nvidia friendly
hi all, quick question, any stable linux distros that work with a gts 450 graphics card? (wont work with compositing effects, screen tearing) cheers
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Debian Wheezy seems to ship with a compatible driver:
http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/xs...g-video-nvidia http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-d...88-driver.html I would think that means that Ubuntu's 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) would support it too if you prefer Ubuntu. I'll let others chip in with other distros. Edit: You will have to enable the non-free repositories and install the proprietary driver yourself as it won't be installed automatically though Ubuntu will probably prompt to install it. |
that card is supported by the new nvidia 319 driver
so any new distro will support it for a "stable" distro Debian or RHEL or the free CentOS 6.4 or OpenSUSE 12.3 |
john VV, thats what they would like you to think,
I have tried everything from debian up to arch, including ubuntu/mint/fedora along the way, graphics problems with all of them, either resolved to my hardware or my inability to install the drivers. just because it says a card is supported does not mean it will work properly with the driver. is it too much to ask for a basic distro that will just work with my hardware? |
Are you sure you don't have a hardware problem? With Debian it's as easy as following these instructions:
http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphic...Installation-1 (they've worked for me for three different nVIDIA set-ups including a combination of two different generations of card at the same time) Apparently Cannonical messed up with them on Ubuntu (I just googled it) but there are guides out there. For Slackware I think I used the drivers from nVIDIA's website -- they worked fine. |
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jkirchner, right so its my fault for buying an nvidia card, nuff said
please somebody remove this thread before I say what I am thinking |
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Don't get me wrong, people here will help you, just don't blame Linux for something created by someone else. |
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I have had no problems running Ubuntu, Slackware, Fedora or Debian with my nVida card. Are you getting the issues all the time? Or specific apps? Sometimes the issues can be fixed by creating a special xorg.conf for example. |
273, I have not blamed anybody for anything, and you tell me not to blame linux, bit over the top don't you think?
all I asked for was peoples help with finding a distro that would work (hopefully some one may have the same hardware) |
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As I said people will be pleased to help -- certainly nobody is blaming you for anything. |
It is likely that the opensource "nouveau" driver that is installed by default on almost all distros is having problems
search the distro your going to use forum for a guide on disabling it and using the proprietary driver for example for Fedora http://www.forums.fedoraforum.org/sh...d.php?t=280750 |
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Nouveau hasn't worked without issue with kernels past 3.6.8 in my opinion. |
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