Re: Proprietary drivers management

2020-12-09 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 09 dec 20, 12:08:11, Victor Sudakov wrote: > Georgi Naplatanov wrote: > > > > drivers can be: > > > > - kernel space only - Network Interface Card (NIC) for example, USB, > > SATA controllers, etc. > > They come in the form of *.ko files under /lib/modules/`uname > -r`/kernel/drivers/,

Re: Proprietary drivers management

2020-12-08 Thread Georgi Naplatanov
On 12/9/20 7:08 AM, Victor Sudakov wrote: > Georgi Naplatanov wrote: >> On 12/8/20 4:47 AM, Victor Sudakov wrote: >>> >>> 3. What is a "driver" after all in Linux terms? A kernel module, an >>> Xserver loadable module? How do you "install a driver"? (in FreeBSD you >>> either enable/load a kernel m

Re: Proprietary drivers management

2020-12-08 Thread Victor Sudakov
didier gaumet wrote: > Le mardi 8 décembre 2020 à 09:40:06 UTC+1, Victor Sudakov a écrit : > [...] > > Do you mean that if I install the metapackage: > > `apt install nvidia-driver-390` > > this should be sufficient? No GUI tweaking? > > Following the Ubuntu wiki instructions would probably be t

Re: Proprietary drivers management

2020-12-08 Thread Victor Sudakov
Georgi Naplatanov wrote: > On 12/8/20 4:47 AM, Victor Sudakov wrote: > > > > 3. What is a "driver" after all in Linux terms? A kernel module, an > > Xserver loadable module? How do you "install a driver"? (in FreeBSD you > > either enable/load a kernel module, or make something like > > xorg/modul

Re: Proprietary drivers management

2020-12-08 Thread Dan Ritter
Victor Sudakov wrote: > Dan Ritter wrote: > > Victor Sudakov wrote: > > > 3. What is a "driver" after all in Linux terms? A kernel module, an > > > Xserver loadable module? How do you "install a driver"? (in FreeBSD you > > > either enable/load a kernel module, or make something like > > > xorg/m

Re: Proprietary drivers management

2020-12-08 Thread Georgi Naplatanov
On 12/8/20 4:47 AM, Victor Sudakov wrote: > > 3. What is a "driver" after all in Linux terms? A kernel module, an > Xserver loadable module? How do you "install a driver"? (in FreeBSD you > either enable/load a kernel module, or make something like > xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so available to

Re: Proprietary drivers management

2020-12-08 Thread didier gaumet
Le mardi 8 décembre 2020 à 09:40:06 UTC+1, Victor Sudakov a écrit : [...] > Do you mean that if I install the metapackage: > `apt install nvidia-driver-390` > this should be sufficient? No GUI tweaking? Following the Ubuntu wiki instructions would probably be the best solution: https://help.ubu

Re: Proprietary drivers management

2020-12-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 08 dec 20, 09:47:53, Victor Sudakov wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > > Hope it's OK to ask an Ubuntu-related question here, after all > Ubuntu is Debian architecturally, isn't it? Debian is often used as a base for other Linux distribution because it is very easy to customize. Debian derivati

Re: Proprietary drivers management

2020-12-08 Thread Victor Sudakov
Dan Ritter wrote: > Victor Sudakov wrote: > > Hope it's OK to ask an Ubuntu-related question here, after all > > Ubuntu is Debian architecturally, isn't it? > > Mostly, but Ubuntu changes whatever parts they like. Answers we > give are not dependable for Ubuntu, unless someone specifically > says

Re: Proprietary drivers management

2020-12-07 Thread Dan Ritter
Victor Sudakov wrote: > Hope it's OK to ask an Ubuntu-related question here, after all > Ubuntu is Debian architecturally, isn't it? Mostly, but Ubuntu changes whatever parts they like. Answers we give are not dependable for Ubuntu, unless someone specifically says "I also know this is true for U

Proprietary drivers management

2020-12-07 Thread Victor Sudakov
Dear Colleagues, Hope it's OK to ask an Ubuntu-related question here, after all Ubuntu is Debian architecturally, isn't it? So there is a GUI widget to manage proprietary drivers: http://admin.sibptus.ru/~vas/nvidia.jpg 1. Do you think the widget is a separate mechanism from the common deb/repos