On Wed, May 6, 2020 at 7:02 PM Alberto Sentieri <2...@tripolho.com> wrote: > > Thanks. Adding contrib solved the problem. > > On 5/5/20 8:24 PM, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > > On 05.05.2020 20:29, Alberto Sentieri wrote: > >> Last time I installed it I downloaded the driver from NVIDIA web > >> site. I was able to install it and it worked well, but updates > >> started bothering me. Maybe I should have tried a Debian repo, but I > >> did not and I have no recollection of the reason. > >> > >> Anyway, I was trying to install it now using debian repos (deb > >> http://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster main non-free), as you > >> suggested, and I got this. Any suggestion? > >> > >> # nvidia-detect > >> Detected NVIDIA GPUs: > >> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 > >> [NVS 310] [10de:107d] (rev a1) > >> > >> Checking card: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [NVS 310] (rev a1) > >> Your card is only supported up to the 390 legacy drivers series. > >> It is recommended to install the > >> nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver > >> package. > >> # apt-get install nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver > >> Reading package lists... Done > >> Building dependency tree > >> Reading state information... Done > >> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have > >> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable > >> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created > >> or been moved out of Incoming. > >> The following information may help to resolve the situation: > >> > >> The following packages have unmet dependencies: > >> nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver : PreDepends: nvidia-installer-cleanup > >> but it is not installable > >> Depends: > >> nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver-libs (= 390.116-1) but it is not going to > >> be installed or > >> nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver-libs-nonglvnd (= 390.116-1) but it is not > >> going to be installed > >> Depends: nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver-bin > >> (= 390.116-1) but it is not going to be installed > >> Depends: > >> xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-legacy-390xx (= 390.116-1) but it is not > >> going to be installed > >> Depends: > >> nvidia-legacy-390xx-vdpau-driver (= 390.116-1) but it is not going to > >> be installed > >> Depends: > >> nvidia-legacy-390xx-alternative (= 390.116-1) but it is not going to > >> be installed > >> Depends: > >> nvidia-legacy-390xx-kernel-dkms (= 390.116-1) but it is not going to > >> be installed or > >> nvidia-legacy-390xx-kernel-390.116 > >> Depends: nvidia-support but it is not > >> installable > >> Recommends: > >> nvidia-settings-legacy-390xx but it is not installable > >> Recommends: libnvidia-legacy-390xx-cfg1 > >> (= 390.116-1) but it is not going to be installed > >> Recommends: nvidia-persistenced but it > >> is not installable > >> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. > >> > > > > Package "nvidia-installer-cleanup" is in "contrib" section, so you > > have to add it too. Don't forget to invoke "apt update" after that.
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