Andre Robatino composed on 2024-04-27 02:49 (UTC):
> I have an old machine from 2008 with very old integrated graphics (GeForce
> 6150SE nForce 430). Up to and including F39, I was able to do a Live
> Workstation install simply by using the nomodeset boot option. With F40 that
> no longer works - it fails to come up in graphical. I ended up doing a
> netinstall, but it came up in text mode instead of graphical, and suggested
> VNC, which I was able to use to do a graphical install (necessary since I
> wanted to preserve /home, requiring custom partitioning). After installation,
> it turns out that by replacing gdm with another display manager (I used
> lxdm), I could even use GNOME, though screen locking, which requires gdm,
> doesn't work - not a big deal.
# inxi -GSaz --zl --hostname
System:
Host: mcp61 Kernel: 6.6.23-1-longterm arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
v: 13.2.1 clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm parameters: root=LABEL=<filter>
ipv6.disable=1 net.ifnames=0 noresume consoleblank=0 preempt=full
mitigations=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.10 tk: Qt v: 5.15.12 info: frameworks
v: 5.115.0 wm: kwin_x11 dm: 1: KDM 2: XDM Distro: openSUSE Tumbleweed
20240403
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA C61 [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: nouveau v: kernel non-free: series: 304.xx
status: legacy (EOL~2017-09-xx) last: release: 304.137 kernel: 4.13
xorg: 1.19 arch: Curie process: 90-130nm built: 2003-2013 ports:
active: VGA-1 empty: none bus-ID: 00:0d.0 chip-ID: 10de:03d0
class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.4
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting dri: nouveau
gpu: nouveau display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1680x1050 s-dpi: 108 s-size: 395x246mm (15.55x9.69")
s-diag: 465mm (18.32")
Monitor-1: VGA-1 model: Dell P2213 serial: <filter> built: 2012
res: 1680x1050 hz: 60 dpi: 90 gamma: 1.2 size: 473x296mm (18.62x11.65")
diag: 558mm (22") ratio: 16:10 modes: max: 1680x1050 min: 720x400
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia nouveau platforms: device: 0 egl: 1.4
drv: nouveau device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: egl: 1.4 drv: nouveau surfaceless:
egl: 1.4 drv: nouveau x11: egl: 1.4 drv: nouveau inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.5 compat-v: 2.1 vendor: mesa v: 24.0.3 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: NV4C device-ID: 10de:03d0 memory: 115.2 MiB
unified: no
#
I've never tried Fedora on my old beast. It's functional in Debian 12 as well as
openSUSE TW and Leap, but if you diligently search the web, you're likely to
find
confirmation that the 6150SE was likely the most troublesome and/or lowest value
GeForce NVidia ever put to market. If you wish to keep that PC useful, I suggest
finding a better GPU to install, even if that means it must be PCI rather than
PCIe. I have a similar aged P4D with a passively cooled GeForce 8400 PCI that
does
a respectable job for something so old and inexpensive, and better than my
6150SE.
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