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8600GT problem
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8600GT problem
Hi!
As I noticed, unfortunately the new debian 11 is not compatible with the official nvidia driver for the 8600GT, as it always results in a black screen when installing. Which is the latest debian version that I can use with this type of card with the official nvidia driver? The opensource driver is unfortunately very slow and unstable.
As I noticed, unfortunately the new debian 11 is not compatible with the official nvidia driver for the 8600GT, as it always results in a black screen when installing. Which is the latest debian version that I can use with this type of card with the official nvidia driver? The opensource driver is unfortunately very slow and unstable.
Re: 8600GT problem
Hi there,
If using bullseye,
# apt install nvidia-detect
and
# nvidia-detect
will give the answer.
I think it may only be supported up to buster: nvidia-legacy-340xx-driver.
If using bullseye,
# apt install nvidia-detect
and
# nvidia-detect
will give the answer.
I think it may only be supported up to buster: nvidia-legacy-340xx-driver.
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Re: 8600GT problem
nvidia-detect won't detect a non-existent driver.
Only thing I can think of is edit your GRUB boot to add "nomodeset" to the boot options line which may take you to a login. Then install the package firmware-misc-nonfree which contains heaps of Nvidia firmware that could help (not 100% sure on this).
8600GT was released 15 years ago so is old by computer standards but it should work OK with Nouveau driver.
I would be buying a new graphics card. You could use Buster which currently still has several years of support life.
Only thing I can think of is edit your GRUB boot to add "nomodeset" to the boot options line which may take you to a login. Then install the package firmware-misc-nonfree which contains heaps of Nvidia firmware that could help (not 100% sure on this).
8600GT was released 15 years ago so is old by computer standards but it should work OK with Nouveau driver.
I would be buying a new graphics card. You could use Buster which currently still has several years of support life.
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Re: 8600GT problem
I was curious but those drivers are available for sid:
https://packages.debian.org/sid/nvidia- ... 0xx-driver.
It is strange...
https://packages.debian.org/sid/nvidia- ... 0xx-driver.
It is strange...
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Re: 8600GT problem
340.108 driver is available from Nvidia website too which is an option. I usually avoid non-repo drivers partly due to complications with installing and updating but it should work. Then again, Nouveau should also work.
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Re: 8600GT problem
My nvidia card is unsupported too but nvidia-detect shows:
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$ nvidia-detect
Detected NVIDIA GPUs:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce 210] [10de:0a65] (rev a2)
Checking card: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce 210] (rev a2)
Your card is only supported by the 340 legacy drivers series, which is only available up to buster.
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Re: 8600GT problem
@kedaha thanks, I stand corrected. I don't have a legacy card so couldn't check that.
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Re: 8600GT problem
Yes you mentioned that. What was the result of following suggestions posted?phoenix_art wrote: ↑2022-05-09 10:42 As I’ve mentioned, with using nouveau my system was completely slow and laggy.
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Re: 8600GT problem
I've tried finally your suggestion installing and use Buster but it couldn't install the official driver - black screen after reboot. I've finally changed my system on this really old computer to the newest version of Linux Mint where the official driver installed succesfully with the built in driver manager and works very well - also with older games. I'll keep this until I can change my videocard to a newer one. Thanks anyway.