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[SOLVED]Nvidia Dual card driver

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[SOLVED]Nvidia Dual card driver

#1 Post by Er!ck »

hello comunity,

i have a problem with my nvidia dirver: i have two pci cards:

nvidia detect
-bash: nvidia: command not found
erickma@erickma:~$ nvidia-detect
Detected NVIDIA GPUs:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [NVS 310] [10de:107d] (rev a1)
04:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [NVS 310] [10de:107d] (rev a1)

Checking card: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [NVS 310] (rev a1)
Your card is supported by all driver versions.
It is recommended to install the
nvidia-driver
package.

Checking card: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [NVS 310] (rev a1)
Your card is supported by all driver versions.
It is recommended to install the
nvidia-driver
package.




so i follow the debian wiki nvidia driver

i have updated the sourcelist:
deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free


and the install linux headers and driver:


apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r|sed 's/[^-]*-[^-]*-//') nvidia-driver

after rebooting it says a screen:

Oh no! Something has gone wrong

i can see only this log:

Sep 27 11:16:22 erickma gnome-session-binary[615]: WARNING: software acceleration check failed: Child process exited with code 1


any idea???
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Re: Nvidia Dual card driver

#2 Post by bw123 »

check that headers and kernel are same ver, and driver built with no errors. check that nvidia driver is being used when x starts.

also, found a lot of hits when search internet for "gnome-session-binary[615]: WARNING: software acceleration check failed: Child process exited" did you read any of them?

found this also, suggests adding gdm3 to video group
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?p=595460
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Re: Nvidia Dual card driver

#3 Post by Er!ck »

Hello,

i have installed again the driver:

sudo apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r|sed 's/[^-]*-[^-]*-//') nvidia-driver

after this on the reboot part it was keep saying "Oh no! Something has gone wrong"

i have just update and fix the problem:

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

thanks for the help

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Re: Nvidia Dual card driver

#4 Post by bw123 »

sedheads think it's the bomb, they use it everywhere, but is it really a good idea to use something so complicated for something so simple?

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$ uname -r|sed 's/[^-]*-[^-]*-//'
amd64
$ echo linux-headers-$(uname -r|sed 's/[^-]*-[^-]*-//')
linux-headers-amd64
See, that will install headers, but no guarantee that they are the headers for the kernel currently being used.
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Re: Nvidia Dual card driver

#5 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

To install the headers use

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# apt install module-assistant
# m-a prepare
Apparently an Xorg configuration file is no longer needed for the proprietary NVIDIA drivers so try removing it if you have one.

Perhaps post a link to the entire Xorg log, somebody might be bored enough to check it for you.
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Re: Nvidia Dual card driver

#6 Post by kevinthefixer »

The $4M question is this: why do you need the proprietary driver? Nouveau works very well these days. Gamers, really, are the only ones who need Nvidia's driver for a competitive edge. Why fix it if it ain't broke?

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#7 Post by stevepusser »

You also did not mention installing any compilers (build-essential), which are...essential.
Module-assistant will make sure you have them.
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#8 Post by CwF »

Since a dual 310's is not exactly a gamers solution, nouveau should be the driver of choice. But 2? For 4 monitors maybe on a trader station?

I do know nouveau will not grab both cards as default. You will need a manual xorg configuration for two cards, and I hope that hasn't changed. I have ran a 310 as a third card.

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