On 3/23/21 12:31 PM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 10:40:01AM -0700, David Christensen wrote:
I use Stretch for my daily driver laptop (Dell Latitude E6520) and UniFi
Controller VPS. ...
I need to migrate the daily
driver to Buster, but Buster does not like the Optimus graphics in the
E6520.
Have you tried installing the optimus under Buster
Looking in my notes, it looks like I tried installing
nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver in January. I do not see any URL for
instructions. The Debian wiki page for Optimus does not look familiar:
https://wiki.debian.org/NVIDIA%20Optimus
In any case, my fumbling around only made things worse. So, I wiped the
SSD and did a fresh install KISS OOTB:
Insert debian-10.8.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1 USB flash drive.
Debian GNU/Linux installer boot menu (BIOS mode)
Install
Language C
Continent or Region North America
Country, territory or area United States
Keymap to use American English
Pop-up dialog:
Detect network hardware
Some of your hardware needs non-free firmware files to operate.
The firwmare can be loaded from removable media, such as a USB
stick or floppy.
The missing firmware files are: iwlwifi-60000g2a-6.ucode
iwlwifi-60000g2a-5.ucode
If you have such media available now, insert it, and continue.
Load missing fimrware from removable media?
Insert USB flash drive "usb64a" with "firmware" subdirectory
containing Debian 10.8.0 firmware. Choose "Yes".
Continue with install:
Primary network interface enp0s25
Hostname dipsy
Domain name tracy.holgerdanske.com
Root password *******
Full name for the new user debian
Username for your account debian
Choose a password for the new user ********
Select your time zone Pacific
Partitioning method manual
Encrypted volume (sda2_crypt) - 1.0 GB Linux device-mapper (crypt)
#1 1.0 GB f swap swap
Encrypted volume (sda3_crypt) - 13.0 GB Linux device-mapper (crypt)
#1 13.0 GB f ext4 /
SCSI5 (0,0,0) (sda) - 60.0 GB ATA INTEL SSDSC2CW06
#1 primary 999.3 MB B F ext4 /boot
#2 primary 1.0 GB K crypto (sda2_crypt)
#3 primary 13.0 GB K crypto (sda3_crypt)
45.0 GB FREESPACE
Finish partitioning and write changes to disk
Use a network mirror Yes
Mirror country United States
Archive mirror deb.debian.org
HTTP proxy <blank>
Participate in the package usage survey No
Choose software to install
Debian desktop environment
Xfce
print server
SSH server
standard system utilities
Install the GRUB boot loader to th emaster boot record
Yes
Device for boot loader installation /dev/sda
(ata-INTEL_SSDSC2SW060A3_***redacted***)
Installation complete Continue
Power down at POST.
Remove installation media and firmware USB flash drive.
The bug is back -- the desktop crashes within an hour when playing
YouTube videos -- and the Dell Latitude E6520 laptop is on Craig's List.
So far, one scammer and two low-ballers.
- it's not as
straightforward as the standard install but there's a couple of steps
that will make it work. The main trick is to make sure that nvidia drivers
are never loaded until the point at which you've got everythng else
configured.
If you have a URL with detailed instructions of how to install Buster on
a laptop with Optimus, you have a laptop with Optimus, you followed the
instructions, and the laptop can play YouTube videos for 24 hours
without crashing, please post the URL.
David
