On Sun, 2025-03-02 at 21:35 +0200, Anssi Saari wrote: > Van Snyder <van.sny...@sbcglobal.net> writes: > > > I install the driver by running the NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64- > > 570.124.04.run script at level 3, then rebooting. > > Why? > > > Is that DKMS? > > To be clear, it's a manual installation of drivers from the > manufacturer. Definitely not DKMS. You want install stuff manually, > you > get to update it yourself. > > Was there some reason to go with this instead of just installing the > nvidia-driver package from non-free? Even the free nouveau driver > seems > to have fairly good support for your GPU.
The nvidia-driver package from non-free apparently doesn't work with a Quadro K2200. NVidia recommends the 570 driver. When I first installed the system, the left-hand pane of Evolution would spontaneously scroll, even if a different window had keyboard and mouse focus, and the mouse cursor disappeared when I put it into a window title bar or boundary. The nouveau driver would occasionally lock up. Those problems were cured by installing the NVidia driver.
