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#1 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » NVidia issues » 2024-12-23 14:39:29
I am back on Devuan. Reainstalled the OS, problem persists. However, I've tried boot with "advanced/recovery" option from GRUB menu. My problem might actually be with sound.
NVidia card has sound chip on board. (a monitor has no built-in loudspeakers)
Motherboard has another (REALTEK) chip.
Judging by recovery boot screen output, NVidia sound chip gets initialized first. Then REALTEK gets initialized, too. After that boot hangs.
I also tried boot in text mode console. BTW, that is the way Slackware boots, to run level 3. It is up to user to log in and execute startx. If they feel like running a graphical desktop, I mean. That is why Slackware is Slackware, never assume anything about the users. If I wanted to compare operating systems to the rifles, Slackware would be AK-47.
In order to that, I disabled lightdm at run level 2. The machine does not boot any more. It happens regardless of nouveau, it might be blacklisted or not.
I can always recover from installation media, but that's not the point. Why can't I do simple and straightforward thing like booting into text mode ?
#2 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » NVidia issues » 2024-12-22 17:21:21
As part of my little research of Debian based distributions, I have installed PeppermintOS, version based on Devuan 5. Nouveau driver is installed and works without a problem. I have high resolution and good performance. It is definitely curios.
Distribution is very professionally done and so much polished that makes one feel guilty to tinker about it 
. So, next week I am going to reinstall Devuan and see if I can get graphics to work properly.
#3 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » NVidia issues » 2024-12-20 13:41:09
Thanks, I am going to try that. I tried MX Linux, which is based on Debian Bookworm. Latter corresponds to Devuan Daedalus, if I am not mistaken. Nouveau worked without problem. I think I have got, at least, some acceleration. Most video players and browsers use acceleration today, and I watched some videos without visible performance penalty.
I am, kind of, exploring "Debian landscape", lately . Debian distros without Systemd. Peppermint OS is next on my list, version based on Devuan.
#4 Hardware & System Configuration » NVidia issues » 2024-12-19 22:42:15
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I have an older PC with NVidia GT 1030 card. I am running Slackware 15 and Windows on the same machine. Recently installed Devuan 5 64 bit on empty partition and setup multi-boot.
There seems to be a problem with nouveau driver. System starts and I am getting lightdm prompt. However, resolution is limited to 1024x768. Also, I am unable to switch to virtual consoles (like Alt+Ctrl+F2). There is a blank screen with cursor when I try that. Also noticed that during booting the screen output stops after line "Waiting udevd to be populated".
Blacklisting nouveau solved the problem with consoles and I am now seeing all of the output during boot. However, I am still limited to 1024x768.
So I tried proprietary driver. The problem is that installer can't find kernel source. I installed linux-source and linux-headers- amd64-[version], where [version] was kernel version as reported by uname -r. No dice.
I must say that I am not a Debian man, but rather a Slackware man. I do have some experience maintaining existing Debian server on my previous job, but nothing like hardware or multimedia. Also, far as I can say, non-free repositories are enabled, but NVidia drive does not show.
So, I am trying to get familiar with Devuan. I'd like to know both, if there is a way to fix nouveau and what do I need to compile proprietary driver. Thanks.
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