Re: kernel 4.7.0 and nvidia

2016-10-10 Thread David Baron
On יום ראשון, 9 באוקטובר 2016 17:54:35 IDT Boyan Penkov wrote: > Hey folks, > > OK, here was the procedure (as a reminder, I’m on stretch, testing): > > — boot into 4.6, verify everything works, purge both 4.7 kernel and 4.7 > headers, purge all nvidia-* (and nvidia-dkms was indeed installed) >

Re: kernel 4.7.0 and nvidia

2016-10-09 Thread Boyan Penkov
Hey folks, OK, here was the procedure (as a reminder, I’m on stretch, testing): — boot into 4.6, verify everything works, purge both 4.7 kernel and 4.7 headers, purge all nvidia-* (and nvidia-dkms was indeed installed) — purge xserver-xorg-video-nvidia — install xserver-xorg-xideo-nvidia and n

Re: kernel 4.7.0 and nvidia

2016-10-06 Thread Ric Moore
On 10/06/2016 02:55 AM, gianluca wrote: Are the opensource nouveau drivers so bad, so you need closed-source blob??? Yeah, unless you just play Hunt The Wumpus. Without accelerated graphics, you're missing out on a lot I already paid for. I refuse to cripple my hardware on purpose since I'm

Re: kernel 4.7.0 and nvidia

2016-10-06 Thread Boyan Penkov
The chipset is a GTS 450, so Fermi on GF106. Cheers! On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 3:58 PM, Hans wrote: > > or build the latest version (370.28) yourself > > https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers# > Building_newer_releases_from_S > > > Yes, that is down with dkms. And zhe NVidia installer,too.

Re: kernel 4.7.0 and nvidia

2016-10-06 Thread Hans
> or build the latest version (370.28) yourself > https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers#Building_newer_releases_from_S > Yes, that is down with dkms. And zhe NVidia installer,too. However, I forgot to mention: Maybe the latest package does not support his chipset. He never told, which ch

Re: kernel 4.7.0 and nvidia

2016-10-06 Thread Floris
Op Thu, 06 Oct 2016 13:45:46 +0200 schreef Hans : Can the kernel-module be built? I suggest, to use the *-dkms stuff for > building. If this does not work, you may try the drivers from the nvidia > site directly. Before installiing this, get rid of all nvidia packages > (i.e. apt- get --purge

Re: kernel 4.7.0 and nvidia

2016-10-06 Thread Pascal Obry
Le jeudi 06 octobre 2016 à 08:55 +0200, gianluca a écrit : > Are the opensource nouveau drivers so bad, so you need closed-source  > blob??? If so, that's your choice. But do not ask why something is > not working as execpted if you upgrade something on the kernel-side. You may also say this witho

Re: kernel 4.7.0 and nvidia

2016-10-06 Thread Hans
Can the kernel-module be built? I suggest, to use the *-dkms stuff for > > building. If this does not work, you may try the drivers from the nvidia > > site directly. Before installiing this, get rid of all nvidia packages > > (i.e. apt- get --purge remove nvidia-*). Check before saying "y", that n

Re: kernel 4.7.0 and nvidia

2016-10-06 Thread Boyan Penkov
-- Boyan Penkov www.boyanpenkov.com > On Oct 6, 2016, at 4:02 AM, Hans wrote: > > Am Mittwoch, 5. Oktober 2016, 21:18:16 CEST schrieb Boyan Penkov: >> Hello, >> > Helloo Boyan, >> I recently updated to kernel 4.7.0 in stretch, and am running the nvidia >> binary blob (nvidia-driver). >> > me,

Re: kernel 4.7.0 and nvidia

2016-10-06 Thread Hans
Am Mittwoch, 5. Oktober 2016, 21:18:16 CEST schrieb Boyan Penkov: > Hello, > Helloo Boyan, > I recently updated to kernel 4.7.0 in stretch, and am running the nvidia > binary blob (nvidia-driver). > me, too. But I have an older chipset (GF8600M), but it is running finme with kernel 4.7. > Upon

Re: kernel 4.7.0 and nvidia

2016-10-06 Thread gianluca
On 10/06/2016 03:18 AM, Boyan Penkov wrote: Hello, I recently updated to kernel 4.7.0 in stretch, and am running the nvidia binary blob (nvidia-driver). Upon restart, x fails to load. The system works great with the 4.6 kernel. Anybody see the issues described here: http://rglinuxtech.com/?p