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diff --git a/.md/tutorials/hardware/common-gfx-card-installation-woes.md b/.md/tutorials/hardware/common-gfx-card-installation-woes.md deleted file mode 100644 index f551896..0000000 --- a/.md/tutorials/hardware/common-gfx-card-installation-woes.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,117 +0,0 @@ -I recently upgraded by PC from an Nvidia 1050 Ti card to a new 3060 Ti -card. I've been updating the drivers for this card since before there -was a Debian package, so I've been through the installation quite a few -times and run into my share of weird issues. This last upgrade was no -exception, so I figured I'd document the process in case anyone out -there is as bad at installing these as me! - -## Step 1: The Replacement - -The best part of installing a new graphics card is getting to open up -the guts of your computer (it's also the scariest part, since this is -also the best opportunity to knock out a hard drive or a RAM stick). -Fortunately this is pretty easy, first make sure you hit the little lever -(switch?) on the PCI slot to pop out the old card. Then just slide the -new guy in. Note though to people getting a card from the RTX 30 line -(or higher) -- these cards run pretty big, so make sure you have enough -space in you case. You can see I barely made it myself! - -A second note to RTX users: most if not all these cards come with an -extra power supply input (two 8-pin connectors). If your power supply is -short on outputs, you can get a splitter cable like the one you see in -the picture to match the inputs. I personally am running a 600 W supply -for everything right now, which seems to be running fine. You should -check some other power guides though if you're concerned your power -supply won't drive the card - -## Step 2: Re-installing the drivers - -At first I tried to just naively update and see what happened, but I -received a "broken packages" error for nvidia-driver and other related -packages after running this. - -```bash -$ sudo apt update -$ sudo apt upgrade -``` - -This turned out to be a two-part error, one was the driver itself, two -was an update in Debian sid. - -### Part one: Fix Broken Packages - -Whenever I see broken packages, I tend to to assume that the name of a -package got updated. In this case, there was a -[note](https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#non-free-split) -on the apt list changes that mentioned a separate "non-free-firmware" -branch had been made, which had some of the components I needed. I -just added "non-free-firmware" to my /etc/apt/sources.list: - -``` -deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free non-free-firmware -``` - -Note: you may not need "non-free" here anymore, I simply had that since -that was where the package used to be. - -### Part two: Re-install nvidia-driver - -I tried to update again at this point, but encountered the same error. -At this point I figured the best thing to do was to just try to -reinstall all nvidia related software again: - -```bash -$ sudo apt purge nvidia-* -$ sudo apt update -$ sudo apt upgrade -``` - -Ok no errors on the update this time, let's try again: - -```bash -$ sudo apt install nvidia-driver -``` - -### Part negative three: Just in case - -In the dark days before the Debian team had an Nvidia package, you had -to install drivers manually. I haven't had to do this in years, but I -like having the option. You can download the latest drivers on their -website: - -https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-driver - -The file will have a really long name like -"NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-525.89.02.run," so I suggest renaming it first to -something like "driver.run" - -In order to run this file, you need to stop your graphics environment. -Press CTRL + ALT + F1 to log out and open a terminal-only session. -Login with your credentials. Then stop the X-server - -```bash -$ sudo service lightdm stop -``` - -If you use a different X manager you might need to replace "lightdm" -with "gdm" or "kdm" (Gnome and KDE). Now we can run the driver install: - -```bash -$ sudo chmod +x driver.run -$ sudo ./driver.run -``` - -Accept all the prompts and you'll have the factory made driver software. -Note, you have to manually update this way though. So try to figure out -the nvidia-driver package before resorting to this method! - -## Step three: Reboot and test - -Reboot and then check the Nvidia X server setting panel -(nvidia-settings) to make sure your card is detected correctly - - -But the ultimate test right now is Kerbal Space Program 2 (still in -early access) - - |