GlennW wrote:

Installing nVidia drivers from nVidia.com .run blob.

Note that the kernel module will have to be rebuilt manually every time the kernel is updated. The nvidia-driver package in the repositories will do this automatically via DKMS (v450.66 is currently available from beowulf-backports).

The nvidia installer gives you an option to build with dkms support. :-) to aid when upgrading the kernel.

Installing nVidia drivers from nVidia.com .run blob.

Note that the kernel module will have to be rebuilt manually every time the kernel is updated. The nvidia-driver package in the repositories will do this automatically via DKMS (v450.66 is currently available from beowulf-backports).

Installing nVidia drivers from nVidia.com .run blob.

The first thing I do after installing a new kernel and headers (and sometimes the source too)
and any firmware packages you may require for your motherboard/chipset maker is

remove any nvidia packages... see Majorie's instuctions above to do that. Thank you Majorie :-)

get the nvidia binary blob...go to:

https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

(I'm in Australia, so US english is close to the language we use here ;-) ymmv

The latest one I have is: NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.80.02.run

I have a GeForce GTX 1060 grapgics card

I'm running kernel version from Devuan 3.0 Beowulf back ports (bpo)

uname -a : Linux GamesBox 5.8.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.8.10-1~bpo10+1 (2020-09-26) x86_64 GNU/Linux

edit grub to nullify the nouveau driver (kernel module) and set the screen size so it's workable with out a gui.

I do that by editing grub at boot,

you will have to be quick to interupt the automagic booting of the system.

Just use the arrow key to interup it.

with the down arrow key (v) goto:

*Advanced Options for Devuan GNU/Linux

and hit enter

use the arrow again to select "your kernel (recovery mode)" line, mine is,

Devuan GNU/Linux, with Linux 5.8.0-0.bpo.2.amd64 (recovery mode)

and hit "e" to edit

Next thing you should see is the grub file... use the arrow key to move down to the "linux" line

it says something like this but your UUID and kernel name may be different,

linux	/boot/vmlinuz-5.8.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 root=UUID=c2e432ce-5ac7-46f7-a00d-1982f970d1d1 ro single

Add these commands to the end of the line:

nokmsboot nouveau.modeset=0 vga=794

then press ctrl-x or F10 to boot

login as root, type in the password and hit enter

ctrl-d will just let the system keep booting, so watch out for that.

cd to the directory where you saved the nvidia .run file

type

sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.80.02.run

and hit enter and follow the directions.

reboot the system and hopefully you should be presented with your desktop gui.

note: I use this backup of the grub(2) default file in /etc after the system is running to keep the settings:

the file, /etc/default/grub

add these commands to the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="nokmsboot nouveau.modeset=0 console=tty12 vga=794"

you may not need the console=tty12 part, but I use it to see what's going on if something breaks.

rsync -avh /home/glenn/local/other/backup/backup-etc-sys/etc/default/grub /etc/default/
chown root:root /etc/default/grub
chmod a+rx /etc/default/grub
update-grub

any questions or errors? please post back here.

regards Glenn

See https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=24457#p24457

@blackhole, yes, probably unsupported, as i just installed devuan beowulf anew (with nividia 1650)
and it would not go into "X"; so i was greeted with terminal window instead;

installing

nvidia-driver

does not resolve, well at least it gives a graphical desktop, but blocks the terminal thereafter with "nvidia-persistenced".

if i need backports, i will try those.

EDIT: tried also installing the drivers from bakcports,
i am still getting "nvidia-persistenced" error.

please someone write a small guide on how to properly install nvidia-drivers, not just the legacy ones.

after changing from amd to nvidia card

You should probably open a new thread for the NVIDIA card, it is off-topic for this one.

If you use the "report" button on your post and ask nicely @admin might split it out for you.

You'll need the proprietary driver from backports and likely a new kernel as well... as this is recent hardware.

 lspci -nn | egrep -i "3d|display|vga"
07:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation Device [10de:1f82] (rev a1)

and debian wiki says

how can i properly switch to nvidia card?
i have two monitors setup, and triple boot /(devuan , windows 7, ubuntu 18.04).

after changing from amd to nvidia card, only devuan seems to boot.

now, i suppose, i need to just to deinstall the firmware-amd-graphics on devuan and install nvidia driver package?
but what to do on ubuntu, if it would not boot properly, and on windows?

do i need to put the other card back in and preopare already the machine with the nvidia drivers in place?

thank you.

EDIT: i understand that the nouveau driver functions also so as it is,
but i tried with display manager on xfce to change the monitor setup, and the result was that i could not longer access most part of the screens that seemed somhow frozen and could only be maneauvred by clicking in the leftover part, practically clicking blind over the place -