Richmond <dnomh...@gmx.com> writes: > Hans <hans.ullr...@loop.de> writes: > >> Am Samstag, 20. Mai 2023, 19:15:18 CEST schrieb Richmond: >> >>> Hans <hans.ullr...@loop.de> writes: >> >> >>> >> >>> As far as I remember the problem in Nvidia does not support kernels >> >>> above 4. This is why my laptop is stuck on Debian 10, although I >> did >> >>> wonder if Debian 11 can run with kernel 4. >> >>> >> >>> (Nouveaux is no good to me). >> >> >> Hi Richmond, >> >> >> regarding to debian/sid the package supports kernels up to 6.2. >> >> >> However, there are some issues, so it will segfault any >> qt-windowmangers (at the moment) and got some security issues. >> >> >> I succcessfully could build the sources with kernel-headers 6.0.1-9 >> (which with former kernels later than 5.10-22 did not work). >> >> >> But sadly in the end I did not succced at all, as it did not load the >> kernel modul and additionally it breaked my acceleration from the >> inbuilt gpu of the intel processor. >> >> >> So it was more a disappointment. On the other hand it could be, I >> made some mistakes and should upgrade additional libs from unstable. >> >> >> There is another thing, I also might done wrong (I wrote about some >> weeks ago in this forum): lspci says it is >> >> >> NVIDIA Corporation GF119M [Quadro NVS 4200M] (rev a1) >> >> >> and nvidia-detect (and some other sources, are telling me, that for >> this chipset NOT 340xx but 390xx should be used. >> >> >> Thisis wrong, as I could prove, that only 340xx (with kernel 5.10-22) >> is working. Installing 390xx, the kernel says: Wrong module, you have >> to use 340xx. >> >> >> This is the state at the moment. As I have only this laptop and no >> spare harddrive at the moment, I could not install debian/unstable >> for testing purposes. Maybe some time I will, or maybe some other guy >> will do it. >> >> >> Hope this makes some things clearer. > > Not really, but I found this website which says the driver supports > kernels "up to" 5.4 which I guess means up to and including. > > https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3142/ > > But debian seems to drop after debian 10 because kernel is 5.10 ? > > https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers > > I see here someone has patched the drivers: > > https://github.com/MeowIce/nvidia-legacy > > :-? > > Ubuntu 20.04 supports kernel 5.4 until 2025. So I might try that after > debian 10 expires. > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes#Linux_Kernel > > My card: > > 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) > Your card is only supported up to the 340 legacy drivers series. > It is recommended to install the > nvidia-legacy-340xx-driver > package.
I should read my own posts. I have now installed Ubuntu 22 with Kernel 5.4 and it is working with the above Nvidia card. But I have only kicked the can down the road to April. I wonder if it will be possible to run Debian 12 or 11 with a 5.4 kernel and nvidia-legacy-340xx-driver?
