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Wheelerof4te wrote:I am surprised they released it without this support. I don't use NVIDIA, but I would be pretty angry if I had to use this package and it's not there in a Stable release.
The proprietary NVIDIA drivers are not part of the official release and cannot be included because they violate the DFSG.
Try the nouveau drivers instead. Or don't give any money to NVIDIA, they contribute *nothing* to the open source community.
^I have to agree, NVIDIA's support for Linux or even their support in general is obviously weak and outright toxic. You can thank their monopoly in gaming for that.
But not for long.
Changelog wrote: * The 304.xx legacy driver series has been declared as End-of-Life by
NVIDIA. No further updates fixing security issues, critical bugs, or
adding support for new Xorg or Linux releases will be issued. https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers ... /a_id/3142
I suppose you could try installing the version from stretch-backports, that might work. Or the version from sid if you know how to use pinning (not recommend though).
This is strange! ... Why is the package in sid then?
NVidia itself also still offers it for download as the current version.
But even if NVidia doesn't develop it any further, why would Debian-stable exclude the latest version of it?
Debian Stable is supported for 3 years by a security team. That package is non-free, meaning it can't be modified by Debian developers to tackle security problems.
So they removed it, since they can't support is for 3 years because NVIDIA dropped support. Sid is not as strict with security as Stable, but I can guess developers will also remove it from Sid soon.
Ask NVIDIA why they dropped support for those cards. Debian has nothing to do with that toxic company, and it's not obliged to package insecure software just because.
Just to be sure, that we are not all misled and the debian package-site is just not up to date yet ... could you please run the "apt policy"-command for me? ... I have no Debian running yet.
piperdan wrote:I don't know if it will help or not, but I always download and install the iso from the "Unofficial non-free images including firmware packages" site:
It won't, because NVIDIA's driver is not included in that iso. However, many firmware files are, so it is still recommended iso for most laptops.
The other open option though, is the stretch-backports package, you mentioned. I think, I try this first.
Hi! I have mainboard ASRock N68-GS4 with the built-in NVIDIA GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a GPU. Stretch-backports obviously does not work. nouveau is working well with the simple graphics, but hangs my host when playing videos using vlc.
The system is upgraded to Buster, so downgrade is not possible in easy way (well it would be better if some warning would be issued before the upgrade). The simplest for me would be to quickly buy working graphic card. I do not need anything special, but something working with the existing free software in Debian: 3d games, video players (vlc, mpv) etc. Can somebody recommend something working for me?
If your only problem is with playing videos using vlc ... I would simply choose another player. Smplayer in my view has better features than vlc anyways.
Thomas123 wrote:If your only problem is with playing videos using vlc ... I would simply choose another player. Smplayer in my view has better features than vlc anyways.