Avoid APT::Default-Release (was: Re: nvidia vs nouveau driver and initrd.* size)

On 04/08/2024 06:24, Van Snyder wrote: Then, to avoid sucking anything more from unstable, I added /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/my-default containing APT::Default-Release "stable"; It prevents installing security updates

Re: nvidia vs nouveau driver and initrd.* size

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, u

Re: nvidia vs nouveau driver and initrd.* size

On 2024-08-02 14:55:31 +0200, Franco Martelli wrote: > Sorry but have you read that bug report (#1076561)? Some users has posted > solutions to make smaller the initrd file: > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1076561#10 > and > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1

Re: nvidia vs nouveau driver and initrd.* size

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 t

Re: nvidia vs nouveau driver and initrd.* size

On 01/08/24 at 17:46, Vincent Lefevre wrote: On 2024-08-01 10:23:53 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: Vincent Lefevre composed on 2024-08-01 15:26 (UTC+0200): -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 69879473 2024-07-19 02:11:58 initrd.img-6.7.12-amd64 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 112644015 2024-08-01 13:01:40 initrd.img-6.9

Re: nvidia vs nouveau driver and initrd.* size

On Thu, 2024-08-01 at 15:26 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > I have several Debian/unstable machines, all with a Nvidia card. > > On one of them, due to a bug in nouveau in the past, I use the > proprietary nvidia driver: libnvidia-legacy-390xx-* packages. > And the initrd size is reasonable: … >

Re: nvidia vs nouveau driver and initrd.* size

On 2024-08-01 11:32:10 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > Vincent Lefevre composed on 2024-08-01 17:18 (UTC+0200): > > > On 2024-08-01 10:23:53 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > > >> the bug fix should trim initrd size considerably before > >> too long. > > > What do you mean? > > After package containing b

Re: nvidia vs nouveau driver and initrd.* size

Vincent Lefevre composed on 2024-08-01 17:18 (UTC+0200): > On 2024-08-01 10:23:53 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: >> the bug fix should trim initrd size considerably before >> too long. > What do you mean? After package containing bug fix is installed, newly generated initrds will be considerably sma

Re: nvidia vs nouveau driver and initrd.* size

On 2024-08-01 10:23:53 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > Vincent Lefevre composed on 2024-08-01 15:26 (UTC+0200): > > > I have several Debian/unstable machines, all with a Nvidia card. > > > On one of them, due to a bug in nouveau in the past, I use the > > proprietary nvidia driver: libnvidia-legacy-3

Re: nvidia vs nouveau driver and initrd.* size

Vincent Lefevre composed on 2024-08-01 15:26 (UTC+0200): > I have several Debian/unstable machines, all with a Nvidia card. > On one of them, due to a bug in nouveau in the past, I use the > proprietary nvidia driver: libnvidia-legacy-390xx-* packages. > And the initrd size is reasonable: > -rw-