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Re: Nvidia legacy driver install..

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Sorry, Jessie to Stretch.

On 07/05/2017 07:37 AM, tony mollica wrote:
> Thanks for all the input on this.  I had originally planned to wait as
> long as possible to install the Nvidia stuff, but I think now that I'll
> give it a try when I get some time.  No reports of breaking the  system
> permanently and only a  couple of relatively minor issues.  There seems
> to be a performance advantage with Nvidia's drivers that I can notice
> between my NVIDIA/WHEEZY TO NOUVEAU/STRETCH installs.
>
> tony
>
> On 07/04/2017 01:09 AM, David Baron wrote:
>> On יום שלישי, 4 ביולי 2017 16:27:21 IDT Mark Fletcher wrote:
>>> On Mon, Jul 03, 2017 at 09:17:00AM -0700, tony mollica wrote:
>>>> On another note,
>>>>
>>>> just checking to see if anyone has used the nvidia driver (304 series)
>>>> install and if there were any problems that arose or needed to be
>>>> resolved
>>>> either before or after the installation?
>>>
>>> I had to do this for the first time with the upgrade to stretch,
>>> apparently my circa-2009 nvidia geforce card is now "legacy".
>>>
>>> I did think the upgrade process was compromised a bit by this, but I
>>> got it working in the end.
>>>
>>> The upgrade news said "Don't install the new driver if you have an old
>>> card." Well thanks, but what am I supposed to do instead???
>>>
>>> During the upgrade, it pointed out that my card was not supported by the
>>> new driver, and that I needed the legacy driver (previous question
>>> answered). ....
>> Always, loads of run.
>>
>> I actually do like Nouveau but it does not play well with Firefox, et.
>> al, and
>> KDE. If this has been fixed, someone please inform me.
>>
>> Failing that, I use the 304xx legacy driver.
>> Installs without a hitch.
>> xorg.conf is deprecated. Live without it.
>> I need to blacklist Nouveau in /etc/modprobe.d -- installation
>> provides an
>> nvidia-blacklists-nouveau.conf to put there.
>> Voile!
>>
>>
>
>

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Nvidia legacy driver install.. tony mollica <tjm3@threedogs.net> - 2017-07-03 18:20 +0200
  Re: Nvidia legacy driver install.. "A. F. Cano" <afc@shibaya.lonestar.org> - 2017-07-04 03:40 +0200
  Re: Nvidia legacy driver install.. Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2017-07-04 09:30 +0200
    Re: Nvidia legacy driver install.. David Baron <dbaron770@gmail.com> - 2017-07-04 10:10 +0200
      Re: Nvidia legacy driver install.. Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2017-07-04 12:00 +0200
      Re: Nvidia legacy driver install.. tony mollica <tjm3@threedogs.net> - 2017-07-05 16:40 +0200
        Re: Nvidia legacy driver install.. tony mollica <tjm3@threedogs.net> - 2017-07-06 01:50 +0200
        Re: Nvidia legacy driver install.. Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2017-07-06 02:10 +0200
          Re: Nvidia legacy driver install.. tony mollica <tjm3@threedogs.net> - 2017-07-14 01:50 +0200

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