What to do with OLD nvidia

[Grizzly]

02 October 2021  at 6:17, 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:
>> 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.

Can you now check if you have that driver on your system

Sudo apt-cache policy nvidia* 

should show what (if any) nvidia drivers you have


I had the 340 driver and fixed my system with

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kelebek333/nvidia-legacy
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install xorg-modulepath-fix

It's worth try