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Re: Can't play Steam games

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On 08/05/2018 12:26 PM, Jose G. López wrote:
> On Sat, 4 Aug 2018 15:24:51 -0400
> Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 08/04/2018 02:30 PM, Jose G. López wrote:
>>> On Sat, 4 Aug 2018 13:28:13 -0400
>>> Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Enter this: in a terminal:  inxi -SGx
>>>> What do you get?? Ric
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Ric,
>>>
>>> I get this:
>>> ----------
>>> $ inxi -SGx
>>> System:    Host: pc-debian Kernel: 4.17.0-1-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 7.3.0
>>>              Desktop: Xfce 4.12.4 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux buster/sid
>>> Graphics:  Card-1: NVIDIA GM107 [GeForce GTX 750 Ti] driver: nvidia v: 390.77
>>>              bus ID: 02:00.0
>>>              Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.0 driver: nvidia resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
>>>              OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 6.0 128 bits) v: 3.3 Mesa 18.1.5
>>>              direct render: Yes
>>> ----------
>>
>> It doesn't note that a driver is installed. So, if you have the nvidia
>> driver installed directly from nvidia, remove it. From a terminal run
>> "locate nvidia", you might have to remove those files by hand IF you
>> directly installed the driver from the nvidia website. Next, run
>> software updater (it's in your XFCE system menu tab) and let it install
>> your driver for you. Before you reboot, run /usr/bin/nvidia-xconfig to
>> create the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file for you. Then a reboot should have
>> you up and running. I HOPE this helps. Ric
>>
> 
> Hi Ric,
> 
> I always use nvidia driver from Debian but strangely OpenGL renderer
> in use was Mesa (I didn't noticed when pasted the output). Don't know
> which upgrade changed that. That should be the problem. I have purged
> nvidia completly and installed again with:
> 
> $ sudo aptitude install nvidia-driver nvidia-settings libgl1-nvidia-glx
> libgl1-nvidia-glx:i386 libnvidia-glcore:i386
> 
> Those latest packages installs non-GLVND OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES 32-bit
> libraries which I think work better with old games. Now I get:
> 
> $ inxi -SGx
> System:    Host: pc-debian Kernel: 4.17.0-1-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 7.3.0
>             Desktop: Xfce 4.12.4 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux buster/sid
> Graphics:  Card-1: NVIDIA GM107 [GeForce GTX 750 Ti] driver: nvidia v: 390.77
>             bus ID: 02:00.0
>             Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.0 driver: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
>             resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
>             OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 750 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.77
>             direct render: Yes
> 
> Tried some games and are loading and running fine.
> 
> Thank you!

Great to hear!! I'm running two GeForce GTX 1050 Ti cards to 3 monitors. 
Using xinerama I have one display of 5760x1080 pixels across the three. 
I love my nVidia drivers. Ric



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Can't play Steam games "Jose G. López" <josgalo@gmail.com> - 2018-08-04 18:40 +0200
  Re: Can't play Steam games Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2018-08-04 19:30 +0200
    Re: Can't play Steam games "Jose G. López" <josgalo@gmail.com> - 2018-08-04 20:40 +0200
      Re: Can't play Steam games Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2018-08-04 21:30 +0200
        Re: Can't play Steam games Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2018-08-04 22:00 +0200
        Re: Can't play Steam games "Jose G. López" <josgalo@gmail.com> - 2018-08-05 18:30 +0200
          Re: Can't play Steam games Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2018-08-06 10:00 +0200

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