common-gfx-card-installation-woes

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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.

$ 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 +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:

$ sudo apt purge nvidia-*
+$ sudo apt update
+$ sudo apt upgrade

Ok no errors on the update this time, let's try again:

$ 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

$ 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:

$ 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. At this +point, as long as you're still seeing your desktop, you should be good +to go! I ran Kerbal Space Program 2 (currently in early access) as my +first test.

Looking good, Jeb!

+ + diff --git a/tutorials/www/how-to-use-the-internet.html b/tutorials/www/how-to-use-the-internet.html index 9f0e227..88692cf 100644 --- a/tutorials/www/how-to-use-the-internet.html +++ b/tutorials/www/how-to-use-the-internet.html @@ -179,20 +179,18 @@ browse anonymously

Why?

Changing times and a forgetful youth have forced me to write this -guide.

I am increasingly disturbed by the amount of people I meet (young and -old) that navigate their lives at least in part online, but are unable -to use the internet for it's intended purpose: finding infomation. -Writing to someone or posting a picture of your cat seems to be second -nature for most people, but converting a picture from a PDF or looking -up a study (or even a word!) you saw in an article is something else -entirely.

For the most part, it is not anyone's fault or laziness. It's the -fault of what the internet has become. For one, there's just so -much more stuff now; it's hard to know exactly where to start -and who to trust. And so much of that stuff is now garbage, -either in the way it's presented--with disruptive ads that don't close +

Why would anyone want to use the Internet, really?

Unfortunately, almost none of us use the Internet for it's intended +purpose: finding infomation.

Writing to someone or posting a picture of your cat seems to be +second nature for most people, but converting a picture from a PDF or +looking up a study (or even a word!) you saw in an article is something +else entirely.

While that's in part the fault of our laziness, it's equally the +fault of what the Internet has become. For one, there's just so much +more stuff now; it's hard to know exactly where to start and +who to trust. And so much of that stuff is now garbage, either +in the way it's presented--with disruptive ads that don't close correctly--or in the way it's written--vague, misleading, or straight incorrect. But for seconds: no one really teaches you how to use this thing do they? There are no courses on "How to use a search engine" or @@ -223,13 +221,9 @@ scholarly articles

A common complaint lodged at me whenever I recommend Wikipedia is that it's not a source of truth since they found X mistake somewhere, or made Y edit when they were a teenager that's still there. No one has -ever (or should ever) claim Wikipedia is reliable. Frankly, you should -not consider any source to be reliable, but that's a separate -issue. If you know how to use Wikipedia you can use it to get closer to -a true understanding of whatever you're studying.

For starters, as a general rule, you should not trust anything you -read on a topic that is less than 20 years old. We're still living -through the history at this point and new things can come to light.

+ever (or should ever) claim Wikipedia is a source of truth on it's own. +But you can use it to find more sources and maybe get a little +closer.

How to find articles with Google Scholar

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diff --git a/tutorials/www/quick-intro-html-css.html b/tutorials/www/quick-intro-html-css.html index 7d74dff..e3ffc6c 100644 --- a/tutorials/www/quick-intro-html-css.html +++ b/tutorials/www/quick-intro-html-css.html @@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ tag we talked about in the last section. For example:

<p style="color:red">this text is red</p>
 <p style="color:red;background-color:blue">this background is blue</p>
 <p style="color:red;background-color:blue;text-align:center">this text is centered</p>
-<a href="https://archive.org/details/sonichucomplete"
+<a href="https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/sonichu-/sonichu-1/viewer?title_no=676229&episode_no=2"
     target="_blank"
     rel="noopener noreferrer"
     style="color:yellow;background-color:red;text-align:right"
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ this background is blue
 
 this text is centered
 
-
 }

Applied:

You can read lots more options for image formatting here and about @@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ appear nice on dark theme browsers just as well. But I don't want to dim

For one, that will only dim black-and-white images; anything else will just turn to mush like this:

Instead, I'd like it to just apply to select elements; I can do so by extending the tag with a class. On the CSS side:

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