On Wed Apr 12 21:44:23 2023 Charles Curley <charlescur...@charlescurley.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 10:59:43 -0700 > Charlie Gibbs <cgi...@surfnaked.ca> wrote: > >> $ cat /etc/debian_version >> 11.5 > > Hmm, the current version is 11.6. Maybe there's a fix in the upgrades > you haven't yet installed??? Dunno. But the display has always been a bit flaky. Things got really bad after my annual vacuuming of the box. >> [ 1406.213319] NVRM: GPU at PCI:0000:01:00: >> GPU-d7903bd4-9549-9f07-5796-886c12d2031c >> [ 1406.213322] NVRM: Xid (PCI:0000:01:00): 79, GPU has fallen off the >> bus. [ 1406.213324] NVRM: GPU at 0000:01:00.0 has fallen off the bus. > > ??? I wonder if the card has an electrical problem? Thermal? > >> Yes, that video card is pretty long in the tooth; I'd gladly replace >> it if a new board will solve the problem. (If not, why bother? >> It works well enough for my purposes.) > > How much is your time worth? Buying a new inexpensive card may be less > expensive than tracking this down. Maybe your local computer store > will lend you a test video card??? Perhaps. I went there after the vacuuming I mentioned above, which left the machine unable to light the screens at all. Their tech reseated a few things I missed and tweaked things a bit. That made it work again (for a while, at least), and they were kind enough to not even charge me, so I think it's worth going back and buying a new video card from them. Thanks for the help. -- /~\ Charlie Gibbs | You can't save the earth \ / <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> | unless you're willing to X I'm really at ac.dekanfrus | make other people sacrifice. / \ if you read it the right way. | -- Dogbert the green consultant