Stefan Monnier composed on 2022-03-07 18:25 (UTC-0500): > I've heard several reports that Nouveau installations can > be impacted by the installation of the proprietary Nvidia driver.
I believe this happens due to incomplete purging of all effects of having attempted to install, or succeeding to install, then "removing", NVidia's proprietary drivers. I have a bunch of old NVidia cards, 8 years old and older. All are running purely on FOSS: 1-the nouveau kernel device driver/module 2-the modesetting DIX display device driver (usually; optionally: nouveau DDX) #2 is the upstream default for AMD, Intel and NVidia GPUs. Unlike the reverse-engineered, old, "experimental" and optional nouveau DDX display driver from package xserver-xorg-video-nouveau, the modesetting DIX is newer technology, and less dependent on device specifications NVidia withholds from FOSS developers. Other than for the issue reported at: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1006907 the FOSS drivers nouveau (module)/modesetting (DIX)/nouveau (DDX) provided by Debian are fully suited to the needs of all my NVidia GPUs. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata