On Sat, 2024-08-03 at 23:49 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2024-08-01 12:12:31 -0700, Van Snyder wrote: > > On Thu, 2024-08-01 at 15:26 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > Should I switch to the proprietary nvidia driver on these > > > machines? > > > > Without NVidia's graphics accelerator, using software rendering > > with > > nouveau is painfully slow. Sometimes even the mouse cursor is > > frozen. > > Well, with an old machine (~ 10 years old), nouveau was indeed > painfully slow (e.g. when moving a window or when scrolling), > but only with multiple screens. I did not have any issue with > a single screen. And my new machines are OK with nouveau. > > > This is especially the case if you're looking at a web page that > > has an > > annoying video ad playing in a sidebar. > > > > The NVidia 390 driver is not available for Debian 12 (and it might > > not > > have been available for Debian 11). I wasted a lot of my time, and > > a > > lot of bandwidth in this discussion list, trying to install it. On > > my > > desktop, I installed a Quadro K2200 card to replace by GeForce card > > -- > > so now a computer that I use less frequently is stuck with nouveau. > > On > > a laptop, I'm stuck with nouveau or returning to Debian 10. > > The NVidia 390 driver is still available in unstable: > > zira:~> apt-show-versions -a nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver > nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver:amd64 390.157-6 install ok installed > No stable version > No stable-updates version > No testing version > nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver:amd64 390.157-8 unstable ftp.debian.org > No experimental version > nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver:amd64/unstable 390.157-6 upgradeable to > 390.157-8 > > I suppose that you can use it even with Debian 12 (I haven't checked > the dependencies, though), but you need to request the unstable > packages in your sources.list file.
Either it's not available, or I'm doing something wrong (or incomplete). I added /etc/apt/preferences.d/nvidia-390 containing Package: nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver Pin: release o=debian a=unstable Pin-Priority: 10 Then, to avoid sucking anything more from unstable, I added /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/my-default containing APT::Default-Release "stable"; Then # apt-show-versions -a nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver not installed (not available) # nvidia-detect Detected NVIDIA GPUs: 04:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GF108 [GeForce GT 630] [10de:0f00] (rev a1) Checking card: NVIDIA Corporation GF108 [GeForce GT 630] (rev a1) Your card is only supported by the 390 legacy drivers series, which is only available up to bullseye. This is a desktop, and the graphics card is indeed a "card" so I could, in principle, replace it with a newer one. On my laptop (Dell Vostro 1700) # nvidia-detect Detected NVIDIA GPUs: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation G86M [GeForce 8400M GS] [10de:0427] (rev a1) Checking card: NVIDIA Corporation G86M [GeForce 8400M GS] (rev a1) Uh oh. Your card is not supported by any driver version up to 535.183.01. A newer driver may add support for your card. Newer driver releases may be available in backports, unstable or experimental. is soldered to the motherboard. https://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx says the 340 driver is needed here too.
