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    Thread: unable to use" Install driver" app to install drivers.
Post: Re: unable to use" Install driver" app to install ...

Ok I'm posting this in case it helps someone in the future. Pokeing around a bit more with the Nouveau driver. Here is what I suspect the problem with the [semi] open source. One some [but not all]...
Mike Iwantprivacy Video Cards 16 45,345 10-16-2022, 11:04 PM
    Thread: unable to use" Install driver" app to install drivers.
Post: Re: unable to use" Install driver" app to install ...

I appreciate it. I may try later. Right now there's something not right with the Nouveau driver. on a clean install I can go to system manager -> GPU and I get instant video corruption. It also lo...
Mike Iwantprivacy Video Cards 16 45,345 10-13-2022, 01:22 PM
    Thread: unable to use" Install driver" app to install drivers.
Post: Re: unable to use" Install driver" app to install ...

firenice03 I may try that later. I'm kind of done for now. **************** Șerban It looks like I didn't realize about the kernel issue. Its a shame. Maybe someday nouveau will be better. but now ...
Mike Iwantprivacy Video Cards 16 45,345 10-12-2022, 11:06 PM
    Thread: unable to use" Install driver" app to install drivers.
Post: Re: unable to use" Install driver" app to install ...

ok, no luck as of yet. I currently have 2 SSDs for this laptop - one running LL 5.8 and one running 6.2. This is all under 6.2 as 5.8 does not have the issue. I have tried following the instruction...
Mike Iwantprivacy Video Cards 16 45,345 10-12-2022, 06:13 PM
    Thread: unable to use" Install driver" app to install drivers.
Post: Re: unable to use" Install driver" app to install ...

Sure I understand That there are problems with nvidia as a company. Especially because they do keep things closed. But that does not help in this case of trying to work with older hardware that was s...
Mike Iwantprivacy Video Cards 16 45,345 10-12-2022, 02:59 PM
    Thread: unable to use" Install driver" app to install drivers.
Post: Re: unable to use" Install driver" app to install ...

OK, I don't know what a PPA is? This also fails in linux lite 6.0.  but works in 5.8, Does this mean there is no way to install the older driver and i will just have to stick with LL 5.8?
Mike Iwantprivacy Video Cards 16 45,345 10-12-2022, 02:36 AM
    Thread: unable to use" Install driver" app to install drivers.
Post: unable to use" Install driver" app to install driv...

Ok, I will try reporting this again in a different way since I don't think my previous post was understood. This is a software issue. Not hardware. After installing LL 6.2 I am unable to use the "s...
Mike Iwantprivacy Video Cards 16 45,345 10-11-2022, 01:29 PM
    Thread: Linux Lite 6.2[rc1] 3d party Nvidia video driver install fail
Post: Linux Lite 6.2[rc1] 3d party Nvidia video driver i...

Problem - after installing LL 6.2[RC1] I am unable to install the proprietary Nvidia driver for my video card. Process - clean install of LL6.2 [RC1]       - go to "Settings" - "Install Drivers"  s...
Mike Iwantprivacy Video Cards 0 22,978 10-09-2022, 03:49 PM
    Thread: Linux light 6.0 video detection.
Post: Re: Linux light 6.0 video detection.

Ok, well I appreciate what you are saying however, its um wrong in this case. I previously had Linux Lite 5.8 on the system. LL 5.8 gave me the option to install the proprietary nvidia drivers.  Ver...
Mike Iwantprivacy Video Cards 4 23,775 10-07-2022, 10:33 PM
    Thread: Linux light 6.0 video detection.
Post: Re: Linux light 6.0 video detection.

Sorry, I wasn't paying close enough attention. Its the Dell Inspiron 1720. https://www1.la.dell.com/kn/en/corp/Laptops/inspnnb_1720/pd.aspx?refid=inspnnb_1720&s=corp It has the NVIDIA®  GeForceTM ...
Mike Iwantprivacy Video Cards 4 23,775 10-07-2022, 06:39 PM
    Thread: Linux light 6.0 video detection.
Post: Linux light 6.0 video detection.

So, I have an old dell 1700 laptop with a nvidia 8600 video card. I was running 5.8 and the "install proprietary drivers function" worked and detected the card giving me the option to install the dri...
Mike Iwantprivacy Video Cards 4 23,775 10-07-2022, 03:08 PM
    Thread: Nvidia card GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 FAILS
Post: Re: Nvidia card GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 FAILS

In fairly new myself. Still fighting some weirdness on my system. So What I have found out is There are 2  sets of driver. the default open source drivers. They are pretty good and getting better.  ...
Mike Iwantprivacy Video Cards 10 24,455 06-16-2022, 05:06 PM
    Thread: Nvidia 8600m [notebook] h.264 acceleration.
Post: Re: Nvidia 8600m [notebook] h.264 acceleration.

vdpauinfo [pre]display: :0.0  screen: 0 API version: 1 Information string: NVIDIA VDPAU Driver Shared Library  340.108  Wed Dec 11 14:31:24 PST 2019 Video surface: name  width height types -----...
Mike Iwantprivacy Video Cards 2 17,076 06-09-2022, 12:59 PM
    Thread: Nvidia 8600m [notebook] h.264 acceleration.
Post: Re: Nvidia 8600m [notebook] h.264 acceleration.

updated info : So I can set VLC manually to us vdpau mode. That will drop cpu usage from 20-30% down to 2%. So I know that hardware decode can and does work. However for some reason it will not "aut...
Mike Iwantprivacy Video Cards 2 17,076 05-15-2022, 01:19 PM
    Thread: Nvidia 8600m [notebook] h.264 acceleration.
Post: Nvidia 8600m [notebook] h.264 acceleration.

Issue : h.264 hardware decode does not seem to be working. Driver : Nvidia 340.108  recommended driver from the tools. CPU : T9500 2.6 ghz Memory 6 Gb. I would like to use the hardware decoding ...
Mike Iwantprivacy Video Cards 2 17,076 05-12-2022, 10:16 PM
    Thread: Nvidia G84M 8600M Dell Inspiron 1720 freezing screen when using Firefox.
Post: Re: Nvidia G84M 8600M Dell Inspiron 1720 freezing ...

I have the same info, any tips on how you got things working? I have installed the nvida 340.108 drivers..
Mike Iwantprivacy Video Cards 1 17,322 05-12-2022, 10:07 PM