On Tue, 2023-02-21 at 23:27 +0200, Georgi Naplatanov wrote: > On 2/21/23 23:16, Van Snyder wrote: > > On Tue, 2023-02-21 at 22:41 +0200, Georgi Naplatanov wrote: > > > On 2/21/23 22:13, Van Snyder wrote: > > > > I have an NVidia GF108 video card. It works just fine, so I > > > > don't see a > > > > reason to replace it. > > > > > > > > It needs the nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver. > > > > > > > > But when I installed Debian 11, it chose the 470 driver, which > > > > doesn't > > > > work with GF108. > > > > > > > > Maybe that was caused by selecting "install all the drivers" > > > > instead of > > > > "install only the relevant drivers." I thought that meant > > > > "download them > > > > all in case you install some new hardware." > > > > > > > > Shouldn't the installer install only the drivers for the > > > > relevant > > > > hardware, even if it downloads all of them? > > > > > > > > I'm not going to re-install just to do an experiment to see if > > > > the > > > > installer does it right if I tell it to install only the > > > > relevant > > > > drivers. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > It seems that nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver is available in Debian > > > 11 > > > (bullseye). You have just to install it. If you have problems > > > again, > > > then try to use open source driver for NVidia's cards - Nouveau. > > > it's > > > installed by default and you have just to uninstall NVidia's > > > proprietary > > > drivers - nvidia-*. > > > > I did install it, but it took me a week to find that that was the > > problem. I had expected Debian's installer to choose to use the > > correct > > driver even if all the drivers it has in its entire achive are > > downloaded. > > > There is a package nvidia-detect > > it tells you which driver is appropriate for your NVidia's video > card.
Yeah, I used that. Why didn't the installer use it, and choose the 390 driver instead of installing the 470 driver? > > Kind regards > Georgi >
