C: > Are a huge security risk, > > then again, most processors are too... but that's

Re: [DNG] Nvidia Drivers

2017-08-13 Thread fsmithred
Ed, I forgot this. Anything here helpful? https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers#Version_375.66_.28via_jessie-backports.29 Here are some old instructions for installing the nvidia binaries, in case you need to go this way. Adjust versions and possibly replace "sh NVIDIA..." with "bash

Re: [DNG] Nvidia Drivers

2017-08-13 Thread zap
> Was X working before you tried the nvidia driver? Does /etc/xorg.conf > exist now? If so, rename it so you can revert to a working X. > > Maybe try 'apt-get -f install' (without any packages named) to install any > missing dependencies. I don't think that will do it, but it's worth a try. > >

Re: [DNG] Nvidia Drivers

2017-08-13 Thread fsmithred
On 08/12/2017 10:53 AM, Ed Fletcher wrote: > > Thanks fsmithred. Got it with: > > # apt-get -t jessie-backports install libvdpau1 > # apt-get -t jessie-backports install nvidia-driver > # reboot > > Hmm, bash screen, no windows. > > # nvidia-settings > > Says to run nvidia-xconfig. I find

Re: [DNG] Nvidia Drivers

2017-08-12 Thread Ed Fletcher
On August 12, 2017 9:39:27 AM ADT, fsmithred wrote: >On 08/11/2017 09:16 PM, Ed Fletcher wrote: > >> Where I'm stuck is here: >> >> nvidia-vdpau-driver : Depends: libvdpau1 (>= 0.9) but 0.8-3+deb8u2 is >to >> be installed >> >> Which is odd since jessie-backports main has

Re: [DNG] Nvidia Drivers

2017-08-12 Thread fsmithred
On 08/11/2017 09:16 PM, Ed Fletcher wrote: > Where I'm stuck is here: > > nvidia-vdpau-driver : Depends: libvdpau1 (>= 0.9) but 0.8-3+deb8u2 is to > be installed > > Which is odd since jessie-backports main has this: > > Package: libvdpau1 > Source: libvdpau > Version: 1.1.1-1~bpo8+1 > >

Re: [DNG] Nvidia Drivers

2017-08-12 Thread Edward Bartolo
Since this is a help request, please use the appropriate place which is the forum. dev1galaxy.org After editing your /etc/apt/sources.list file you should run: # apt-get update After that try to see whether version 1.1.1 is available. You can use: apt-cache search libvdpau1 Then, install the

[DNG] Nvidia Drivers

2017-08-11 Thread Ed Fletcher
Hi All: I'm trying to install nvidia-drivers in order to use version 375.82. I can see it in jessie-backports non-free. It has various dependencies so I've added main and contrib. Where I'm stuck is here: nvidia-vdpau-driver : Depends: libvdpau1 (>= 0.9) but 0.8-3+deb8u2 is to be