Questions tagged [proprietary-drivers]
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How to easily install proprietary NVIDIA driver on LMDE 7?
In the following days, I intend to reinstall my Linux Mint 22 Cinnamon. Originally, I have thought I would go for the newly released LMDE 7 (Linux Mint Debian Edition) based on Trixie. I only have one ...
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Nvidia Proprietary vs Open drivers - differences?
I work primarily on a laptop with Nvidia 4070 card (Ada Lovelace codename), and not so long ago, I noticed out of nowhere appeared some Open drivers as an alternative to Proprietary, and what's more, ...
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OBS does not recognize Blackmagic Capture Card as a Video Source
I am trying to configure my Blackmagic DeckLink Quad HDMI Recorder to work with OBS on Arch Linux. On Windows, I could go to their website, install their Desktop Video 14.5 Program. Once the drivers ...
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After installing Debian Sid's Nvidia 390 drivers I'm left with software rendering
My final goal is to make use of a Geforce GTX 550 Ti on a modern Linux Gnome desktop. Since recent Ubuntu versions stopped supporting the Nvidia 390 driver that is required for this I instead chose ...
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Installing Nvidia Graphics Drivers on Debian 12 "Bookworm" and enrolling machine owner's key (MOK) to use DKMS modules
Editor's Note: I'm adding the link below as I answered his original question. If the OP disagrees with this please remove the edit Linked Question: What do I need to make my Debian see my external ...
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What do I need to make my Debian see my external monitor?
I am trying to make my Debian Linux (KDE Plasma desktop environment, Wayland, stable channel) see my external monitor. My /etc/apt/sources.list : #deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 12.6.0 _Bookworm_ - ...
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Trying to install a driver for CH34x Serial Hub
I am running the latest version of Raspbian on an R Pi 5 and trying to use a CH348 serial hub with it, but it needs the driver. All the instructions and guides haven't worked, and I get errors about ...
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Can I use NVIDIA GPUs on Linux in 2024? [closed]
My question is: If I'm building a PC and I want to use Linux on it, can I choose an NVIDIA card for it or is an AMD Radeon a better option? I asked this question in some PC Building forums, and what ...
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How to defer kernel updates until the corresponding "linux-headers" package is available?
I'm using Debian 12 Bookworm, and currently, when I run uname -a, it shows: Linux pctxd 6.1.0-20-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.85-1 (2024-04-11) x86_64 GNU/Linux The package linux-image-6....
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What features are included/missing from Debian Nouveau drivers for NVIDIA GPU? [closed]
After breaking my setup for the 9999999^10th time with Nvidia Firmware & Drivers, I just did: sudo apt purge nvidia* sudo apt purge cuda* Now my system boots faster and I really can't tell the ...
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ksoftirqd taking a lot of cpu since moving to debian 12
I have a small pc linux box like intel nuc dual atom where I run some firewall settings. Previously this machine runned debian 9 and everything worked fine. I could have used the machine in middle of ...
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Successfully installed printer driver not recognized in Parrot OS (Debian)
I would like to use a Samsung multifunction laser printer as a local, USB-connected printer, from a recently-installed Parrot Security 5.3 OS, a security-hardened version of Debian. The Samsung ...
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Resources to make a racing wheel driver for linux?
As some of you might know, not all racing wheel is supported on linux. So, I thought I should make driver for thrustmaster T128. Any good resources out there to learn to make a racing wheel driver for ...
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Network driver missing in arch installation
I'm trying to install Arch Linux on my Dell XPS 13 9343, Intel Core i7 inside, but I always had some drivers problem during Linux installations. Particularly, I always had to manually install Wireless ...
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Signing Nvidia drivers for Secure Boot - Nvidia module location
I want to sign my nvidia driver so I can use it with Secure Boot. I'm trying to follow these instructions for nvidia driver: https://wiki.debian.org/SecureBoot#Using_your_key_to_sign_modules_....
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