On 8/6/24 14:19, Felix Miata wrote:
Eben King composed on 2024-08-06 13:11 (UTC-0400):
Hi, I got a new-to-me EVGA Nvidia GTX 970. I understand the Nouveau
driver handles this card. Is this correct?
Technically, no, because you wrote "the No..." The nouveau kernel module
does provide kernel drm services, in conjunction with libdrm-nouveau2,
...
OK, thanks. It's not as simple as I thought it was. To make this thread
relevant I should say that yes, I do run Debian 12 (Bookworm).
If so, do I just install the packages, install the card, tell the BIOS
to use it, power off, move the monitors, and that's it? With the card
connected, I can log in from console, but X won't run.
So you're saying it's already installed, but X won't start?
What I did was install it, hook up one monitor (out of three), set the BIOS
to show its stuff on that card, then boot. POST, Grub, and boot messages
happened as normal, then a black screen with a flashing cursor. I waited a
bit but it appeared to be hung. After ctrl-alt-F1 I could log in and do an
orderly shutdown (though technically a short press on the power button would
have done the same), then I unplugged the card and put everything back the
way it was so I could use my computer as normal. Right now the card is in a
crate to my right.
Did you find Xorg.0.log in /var/log or ~/.local/share/xorg/, and if yes,
identify any error messages? Did you look for error messages in journal
or dmesg?
In ~/.xmessages.old I do see errors, but I'm not sure they came from X
failing. Next time I boot with the card I'll grab that file.
Also Grub gets a different video mode, maybe 24x80 instead of so tiny
as to be nearly illegible.
80x25 or 24 suggests no kernel graphics module loaded, leaving the system
running on the BIOS for video at least until a fallback driver, fbdev or
vesa, can load.
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