What to do with OLD nvidia

[Bret Busby]

On 02/10/2021, Grizzly via ubuntu-users <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
> 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)
>

Thank you for that.

I get

Sat Oct 02 02:58:44 bret at bret-Aspire-V3-772:~$ubuntu-drivers devices
WARNING:root:_pkg_get_support nvidia-driver-390: package has invalid
Support Legacyheader, cannot determine support level
== /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 ==
modalias : pci:v000010DEd00000FE4sv00001025sd00000781bc03sc02i00
vendor   : NVIDIA Corporation
model    : GK107M [GeForce GT 750M]
driver   : nvidia-driver-390 - distro non-free recommended
driver   : nvidia-driver-418-server - distro non-free
driver   : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin

I believe that the 390 one is used.

In the Control Center path that I previous;ly cited, a version number
of the driver is displayed; 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.144 , under OpenGL.

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
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