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05-05-2021, 10:08 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Apr 2021
Posts: 2
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nVidia driver - how ot eject?
I'm about ot retire an old PC that I last had to use with Debian 9 because it has a nVidia video chip no longer catered to. Ideally I'll just move the SSD to a Thinkpad I've got without a reinstall.
Do I need to get rid of the driver first before it will cooperate with the Thinkpad's Intel graphics or will it do this automatically at boot?
I'm afraid I'm under a lot of stress because of a personal issue here and am having trouble focusing on other things so I'd appreciate it if you could keep any replies very simple. When I installed the driver despite usually being more than okay with my technology the procedure felt pretty uphill.
Thanks.
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05-05-2021, 10:13 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Mar 2016
Location: Harrow, UK
Distribution: LFS, AntiX, Slackware
Posts: 8,147
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Surplus video drivers shouldn't cause any trouble. When the kernel checks the hardware at boot time, it determines what video card you have and the udev program loads a suitable driver for it. The presence of other drivers on disk is irrelevant.
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05-05-2021, 10:18 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Oct 2004
Distribution: Arch
Posts: 5,372
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You don't say if both machines are EFI or BIOS or if they are different. Or if they are both Intel or AMD or different. You also don't say what intel hardware that the new machine has. Are they both 64 bit?
Moving an install from one machine to another can be done but will require some manual intervention. You will probably need to rebuild the intramfs, maybe the kernel. Most intel video chips are supported by the i915 module.
May be easier for you to back up anything that you need from the ssd and reinstall on the new machine.
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/new-co...ween-machines/
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05-06-2021, 01:55 AM
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LQ Addict
Registered: Dec 2013
Posts: 19,872
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Quote:
Originally Posted by teckk
You don't say if both machines are EFI or BIOS or if they are different.
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This is important I believe.
However, it is possible to simply move a hard drive from one machine to another, and it will boot straight up.
No guarantee it will work, but no harm done either.
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2 members found this post helpful.
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05-06-2021, 08:17 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Apr 2021
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Oh, I thought I'd replied to this yesterday but my message didn't seem to send.
Both machines are 64 bit, both are BIOS rather than EFI.
Using 340xx driver (7025/630a) and DKMS if that is relevant. Feeling a bit too foggy about it myself even though obviously I installed it.
[Half an hour of grimacing and fiddling.]
...Ah, well I have it connected to the Thinkpad via USb at the moment and it's not able to start LightDM. I uninstalled the nVidia driver ...Progress? It's frozen there. The i915 driver is apparently 'attached'.
As we're on the verge of Debian 11 I'd rather not blitz 9 for 10. If the next step is straightforward ot get 9 running I'll go for that but if it isn't I'll leave the drive alone till 11 is current.
Apologies. Would appreciate a final push if possible, if it's simple enough.
(I'm fairly certain this was the standard Xfce version of 9.)
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05-07-2021, 01:04 AM
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LQ Addict
Registered: Dec 2013
Posts: 19,872
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^ I thought the new machine is "all Intel"?
Uninstalling the nvidia driver could've had all sorts of side-effects - does it still work alright in the "old" machine?
Also, I wouldn't use a USB adapter for this but rather stick it into the laptop's (?) HD slot.
In any case, if you get right up to just before loading the display manager, you're 75% of the way there.
Does Xorg start and fail? If so, current Xorg log please.
Also tell us more about the target machine. If it's too new, Debian 9 might have problems with it.
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