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linux:nvidia [2015/09/07 13:16] – niziaklinux:nvidia [2016/04/20 13:25] – niziak
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 With NVidia proprietary driver, apps which grab screen like "x11vnc" doesn't work correctly. With NVidia proprietary driver, apps which grab screen like "x11vnc" doesn't work correctly.
  
-==== Install nvidia driver ====+==== Switch between drivers ==== 
 +<code bash>update-glx --config glx</code> 
 + 
 +To switch betweenr nvidia's driver version 
 +<code bash>update-glx --config nvidia</code> 
 + 
 + 
 +==== Install NVidia driver ==== 
 +see [[https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers]] 
 <code bash> <code bash>
 sudo apt-get install nvidia-detect sudo apt-get install nvidia-detect
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-==== Install open source driver ====+==== Install open source driver (nouveau) ====
 <code bash> <code bash>
 sudo apt-get --purge remove ^nvidia-* sudo apt-get --purge remove ^nvidia-*
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 sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx
 </code> </code>
 +
 +Following package will clean after nvidia drivers (remove blacklisting of nouveau module)
 +<code bash>
 +sudo apt-get install glx-alternative-nvidia
 +</code>
 +
 stop X system, generate new xorg.conf file: stop X system, generate new xorg.conf file:
 <code bash> <code bash>
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 and restart X system and restart X system
 +
 +==== Issues ====
 +apt-get upgrade hangs
 +<code>
 +root     28002  0.0  0.1  64524 19248 pts/0    S+   12:24   0:00 /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/libgl1-nvidia-glx:i386.postin
 +root     28008  0.0  0.0   4304   784 pts/0    S+   12:24   0:00 /bin/sh /var/lib/dpkg/info/libgl1-nvidia-glx:i386.postinst configure 340.96-1
 +root     28011  0.0  0.0   4304   808 pts/0    D+   12:24   0:00 /bin/sh /usr/lib/nvidia/check-for-mismatching-nvidia-module 352.79
 +</code>
 +Shell script ''/usr/lib/nvidia/check-for-mismatching-nvidia-module'' hangs accesing ''/proc'' filesystem:
 +<code bash>[ -e /proc/driver/nvidia/version ]</code>
 +Workaround:
 +<code bash>
 +#if [ -e /proc/driver/nvidia/version ]; then
 +if [ true ]; then
 +#<----->running_version="$(grep NVRM /proc/driver/nvidia/version | awk '{ print $8 }')"
 +</code>
 +