Choose a graphics card for Debian

rf963 · 08-19-2015, 02:52 AM

Hi,

I would like to buy a true graphics card for Linux, not a driver from blackport, etc. Is it somewhere on Earth a company that build graphics card with Linux driver ?

I bought A GT720 but first it's very complicated to install it on Debian/Wheezy/64bit/XFCE and even the card seems to be installed I don't find it when I lauch the lspci command. NVidia-settings sees the card but not the lspci. And I would like to buy a true card for Linux

I don't need a card for games, just a good card for standard computer. But I need a silent card without fan please.

lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b5)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev b5)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev b5)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev b5)
00:1c.6 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 7 (rev b5)
00:1c.7 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 8 (rev b5)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 05)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Z68 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 4 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 2 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 05)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 1288 (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation Device 0e0f (rev a1)
03:00.0 PCI bridge: Integrated Technology Express, Inc. Device 8892 (rev 30)
04:02.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller (rev c0)
05:00.0 USB controller: Etron Technology, Inc. EJ168 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 01)
06:00.0 USB controller: Etron Technology, Inc. EJ168 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 01)
07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)
08:00.0 IDE interface: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE9172 SATA III 6Gb/s RAID Controller (rev 11)

lsmod:

Module Size Used by
bnep 17567 2
rfcomm 33700 0
bluetooth 119455 10 rfcomm,bnep
rfkill 19012 2 bluetooth
nfsd 216181 2
nfs 308353 0
nfs_acl 12511 2 nfs,nfsd
auth_rpcgss 37143 2 nfs,nfsd
fscache 36739 1 nfs
lockd 67306 2 nfs,nfsd
sunrpc 173730 6 lockd,auth_rpcgss,nfs_acl,nfs,nfsd
loop 22641 0
parport_pc 22364 0
ppdev 12763 0
lp 17149 0
parport 31858 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 30824 1
nvidia 10492298 28
snd_hda_codec_realtek 188851 1
mxm_wmi 12515 0
joydev 17266 0
evdev 17562 14
coretemp 12898 0
crc32c_intel 12747 0
ghash_clmulni_intel 13130 0
snd_hda_intel 26259 4
snd_hda_codec 78031 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi
aesni_intel 50667 0
aes_x86_64 16843 1 aesni_intel
aes_generic 33026 2 aes_x86_64,aesni_intel
cryptd 14517 2 aesni_intel,ghash_clmulni_intel
snd_hwdep 13186 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 68083 3 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_hdmi
snd_page_alloc 13003 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer 22917 1 snd_pcm
snd 52893 15 snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi
serio_raw 12931 0
pcspkr 12579 0
soundcore 13065 1 snd
i2c_i801 16870 0
iTCO_wdt 17081 0
iTCO_vendor_support 12704 1 iTCO_wdt
i2c_core 23876 2 i2c_i801,nvidia
acpi_cpufreq 12935 0
shpchp 31293 0
mperf 12453 1 acpi_cpufreq
wmi 13243 1 mxm_wmi
processor 28149 1 acpi_cpufreq
thermal_sys 18040 1 processor
button 12937 0
ext4 350804 1
crc16 12343 2 ext4,bluetooth
jbd2 62115 1 ext4
mbcache 13114 1 ext4
hid_cherry 12521 0
usbhid 36418 0
hid 81372 2 usbhid,hid_cherry
usb_storage 43870 0
sg 25874 0
sd_mod 36136 3
sr_mod 21899 0
crc_t10dif 12348 1 sd_mod
cdrom 35401 1 sr_mod
ata_generic 12479 0
xhci_hcd 73352 0
ata_piix 29535 0
ahci 24997 2
firewire_ohci 35772 0
libahci 22941 1 ahci
libata 140630 4 libahci,ahci,ata_piix,ata_generic
scsi_mod 162321 5 libata,sr_mod,sd_mod,sg,usb_storage
firewire_core 48449 1 firewire_ohci
ehci_hcd 40249 0
r8169 47008 0
usbcore 128741 5 ehci_hcd,xhci_hcd,usb_storage,usbhid
mii 12675 1 r8169
crc_itu_t 12347 1 firewire_core
usb_common 12354 1 usbcore

lspci -vnn | grep -i VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation Device [10de:1288] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])

glxinfo | grep OpenGL | grep renderer
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce GT 720/PCIe/SSE2

Thanks for your help

ardvark71 · 08-19-2015, 03:11 AM

Hi...

Welcome to the forum

Honestly, I don't think you'll find a better graphics chip/card for Linux than Nvidia. Perhaps we could help you fix your problem, rather than purchasing another card?

Can you post the entire lspci report as well as for lsmod, to start with? Is the driver installed and working? I suspect that more may be going on here than just the video driver being difficult to install.

Were you using an add-on card previous to the GT720 or were you using onboard video?

I also found these these instructions, if they can be of any help.

Regards...

rf963 · 08-19-2015, 03:16 AM

Yes, but it's seems impossible, I tried a lot of things to correct the problem

lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b5)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev b5)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev b5)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev b5)
00:1c.6 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 7 (rev b5)
00:1c.7 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 8 (rev b5)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 05)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Z68 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 4 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 2 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 05)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 1288 (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation Device 0e0f (rev a1)
03:00.0 PCI bridge: Integrated Technology Express, Inc. Device 8892 (rev 30)
04:02.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller (rev c0)
05:00.0 USB controller: Etron Technology, Inc. EJ168 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 01)
06:00.0 USB controller: Etron Technology, Inc. EJ168 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 01)
07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)
08:00.0 IDE interface: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE9172 SATA III 6Gb/s RAID Controller (rev 11)

lsmod:

Module Size Used by
bnep 17567 2
rfcomm 33700 0
bluetooth 119455 10 rfcomm,bnep
rfkill 19012 2 bluetooth
nfsd 216181 2
nfs 308353 0
nfs_acl 12511 2 nfs,nfsd
auth_rpcgss 37143 2 nfs,nfsd
fscache 36739 1 nfs
lockd 67306 2 nfs,nfsd
sunrpc 173730 6 lockd,auth_rpcgss,nfs_acl,nfs,nfsd
loop 22641 0
parport_pc 22364 0
ppdev 12763 0
lp 17149 0
parport 31858 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 30824 1
nvidia 10492298 28
snd_hda_codec_realtek 188851 1
mxm_wmi 12515 0
joydev 17266 0
evdev 17562 14
coretemp 12898 0
crc32c_intel 12747 0
ghash_clmulni_intel 13130 0
snd_hda_intel 26259 4
snd_hda_codec 78031 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi
aesni_intel 50667 0
aes_x86_64 16843 1 aesni_intel
aes_generic 33026 2 aes_x86_64,aesni_intel
cryptd 14517 2 aesni_intel,ghash_clmulni_intel
snd_hwdep 13186 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 68083 3 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_hdmi
snd_page_alloc 13003 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer 22917 1 snd_pcm
snd 52893 15 snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi
serio_raw 12931 0
pcspkr 12579 0
soundcore 13065 1 snd
i2c_i801 16870 0
iTCO_wdt 17081 0
iTCO_vendor_support 12704 1 iTCO_wdt
i2c_core 23876 2 i2c_i801,nvidia
acpi_cpufreq 12935 0
shpchp 31293 0
mperf 12453 1 acpi_cpufreq
wmi 13243 1 mxm_wmi
processor 28149 1 acpi_cpufreq
thermal_sys 18040 1 processor
button 12937 0
ext4 350804 1
crc16 12343 2 ext4,bluetooth
jbd2 62115 1 ext4
mbcache 13114 1 ext4
hid_cherry 12521 0
usbhid 36418 0
hid 81372 2 usbhid,hid_cherry
usb_storage 43870 0
sg 25874 0
sd_mod 36136 3
sr_mod 21899 0
crc_t10dif 12348 1 sd_mod
cdrom 35401 1 sr_mod
ata_generic 12479 0
xhci_hcd 73352 0
ata_piix 29535 0
ahci 24997 2
firewire_ohci 35772 0
libahci 22941 1 ahci
libata 140630 4 libahci,ahci,ata_piix,ata_generic
scsi_mod 162321 5 libata,sr_mod,sd_mod,sg,usb_storage
firewire_core 48449 1 firewire_ohci
ehci_hcd 40249 0
r8169 47008 0
usbcore 128741 5 ehci_hcd,xhci_hcd,usb_storage,usbhid
mii 12675 1 r8169
crc_itu_t 12347 1 firewire_core
usb_common 12354 1 usbcore

glxinfo | grep OpenGL | grep renderer:
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce GT 720/PCIe/SSE2

lspci -vnn | grep -i VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation Device [10de:1288] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])

Thanks for your help

ardvark71 · 08-19-2015, 11:08 AM

Hi...

Thanks! Could you provide the output for...

Code:

lspci -nnk | grep -i VGA

Also, please answer my other questions, too. At this point, I'm not exactly sure what issue you're having except that possibly the nvidia driver/module isn't loading.

Regards...

rf963 · 08-19-2015, 11:16 AM

It gives:

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation Device [10de:1288] (rev a1)

I don't know if the driver is well installed, how can I test it ?

Before I used the onboard card but it is slow, and I didn't know if the car is well installed :/

The command glxinfo | grep OpenGL gives:

OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce GT 720/PCIe/SSE2
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.4.0 NVIDIA 340.65
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.40 NVIDIA via Cg compiler
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
OpenGL core profile extensions:
OpenGL version string: 4.4.0 NVIDIA 340.65
OpenGL shading language version string: 4.40 NVIDIA via Cg compiler
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL profile mask: (none)
OpenGL extensions:
OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.1 NVIDIA 340.65 340.65
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.10

Regards

ondoho · 08-19-2015, 01:22 PM

please post the output of

Code:

lspci -k | grep -iA5 vga

(will show info for driver, too)
and please use code tags for code (see my signature).

rf963 · 08-19-2015, 01:29 PM

It gives this:

Code:

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 1288 (rev a1)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device 8c90
	Kernel driver in use: nvidia
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation Device 0e0f (rev a1)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device 8c90
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel

273 · 08-19-2015, 02:02 PM

From all your listings everything seems to be working. What exactly is or is not happening?
Edit: For waht it's worht my card works great and is listed in lspci much like yours:

Code:

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK107 [GeForce GT 640] (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GK107 HDMI Audio Controller (rev a1)

rf963 · 08-19-2015, 02:12 PM

You have the name of your card with the lspci command, not me. And with the command to look at memory:

lspci -vnn | grep VGA -A 12

Code:

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation Device [10de:1288] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:8c90]
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 46
	Memory at f9000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
	Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
	Memory at ee000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
	I/O ports at bf00 [size=128]
	[virtual] Expansion ROM at e8000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: nvidia

Why the memory is only 128M ?

And:

lshw -numeric -C display

Code:

*-display               
       description: VGA compatible controller
       produit: NVIDIA Corporation [10DE:1288]
       fabriquant: NVIDIA Corporation [10DE]
       identifiant matériel: 0
       information bus: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: a1
       bits: 64 bits
       horloge: 33MHz
       fonctionnalités: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
       ressources: irq:46 mémoire:f9000000-f9ffffff mémoire:e0000000-e7ffffff mémoire:ee000000-efffffff portE/S:bf00(taille=128) mémoire:e8000000-e807ffff

273 · 08-19-2015, 02:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rf963

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 1288 (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation Device 0e0f (rev a1)

I see your card here.
Ignore the 128MB -- as far as I know it's to do with DMA mappings and the like. Either way it's irrelevant here.
I ask again, what is not working with your card?

rf963 · 08-19-2015, 02:18 PM

For now, nothing but I didn't test a lot of thing just video, there is a software to test the card ?

273 · 08-19-2015, 02:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rf963

For now, nothing but I didn't test a lot of thing just video, there is a software to test the card ?

What is there to test? Provided nvidia-settings sees it and video plays? You could download some sort of benchmarking software if you're into that too. But, really, there's nothing you need to do all is fine.
You could try these commands just to prove to yourself that all is well:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-t...graphics-card/

rf963 · 08-19-2015, 02:39 PM

Ok, do you know something to benchmark the graphics card ? not glmark it's very difficult to install

273 · 08-19-2015, 02:42 PM

Not something I really do but I found this easy enough to install:
https://unigine.com/en_us/products/benchmarks/heaven/
You'll probably find your card's not all that impressive (I know mine isn't).

rf963 · 08-19-2015, 03:07 PM

I found Phoronix. It detects GT720. I will test it now.

Thanks to all