MX 17 Repository: The Nvidia-driver Thread
MX 17 Repository: The Nvidia-driver Thread
We've ported over the latest proprietary Nvidia graphic drivers 390.87 from stretch-backports to our test repo, for those with newer hardware, or perhaps were having trouble with the openCL memory leak that this is supposed to fix. We may also move these to main for the next point release in order to support newer hardware out of the box.
Those that have already installed 390.87 from backports won't see this version as an upgrade, however, since it's versioned to be lower than that set of packages.
If you upgrade to this version, please let us know how they install and perform. Thanks!
Those that have already installed 390.87 from backports won't see this version as an upgrade, however, since it's versioned to be lower than that set of packages.
If you upgrade to this version, please let us know how they install and perform. Thanks!
Re: MX 17 Repository: The Nvidia-driver Thread
We've ported the latest 390.87-4 version from stretch-backports into our main repo, which will allow Nvidia Vulkan driver packages to stay installed, as well as make the upgrade from an earlier driver version much smoother, with much less package removals--nvidia-driver stays installed, too.
MX 18 users may see a couple of wayland packages removed. This is OK, since xfce doesn't use wayland.
MX 18 users may see a couple of wayland packages removed. This is OK, since xfce doesn't use wayland.
Re: MX 17 Repository: The Nvidia-driver Thread
I'm having problems with the NVidia 390.87 driver on my Thinkpad W520. It doesn't work with the MX-18 4.19.5-2 (default), or 4.19.13 (MX Test Repo), or 4.9.146 AntiX (popular), or 4.9.0-8 Debian (popular) Kernels. By doesn't work I mean black screen with flashing underline cursor.
However, not sure why the difference, it does work properly with the antiX 4.19.10 Kernel.
uname -a
inxi -v8
For comparison, this was working previously (in MX17.1) with the NVidia 384.130 driver and 4.9.126 antiX Kernel:
- viewtopic.php?f=101&t=39270&p=461167#p461167
However, not sure why the difference, it does work properly with the antiX 4.19.10 Kernel.
uname -a
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Linux Thinkpad-W520-Linux-MX18 4.19.10-antix.1-amd64-smp #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Dec 17 12:50:07 EET 2018 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA GF106GLM [Quadro 2000M] vendor: Lenovo driver: nvidia v: 390.87 bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:0dda
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.2 driver: nvidia resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Quadro 2000M/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.87 direct render: Yes
- viewtopic.php?f=101&t=39270&p=461167#p461167
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Linux Thinkpad-W520-Linux-MX-17 4.9.126-antix.1-amd64-smp #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Sep 10 15:16:15 BST 2018 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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Graphics: Card-1: NVIDIA GF106GLM [Quadro 2000M] driver: nvidia v: 384.130 bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:0dda
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.2 driver: nvidia resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Quadro 2000M/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 384.130 direct render: Yes
MX-17.1: Thinkpad x60t, x61t, x200t, x220t.
MX-18 (32-bit) Thinkpads: 600x*, A31p, T43p, T60p;
MX-18 (64-bit): MacBook13(5,1), Thinkpad x61s, T61pW, T601pF, x200, x301*, T500, W500, W700, W700ds, W701, W701ds*, x220, W520.
MX-18 (32-bit) Thinkpads: 600x*, A31p, T43p, T60p;
MX-18 (64-bit): MacBook13(5,1), Thinkpad x61s, T61pW, T601pF, x200, x301*, T500, W500, W700, W700ds, W701, W701ds*, x220, W520.
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Re: MX 17 Repository: The Nvidia-driver Thread
I suggest 2 things.
1. make sure the dkms module rebuilt for the given kernel. this isn't necessarily automatic, although we try to do that with the stuff in MX-PackageInstaller-Popular Apps-Kernels.
2. if you have an xorg.conf file, remove it on the non working systems.
1. make sure the dkms module rebuilt for the given kernel. this isn't necessarily automatic, although we try to do that with the stuff in MX-PackageInstaller-Popular Apps-Kernels.
2. if you have an xorg.conf file, remove it on the non working systems.
http://www.youtube.com/runwiththedolphin
lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 - MX-23
FYI: mx "test" repo is not the same thing as debian testing repo.
lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 - MX-23
FYI: mx "test" repo is not the same thing as debian testing repo.
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Re: MX 17 Repository: The Nvidia-driver Thread
And also: if removal of the xorg.conf file works (rename it for easy sake so you can retrieve it later), see if the nvidia install option: check for backports (something like that), see if that gives you an even higher version driver. Maybe that one WILL work.
I still have to fiddle with this myself.. but I am not too keen on removing the xorg.conf file. It works, don't get me wrong, but once you start working with dual monitors you might still need it (even that I need to test, because there is another nvidia location blahblah but I digress).
I wonder what happens on your system when you try. Good luck!
I still have to fiddle with this myself.. but I am not too keen on removing the xorg.conf file. It works, don't get me wrong, but once you start working with dual monitors you might still need it (even that I need to test, because there is another nvidia location blahblah but I digress).
I wonder what happens on your system when you try. Good luck!
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Re: MX 17 Repository: The Nvidia-driver Thread
OK, I did a search for this DKMS thing and it just so happens that there's a really cool YouTube channel with this solution (somehow I watched this before but, sadly, didn't remember it to try it before your kind hint), so I reinstalled the 4.19.0-1/4.19.5 kernel (from MXPI) and tried it:dolphin_oracle wrote: ↑Sun Jan 06, 2019 7:33 pm I suggest ... make sure the dkms module rebuilt for the given kernel. this isn't necessarily automatic, although we try to do that with the stuff in MX-PackageInstaller-Popular Apps-Kernels.
- RunWithDolphin DKMS Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILZPfGIK3gg)
Script therein:
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#!/bin/bash
#script to rebuild dkms modules installed from deb packages
#dolphin oracle, March 2017
for i in $(dpkg-query -l |grep "\-dkms" |awk '{print $2'}); do
dpkg-reconfigure $i |tee -a /var/log/rebuild-dkms.log
done
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Linux Thinkpad-W520-Linux-MX18 4.19.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.5-2~mx17+1 (2018-12-12) x86_64 GNU/Linux
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Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA GF106GLM [Quadro 2000M] vendor: Lenovo driver: nvidia v: 390.87 bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:0dda
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.2 driver: nvidia resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Quadro 2000M/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.87 direct render: Yes
$ uname -a
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Linux Thinkpad-W520-Linux-MX18 4.19.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.13-1~mx17+1 (2018-12-30) x86_64 GNU/Linux
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Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA GF106GLM [Quadro 2000M] vendor: Lenovo driver: nvidia v: 390.87 bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:0dda
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.2 driver: nvidia resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Quadro 2000M/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.87 direct render: Yes
MX-17.1: Thinkpad x60t, x61t, x200t, x220t.
MX-18 (32-bit) Thinkpads: 600x*, A31p, T43p, T60p;
MX-18 (64-bit): MacBook13(5,1), Thinkpad x61s, T61pW, T601pF, x200, x301*, T500, W500, W700, W700ds, W701, W701ds*, x220, W520.
MX-18 (32-bit) Thinkpads: 600x*, A31p, T43p, T60p;
MX-18 (64-bit): MacBook13(5,1), Thinkpad x61s, T61pW, T601pF, x200, x301*, T500, W500, W700, W700ds, W701, W701ds*, x220, W520.
Re: MX 17 Repository: The Nvidia-driver Thread
Updated in the test repo to 410.104 to support Nvida 2XXX series cards as well as the 5.0 kernels.
Also notable is that only 64-bit systems are supported with the 4XX driver series. We will have to see if the MX Nvidia driver needs updating to work with the 4XX series, especially with Bumblebee. 32-bit systems and hardware unsupported by the 4XX drivers will still be supported with the 390xx legacy driver series, so the installer will probably also need to take that into account.
Also notable is that only 64-bit systems are supported with the 4XX driver series. We will have to see if the MX Nvidia driver needs updating to work with the 4XX series, especially with Bumblebee. 32-bit systems and hardware unsupported by the 4XX drivers will still be supported with the 390xx legacy driver series, so the installer will probably also need to take that into account.
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Re: MX 17 Repository: The Nvidia-driver Thread
we will probably need to adjust the extra packages it installs, since right now it pulls some 32 bit packages as well as 64 bit packages for 64 bit installs. are the packages named such that both can reside in the 32 bit repo?
http://www.youtube.com/runwiththedolphin
lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 - MX-23
FYI: mx "test" repo is not the same thing as debian testing repo.
lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 - MX-23
FYI: mx "test" repo is not the same thing as debian testing repo.
Re: MX 17 Repository: The Nvidia-driver Thread
It seems so. The 32-bit lib packages that need to be added to 64-bit still have the same names--I just upgraded them when I upgraded to 410.104 and 418.56.dolphin_oracle wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2019 3:44 pm we will probably need to adjust the extra packages it installs, since right now it pulls some 32 bit packages as well as 64 bit packages for 64 bit installs. are the packages named such that both can reside in the 32 bit repo?
Re: MX 17 Repository: The Nvidia-driver Thread
We now have the latest 418.56 drivers, again for 64-bit users, in our experimental repository. It uses the same signing key as the standard repos for convenience.
For the new repo, the line that needs to be added to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list is
For the new repo, the line that needs to be added to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list is
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deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/experimental/ stretch test \