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AcousticBruce

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Registered: 2015-03-03

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[SOLVED] confused on what to do with graphics card information.

I read here
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVIDIA#Installing

used this code

$ lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)"

learned this:
NVIDEA GT218 NVS 3100M (rev a2)

2. Determine the necessary driver version for your card by:

finding the code name (e.g. NV50, NVC0, etc.) on nouveau wiki's code names page

***my code is NVA8 (GT218)

looking up the name in NVIDIA's legacy card list: if your card is not there you can use the latest driver

***this one is 0x0A6C

visiting NVIDIA's driver download site, but note that if your card is supported by both the latest driver and by the 340xx version, this interface will give preference for the latter

***  download choice is Linux, FreeBSD, or Solaris
*** I downloaded Linux 64bit and got a .run file.
*** I also downloaded free bsd... its a tar.gz

So my questions:

Do I need the code, the legacy list, and the nvidea driver>

How can I install a .run file?

I read these pages.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVIDIA#Installing
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ar … g_packages

and did a search for this. I am just unsure.

Last edited by AcousticBruce (2015-05-22 22:31:21)

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: [SOLVED] confused on what to do with graphics card information.

***my code is NVA8 (GT218)

For GeForce 8000/9000 and 100-300 series cards [NV5x, NV8x, NV9x and NVAx] from around 2006-2010, install the nvidia-340xx or nvidia-340xx-lts package along with nvidia-340xx-libgl, available in the official repositories.

EDIT: I've never used NVIDIA so I may be wrong here, but that seems pretty clear to me.

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2015-05-18 21:32:17)

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Re: [SOLVED] confused on what to do with graphics card information.

Your card is unsupported: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NV … ed_drivers

Not an Installation issue, moving to NC...

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AcousticBruce

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Re: [SOLVED] confused on what to do with graphics card information.

***my code is NVA8 (GT218)

For GeForce 8000/9000 and 100-300 series cards [NV5x, NV8x, NV9x and NVAx] from around 2006-2010, install the nvidia-340xx or nvidia-340xx-lts package along with nvidia-340xx-libgl, available in the official repositories.

EDIT: I've never used NVIDIA so I may be wrong here, but that seems pretty clear to me.

Yes it made me happy to see NVAx but then I saw nvideo-340xx... what is 340xx?
If its unsupported, then what does it mean by NVAx and installing nvidea-340xx?

Last edited by AcousticBruce (2015-05-18 21:42:35)

The Loko

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Re: [SOLVED] confused on what to do with graphics card information.

Yes it made me happy to see NVAx but then I saw nvideo-340xx... what is 340xx?
If its unsupported, then what does it mean by NVAx and installing nvidea-340xx?

Your card is supported with the version 340 of the NVIDIA driver. So you have to install it from official repositories, following the wiki instructions.

AcousticBruce

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Re: [SOLVED] confused on what to do with graphics card information.

Your card is unsupported: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NV … ed_drivers

Not an Installation issue, moving to NC...

Even though this card is unsupported. It is still fun for me to see if I can get working. The reason I have some optimism is because of the unsupported drivers section of the wiki. It says, "This means that these drivers do not support the current Xorg version. It thus might be easier if you use the nouveau driver, which supports the old cards with the current Xorg. "

To me this gives me some optimism, though I am trying to figure out what is the version of xorg that is supported. This will tell me if it is worth the effort or not. Can you help me figure out what version of xorg is supported with my old drivers??

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: [SOLVED] confused on what to do with graphics card information.

@OP: Have you actually tried the method outlined in my (and @The Loko's) post?

The packages you need are clearly linked in the NVIDIA wiki page.

With all due respect to JWR, I think he is mistaken here and your card is in fact supported.

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AcousticBruce

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Re: [SOLVED] confused on what to do with graphics card information.

Yes, Head on a Stick. I was typing this post on a machine with 340xx installed. I think it is possible that I mixed up what Nouveau and 340xx. I was thinking they were one in the same, perhaps this can be cleared up for me...

Just to be clear. I succesfully installed 340xx and I did this because of following the wiki. I was just under the assumption that this was not a proprietary and it was unsupported and I was missing a lot of features, so this is why I had some interest in getting the official linux drivers from nvidea and working those with the correct version of Xorg. Either way if 340xx is the best I can do, so far so good and I can mark this [SOLVED].

Tutti

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Re: [SOLVED] confused on what to do with graphics card information.

Yes, Head on a Stick. I was typing this post on a machine with 340xx installed. I think it is possible that I mixed up what Nouveau and 340xx. I was thinking they were one in the same, perhaps this can be cleared up for me...

Just to be clear. I succesfully installed 340xx and I did this because of following the wiki. I was just under the assumption that this was not a proprietary and it was unsupported and I was missing a lot of features, so this is why I had some interest in getting the official linux drivers from nvidea and working those with the correct version of Xorg. Either way if 340xx is the best I can do, so far so good and I can mark this [SOLVED].

340xx are proprietary legacy drivers, and correct for your card.

Legacy GPUs are older-generation NVIDIA GPUs which are no longer supported in the regular NVIDIA Unified UNIX Graphics Driver. Instead, these GPUs will continue to be supported through special "Legacy GPU" drivers that will be updated periodically to add support for new versions of Linux system components (e.g., new Linux kernels, new versions of the X server, etc).

i.e. the drivers are updated to add support, but new features are not added.