Re: graphics card in debian

2025-04-04 Thread Greg
On 2025-03-19, jeremy ardley wrote: > > On 19/3/25 11:04, tim wade wrote: >> >> How can I check the graphics card model of my computer and how can I >> test the floating-point computing capability of the graphics card? > > > sudo lspci -v | grep -A 1 -i &qu

Re: graphics card in debian

2025-03-19 Thread tomas
On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 03:28:06PM -, Greg wrote: [...] > I'm after nothing. Fine. Then we can consider the case resolved? Cheers -- t signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: graphics card in debian

2025-03-19 Thread Greg
On 2025-03-19, wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 02:56:08PM -, Greg wrote: >> On 2025-03-19, wrote: >> >> >> How can I check the graphics card model of my computer and how can I >> >> >> test the floating-point computing capability of the

Re: graphics card in debian

2025-03-19 Thread tomas
On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 02:56:08PM -, Greg wrote: > On 2025-03-19, wrote: > > > >> >> How can I check the graphics card model of my computer and how can I > > >> >> test the floating-point computing capability of the graphics card? > > &

Re: graphics card in debian

2025-03-19 Thread Greg
On 2025-03-19, wrote: > >> >> How can I check the graphics card model of my computer and how can I >> >> test the floating-point computing capability of the graphics card? >> > sudo lspci -v | grep -A 1 -i "VGA compatible controller" >>

Re: graphics card in debian

2025-03-19 Thread tomas
On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 02:42:52PM -, Greg wrote: > On 2025-03-19, jeremy ardley wrote: > > > > On 19/3/25 11:04, tim wade wrote: > >> > >> How can I check the graphics card model of my computer and how can I > >> test the floating-point

Re: graphics card in debian

2025-03-18 Thread Felix Miata
tim wade composed on 2025-03-18 11:04 (UTC+0800): > My OS: > $ lsb_release -cd > No LSB modules are available. > Description: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm) > Codename: bookworm > How can I check the graphics card model of my computer and how can I > test the flo

Re: graphics card in debian

2025-03-18 Thread jeremy ardley
On 19/3/25 11:04, tim wade wrote: How can I check the graphics card model of my computer and how can I test the floating-point computing capability of the graphics card? sudo lspci -v | grep -A 1 -i "VGA compatible controller" sudo lshw -C display if you card is nvidia then

Re: How can I test the graphics card?

2025-01-06 Thread Max Nikulin
nouveau bug tracker and discussion groups. You may try kernel and graphics stack packages from the Debian backports repository. If issues have not fixed yet, alternatives may be: - Buy another graphics card that is better supported by Linux drivers. (Sorry, I can not suggest anything specific.) -

Re: How can I test the graphics card?

2025-01-01 Thread Max Nikulin
needed, can be extracted from proprietary drivers downloaded from vendor sites. My experience is that freezes due to graphics card drivers might happen for any vendor. Specifically to nvidia, several years ago I switched back and forth between nouveau and proprietary drivers, patching the latter

Re: How can I test the graphics card?

2025-01-01 Thread Max Nikulin
On 01/01/2025 01:50, Hans wrote: # apt install nvidia-legacy-340xx-driver firmware-misc-nonfree Do NOT update any other packages, even if aptitude is suggesting it. Most people in the past believe, they must upgrade other packages, too. This is NOT necessary and break your system! You have

Re: How can I test the graphics card?

2024-12-31 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2024-12-31 13:49 -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> "Your card is only supported by the 340 legacy drivers series, which >> is only available up to buster." > > For such old hardware you're probably better off *not* using the > proprietary driver. Or graphics intensive software like blender. The

Re: How can I test the graphics card?

2024-12-31 Thread Hans
ting Nvidia drivers I like to use glmark2 > > # apt install glmark2 > > > > If your GUI is using Wayland, then also install glmark2-wayland > > # apt install glmark2 glmark2-wayland > > > > $ glmark2 > > or > > $ glmark2-wayland (for Wayland systems) &g

Re: How can I test the graphics card?

2024-12-31 Thread Stefan Monnier
> "Your card is only supported by the 340 legacy drivers series, which > is only available up to buster." For such old hardware you're probably better off *not* using the proprietary driver. Stefan

Re: How can I test the graphics card?

2024-12-31 Thread Serkan Kurt
If your GUI is using Wayland, then also install glmark2-wayland > # apt install glmark2 glmark2-wayland > > $ glmark2 > or > $ glmark2-wayland (for Wayland systems) > > Hope this helps. > > George. > > > On Tuesday, 31-12-2024 at 22:07 Serkan Kurt wrote: > >

Re: How can I test the graphics card?

2024-12-31 Thread George at Clug
-wayland $ glmark2 or $ glmark2-wayland (for Wayland systems) Hope this helps. George. On Tuesday, 31-12-2024 at 22:07 Serkan Kurt wrote: > Hi! > How can I test memory of the graphics card? > How can I test other features of the graphics card? > Is there free software for this purpo

How can I test the graphics card?

2024-12-31 Thread Serkan Kurt
Hi! How can I test memory of the graphics card? How can I test other features of the graphics card? Is there free software for this purpose? The menu texts in the "Blender" software are not readable. Sometimes the system freezes while watching a video. nouveau :01:00.0: fifo: C

Re: Debian Bookworm cannot find Nvidia graphics card

2023-12-02 Thread Charles Curley
On Sun, 3 Dec 2023 00:04:23 + tom cullen wrote: > Hi, I'm having considerable trouble finding a way of making my Debian > Bookworm (laptop) installation locate and use my laptop's Nvidia > graphics card. > > There are several 'how-tos' available online, bu

Debian Bookworm cannot find Nvidia graphics card

2023-12-02 Thread tom cullen
Hi, I'm having considerable trouble finding a way of making my Debian Bookworm (laptop) installation locate and use my laptop's Nvidia graphics card. There are several 'how-tos' available online, but having tried one which resulted in me needing to reinstall Debian Bookwo

Re: Graphics card switching request

2023-03-12 Thread Felix Miata
Marcin Tchórznicki composed on 2023-03-12 18:44 (UTC+0100): > I have installed Debian 11 on my laptop. The computer has an intel > integrated graphics card and an Nvidia graphics card on board. Debian > has the nouveau driver. After installing the dedicated Nvidia driver, X > ser

Re: Graphics card switching request

2023-03-12 Thread Felix Miata
Marcin Tchórznicki composed on 2023-03-12 13:44 (UTC-0400): > I have installed Debian 11 on my laptop. The computer has an intel > integrated graphics card and an Nvidia graphics card on board. Debian > has the nouveau driver. After installing the dedicated Nvidia driver, X > ser

Re: Graphics card switching request

2023-03-12 Thread Charles Curley
On Sun, 12 Mar 2023 18:44:19 +0100 Marcin Tchórznicki wrote: > Is there any way under Debian 11 to > be able to switch between integrated graphics card and Nvidia card ? > Some games do not work under Linux on the integrated card. Several. Your desktop may have something built in

Graphics card switching request

2023-03-12 Thread Marcin Tchórznicki
Hi ! I have installed Debian 11 on my laptop. The computer has an intel integrated graphics card and an Nvidia graphics card on board. Debian has the nouveau driver. After installing the dedicated Nvidia driver, X server shows an error, no xorg.conf. Is there any way under Debian 11 to be

Re: Need advice on known work with linux graphics card.

2022-06-27 Thread piorunz
x27;s important for the graphics card to be super-recent: the support for old cards is pretty good as well. The environment will thank you if you can reuse an old card instead of buying something new. Re-read opening post. Author said: "My graphics usage will be some sort of semi-extensi

Re: Need advice on known work with linux graphics card.

2022-06-25 Thread piorunz
On 24/06/2022 21:47, The Wanderer wrote: I wouldn't go *quite* that far; my understanding is that, especially if AMD has recently released a new Radeon model series, the *very* newest may not have its drivers available yet - or they may at least not be in the repositories. I agree, no need to

Re: Need advice on known work with linux graphics card.

2022-06-24 Thread tomas
On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 03:49:11PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > What really changed recently is the move from Nvidia to open-source > > their drivers, making it an alternative to those who don't want to use > > proprietary drivers: > > https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=nvidia-

Re: Need advice on known work with linux graphics card.

2022-06-24 Thread The Wanderer
On 2022-06-24 at 16:13, piorunz wrote: > On 23/06/2022 20:40, hput wrote: > >> I'm an ubuntu user but spent several yrs as a straight Debian >> user. >> >> I know there is a level of sophisticated knowledge here and hope >> to find people who know which cards play well with linux >> (especially

Re: Need advice on known work with linux graphics card.

2022-06-24 Thread piorunz
On 23/06/2022 20:40, hput wrote: I'm an ubuntu user but spent several yrs as a straight Debian user. I know there is a level of sophisticated knowledge here and hope to find people who know which cards play well with linux (especially Debian derivatives like ubuntu.) I don't want to have to scr

Re: Need advice on known work with linux graphics card.

2022-06-24 Thread Celejar
extensive image editing and Animation. > > Its been many years since I had to research a graphics card. Things > have changed to the point where I'm really lost. > > I'm an ubuntu user but spent several yrs as a straight Debian user. > > I know there is a level of

Re: Need advice on known work with linux graphics card.

2022-06-24 Thread didier . gaumet
Le vendredi 24 juin 2022 à 11:02 +0200, didier gaumet a écrit : [...] > functionnel or no functionnal state [...] functional

Re: Need advice on known work with linux graphics card.

2022-06-24 Thread didier gaumet
ort of semi-extensive image editing and Animation. > > Its been many years since I had to research a graphics card.  Things > have changed to the point where I'm really lost. > > I'm an ubuntu user but spent several yrs as a straight Debian user. > > I know there is

Need advice on known work with linux graphics card.

2022-06-23 Thread hput
d to research a graphics card. Things have changed to the point where I'm really lost. I'm an ubuntu user but spent several yrs as a straight Debian user. I know there is a level of sophisticated knowledge here and hope to find people who know which cards play well with linux (especiall

Basics for fresh install [WAS Re: Can the latest stable Debian be compelled to run in vesa mode, rather than the motherboard graphics card, if the said card doesn't have drivers available? How?]

2021-04-19 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 10:00:59AM +0530, Susmita/Rajib wrote: > On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 00:12:29 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > Ref: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/04/msg00530.html > > "... > Unless and until all traces of NVidia's driver installation and associated > configuration changes h

Building Xorg using Linux from Scratch [WAS Re: Can the latest stable Debian be compelled to run in vesa mode, rather than the motherboard graphics card, if the said card doesn't have drivers availabl

2021-04-19 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 09:40:54AM +0530, Susmita/Rajib wrote: > Would the setps as described in the following link be necessary? > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/x/xorg-server.html > > --- > Installation of Xorg Se

Basics for text mode install [WAS Re: Can the latest stable Debian be compelled to run in vesa mode, rather than the motherboard graphics card, if the said card doesn't have drivers available? How?]

2021-04-19 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 08:15:45AM +0530, Susmita/Rajib wrote: > On Sun, 18 Apr 2021 17:56:46 +, "Andrew M.A. Cater" > wrote: > [QUOTE] > [...] > I followed through the screenshots you provided. > [...] > You can't ignore the source - you may have to apply it to a kernel. > [/QUOTE] > > > Ok

Re: Can the latest stable Debian be compelled to run in vesa mode, rather than the motherboard graphics card, if the said card doesn't have drivers available? How?

2021-04-18 Thread Felix Miata
Susmita/Rajib composed on 2021-04-19 10:30 (UTC+0530): > Okay, in any case I am to reinstall fresh and latest stable Debian, as > advised by Dr./Mr. Cater. > So in nutshell, may please the steps be described? The idea involved?

Re: Can the latest stable Debian be compelled to run in vesa mode, rather than the motherboard graphics card, if the said card doesn't have drivers available? How?

2021-04-18 Thread Felix Miata
Susmita/Rajib composed on 2021-04-19 8:35 (UTC+05300): > On Sun, 18 Apr 2021 21:52:25 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > [...] > As above indicated, it works with Debian 10, using the FOSS default X driver > (Modesetting DIX), along with the Nouveau kernel driver it depends on. No > proprietary NVidia or

Re: Can the latest stable Debian be compelled to run in vesa mode, rather than the motherboard graphics card, if the said card doesn't have drivers available? How?

2021-04-18 Thread Susmita/Rajib
On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 00:12:29 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: Ref: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/04/msg00530.html "... Unless and until all traces of NVidia's driver installation and associated configuration changes have been purged from your machine, I can be no help except WRT eradicating

Re: Can the latest stable Debian be compelled to run in vesa mode, rather than the motherboard graphics card, if the said card doesn't have drivers available? How?

2021-04-18 Thread Susmita/Rajib
Would the setps as described in the following link be necessary? http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/x/xorg-server.html --- Installation of Xorg Server Install the server by running the following commands: ./configure

Re: Can the latest stable Debian be compelled to run in vesa mode, rather than the motherboard graphics card, if the said card doesn't have drivers available? How?

2021-04-18 Thread Susmita/Rajib
On Sun, 18 Apr 2021 21:52:25 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: [...] As above indicated, it works with Debian 10, using the FOSS default X driver (Modesetting DIX), along with the Nouveau kernel driver it depends on. No proprietary NVidia or other non-Debian software is required for competent Xorg operati

Re: Can the latest stable Debian be compelled to run in vesa mode, rather than the motherboard graphics card, if the said card doesn't have drivers available? How?

2021-04-18 Thread Susmita/Rajib
On Sun, 18 Apr 2021 17:56:46 +, "Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote: [QUOTE] [...] I followed through the screenshots you provided. [...] You can't ignore the source - you may have to apply it to a kernel. [/QUOTE] Okay, learnt. Thank you. [QUOTE] [...] You have dependency errors. That's a bad sign.

Re: Can the latest stable Debian be compelled to run in vesa mode, rather than the motherboard graphics card, if the said card doesn't have drivers available? How?

2021-04-18 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Apr 18, 2021 at 10:36:07PM +0530, Susmita/Rajib wrote: > Namaste, my dear illustrious Team Leaders and Solution providers, > > The questions was asked by Dr. Cater here: > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/04/msg00506.html > in relation to my post here: > https://lists.debian.org/d

Can the latest stable Debian be compelled to run in vesa mode, rather than the motherboard graphics card, if the said card doesn't have drivers available? How?

2021-04-18 Thread Susmita/Rajib
Namaste, my dear illustrious Team Leaders and Solution providers, The questions was asked by Dr. Cater here: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/04/msg00506.html in relation to my post here: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/04/msg00504.html That post was on a different issue, of my

Re: Can't get my Debian laptop to use my Radeon 520 Mobile graphics card

2020-04-14 Thread Martin
> $ lsmod | grep amdgpu amdgpu 4923392 0 gpu_sched 36864 1 amdgpu mfd_core 16384 1 amdgpu ttm 122880 2 amdgpu,radeon i2c_algo_bit 16384 3 amdgpu,radeon,i915 drm_kms_helper212992 3 amdgpu,radeon,i915 drm

Re: Can't get my Debian laptop to use my Radeon 520 Mobile graphics card

2020-04-14 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
As far as I understand, kernel 5.4 supports your GPU. What is the outcome of the two commands $ lsmod | grep amdgpu $ find /lib/modules -name 'amdgpu*' The packages you try to install are not from Debian, maybe they are not up to date. Regards, Jörg.

Re: Can't get my Debian laptop to use my Radeon 520 Mobile graphics card

2020-04-12 Thread Martin
Hi Jörg-Volker and Felix, appreciate your help! Here is the complete output for: sudo dpkg -i amdgpu-core_19.30-934563_all.deb amdgpu-dkms_19.30-934563_all.deb https://pastebin.com/kadr0nyH My sources list is (apart from docker, and skype repos): deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non

Re: Can't get my Debian laptop to use my Radeon 520 Mobile graphics card

2020-04-12 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
>From which repository did you get your kernel? In case of a missing file I consult https://packages.debian.org/ "Search the contents of packages". There is also the package apt-file. The package linux-headers-5.4.0-4-common from bullseye contains a file /usr/src/linux-headers-5.4.0-4-common/includ

Re: Can't get my Debian laptop to use my Radeon 520 Mobile graphics card

2020-04-11 Thread Felix Miata
Is firmware-amd-graphics installed? -- Evolution as taught in public schools is religion, not science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/

Re: Can't get my Debian laptop to use my Radeon 520 Mobile graphics card

2020-04-11 Thread Martin
Thank you Jörg. So I followed the instructions here as AMD GPU from what I read should support my Radeon 520 Mobile https://wiki.debian.org/AMDGPUDriverOnStretchAndBuster2 But I have problems with the installation of both versions 19.3 and 19.5. My kernel is 5.4.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.4.19-1 (2

Re: Can't get my Debian laptop to use my Radeon 520 Mobile graphics card

2020-04-11 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Try it without any /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and read the Debian Stretch part in the Debian wiki. What's the output of the "xrandr" commands listed in the wiki? Regards, Jörg.

Re: Can't get my Debian laptop to use my Radeon 520 Mobile graphics card

2020-04-11 Thread Martin
Thank you Jörg-Volker, I have been trying around quote long but I have not managed to make my Radeon card show up for xarand as described here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PRIME#XRandR_specifies_only_1_output_provider

Re: Can't get my Debian laptop to use my Radeon 520 Mobile graphics card

2020-04-10 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Keywords are "hybrig graphics" and "PRIME". Maybe, these links can be helpful: https://wiki.debian.org/AtiHowTo https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PRIME Regards, Jörg.

Can't get my Debian laptop to use my Radeon 520 Mobile graphics card

2020-04-09 Thread Martin
Hello everyone, my laptop has two graphic devices. According to my hardware probe it does not utilize the actual graphic card or at least something seems wrong with it. I tried installing additional driver packages: xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu mesa-va-drivers but it did not change anything it seems

Re: graphics card recommendation

2019-09-24 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On 24/09/2019 18:24, email.list...@gmail.com wrote: On 2019-09-24 04:16, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: On 23/09/2019 23:39, email.list...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! I'm building a new machine and I'm looking at graphics cards right now. I want a card that can handle 4k for regular productivity ta

Re: graphics card recommendation

2019-09-24 Thread email . lists81
On 2019-09-24 04:16, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: On 23/09/2019 23:39, email.list...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! I'm building a new machine and I'm looking at graphics cards right now. I want a card that can handle 4k for regular productivity tasks (if it can handle gaming at those resolutions do

Re: graphics card recommendation

2019-09-23 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On 23/09/2019 23:39, email.list...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! I'm building a new machine and I'm looking at graphics cards right now. I want a card that can handle 4k for regular productivity tasks (if it can handle gaming at those resolutions doesn't matter), that is as silent as possible and has

Re: graphics card recommendation

2019-09-23 Thread ghe
On 9/23/19 3:51 PM, Mark Fletcher wrote: > I've heard a lot of people cursing about Radeon graphics card support in > Linux over the years, but my information may be out of date... It's not out of date. Curse! Curse!! -- Glenn English

Re: graphics card recommendation

2019-09-23 Thread Mark Fletcher
esn't matter), that is as silent as > possible and has good support in debian. Right now I'm considering a Radeon > RX 5700. Does anyone have any experience with this card or a recommendation > for another card? > > I've heard a lot of people cursing about Radeon

graphics card recommendation

2019-09-23 Thread email . lists81
Hi! I'm building a new machine and I'm looking at graphics cards right now. I want a card that can handle 4k for regular productivity tasks (if it can handle gaming at those resolutions doesn't matter), that is as silent as possible and has good support in debian. Right now I'm considering a

Re: bumblebee fails to disable discrete graphics card after upgrade nvidia driver to 430.40-2

2019-09-06 Thread Manu Baylac
Hi, Exactly same problem here (bullseye uptodate). Debian bumblebee wiki page (and other searches on the net) didn't help More info : $ systemctl status bumblebeed.service bumblebeed.service - Bumblebee C Daemon Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bumblebeed.service; enab

bumblebee fails to disable discrete graphics card after upgrade nvidia driver to 430.40-2

2019-09-05 Thread wglxy
I upgrade my debian testing yesterday. The nvidia-driver and other nvidia packages were upgraded to 430.40-2. Then I found that bumblebee fails to disable discrete graphics card. We can not run opengl software with command "optirun", and when I run command "lspci -nn | grep V

Black screen with AMD graphics card

2018-08-18 Thread Brian Nguyen
Since upgrading to Debian unstable I can't boot my system. It would show some text on a black background for a while and then the screen goes black. Ctrl+Alt+F5 doesn't work. https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmRhCQNpCzSb2QAA5erUkFjXhVbuAS4czWfNxuf6iUMzRS

jessie crashes (icedove? graphics card driver?) + crappy fonts

2015-08-03 Thread Staszek
today occured when switching to the workspace with icedove. Icedove was unsuccessfully trying to redraw itself for about 5 seconds, and then SYSTEM CRASH! What is going on here? I suspect graphics card driver but I have no clue. Oh except that the upgrade also caused fonts on the web (for example, Wiki

Re: No sound in Wheezy; Pulse audio through Nvidia graphics card to HDMI

2015-03-24 Thread Eric Sharkey
On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 11:57 AM, James Allsopp wrote: > How would I go about checking those? On the command line, "alsamixer" will give you an ncurses based mixer panel. If your outputs are muted or have 0% volume, you won't get sound. You can uninstall pulseaudio with: sudo dpkg --remove pul

Re: No sound in Wheezy; Pulse audio through Nvidia graphics card to HDMI

2015-03-24 Thread James Allsopp
takes this from the motherboard to the nvidia > > graphics card, which then connects to the HDMI cable. > [] > > > > I've installed the nvidia drivers > > With cards like that, the drivers aren't involved and there is no > software configuration required for

Re: No sound in Wheezy; Pulse audio through Nvidia graphics card to HDMI

2015-03-24 Thread Eric Sharkey
On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 6:31 PM, James Allsopp wrote: > Sorry, didn't make myself clear, the sound card is an intel hda onboard and > there's a small cable which takes this from the motherboard to the nvidia > graphics card, which then connects to the HDMI cable. [] > >

Re: No sound in Wheezy; Pulse audio through Nvidia graphics card to HDMI

2015-03-23 Thread James Allsopp
sound card is an intel hda onboard and there's a small cable which takes this from the motherboard to the nvidia graphics card, which then connects to the HDMI cable. These are shown in the lspci below. 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02) 00:

Re: No sound in Wheezy; Pulse audio through Nvidia graphics card to HDMI

2015-03-23 Thread Eric Sharkey
(rev a1) Whatever you have for your PCI IDs for your graphics card, there should be a .1 device for the Audio Controller portion. If you don't see that, you may have an older card that doesn't support directing audio to HDMI with software. The older cards typically require a wire to connect

No sound in Wheezy; Pulse audio through Nvidia graphics card to HDMI

2015-03-23 Thread James Allsopp
Hi, Just reinstalled debian and are having lots of problems getting the sound to work through HDMI. I had it working but now it has just stopped. I'm watching the screen through the same HDMI so I presume hardware is good. Eventually I want to use this system to run MPD. Here's my setup as descri

Re: Broken wheezy update with my graphics card

2013-03-29 Thread Bob Proulx
Brian wrote: > Sharon Kimble wrote: > > W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168f-2.fw > > for module r8169 ... about 8 of them all saying more or less the > > same. I've been told that I should > ... > The r8169 module drives an ethernet adaptor. This card was working > before th

Re: Broken wheezy update with my graphics card

2013-03-28 Thread Sharon Kimble
7;Needed' in the sense it is listed in > modinfo's output; the kernel and the userspace program will actually > have no idea whether the firmware will improve or degrade the > performance of the device or have no effect on it. > >> install 'firmware-linux-nonfree'

Re: Broken wheezy update with my graphics card

2013-03-28 Thread Brian
o's output; the kernel and the userspace program will actually have no idea whether the firmware will improve or degrade the performance of the device or have no effect on it. > install 'firmware-linux-nonfree' but from past experience with this > graphics card I will end up with

Re: Broken wheezy update with my graphics card

2013-03-28 Thread Sharon Kimble
t is for the Realtek network card. Those will be in the > firmware-realtek packaage. It isn't related to the graphics card. > > > I've been told that I should install 'firmware-linux-nonfree' but > > from past experience with this graphics card I will end up wi

Re: Broken wheezy update with my graphics card

2013-03-28 Thread Bob Proulx
_nic/rtl8168f-2.fw for module r8169 ... about 8 of > them all saying more or less the same. That is for the Realtek network card. Those will be in the firmware-realtek packaage. It isn't related to the graphics card. > I've been told that I should install 'firmware-linux-nonf

Broken wheezy update with my graphics card

2013-03-28 Thread Sharon Kimble
of them all saying more or less the same. I've been told that I should install 'firmware-linux-nonfree' but from past experience with this graphics card I will end up with a 'paisley patterned 'desktop which will be unusable. Equally well, If I don't do something then

Re: what graphics card to choose

2012-07-31 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Sonntag, 29. Juli 2012 schrieb Gary Dale: > On 29/07/12 03:21 PM, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > > On 29/07/12 02:23 PM, Gary Dale wrote: > >> Interesting. You'd think NVidia would keep their proprietary drivers > >> current with their hardware. ATI certainly does. > >> > >> I wouldn't worry about

Re: what graphics card to choose

2012-07-31 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Sonntag, 29. Juli 2012 schrieb Michael P. Soulier: > On 29/07/12 11:15 AM, Gary Dale wrote: > > Any card you buy will likely work, either with the open source > > drivers or the proprietary ones. With Wheezy on the verge of > > becoming the current stable release, you shouldn't run into problems

Re: what graphics card to choose

2012-07-31 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Dienstag, 31. Juli 2012 schrieb Martin Steigerwald: > But then one might argue why use integrated graphics at all. Well my > main argument is that I am really quite fond with the Intel graphics. drivers that is. -- Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de GPG: 03B0 0D6C 0040 071

Re: what graphics card to choose

2012-07-31 Thread Martin Steigerwald
rdware support > under Linux. > > If need be I could test whether flightgear works suitable on > Sandybridge. But I need a quick guide on what to test as I do not know > this game. If thats a desktop or tower computer – as I think from the initial posting it is – a dedicated card co

Re: what graphics card to choose

2012-07-31 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Montag, 30. Juli 2012 schrieb Camaleón: > On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 10:55:16 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > > On 30/07/12 07:02 AM, Yaro Kasear wrote: > (...) > > >> KMS is a wonderful feature, but I personally would rather see good > >> OpenGL support than KMS, though. Nouveau's getting there, but it's >

Re: what graphics card to choose

2012-07-31 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 02:09:54PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 30 iul 12, 21:33:38, Chris Bannister wrote: > > > > JFTR, you don't need accelerated graphics to watch a video. > > But you may need something like VDPAU. Ohh, OK. Interesting ... -- "If you're not careful, the newspape

Re: what graphics card to choose

2012-07-30 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 10:55:16 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > On 30/07/12 07:02 AM, Yaro Kasear wrote: (...) >> KMS is a wonderful feature, but I personally would rather see good >> OpenGL support than KMS, though. Nouveau's getting there, but it's >> support for OpenGL (Through Gallium.) isn't really

Re: what graphics card to choose

2012-07-30 Thread Ralf Mardorf
I experienced Nouveau as a PITA only. I had no issues with the proprietary 17x, but serious issues with 2xx for a while on Arch and Ubuntu, but at the moment current 2xx don't cause issues anymore. I'm not sure if it really was the proprietary driver, X or another package that did cause the issues.

Re: what graphics card to choose

2012-07-30 Thread Mark Fletcher
Gary Dale rogers.com> writes: > > On 30/07/12 03:04 AM, Mark Fletcher wrote: > > hvw59601 care2.com> writes: > > > >> Camaleón wrote: > >>> On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 10:41:00 -0400, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> Then choose one that you like (because of price/design) and then check > Y

Re: what graphics card to choose

2012-07-30 Thread Mark Fletcher
Chris Bannister slingshot.co.nz> writes: > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 07:04:34AM +, Mark Fletcher wrote: > > Actually, right now, the nVidia-provided nVidia driver packaged in Debian has a > > number of problems with 3D support on several cards. For example I use an nVidia > > GeForce 9800

Re: what graphics card to choose

2012-07-30 Thread Gary Dale
On 30/07/12 07:02 AM, Yaro Kasear wrote: On 07/30/2012 03:25 AM, Gary Dale wrote: On 30/07/12 03:04 AM, Mark Fletcher wrote: hvw59601 care2.com> writes: Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 10:41:00 -0400, Michael P. Soulier wrote: Then choose one that you like (because of price/design) a

Re: what graphics card to choose

2012-07-30 Thread hvw59601
Mark Fletcher wrote: hvw59601 care2.com> writes: Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 10:41:00 -0400, Michael P. Soulier wrote: Then choose one that you like (because of price/design) and then check about its current support status in Linux ecosystem, though I would go for nvidia; their cl

Re: what graphics card to choose

2012-07-30 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 30 iul 12, 21:33:38, Chris Bannister wrote: > > JFTR, you don't need accelerated graphics to watch a video. But you may need something like VDPAU. Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-o

Re: what graphics card to choose

2012-07-30 Thread Yaro Kasear
On 07/30/2012 03:25 AM, Gary Dale wrote: On 30/07/12 03:04 AM, Mark Fletcher wrote: hvw59601 care2.com> writes: Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 10:41:00 -0400, Michael P. Soulier wrote: Then choose one that you like (because of price/design) and then check about its current support st

Re: what graphics card to choose

2012-07-30 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 07:04:34AM +, Mark Fletcher wrote: > Actually, right now, the nVidia-provided nVidia driver packaged in Debian has > a > number of problems with 3D support on several cards. For example I use an > nVidia > GeForce 9800 GTX+ which is 2-3 years old -- in other words, nei

Re: what graphics card to choose

2012-07-30 Thread Gary Dale
On 30/07/12 03:04 AM, Mark Fletcher wrote: hvw59601 care2.com> writes: Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 10:41:00 -0400, Michael P. Soulier wrote: Then choose one that you like (because of price/design) and then check about its current support status in Linux ecosystem, though I would go

Re: what graphics card to choose

2012-07-30 Thread Mark Fletcher
hvw59601 care2.com> writes: > > Camaleón wrote: > > On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 10:41:00 -0400, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > > > > > > Then choose one that you like (because of price/design) and then check > > about its current support status in Linux ecosystem, though I would go > > for nvidia; thei

Re: what graphics card to choose

2012-07-29 Thread Gary Dale
On 29/07/12 03:21 PM, Michael P. Soulier wrote: On 29/07/12 02:23 PM, Gary Dale wrote: Interesting. You'd think NVidia would keep their proprietary drivers current with their hardware. ATI certainly does. I wouldn't worry about support though. You can always fall back to VESA modes until the dr

Re: what graphics card to choose

2012-07-29 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 29/07/12 02:23 PM, Gary Dale wrote: > Interesting. You'd think NVidia would keep their proprietary drivers > current with their hardware. ATI certainly does. > > I wouldn't worry about support though. You can always fall back to VESA > modes until the drivers catch up. Unless NVidia suddenly de

Re: what graphics card to choose

2012-07-29 Thread Gary Dale
On 29/07/12 01:42 PM, Michael P. Soulier wrote: On 29/07/12 11:15 AM, Gary Dale wrote: Any card you buy will likely work, either with the open source drivers or the proprietary ones. With Wheezy on the verge of becoming the current stable release, you shouldn't run into problems with proprietary

Re: what graphics card to choose

2012-07-29 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 29/07/12 11:15 AM, Gary Dale wrote: > Any card you buy will likely work, either with the open source drivers > or the proprietary ones. With Wheezy on the verge of becoming the > current stable release, you shouldn't run into problems with proprietary > drivers not working with the latest X serv

Re: what graphics card to choose

2012-07-29 Thread hvw59601
;m able to play Flightgear. I'm looking to buy a new system and I'd like to be able to run the latest Flightgear with all the trimmings turned on, so I need a much better graphics card, but I'm quite lost in what to buy that will be compatible and simple to set up and maintain. Any su

Re: what graphics card to choose

2012-07-29 Thread Gary Dale
27;m looking to buy a new system and I'd like to be able to run the latest Flightgear with all the trimmings turned on, so I need a much better graphics card, but I'm quite lost in what to buy that will be compatible and simple to set up and maintain. Any suggestions? Thanks, Mike Any card

Re: what graphics card to choose

2012-07-29 Thread Camaleón
I'm able to play Flightgear. > > I'm looking to buy a new system and I'd like to be able to run the > latest Flightgear with all the trimmings turned on, so I need a much > better graphics card, but I'm quite lost in what to buy that will be > compatible and simple to

what graphics card to choose

2012-07-29 Thread Michael P. Soulier
o be able to run the latest Flightgear with all the trimmings turned on, so I need a much better graphics card, but I'm quite lost in what to buy that will be compatible and simple to set up and maintain. Any suggestions? Thanks, Mike signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

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