Installing NVIDIA Drivers.
Posted: 17. Dec 2022, 16:34
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Tested salix64-xfce-15.0 on the machine used for distro hopping. The more I looked, the more I liked. Minimal, a little challenging, responsive. No NotoriousD.
HP Z440 -
inxi says that currently there's a FirePro W4100 video card (true) and Salix self installed ATI and Radeon (minimal?) drivers. This is the fallback plan; if I can't get the NVIDIA card to work.
But on the very same machine with a NVIDIA card; don't remember which one, I have a few. (They are all known to work with the latest stable NVIDIA Linux drivers.)
Edit: Quadro K2200
Of course I followed the WIKI, to the letter. https://docs.salixos.org/wiki/How_to_In ... DIA_driver
Step 7: Reboot, and repeat (run the installer again).
On the distro machine, at least I could get to a TTY and finish the install.
On the main machine, it barely got past the kernal loading before locking up. Step 7.
Crazy about Salix (and the whole new world (to me) of Slackware). I'm gunna make this work.
Thanks for your time. Your most precious gift.
8bit
Well, I'm back. And I'm grateful for the reply. Sorry for the delay. Life.gaucho wrote: ↑19. Nov 2022, 23:29Hi, 8bit,eight.bit.al wrote: ↑11. Nov 2022, 16:02 I'm devastated I can't get NVIDIA drivers installed on this machine with Salix. This is my main computer and I would really like to run Salix on it. I've tried everything that can be found on the web pipes, including several threads on this forum.
Maybe I missed it, but I didn't see you post anything about this issue. If you start a new thread with the model / specs of your Nvidia GPU and tell us the steps you followed, I bet that one of the Salix wizards here can help get it working ...
Did you try the instructions in the Salix Wiki?
https://docs.salixos.org/wiki/How_to_In ... DIA_driver
Salix Wiki. "How to Install the Proprietary NVIDIA Driver."
The Nvidia Driver Downloads page is here:
https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
On the Main Machine, it barely gets past loading the kernel before locking up.
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https://docs.salixos.org/wiki/How_to_Install_the_proprietary_NVIDIA_driver
Here's the story:
Tested salix64-xfce-15.0 on the machine used for distro hopping. The more I looked, the more I liked. Minimal, a little challenging, responsive. No NotoriousD.
HP Z440 -
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System:
Kernel: 5.15.63 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 2.37-slack15
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=dev000:\EFI\Salix-Xfce-15.0\vmlinuz
root=/dev/nvme0n1p2 vga=normal ro ro
Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.16.1
vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Salix 15.0 base: Slackware 15.0
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Z440 Workstation v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 6 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 212B v: 1.01 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: Hewlett-Packard v: M60 v02.59 date: 03/31/2022
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Haswell
family: 6 model-id: 0x3F (63) stepping: 2 microcode: 0x49
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB
L3: 10 MiB desc: 1x10 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1246 high: 1483 min/max: 1200/3500 scaling:
driver: intel_cpufreq governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1239 2: 1198 3: 1197
4: 1483 5: 1257 6: 1200 7: 1198 8: 1199 bogomips: 55876
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf
mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
STIBP: conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Cape Verde GL [FirePro W4100] vendor: Dell driver: radeon
v: kernel alternate: amdgpu bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:682c
class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.14 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.16.1 driver:
loaded: ati,radeon unloaded: modesetting,vesa alternate: fbdev
display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1016x285mm (40.0x11.2")
s-diag: 1055mm (41.5")
Monitor-1: DisplayPort-2 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 102
size: 476x267mm (18.7x10.5") diag: 546mm (21.5")
Monitor-2: DisplayPort-3 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 102
size: 476x267mm (18.7x10.5") diag: 546mm (21.5")
OpenGL: renderer: AMD VERDE (DRM 2.50.0 5.15.63 LLVM 13.0.0)
v: 4.5 Mesa 21.3.5 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel C610/X99 series HD Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:8d20
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Oland/Hainan/Cape Verde/Pitcairn HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 7000
Series]
vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 02:00.1
chip-ID: 1002:aab0 class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.63 running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I218-LM vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: e1000e
v: kernel port: 3020 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:15a0 class-ID: 0200
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel C610/X99 series sSATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci
v: 3.0 port: 3040 bus-ID: 00:11.4 chip-ID: 8086:2827 rev: N/A
class-ID: 0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 10.12 GiB (4.2%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung
model: MZVLB256HBHQ-000L7 size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: 5M2QEXH7 temp: 31.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 205.1 GiB size: 205 GiB (99.95%) used: 10.11 GiB (4.9%)
fs: xfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 555 MiB size: 553.9 MiB (99.80%)
used: 11.3 MiB (2.0%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 32.83 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 27.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 48.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
Packages: note: see --pkg pkgtool: 1 flatpak: 0
slapt-get repos in: /etc/slapt-get/slapt-getrc
1: http://mirrors.xmission.com/salix/x86_64/slackware-15.0/:OFFICIAL
2: http://mirrors.xmission.com/salix/x86_64/slackware-15.0/extra/:OFFICIAL
3: http://mirrors.xmission.com/salix/x86_64/15.0/:PREFERRED
4: http://mirrors.xmission.com/salix/x86_64/extra-15.0/:OFFICIAL
slapt-get repos in: /etc/slapt-get/slapt-srcrc
1: http://mirrors.xmission.com/salix/slkbuild/15.0/
2: http://mirrors.xmission.com/salix/sbo/15.0/
Info:
Processes: 231 Uptime: 25m wakeups: 1 Memory: 31.26 GiB
used: 1.37 GiB (4.4%) Init: SysVinit v: 3.01 runlevel: 4 default: 4
tool: service Compilers: gcc: 11.2.0 alt: 11.2.0 clang: 13.0.0 Shell: Bash
v: 5.1.16 running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.12
But on the very same machine with a NVIDIA card; don't remember which one, I have a few. (They are all known to work with the latest stable NVIDIA Linux drivers.)
Edit: Quadro K2200
Of course I followed the WIKI, to the letter. https://docs.salixos.org/wiki/How_to_In ... DIA_driver
Step 7: Reboot, and repeat (run the installer again).
On the distro machine, at least I could get to a TTY and finish the install.
On the main machine, it barely got past the kernal loading before locking up. Step 7.
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al@p3630:~$ inxi -Fxxxrza
System: Kernel: 5.10.0-16-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-16-amd64 root=UUID=813f9b49-88ad-4877-bcc0-89346f01bdfd ro
quiet splash resume=UUID=bc9787f9-a773-4b89-b8d4-061009223a98
Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 dm: LightDM 1.26.0
Distro: SparkyLinux 6.5 (Po-Tolo) base: Debian bullseye/sid
Machine: Type: Desktop System: Dell product: Precision 3630 Tower v: N/A serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 3
serial: <filter>
Mobo: Dell model: 0Y2K8N v: A00 serial: <filter> UEFI: Dell v: 2.15.0 date: 07/04/2022
CPU: Info: 6-Core model: Intel Core i5-8600 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Kaby Lake note: check family: 6
model-id: 9E (158) stepping: A (10) microcode: F0 L2 cache: 9 MiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 37199
Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/4300 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT disabled
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
Graphics: Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-S GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0
chip ID: 8086:3e92 class ID: 0380
Device-2: NVIDIA GP107GL [Quadro P1000] vendor: Dell driver: nvidia v: 470.141.03 bus ID: 01:00.0
chip ID: 10de:1cb1 class ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa
alternate: nv display ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 5440x2560 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1439x677mm (56.7x26.7") s-diag: 1590mm (62.6")
Monitor-1: DP-6.8 res: 1440x2560 hz: 60
Monitor-2: DP-2.8 res: 2560x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 123 size: 527x296mm (20.7x11.7") diag: 604mm (23.8")
Monitor-3: DP-0 res: 1440x2560 hz: 60
OpenGL: renderer: Quadro P1000/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 470.141.03 direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:a348 class ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GP107GL High Definition Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:0fb9 class ID: 0403
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.0-16-amd64
Network: Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v: kernel port: efa0 bus ID: 00:1f.6
chip ID: 8086:15bb class ID: 0200
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 494.42 GiB used: 112.41 GiB (22.7%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 PRO 250GB size: 232.89 GiB block size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 3B2QGXA7
temp: 25.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 250GB size: 232.89 GiB block size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 4B6Q scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: USB 3.2Gen1 size: 28.65 GiB block size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 232.59 GiB size: 227.88 GiB (97.98%) used: 38.33 GiB (16.8%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) used: 8.4 MiB (2.8%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap: Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 32.14 GiB used: 1024 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda1
maj-min: 8:1
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 44.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 49 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 1767 fan-2: 896 fan-3: 1176 gpu: nvidia fan: 34%
Repos: Packages: apt: 1976 lib: 1138 flatpak: 0
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main contrib non-free
2: deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main contrib non-free
3: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/ bullseye-security/updates main contrib non-free
4: deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/ bullseye-security/updates main contrib non-free
5: deb http://deb-multimedia.org/ bullseye main non-free
6: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dropbox.list
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/liquorix.list
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sid.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sparky-unstable.list
1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/sparky.gpg.key] https://repo.sparkylinux.org/ unstable main
2: deb-src [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/sparky.gpg.key] https://repo.sparkylinux.org/ unstable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sparky.list
1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/sparky.gpg.key] https://repo.sparkylinux.org/ core main
2: deb-src [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/sparky.gpg.key] https://repo.sparkylinux.org/ core main
3: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/sparky.gpg.key] https://repo.sparkylinux.org/ potolo main
4: deb-src [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/sparky.gpg.key] https://repo.sparkylinux.org/ potolo main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscodium.list
1: deb [ signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/vscodium-archive-keyring.gpg ] https://paulcarroty.gitlab.io/vscodium-deb-rpm-repo/debs vscodium main
Info: Processes: 227 Uptime: 17d 23h 54m wakeups: 0 Memory: 31.19 GiB used: 4.74 GiB (15.2%) Init: systemd
v: 247 runlevel: 5 target: graphical.target Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4
running in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.01 Thanks for your time. Your most precious gift.
8bit