[HowTo]Install latests community NvidiaGraphicsDrivers on LMDE5

[cpedretti]

Disclaimer: "This tutorial only focuses on the second way to install Nvidia's proprietary drivers, if the "sudo apt install nvidia-driver" way does not work on your installation, you can rely on this tutorial.To all those who use Plymouth with various scripts, there is a high risk of startup problems because Plymouth behaves badly with nvidia's proprietary drivers, so please do not follow this How-to. You can, however, find out more on the Plymouth Debian Wiki."


Prerequisites:

- make a backup with Timeshift (safety first)

- check graphics card compatibility
(if your graphics card does not appear in the list, it is necessary to install the legacy driver)

- command line to check which GPU is installed:

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sudo lshw -numeric -C display

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If the prerequisites are satisfied, you can continue with the tutorial below.


First step install Linux Headers and compilation dependencies:

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sudo apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential libglvnd-dev pkg-config dkms -y

Second step blacklist the nouveau driver, create a blacklist file:

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sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf

In the file add the following and save the file:

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blacklist nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0

Then regenerate the kernel initramfs:

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sudo update-initramfs -u

Third step install the latests NvidiaGraphicsDrivers:

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sudo apt install firmware-misc-nonfree nvidia-kernel-dkms nvidia-driver nvidia-cuda-toolkit nvidia-cuda-dev nvidia-settings nvidia-smi nvidia-xconfig nvidia-opencl-icd nvidia-opencl-common nvidia-detect -y

Reboot.


To view how version you have installed, just open an terminal and enter follow:

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nvidia-smi

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[Edit] After updating the repos there was a dependency error with the nvidia-settings package in the backports sources, to fix this incident it was enough to remove the backports source command.

It may happen that the persistenced daemon does not activate, it will then have to be done manually with the commands below:

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sudo systemctl daemon-reload

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sudo systemctl enable nvidia-persistenced

Enjoy!

[ne0h]

Thanks for write this guide!!!

[MiZoG]

I'm under the impression that a mere "sudo apt install -t bullseye-backports nvidia-driver" should be just enough for now to install the 470.X nvidia driver.

[SMG]

Moderator Note: RonO's post on wanting to get both Nvidia and Intel working can now be found here How to get Nvidia and Intel working on LMDE5?