What to do with OLD nvidia

[Grizzly]

02 October 2021  at 3:17, Bret Busby wrote:
Re: What to do with OLD nvidia (at least in part)

>On 02/10/2021, Grizzly via ubuntu-users <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
>> 01 October 2021  at 10:15, Jerry Geis wrote:
>> What to do with OLD nvidia (at least in part)
>>
>>>What is everyone doing for OLD nvidia hardware (GT218 ION) type hardware.
>>>Hardware still works- but installing HWE (5.11) kernel and breaks NVIDIA
>>>binary.  bummer.
>>
>> I'm using an nVidia GS8300  (340 driver) and it works, with a little extra
>> work
>> (once you find the way) on 18.04, 20.04, 21.04 & 21.10, Idid/do have a
>> problem
>> with the 21.10 (Unity) live USB on my nVidia machine, I "hope" that adding a
>> little persistance will let me do the tweaks to the live usb so I can use it
>>
>> Do you know which driver "should" work with your card
>>
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>
>On my Acer Aspire V3-772G, I have
>
>"
>:~$uname -a
>Linux bret-Aspire-V3-772 5.11.0-34-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Thu Aug 26
>19:22:09 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>"
>
>and
>
>"
>Computer
>Processor	Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4702MQ CPU @ 2.20GHz
>Memory	32756MB (11656MB used)
>Machine Type	Notebook
>Operating System	Ubuntu 21.04
>User Name	bret (Bret Busby)
>Date/Time	Sat 02 Oct 2021 03:03:33
>Display
>Resolution	1920x1080 pixels
>OpenGL Renderer	GeForce GT 750M/PCIe/SSE2
>X11 Vendor	The X.Org Foundation
>"
>
>This is running nVIDIA drivers, and has Optimus.

>Unfortunately, I can not copy the text from Control Center -> nVIDIA X
>Server Settings, which shows the applicable driver(s).

Try

$ ubuntu-drivers devices 

should tell which driver "should" be used (I'm on a different PC now so cant 
check)