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Siduction Forum => Software - Support => Topic started by: sotnik on 2018/12/01, 14:01:09
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I tried to install nvidia driver but the listbugs gives 3 errors:
b1 - #905309 - nvidia-modeset: WARNING: GPU:0: Lost display notification (0:0x00000000); continuing
serious bugs of xserver-xorg-video-nvidia (→ 390.87-3) <Outstanding>
b2 - #903121 - xserver-xorg-video-nvidia: blank screen, CPU fan goes to max and the systems freezes
serious bugs of dkms (→ 2.6.1-1) <Outstanding>
b3 - #884658 - dkms: Should really depends on dpkg-dev for dpkg-architecture
Is it safe to install?
The procedure described in the manual is up-to-date or I have to follow an other procedure.
If it is possible to add automatic installation for closed GPU drivers, will be a nice addition for the next release of siduxion.
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We need more information, what video card do you have?
Post the output of
inxi -G
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Device-1: NVIDIA GK208 [GeForce GT 730] driver: nouveau v: kernel
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.3 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: NV106 v: 4.3 Mesa 18.2.6
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Since you already tried to install nvidia drivers, lets clean that mess up
apt purge nvidia.
Yes, make sure you include the period, very important
Remove any xorg.conf you have
Then do
apt clean; apt update; apt install nvidia-driver nvidia-driver-libs nvidia-settings nvidia-kernel-dkms
Reboot
Please post any errors
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Ok thank you piper
One last question. Do I have to blacklist nouveau before or after the nvidia installation
/etc/modprobe.d/nouveau-blacklist.confblacklist nouveau
blacklist lbm-nouveau
This is a first time that I will install proprietary drivers for my card in linux (and first time with nvidia)
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You should see a screen about nouveau and current kernel and reboot, I forgot the exact words, I thought I had a screenshot but I don't, just reboot
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OK installed and rebooted without a problem.
nvidia-blacklists-nouveau.conf & nvidia.conf created automatically but not the xorg.conf (do I have to create one?)
Now I have the following two issues:
1. The characters are smaller than used to be.
I tried the following commands:
xdpyinfo | grep dots
resolution: 96x96 dots per inch
and
xrdb -query | grep dpi
Xft.dpi: 96
but
grep DPI /var/log/Xorg.0.log
[ 7.858] (--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (95, 94); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config
indicate that DPI settings are wrong. How I can correct DPi in xfce desktop? (In settings the custom DPI is 96. According to some advice's in the internet I changed the value and I reverted back in 96 without any effect).
2. In idle the fun plays between 2200 & 2500 (RPM) which is high. Is it possible to reduce the speed?
And some general questions.- Do I have to repeat the procedure with kernel upgrade?
- It is reasonable to install libnvidia-encode1 & nvidia-opencl-common?
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I really don't know enough about xfce, but, here is some good reading, more than a few people here use xfce, so maybe they can chime in
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HiDPI
You don't have to repeat the procedure with kernel upgrade ;)
Can you post the output of
inxi -Gx
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Unless you actually want/need nvidia-opencl-common libnvidia-encode1 theirs no reason to install them
apt policy nvidia-opencl-common libnvidia-encode1
nvidia-opencl-common:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 390.87-3
Version table:
396.54-2 1
1 http://10.10.10.3:3142/deb.debian.org/debian experimental/non-free amd64 Packages
390.87-3 500
500 http://10.10.10.3:3142/mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/debian unstable/non-free amd64 Packages
libnvidia-encode1:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 390.87-3
Version table:
396.54-2 1
1 http://10.10.10.3:3142/deb.debian.org/debian experimental/non-free amd64 Packages
390.87-3 500
500 http://10.10.10.3:3142/mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/debian unstable/non-free amd64 Packages
More reading for dpi
https://www.google.com/search?q=How+I+can+correct+DPi+in+xfce+desktop
I have no idea with fan speed with xfce, search-foo is your best bet
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inxi -Gx
Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA GK208 [GeForce GT 730] vendor: Gigabyte GK208B
driver: nvidia v: 390.87 bus ID: 09:00.0
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.3 driver: nvidia
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GT 730/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.87
direct render: Yes
Also just now I realized the situation is even worse. Some applications have large characters and some other small, see https://imgur.com/a/qra01bb
EDIT
The problem with font inconsistencies solved after installing xsettingsd
All resolutions problems solved after creating the file ~/.Xresources and adding Xft.dpi: 96
96 is the correct DPI for my system.
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Glad you have this all figured out :)
xorg.conf is pretty much depreciated so not needed in *most cases, their are however some exceptions :)