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Nicomartz

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Q4os and Nvidia

Hello and sorry if this is not the right place for My post.
I really want use Q4os in my notebook with a gtx 1050.
I read the documents and Say that i have to install nvidia drivers and nvidia kernel dkms. The thing is that when i install nvidia drivers this force me to remove nvidia kernel dkms and force me to install instead nvdia Open kernel dkms but the documents Say that the Open flavor don't works in Pascal gpus like mine. So i get trapped in that loop. I already use Q4os in other olders PCs but for now im gonna change to another distro for this one, i wanted to report this maybe could be helpful.
Greetings.

q4osteam

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Registered: 2015-12-06

Posts: 6,362

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Re: Q4os and Nvidia

Hello,

this is a known issue with the current Debian 13 NVIDIA packages. The NVIDIA 550/570 packaging has changed, and the driver installation may prefer the open kernel module even on older Pascal GPUs such as the GTX 1050. For Pascal, you should use the proprietary (non-open) NVIDIA kernel module. We would recommend checking which NVIDIA packages APT wants to install and avoiding the nvidia-open-kernel-dkms package.

If you post the output of:
$ apt policy nvidia-driver nvidia-kernel-dkms nvidia-open-kernel-dkms
$ apt install nvidia-driver
we can take a look and suggest the appropriate package combination for Q4OS.