On Thu, Jul 18, 2024 at 10:41:50AM -0700, Van Snyder wrote: > On Thu, 2024-07-18 at 07:55 +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > > > HOW did you upgrade? Did you go via 11? > > > Fresh install on reformatted boot and root partitions. >
OK > > > I can't do that with my old Dell Vostro 1700 because the NVidia > > > graphics chip is soldered to the motherboard, and it needs the 340 > > > driver, which is also no longer available. > > > > One chipset. > > > If it *just* has Nvidia - at this point, use Nouveau - stop trying to > > use Nvidia drivers on old hardware and that Dell is 2008 vintage? > > I gave up trying to install the NVidia 340 driver on Debian 12.5. If > the rendering is unbearably slow, I'll revert to Debian 10. > Please *don't* do that. Debian 10 is out of security support. Debian 11 will receive a final security update on 31st August as it transitions to Freexian and LTS. Please use Debian stable wherever feasible. > > Software movces on - the very latest Nvidia drivers are "more free" > > but > > also incorporate entire RISC-V chipsets on board the latest cards. > These are the very latest cards for a desktop/workstation. > I can't upgrade a soldered-in chip. > So just use Nouveau already on a ~15 year old laptop. All the very best, as ever, Andy Cater (amaca...@debian.org)
