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nvidia
With NVidia proprietary driver, apps which grab screen like “x11vnc” doesn't work correctly.
Install NVidia driver
see https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers
sudo apt-get install nvidia-detect nvidia-detect Detected NVIDIA GPUs: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce 210] [10de:0a65] (rev a2) Your card is supported by the default drivers and legacy driver series 304. It is recommended to install the nvidia-driver package.
sudo apt-get install nvidia-driver sudo apt-get install nvidia-xconfig sudo nvidia-xconfig
Install open source driver (nouveau)
sudo apt-get --purge remove ^nvidia-* sudo mv -vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.nvidia sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx
Following package will clean after nvidia drivers (remove blacklisting of nouveau module)
sudo apt-get install glx-alternative-nvidia
stop X system, generate new xorg.conf file:
sudo Xorg -configure sudo cp /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
set MESA as default GLX provider
update-alternatives --config glx
and restart X system