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Re: linux kernel and nvidia - never ending story

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Am Dienstag, 8. März 2022, 00:07:05 CET schrieb Alexander V. Makartsev:
Yes, I am sure, no other version is working. It is GeForce G210 and GeForce 
G86m, both NEED 340xx.

Best 

Hans

> On 07.03.2022 23:49, Hans wrote:
> > Dear list,
> > 
> > how find the correct words, without being upset or stepping on someones
> > feet. But I believe, debian hates Nvidia, and debian does not want, to
> > use Nvidia.
> > 
> > I am now for a long time using debian and also using nvidia graphic cards
> > for almost the same long time.
> > 
> > But whenever debian ships a new kernel version, the proprietrary nvidia
> > kernel modules can not be built. If lucky, there is a patch for it after
> > months.
> > 
> > Yes, modern Nvidia cards are supported, but using an older notebook you
> > can
> > not change the graphics card.
> > ...
> > I have several older notebooks, that my customers use. They worked
> > perfectly with the proprietrary driver from Nvidia. But after update to
> > bullseye, it was hardly get them running again. And why? They have an old
> > graphics card in their notebooks, and they use Nvidia cards, specially
> > the legacy 340xx.
> Out of curiosity, can you name a model of nvidia GPU(-s) you have
> trouble with?
> Are you sure you need legacy 340xx driver specifically? That version is
> for hardware that was released in 2009-2010 and older.
> I think there is a chance you can install legacy 390xx version instead.
> You can use 'nvidia-detect' program to check your hardware and get a
> driver version recommendation.

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linux kernel and nvidia - never ending story Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2022-03-07 19:50 +0100
  Re: linux kernel and nvidia - never ending story Christian Britz <cbritz@t-online.de> - 2022-03-07 20:50 +0100
    Re: linux kernel and nvidia - never ending story Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2022-03-07 23:20 +0100
      Re: linux kernel and nvidia - never ending story Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2022-03-08 00:30 +0100
        Re: linux kernel and nvidia - never ending story Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2022-03-08 03:50 +0100
        Re: linux kernel and nvidia - never ending story Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2022-03-08 10:50 +0100
          Re: linux kernel and nvidia - never ending story <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2022-03-08 11:10 +0100
            Re: linux kernel and nvidia - never ending story Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2022-03-08 12:50 +0100
              Re: linux kernel and nvidia - never ending story tomas@tuxteam.de - 2022-03-08 13:10 +0100
            Re: linux kernel and nvidia - never ending story duh <fill_in_the_blanks@email.com> - 2022-03-08 20:10 +0100
        Re: linux kernel and nvidia - never ending story Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2022-03-09 11:50 +0100
  Re: linux kernel and nvidia - never ending story "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2022-03-08 00:10 +0100
    Re: linux kernel and nvidia - never ending story Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2022-03-08 10:50 +0100
      Re: linux kernel and nvidia - never ending story "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2022-03-08 19:50 +0100
  Re: linux kernel and nvidia - never ending story Richmond <richmond@criptext.com> - 2022-03-08 13:40 +0100
    Re: linux kernel and nvidia - never ending story didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com> - 2022-03-08 19:00 +0100
      Re: linux kernel and nvidia - never ending story Richmond <richmond@criptext.com> - 2022-03-09 00:10 +0100
        Re: linux kernel and nvidia - never ending story Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> - 2022-03-09 10:40 +0100

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