Short problem: Just installed an Nvidia GeForce 9600 card. It works if I boot with an older, 3.2, kernel but doesn't work with the 3.16 kernel (Latest on my machine, I didn't update my kernel yet)
I have LMDE installed. I had been running an AMD graphics card. I purged fglrx* and got rid of my xorg.conf file (well, renamed it to backup actually). Shutdown. Swapped the cards. Reboot.
If I boot with the latest kernel on my machine, 3.16, then it loads up and I get a few weird characters in different colors along the top right of the first screen and nothing else.
If I boot with the oldest kernel I have- 3.2 - then it loads up fine. I haven't done any gaming or graphics intense stuff yet, just desktop, but it has working dual displays. If I understand my profiler correctly- it is using noveau driver.
Any advice, other than live in the old kernel, so I can get the driver working properly on the newer kernel? Also, I know there is an even newer kernel sitting in Level 4 of the Mint Updater that I do want (need) to install at some point- so if that impacts the driver discussion at all, let me know.
I am looking to try out some AI and machine learning. I played with AI generated text (trained form a book for example) with the AMD card a bit. So I'll be trying some of that out and trying out the GPU for that.
NVIDIA driver and LMDE withe newer kernel
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LMDE 2 has reached end of support as of 1-1-2019
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NVIDIA driver and LMDE withe newer kernel
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Re: NVIDIA driver and LMDE withe newer kernel
Just to make sure, you can check which driver is used by running
If it's indeed nouveau, you can try the proprietary drivers instead and see if they make the situation better.
inxi -G
in the terminal.If it's indeed nouveau, you can try the proprietary drivers instead and see if they make the situation better.