Hi,
A few weeks ago after my usual monthly update/upgrade, xset +dpms
stopped working. Using dpms works as expected initially, but Xorg hangs
after about 15min in to power save state. Everything else except the
monitor works. I can ssh and reboot. Since then I have been disabling dpms.
1. I have debian 11 bullseye installed.
2. Xorg tells me that I have this card: NVIDIA GPU GeForce GT 1030
(GP108-A) at PCI:9:0:0 (GPU-0)
3. 'apt search' shows nvidia-vdpau-driver (version 460.91.03-1) is
installed. Is this the correct driver? There are so many of them and
I want to use the correct one. I see several other drivers also.
p mir-graphics-drivers-nvidia - Mir Display Server - Nvidia driver
metapackage
p mir-graphics-drivers-nvidia:i386 - Mir Display Server - Nvidia
driver metapackage
p nvidia-driver - NVIDIA metapackage
p nvidia-driver-bin - NVIDIA driver support binaries
p nvidia-driver-libs - NVIDIA metapackage (OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES libraries)
p nvidia-driver-libs:i386 - NVIDIA metapackage (OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES
libraries)
p nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver - NVIDIA metapackage (390xx legacy version)
p nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver:i386 - NVIDIA metapackage (390xx legacy
version)
p nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver-bin - NVIDIA driver support binaries
(390xx legacy version)
p nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver-bin:i386 - NVIDIA driver support
binaries (390xx legacy version)
p nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver-libs - NVIDIA metapackage
(OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES libraries) (390xx legacy version)
p nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver-libs:i386 - NVIDIA metapackage
(OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES libraries) (390xx legacy version)
p nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver-libs-i386:i386 - NVIDIA metapackage
(OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES 32-bit libraries) (390xx legacy)
p nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver-libs-nonglvnd - NVIDIA metapackage
(non-GLVND OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES libraries) (390xx legacy)
p nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver-libs-nonglvnd:i386 - NVIDIA metapackage
(non-GLVND OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES libraries) (390xx legacy)
p nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver-libs-nonglvnd-i386:i386 - NVIDIA
metapackage (non-GLVND OpenGL/EGL etc. 32-bit libraries) (390xx legacy)
p nvidia-legacy-390xx-vdpau-driver - Video Decode and Presentation
API for Unix - NVIDIA driver (390xx legacy)
p nvidia-legacy-390xx-vdpau-driver:i386 - Video Decode and
Presentation API for Unix - NVIDIA driver (390xx legacy)
p nvidia-tesla-418-driver - NVIDIA metapackage (Tesla 418 version)
p nvidia-tesla-418-driver-bin - NVIDIA driver support binaries (Tesla
418 version)
p nvidia-tesla-418-driver-libs - NVIDIA metapackage
(OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES libraries) (Tesla 418 version)
p nvidia-tesla-418-driver-libs:i386 - NVIDIA metapackage
(OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES libraries) (Tesla 418 version)
p nvidia-tesla-418-driver-libs-nonglvnd - NVIDIA metapackage
(non-GLVND OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES libraries) (Tesla 418)
p nvidia-tesla-418-driver-libs-nonglvnd:i386 - NVIDIA metapackage
(non-GLVND OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES libraries) (Tesla 418)
p nvidia-tesla-418-vdpau-driver - Video Decode and Presentation API
for Unix - NVIDIA driver (Tesla 418)
p nvidia-tesla-418-vdpau-driver:i386 - Video Decode and Presentation
API for Unix - NVIDIA driver (Tesla 418)
p nvidia-tesla-450-driver - NVIDIA metapackage (Tesla 450 version)
p nvidia-tesla-450-driver-bin - NVIDIA driver support binaries (Tesla
450 version)
p nvidia-tesla-450-driver-libs - NVIDIA metapackage
(OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES libraries) (Tesla 450 version)
p nvidia-tesla-450-driver-libs:i386 - NVIDIA metapackage
(OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES libraries) (Tesla 450 version)
p nvidia-tesla-450-vdpau-driver - Video Decode and Presentation API
for Unix - NVIDIA driver (Tesla 450)
p nvidia-tesla-450-vdpau-driver:i386 - Video Decode and Presentation
API for Unix - NVIDIA driver (Tesla 450)
p nvidia-tesla-460-driver - NVIDIA metapackage (Tesla 460 version)
p nvidia-tesla-460-driver-bin - NVIDIA driver support binaries (Tesla
460 version)
p nvidia-tesla-460-driver-libs - NVIDIA metapackage
(OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES libraries) (Tesla 460 version)
p nvidia-tesla-460-driver-libs:i386 - NVIDIA metapackage
(OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES libraries) (Tesla 460 version)
p nvidia-tesla-460-vdpau-driver - Video Decode and Presentation API
for Unix - NVIDIA driver (Tesla 460)
p nvidia-tesla-460-vdpau-driver:i386 - Video Decode and Presentation
API for Unix - NVIDIA driver (Tesla 460)
p nvidia-vdpau-driver:i386 - Video Decode and Presentation API for
Unix - NVIDIA driver
Do I have a better driver that I should try? Is my video card gone bad?
Regards
Ramesh