Even yet a Nvidia driver install problem

[Eazy]

I got tired to get this to work, so I took the opportunity to try another dist, but I thought the dist was buggy. So here I am again trying to get this to work.

I can get it to work if I remove xorg.conf. When having a xorg.conf in /etc/X11/xorg.conf I only have 2d graphics. If I remove xorg.conf I have 2d and 3d.

I wouldn't mind having xorg.conf removed, but I need to enable "Force Composition Pipeline" and that is something you need to set in xorg.conf.
I have googled my ass but hot finding a solution.

Is the xorg.conf needed to be in another folder than /etc/X11 or do i set my settings in another conf-file?

[llivv]

Is the new install the same as the other one jessie

want to start a new thread

General Questions or Desktop & Multimedia

info should include at a minimum

Debian Version:
Installation Method used: / link to installation image used.
Kernel version running : uname -a
Nvidia package version:
A link to the nvidia instructions you follow

[Eazy]

Is the new install the same as the other one jessie

want to start a new thread

General Questions or Desktop & Multimedia

info should include at a minimum

Debian Version:
Installation Method used:
Nvidia package version:
A link to the nvidia instructions you follow

Debian Version: 9.6 Buster
Installation Method used: From Debian non-free repo
Kernel version running : 4.18.0-3-amd64
Nvidia package version: nvidia-driver 390.87-3
A link to the nvidia instructions you follow: https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsD ... Stretch.22

[llivv]

What method did you use to install Buster?
link to the (install.iso) file or Describe the install briefly

and show a list of nvidia packages you have installed

[Eazy]

I might have solved this on my own, though, I don't know if it is the right way to do it. In my xorg.conf I deleted all except the "Section Screen".

So this is the only text I have in my xorg.conf:

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Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "Stereo" "0"
    Option         "nvidiaXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-0"
    Option         "metamodes" "DVI-D-0: nvidia-auto-select +0+0 {ForceCompositionPipeline=On}, HDMI-1: nvidia-auto-select +1680+0"
    Option         "SLI" "Off"
    Option         "MultiGPU" "Off"
    Option         "BaseMosaic" "off"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

[milomak]

does it work?

[Eazy]

does it work?

Yes it does. Tried to play ut2004 and it is working fine. Don't think it is an ideal solution though.

[llivv]

If it works

you can always check the Xorg.0.log to see if it's showing an EE errors you think should be fixed

[Eazy]

What method did you use to install Buster?
link to the (install.iso) file or Describe the install briefly

and show a list of nvidia packages you have installed

Didn't see your answer.
I installed from netinstall iso:
https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/cu ... etinst.iso

Then I upgraded to Buster (editing sources.list)

I installed the nvidia drivers almost the first thing i did after upgrading to Buster.

These are the packages I have installed:

[llivv]

I edited my post not realizing you were online, no worries

nvidia-xconfig is deprecated since stretch replaced by nvidia-settings

nvidia-installer-cleanup is supposed to remove xserver-xorg-video-nvidia
which is still installed as shown in the list.

if it's working I wouldn't touch anything until ------

[milomak]

go into a terminal

run aptitude reinstall nvidia-kernel-dkms

post the output

[piper]

I got tired to get this to work, so I took the opportunity to try another dist, but I thought the dist was buggy. So here I am again trying to get this to work.

I can get it to work if I remove xorg.conf. When having a xorg.conf in /etc/X11/xorg.conf I only have 2d graphics. If I remove xorg.conf I have 2d and 3d.

I wouldn't mind having xorg.conf removed, but I need to enable "Force Composition Pipeline" and that is something you need to set in xorg.conf.
I have googled my ass but hot finding a solution.

Is the xorg.conf needed to be in another folder than /etc/X11 or do i set my settings in another conf-file?

You don't need a xorg.conf (depreciated now a days) to enable Force Composition Pipeline

You can enable it from nvidia settings

In nvidia settings ☛ xserver display configuration ☛ advanced ☛ and put a check mark next to

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Force Full Composition Pipeline

Reboot

go into a terminal

run aptitude reinstall nvidia-kernel-dkms

post the output

Better yet would be to run

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dpkg-reconfigure nvidia-kernel-dkms

[Eazy]

I know that xorg.conf soon is removed. If I enable "Force Composition Pipeline" in nvidia-settings its gone after a reboot and need to enable it again. So until that is fixed (if it will be), I will use xorg.conf.

To solve my problem i need to add this:

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    ModulePath     "/usr/lib/nvidia/current"
    ModulePath     "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"

Under Section "Files"
in my xorg.conf.

So now I'm a happy camper

Thank you every one that tried to solve my problem!