On Wed, Jul 03, 2024 at 11:29:43AM -0700, Van Snyder wrote: > On Wed, 2024-07-03 at 08:03 +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > Resolve never to buy Nvidia again :) > > 1) On my brother's antique Dell Vostro 1700 laptop, the NVidia G68M > (GeForce 8400M GS) is soldered to the motherboard. >
As above: if all else fails, install in text mode and then install a desktop environment. Don't try to install the Nvidia proprietary drivers. > 2)I'm running NVidia in two desktops because my erstwhile SA gave them > to me when computers were decommissioned. At the time they were a big > step up. Now NVidia doesn't support them in Debian. What do you > recommend for them? Multiple monitors. No gaming but an occasional > video. And some features of the KDE Kinfocenter, especially the System > Monitor, either don't work at all, or just make a mess, without a > graphic accelerator. > > Same here. 2 x Nvidia machines here - neither using Nvidia proprietary drivers both using nouveau - difference being that these are running GNOME. I got given one Nvidia card - one's a 1050, one's a 1060 from memory. All the very best, as ever, Andy (amaca...@debian.org)
