Hans: Thanks for the note. It seems that nouveau is a bit more stable in Debian 12.5 than it had been in Debian 10.1. At least I hope it is. So far, it hasn't crashed.
MfG, Van On Mon, 2024-06-10 at 10:11 +0200, Hans wrote: > No, the NV6800M needs 340xx driver, not 390xx as I prior posted. However, I > have a GF-119 in my Lenovo T520, where nvidia-detect says, it needs 340xx. > But, although I got 340xx compiled for the kernel, it did not start. > > I then build 390xx, which worked like a charm. This happened on my notebook > and also on an older graphics card in my desktop pc (forgot, which graphic > chip it was). > > The 340xx I never got compiled in bookworm, even when downloaded the sources > from bullseye and downgraded compiler and other things (except of kernel). > > The issue: During build, the nvidia-sources were looking for some files, > which > were no more existent in the kernel headers since that version. So the build > failed. > > I asked the developers of the kernel headers, to fix this, but they claimed, > that NVidia has to fix it, not the developers. > > One can now argument for both sides. > > 1. Either tell Nvidia, "hey fix your old drivers to our new headers, we > removed some libs!" > > or > > 2. Tell the developers "Hey, please put back the libs, so that the kernel > module of this old driver can be build again!" > > In real life no one wants to care of it! Nvidia not, because this costs money > and the developers not, because this is Nvidia and proprietrary (what is not > quite correct, because the kernel-module, which is the part, that can not be > build, is open-source). > > > Before you try: It is also not possible, to download the driver from the > NVidia site directly, because you will run into the same issue again: It can > not be build! > > Personally I can not understand, why this is not beeing fixed. It is not a > problem with the kernel-module itself (I mean, no bug in the function), but > it > just can not be build. This is the least, I would expect! However, this is > just my own very personal Opinion and no one shall be feel blamed here with! > > Hope, this makes a little bit clearer. > > Oh, and of course, modern cards supported by 470 and higher, of course this > can be build! But they do not support older cards (legacy cards). > > Best > > Hans > > Did the 470 driver work for the GeForce 8600M? I tried to install the > > 390 driver, but it said "This driver will ignore your GPU" so I didn't > > finish the installation. > > > >
