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Siduction Forum => Hardware - Support => Topic started by: NuperS00b on 2018/01/02, 00:04:44
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Trying to get nvidia-driver working on Dell XPS 15 9530, have followed the wikis for nvidia driver installation and bumblebee, the intel driver works fine but when i run nvidia-xconfig and reboot I only get tty....and deleting the xorg.conf file and then rebooting returns my system graphical login....# lsmod does not show nvidia, nv, or nouveau drivers loaded...how to fix?
Intel iGPU:
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06)
NVidia dGPU;
02:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK107M [GeForce GT 750M] (rev ff)
# nvidia-detect recommends nvidia-driver
Thanx in advance
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but when i run nvidia-xconfig
There is no single wiki for bumblebee, where you have to run that command!
After running nvidia-xconfig it's absolute normal, that you won't get a running X on an optimus system!
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Not sure which wiki you followed, but I would use this one (https://wiki.debian.org/Bumblebee). Note that it says not to use nvidia-xconfig.
You should follow the "newer than Wheezy" instructions.
I would skip the 32-bit/multiarch section unless you know for sure that you need it.
Disclaimer: I have not configured a bumblebee setup, just trying to point you in a better direction.
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@towo
I'm not sure that i need bumblebee, all i want is working intel and nvidia drivers. If I need bumblebee, how do I make it work? Do I need to write an xconfig file? If you could elaborate on what you said about not getting a working X that would be awesome.
@dibl
I realized that the debian wiki says that it's not required, but by following that wiki no changes occurred nor did the nvidia drivers get loaded
Do I not need 32 bit libraries for Steam?
Basically I'd just like to run games through Steam.
My specs:
Dell XPS 15 9530
Intel iGPU:
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06)
NVidia dGPU;
02:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK107M [GeForce GT 750M] (rev ff)
Siduction is up to date.
Thank you everybody for your responses!
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On Optimus you really need bumblebee, if you want to use the nvidia gpu.All you need for this setup is written in the debian bumblebee wiki page.
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Note the post-installation instructions -- you need to make a bumblebee group if the package installation doesn't do that automatically, and you need to add your user to the group.
Do I not need 32 bit libraries for Steam?
YES. Again, follow the Debian wiki (https://wiki.debian.org/Steam) for instructions.
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I've got bumblebee and primus installed. Running "# apt install nvidia-driver" outputs something strange:
My computer hisses/has electronic whistle whenever I run "# apt install nvidia-driver" and outputs:
"gzip: stdout: No space left on device"
"dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1"
getting some other odd returns as well:
# du -c /boot
12 /boot/lost+found
3961 /boot/grub/locale
1333 /boot/grub/fonts
2029 /boot/grub/i386-pc
9678 /boot/grub
117952 /boot
117952 total
(the math doesn't add up)
I deleted all old kernels and related files and still don't have any space on /boot
@_@ so confused....
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What does
df -h tell you?
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SOLVED!!
installed all nvidia packages and related libraries from experimental repo
the /boot partition is also fixed now. the problem was that /boot is 128 MB which is not much for siduction, i would recommend to anyone else to make it 512 MB.
All fixed now
Thank you to everyone for your help!