using nvidia gpus in devuan 🔼
context 🔼
- devuan releases table @
- wikipedia / nvidia gpu list @
- @ nvidia / unix drivers
- debian wiki / NvidiaGraphicsDrivers@
- nouveau/codenames @
- Devuan forum / Nouveua vs Nvidia benchmarks on GM206 @
- @ envytools / nvidia gpu docs
installation of nouveau driver 🔼
Installing devuan on a pc with a nvidia gpu will result in installation of nouveau driver. How that happens? What packages are involved ?
installation of priopriatory driver 🔼
gather related info 🔼
devuan version and it's corresponding debian version 🔼
That could be usefull for accessing and using related info available in the debian wiki. ref : devuan releases table @
identify installed gpu card 🔼
install non-free/x11 nvidia-detect and execute nvidia-detect
disable secure boot 🔼
According to the debian wiki :
If you have SecureBoot enabled: you need to enroll your machine owner's key (MOK) to use DKMS modules.
$ sudo mokutil --sb-state // check secure boot state
In Daedalus i didnt succeed in enrolling my machine keys so i disabled secure boot in the uefi bios. How that is done is not standard across uefi-bioses.
Add contib and non-free apt sources 🔼
Add "contrib", "non-free" components to /etc/apt/sources.list, for example:
- deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus main contrib non-free
- apt update
linux headers 🔼
Do we need linux headers ? What is linux headers? linux-headers-amd64
install non-free firmware 🔼
firmware-nvidia
install nvidia-driver 🔼
issues 🔼
persistance daemon 🔼
$ sudo apt-cache show nvidia-driver Recommends: nvidia-settings (>= 535), libnvidia-cfg1 (= 535.216.01-1~deb12u1), nvidia-persistenced (>= 535) During installation in Daedalus
utilities 🔼
nvdia-settings 🔼
nvidia-detect 🔼
nvidia-smi 🔼
nvidia-detect recommends a driver version.
nvidia-smi 🔼
nvidia-smi (also NVSMI) provides monitoring and management capabilities for each of
NVIDIA's Tesla, Quadro, GRID and GeForce devices from Fermi and higher architecture families
$ nvidia-smi -q -d TEMPERATURE
benchmarks 🔼
programs 🔼
in devuan 🔼
glmark2 🔼
third parties 🔼
Unigine Benchmarks 🔼
benchmarking GM206 🔼
Unigine Valley Benchmark 1.0
| - | nouveau | nvidia |
|---|---|---|
| FPS | 10.8 | 99.8 |
| Score | 452 | 4176 |
| Min FPS | 7.5 | 43.3 |
| Max FPS | 7.5 | 167.8 |
glmark2 Score: 842 glmark2 Score: 17719